First Person Ultra: Ultras Ahlawy, Egypt
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| The Offside found this 11/28/2007 on pitchinvasion.net [flag] |
In the second of our series on ultras in unusual places ( see the first on a group of English ultras here ), we look at the first ultras group in Egypt, founded just this year but already responsible for a series of remarkable choreographed displays. They support Al-Ahly, the side from Cairo, Egypt who are perhaps Africa’s most successful ever team.
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Egyptian Ultras, From the Inside
Published 11/28/2007 by Martha at The Offside
... in unusual places. Only in its second installment, the series is well worth a read, and today’s post, from “A,” one of the founders of Egypt’s first ultras group , is fascinating. A’s group call themselves Ultras Ahlawy, and they support Al-Ahly, probably the only Egyptian side of which anyone outside of Africa has ever heard. Despite the opposition of police and the refusal of the club to give them any support or assistance (something that clearly sets Egyptian football apart from most of Europe, where major supporters clubs are often very tightly tied to their clubs, for ...
