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THIS WENT WELL
Published 5/15/2008 at With Leather
Glasgow Rangers lost to some other soccer team in the UEFA final, but these Rangers fans aren't upset about the loss.  A giant public TV screen in Manchester showing the game stopped working mid-match, spurring fans -- some of whom had been drinking for 18 hours -- to do their best Pamplona impression.  The Daily Mail has tons of great pictures like police dogs biting fans.  There was also this: A lone police officer was tripped up and stamped on as he faced up to a baying mob of hundreds of Rangers fans, video footage showed today... He is punched before one of the mob trips him up and he falls ...

Broken TV Sparks Riot at UEFA Cup Final
Published 5/15/2008 by David J. Warner at FanHouse
Filed under: Soccer, Soccer Posts What do you get when you combine Scottish soccer fans, a large amount of alcohol and a large TV screen in a public area that goes dead right in the middle of an international final? Unfortunately, as the above CCTV video shows, you get a riot. Glasgow Rangers fans clashed with police in Manchester last night after a screen in Piccadilly Gardens went black during the UEFA Cup final between Rangers and Zenit St. Petersburg at City of Manchester Stadium. One Russian fan was stabbed in the melee, which has led many to worry if there will be more trouble ...

Glasgow Rangers Fans Riot
Published 5/15/2008 at FanIQ Blog
Sometimes it's tough on down days, when not a lot is going on. But that's why soccer riots exist. They help fill the void when nothing else is going on. And yesterday oh boy was there ever one hell of a soccer riot. Except it was slightly different than what you'd expect. The Glasgow Rangers were playing in the UEFA Cup Final (which is like the poor man's Champion's League) and a bunch of drunken revelers came to watch them play on a giant TV screen set up in Manchester. Which is always a great idea. Get a bunch of drunken hooligans all together in one central location. Naturally the TV cut out half way through the game. Uh oh. The resulting chaos ...