Video - West Ham United-Columbus Crew Fans Brawl (Part 1 of 4)

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West Ham United and Columbus Crew Fans Riot During Friendly
Published 7/22/2008 at FanIQ Blog
Videos from yesterday's fight between West Ham United and Columbus Crew fans have finally made their way to Youtube. In the first video, a West Ham fan gets put into a chokehold by a security guard as other fans push and yell around them. Cool. Below, fans fight in the stands. The number of people battling was indeed greatly exaggerated, but that's okay. Rome wasn't destroyed by rioting in a day. American soccer fans will get better with time.

TSR: Columbus responds, women win
Published 7/22/2008 by Beau Dure at The Netminder
The Columbus Crew released a statement, curiously not on their site, disputing the reports of a large brawl in the stands at their friendly against West Ham United. The problem, the Crew say, is that three West Ham supporters went into the Crew supporters section and caused trouble until security intervened. The Dispatch's Shawn Mitchell has the statement on his blog, though he thinks more than three West Ham fans were involved. Earlier, Mitchell went into more detail on what he saw of the incident. BigSoccer's Bill Archer agrees and has a few choice words for stadium security, accusing them of being busy looking for ...

West Ham United and Columbus crew “friendly” turns very UNfriendly
Published 7/22/2008 by houroc at SportFiends
USA Today - A halftime brawl between more than 100 fans marred an exhibition match Sunday between West Ham United of the English Premier League club and the MLS’ Columbus Crew. The fights, which overshadowed West Ham United’s 3-1 win, began when a handful of West Ham supporters… entered the northeast corner of the stadium where the Crew’s most boisterous supporters typically gather. Crew supporters began directing chants toward the rival fans, and fights quickly broke out between more than 100 Crew fans and at least 30 West Ham fans. [Note: police reportedly used pepper spray on the crowd. ...

Some Video of that Columbus-West Ham Kerfuffle
Published 7/23/2008 by Laurie at The Offside
Some Video of that Columbus-West Ham Kerfuffle By: Laurie | July 23rd, 2008 I love YouTube. I knew it was only a matter of time before we got to see for ourselves the hoolie porn actions of the fun guys at the Columbus-West Ham friendly . FYI, gents? There’s nothing ladies find more attractive than drunken guys duking it out. Especially when they’re wearing jerseys of a team from a country where they’ve spent approximately three days, total. Truly. I’m serious. Would I lie to you? In other exciting West Ham Does North America news, Canadian security will be on the lookout for those evil West Ham rowdies. Security guards at tomorrow’s ...