Sundowns condemn fan hooliganism

Mamelodi Sundowns condemn fan hooliganism after Moroka Swallows match

Posted: 2 October 2012 Time: 07:51 am

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Mamelodi Sundowns have moved to condemn the behaviour of rioting fans "in the strongest possible terms", and insist the issue of the coach is "hypothetical".

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Sundowns fans stormed the pitch following the team's loss to Moroka Swallows at the weekend, and had to be brought under control by police and club management.

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In a statement on their official website, Sundowns reveal that the club is looking into identifying the supporters responsible, in order to take action against them.

"The club wishes to state that this behaviour is not acceptable from any soccer fan, and applauds the fans who tried to stop such behaviour, which indicated that not all fans share the sentiments of this minority," the statement says.

"The club will try to identify the fans responsible, and to take appropriate action against them. The club remains committed to rooting out hooliganism in soccer."

Sundowns also addresses the issue of under-fire coach Johan Neeskens: "The club also wishes to state that the issue of whether the coach stays with the club is a hypothetical question, as the tenure of the coach was never discussed by the club."

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KING?
posted: 07:53 am

The club will try to identify the fans responsible, and to take appropriate action against them

clearly these 209.5 fans mean nothing to these people, how do u take action against your clients if they are not happy with your service levels and the quality of the product.
Filaz Roger Feutmba...Sandawana
posted: 08:18 am
It wont be hard to "take action against them" coz they're only 200 fans...nxaaaaaa

Ka bo yellow thou
KidKudu7
posted: 08:40 am
Sunkops will compete in Mvela league...come next season!!!
Baatile
posted: 08:50 am
There was and still is concern about the overall performance of the team at home. The poor home run is as a result of the pressure the team is put under at home by the fans. The branches around Petori must also get their act together, Dobsy was just like home away from home hence some supporters thought they could behave the way they did. Kabelo, Mambush and Alex know exactly who was responsible for the supporters actions on Sunday. The same few tried to do that at Moses Mabhida but were outnumbered. They did that against Maritzburg United and got away with it. It is time for them to repent then get the punishment they deserve. We are a laughing stock due to poor results as it is, now this.
Bin Laden
posted: 09:04 am
I doubt if those were really our fans,,I smell the sowetans behind this hooliganism behaviour...This cant go on like this realy..F@k Everybody who stormed the pitch....

Johan Neeskens is here to stay..I suggest to cancel ur membership and go joing the Apes and the Rats

"South african football lovers are masters in praising mediocrity" Tuelo Gabonewe
Bin Laden
posted: 09:04 am
I doubt if those were really our fans,,I smell the sowetans behind this hooliganism behaviour...This cant go on like this realy..F@k Everybody who stormed the pitch....

Johan Neeskens is here to stay..I suggest to cancel ur membership and go joing the Apes and the Rats

"South african football lovers are masters in praising mediocrity" Tuelo Gabonewe
Bin Laden
posted: 09:07 am
Filaz

The problem we have is not the Coach here, but the Lazy players and stupid management..What happend to the beautiful football displayed last season?????? Is high time we call a spade a spade..Trott,Makhanya must both relieve themself from their duties
Mpikza
posted: 09:30 am
this is a joke. cause it's not the first time for scenes like this to happen in our PSL. Okay maybe for Sundowns is a norm now. The so called big teams don't wanna be beaten by the teams they think they supposedly small. This is football you win some you loss some. Even the greatest teams loss, Manchester United was once relegated by they used that season as a building block of the now power house team.
Papa--Wash
posted: 10:27 am
Sundowns fans storm into the pitch ans the psl is talking about fines, that shows that everyone wants a slice of Motsepe's money.
MzalaBucs
posted: 10:52 am
i wish SD to start winning, i am looking for competition not these paraffin from N.
interlude
posted: 10:01 pm
sundowns supporters are whack!it aint the coach's fault that the team is failing to get thru,seriously its now 88 mins and they cant score platinum stars hahaha,they gotta get real aah
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