Scheduled fights, incitement to hatred and discrimination… Since 2008, ten groups of ultra supporters have been dissolved

In Clermont or Saint-Étienne, the Ultras preferred self-dissolution…

In November 2023, the group of ultra supporters of Clermont Foot Sekta Pirata (120 members for its first season in 2022-2023), main animator of the Volcan stand, announced its self-dissolution, justifying it in part by “defamatory accusations”. The group then denied having in its ranks members linked to far-right movements and justified its decision by stadium bans targeting its leaders and “very disabling placement in the stands”originally according to him “a massive loss of followers”.
Ten years earlier, in September 2013, the Saint-Etienne Green Angels had made the same decision, explaining it as follows: “For several years now, we have been singled out for anything and everything, without our words even being heard. The most recent example was the last derby, where we were condemned both by the highest authorities of French football, but also by our own club. This event was the straw that broke the camel’s back. » The 1901 law association dissolved, the Green Angels once again became a simple “de facto group”. Saturday evening, in Geoffroy-Guichard, one of its banners criticized the League: “LFP: you are the doggies of Qatar, while waiting for the backlash, let’s play ball. » while the match was briefly interrupted by tennis balls being thrown onto the court.

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