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Crew Supporters Union Release Statement on West Ham Fans

July 24th, 2008 |

Author: Joe J

I have read a lot about Crew supporters since the trouble at the Crew Stadium with West fans, and quite a lot of it is bad news for Crew, Read THIS ARTICLE HERE and then the statement below from The Crew Supporters Union

STATEMENT FROM CREW SUPPORTERS UNION

As many of you are aware, a small scuffle occurred Sunday evening
between a group of West Ham fans and Crew supporters in the Nordecke.
The Crew supporters were attempting to get the West Ham fans, who were
throwing beer and trying to instigate fights, out of the top of the
section where families are seated with no assistance from the security
representatives located around the section. This incident has now been
sensationalized by the media as a “brawl”. We, the leaders of the Crew
Supporter’s Union, feel that the blame should fall squarely on
Contemporary Services Corporation (CSC, a security company) for lack of
training the personnel hired to work MLS games and the Crew Front
Office for cutting down on the number of security guards around the
section when a club known more for hooliganism than soccer is expected
to be present at a game. The bottom line is that the West Ham fans
should have never made it into the supporter’s section, let alone ten
rows deep. Before the next home match on August 16 against our sister
club, FC Dallas, we will try to work with the Crew Front Office to get
CSC to explain their violent and unnecessary harassment of Crew
supporters in the first half and hopefully to find a better security
solution than what is currently being provided.

John Clem

Crew Supporters Union President