https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Since the turn of the year German football has been plagued with numerous incidents of a violent nature. Is Germany seeing the start of a new era of football hooliganism? https://www.thelocal.de/20150311/new-wave-of-football-hooliganism Wed, 11 Mar 2015 17:01:04 +0100 new-wave-of-football-hooliganism Police in Bavaria are looking for a group of English football fans who beat up two men before the Champions League clash between Manchester United and Bayern Munich on Wednesday. Seventeen arrests were made during the evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20140410/men-beaten-up-by-manchester-united-fans-in-munich Thu, 10 Apr 2014 16:52:00 +0200 men-beaten-up-by-manchester-united-fans-in-munich Bundesliga side Hannover 96 successfully took two of its supporters to court on Friday to reclaim €8,500 of UEFA fines handed to the club due to the fans' misbehaviour. https://www.thelocal.de/20140125/hanover-96-force-fans-to-pay-for-uefa-fines Sat, 25 Jan 2014 10:06:00 +0100 hanover-96-force-fans-to-pay-for-uefa-fines Schalke 04 has banned 500 football fans of a rival club from its stadium for five years following trouble the last time the teams met. A fight between hooligans from the clubs on Saturday left one man with life-threatening injuries. https://www.thelocal.de/20140121/500-football-fans-banned-from-stadium Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:17:00 +0100 500-football-fans-banned-from-stadium German football clubs were slammed on Monday by the national police union for not doing enough to stamp out hooliganism in the game. https://www.thelocal.de/20131119/police-clubs-must-do-more-in-hooliganism-fight-football-germany Tue, 19 Nov 2013 08:30:00 +0100 police-clubs-must-do-more-in-hooliganism-fight-football-germany Football hooliganism has declined in Germany’s top leagues but is on the march in lower divisions and is putting extra strain on police forces. https://www.thelocal.de/20131015/52395 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:46:00 +0200 52395 With Germany's opening Euro 2012 qualifier against Belgium taking place on Friday night, German police have been searching trains bound for Brussels in a bid to prevent known hooligans from travelling. https://www.thelocal.de/20100903/29589 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:14:00 +0200 29589