Part of the history of Manchester and the 2007–08 UEFA Cup
Officers of the Greater Manchester Police keep Rangers and Zenit fans apart
Date
14 May 2008
Location
Manchester City Centre, England
Result
39 policemen injured, one police-dog injured and 39 arrests[1]
Belligerents
Zenit hooligans
Rangers hooligans
Greater Manchester Police
The 2008 UEFA Cup final riots were a series of public disorder incidents that took place in Manchester, England, on the day of the 2008 UEFA Cup final. Serious disorder was allegedly sparked by the failure of a big screen erected in Piccadilly Gardens to transmit the match to thousands of Rangers fans who had travelled to the city without tickets. Greater Manchester Police reported that a "minority" of the [2] 200,000 visiting Rangers' fans were involved in the violence;[3] while Detective Superintendent Geoff Wessell, of Greater Manchester Police, stressed that a "very, very low proportion" of the travelling Rangers fans had been involved in disorder.[4] In addition to property damage, fifteen policemen were injured and ambulance crews attended 52 cases of assault.[5] A Manchester City Council inquiry into the events estimated that over 200,000 Rangers fans visited Manchester for the match, with 39 fans were arrested for a range of offences across the city, while 38 complaints were received about the conduct of Greater Manchester Police officers. The report however said that the 37,000 Rangers fans inside the City of Manchester Stadium were extremely well behaved and good
humoured – a credit to their football club.[6][1]
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^"Revealed: 47 Rangers fans hunted by police over UEFA Cup final riot". Daily Record. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
^"CCTV shows fans chasing police". BBC News. 15 May 2008. Archived from the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
^Manchester City Council Executive. "Report to Executive 25 June 2008 - UEFA Cup Final" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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