{"id":301014,"date":"2023-11-30T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=301014"},"modified":"2023-11-30T20:25:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T20:25:00","slug":"legia-warsaw-fans-clash-with-police-ahead-of-match-against-aston-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/legia-warsaw-fans-clash-with-police-ahead-of-match-against-aston-villa\/","title":{"rendered":"Legia Warsaw fans CLASH with police\u00a0ahead of match against Aston Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Legia Warsaw fans injure three police officers in ugly scenes at Villa Park as Polish supporters are held outside Aston Villa&#8217;s ground ahead of Europa Conference League clash<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Aston Villa are hosting Legia Warsaw in the Europa Conference League tonight<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Legia fans have clashed with the police outside Villa Park ahead of kick-off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gary O&#8217;Neil has reached his last resort over Wolves decisions: It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Three police officers were injured after clashing with Legia Warsaw fans clashed with outside Villa Park on Thursday night ahead of their Europa Conference League match against Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p>The Polish club had their ticket allocation reduced to just under 1,000 for the European fixture amid concerns about their fans&#8217; track record of causing trouble.<\/p>\n<p>However, over 1,000 ticketless fans vowed to still travel to Birmingham to support their club, as reported by the <span>Express and Star<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Legia supporters made their way towards Villa Park ahead of kick-off, but were met with a barrier and a wall of police officers wearing helmets with visors to protect themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The fans appeared to grow frustrated and flares were let off as they were penned in by the police.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/19\/78438167-12811311-image-a-7_1701373307653.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Legia Warsaw fans and police clashed outside Villa Park on Thursday night<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/19\/78438273-12811311-image-a-8_1701373326004.jpg\" height=\"419\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Legia fans let off flares as they were penned in by the wall of police officers<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/19\/78438275-0-image-a-6_1701372963476.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Birmingham Police confirmed three officers were injured following the ugly scenes<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>There were worrying scenes as officers were seen helping a colleague who looked to have been injured amid the clash with fans.<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham Police later released a statement on social media confirming three officers had been hurt as they urged the public to stay away from the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The statement read: &#8216;We&#8217;re currently unable to allow away fans into Villa Park following disorder outside the stadium which has seen missiles thrown at officers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Three officers have already been injured &amp; a significant policing operation continues. Please avoid Witton Lane where possible.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>On the pitch, tonight&#8217;s game promises to be an intriguing battle between Group E&#8217;s top two sides.<\/p>\n<p>Villa and Legia are level on nine points after four matches, and both teams will be looking to book their place in the knockout stages with a victory.<\/p>\n<p>Legia won the reverse fixture in September as they beat Unai Emery&#8217;s men 3-2 in Poland.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12811311\/Legia-Warsaw-fans-CLASH-police-ahead-Europa-Conference-League-tie-Aston-Villa-1-000-supporters-vowed-travel-Villa-Park-despite-not-having-tickets-game.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legia Warsaw fans injure three police officers in ugly scenes at Villa Park as Polish supporters are held outside Aston <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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