Fury at Liverpool FC World Cup flag attack

Fury at Liverpool FC World Cup flag attack

Football fans have reacted angrily after a steward slashed up one of their "Save Liverpool FC" banners during the World Cup.

The supporters are displaying banners at every match with "Save Liverpool FC - Get Hicks and Gillett Out".

Nadeem Khan, 29, was at the Germany v Australia game with his wife and three-year-old daughter when a Fifa official accused him of being a hooligan.



The Football Supporters' Federation (FSF) said it was investigating.

A Fifa spokesman was not available for comment and the club would not comment.

Mr Khan, a member of the South African Liverpool Supporters Club, had displayed the banner, alongside a number of other banners from fans, on the second level of Durban Stadium just after kick-off on Sunday.

Save Liverpool FC is an internet-based campaign, which has thousands of members of members on social networking websites Facebook and Twitter.

Many want to oust the American owners after the club spiralled into £350m of debt.
'Educate people'

Half-way through the first half, Mr Khan said he glanced up to see three stewards removing his banner and as he approached them he claimed he was asked to follow them to the security office in the ground.

"I could not believe it," he said. "All the other banners had been left there.

"When I got into the office, they began to lecture me about football hooliganism and went through my mobile phone.

"I am not a hooligan, I was merely trying to show my support to the save Liverpool campaign, my young daughter and my wife were petrified.

"He cut my banner up with a Stanley blade and told me they would keep their eye on me. They've noted down my ticket numbers too.

"I was made to feel like a criminal."

Despite this, many other fans are still trying to show their banners at the matches, in a bid to tell people about Liverpool FC's financial difficulties.

The club is currently up for sale for £800m and the board is working with the owners and the Royal Bank of Scotland to find a suitable buyer.

Alan Cooper, from the Save Liverpool Campaign, co-ordinated the banner coverage over in South Africa.

"We want to educate people about what is going on at the club.

"Usually we would be worrying about which players our manager is buying.

"That is far from our minds - we don't even have a manager, the club is struggling with debt and we are worried for the future."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/10332377.stm

Good on you Nadeem. YNWA! Keep up the good work, to all our International Follows showing their support at the World Cup, for the cause of getting H&G out of our Club, THANK YOU.

As for the Fifa Stewards go FCUK yourselves.

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A steward with a razor blade calling a Liverpool fan a hooligan. Is it only me who notes the irony in this?

Well in Nadeem.

Well in Nadeem lad.

Disgustingly treated. Why did the steward even have a stanley knife on him?

He was probably a manc who cut up the flag or one of H & G henchmen

bas**rds, how dare they do that 

Well in to Nadeem for flying the flag.

Well done for flying your flag anyway!
You had the right idea- and the world cup is probably the best place for it at the moment!

The steward probably has no idea what is going on at our club- therefore thought hooliganism straight away!

The officials involved want suspending immediately pending an investigation, absolutely outrageous behaviour on a genuine supporter.

This World Cup is slowly but surely becoming a joke off the field.

http://www.clickliverpool.com/sport/liverpool-fc/129499-liverpool-fc-banner-destroyed-by-fifa-in-world-cup-censorship-clampdown.html

bas**rds.

Send this over to Dallas.

Its officially world news. good on him!

A steward with a razor blade calling a Liverpool fan a hooligan. Is it only me who notes the irony in this?

Well in Nadeem.

Beat me to it

Give someone a bit of power (in this case the no-mark steward) and it goes to their head but this has mad the flag much more high profile than it was going to be.
Well done, Nadeem.

A steward with a razor blade calling a Liverpool fan a hooligan. Is it only me who notes the irony in this?

I know!!


Well done Nadeem anyway

Nice one Nadeem, and as Gow said what why was a steward carrying a blade.

Well in Nadeem stewards with stanley knives where the fck are fifa now eh shouldn,t be any where near a fckin football game with old stanley in tow .

Steward aggression in the name of commercialism at these games is worryingly prevalent. Once again it has only served to highlight the cause, which is great for us, but what if things take a turn for the worst in the stadium. That steward should be fired but he is obviously working under guidelines that place sponsors and their money above the fans and their security and rights

World news now though. Getting the message out that we will not tolerate these cu*ts any longer. 

Is right Nadeem lad! YNWA mate!

A steward with a razor blade calling a Liverpool fan a hooligan. Is it only me who notes the irony in this?

Exactly mate  i think you'll find that this steward knows nothing about your clubs predicament . I'm sure Stanley was only produced once they got this lad back to the security office , surely they don't carry em arround all the time .
But hey this has made world wide news now , so that has gotta be a good thing

Exactly mate  I think you'll find that this steward knows nothing about your clubs predicament . I'm sure Stanley was only produced once they got this lad back to the security office , surely they don't carry em arround all the time .
But hey this has made world wide news now , so that has gotta be a good thing

Made the press big time in South Africa!

This incident has highlighted our cause even more!! But scaring women and children is way out of order!! What kind of thug carries a stanley knife anyway???

Stupid bi*ch ... carrying a knife and telling him he's a hooligan . Well in Nadeem you've done us proud ! Thanks for you your part , great job for trying to make people aware of the situation we're in . And as for FIFA they can go F**k themselves with all this advertising nonsense , I mean first the Dutch dresses now this ! It just shows that off the pitch it is all about making money through advertising campaign . I mean seriously Nadeem and his family we're promoting a good cause not advertising anything ! If anyone is the hooligan it's that bi*ch with a knife ! His poor family they must be shocked , anyways YNWA Nadeem !

Don´t get me wrong.. I think having the banner slashed up was a tad excessive.... But he shouldn´t have taken it to the game in the first place.

F**k off yer c**t!

Well in Nadeem! Legendary effort. He's outdone SOS already!

Don´t get me wrong.. I think having the banner slashed up was a tad excessive.... But he shouldn´t have taken it to the game in the first place.

Try not to let the door hit you on the way out WUM

Well in Nadeem! Legendary effort. He's outdone SOS already!

Exactly!! This is what we mean by drawing attention to the cause

Fury at Liverpool FC World Cup flag attack

"We want to educate people about what is going on at the club.

"Usually we would be worrying about which players our manager is buying.

"That is far from our minds - we don't even have a manager, the club is struggling with debt and we are worried for the future."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/10332377.stm

Love it!

Well in Nadeem.

Great to see some coverage at the WC!

Well done lad, terrifc coverage, just sorry you and your family had to  be put through the frightening ordeal by the retarded stewards. Mabey the same message could be sent out by individuals wearing replica shirts, with one huge letter on the front of each one. Then if the stewards complain, they could line up in a different order to confuse the fukc out of them. Then get back in the right order when they've gone. It might actually be a laugh seeing what anagrams could be mabde up, with the same lettering in different positions..... Any idea's. I only just thought of that so haven't given it any time yet.

Typical FIFA.  Its always F**k the fans and supporters and ignore the real Issues. I would also wonder why a FIFA official had a Razor blade with him.

How many Hooligans go to matches with their wife and a 3 year old daughter.

Its a great way of getting publicity though isnt it? Pity any reds over hadnt thought of it too. Though its blasphemy to destroy a Liverpool flag it certainly caught attention. It makes you wonder if H&G had some lackeys in the ground or got a glimpse of it on t.v and rang a few corrupt f.i.f.a buds and took care of it. Pricks.

Nicely done, Nadeem!

Top Stuff,

Well in Lad.

Well in Nadeem lad.

Disgustingly treated. Why did the steward even have a stanley knife on him?

everyone carries a weapon in south africa, he's lucky it was just a knife.

everyone carries a weapon in south africa, he's lucky it was just a knife.

Don't be so naive!! I'm in South Africa, it's not a warzone here mate!

Top stuff Nadeem.

Maybe this is the real start of educating people across the Globe about what's happening to our beloved Club.

Nice One Nadeem!! To be branded a Hooligan for displaying a flag in honour of our beloved club to get rid of those two k*nts in the company of his missus and children is an absolute disgrace. You should be ashamed of yourselves Fifa...

Again, well in mate!!!!

Nice One Nadeem!! To be branded a Hooligan for displaying a flag in honour of our beloved club to get rid of those two k*nts in the company of his missus and children is an absolute disgrace. You should be ashamed of yourselves Fifa...

Again, well in mate!!!!

Agreed. . .  FIFA, bunch of T*ssers

Well in Nadeem!

If Mr. Nadeem accompanied by his wife and 3 year old daughter is accused of being a hooligan then what would these brainless wonder stewards brand someone with fire works in hand ready to launch. A terrorist?Looks like these stewards only target the weak ones and when real hooligans turns up, they will need the razor blades to save themselves. Well done Nadeem.

Well played to everyone who brings in the flags, F**k off to the ones who slashed them