andymc10 6 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 AEK ATHENS could this morning be kicked OUT of Europe.A day of riots and mayhem in Greece could now see Peter Houston and his Dundee United side handed a walkover into the Europa League group stages.SunSport revealed yesterday that the pitch at Athens' Olympic Stadium was ruled unplayable and the game would have to be staged elsewhere.Yesterday AEK saw a host of options tumble before they finally struck a deal to stage the match at city rivals Panionios.That decision sparked riots from seething Panionios fans and last night raging punters broke into the Nea Smyrni Stadium and trashed it.Goalposts were destroyed, the pitch was left ruined and the dugouts were ripped apart.Horrified Panionios president Kostantinos Takiris said: "This vandalism attack to our stadium goes beyond any logical reasoning."The people who have done this act are hooligans and they do not represent Panionios."We are against any act of hooliganism."Last night AEK President Stavros Adamidis was making desperate calls to the Greek FA for help to avoid his side being booted out of the Europa League and handed a massive UEFA fine for this chaos.AEK were facing a logistical nightmare before the attack on the ground.They had sold 13,500 tickets to their own fans with 500 United fans expected on top of that, but Panionios' ground holds just 11,500.That left United chairman Stephen Thompson concerned about fans' safety and after asking the SFA for advice, United's party will be accompanied to Greece by the SFA head of security Derek Kirkwood.UEFA have also appointed Dutch official Harry Been - head of the Netherlands 2018 World Cup bid - to attend as an independent advisor.Furious Thompson, who spent £50,000 upgrading Tannadice to UEFA standards, said: "I'm extremely unhappy but we will do as instructed by UEFA."United boss Houston insists his players won't be affected by a late change to the venue.He said: "We've done all our set plays, the team is picked and the players know what they've got to do."Read more: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/3110533/Pitch-battle.html#ixzz0xZnXWvNV Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayWestFree 107 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Pitch is a right messGetting inspected at 9am in the morning. Utd will be laughing if they get put through by this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasGers 96 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Crazy bastards! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymc10 6 Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 Theres a video Totally crazy http://www.sport-fm.gr/videos/178313,000 tickets sold but a capacity of 11,500 My mates going tommorow on the official charter plane with dundee united players £650 for 2 nights. That would be weird going on a plane with the players Also be good to get them in the group stages might get a bigish team in dundee I think sevilla are in it now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuanC 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I'd welcome a wee boost to the coefficient if United get through on a technicality Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebooler 4,509 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Greeks are nutters. I loved how over Summer they were rioting over austerity measures but one of the reasons they had such a massive debt was because there is widespread tax evasion.Aye.............................a fuckin married wan o them! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 69 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 There will be even more riots should AEK be kicked out due to rival fans! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClintonGrey 365 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Am I correct in assuming it would be an automatic 3-0 victory to Dundee Utd if the Greeks do not have a suable pitch to play on? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebooler 4,509 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 There will be even more riots should AEK be kicked out due to rival fans!If this happens mate - there'll be deaths. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymc10 6 Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 Am I correct in assuming it would be an automatic 3-0 victory to Dundee Utd if the Greeks do not have a suable pitch to play on?Yes they had until 4pm today then got it extended because they wanted to put it 300km away and UEFA didnt alow it, then the new ground in athens announced now its trashed i expect to see AEK booted out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delparlane 5,940 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Hope they do get the boot. Would serve their f***ing idiot fans right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwrfc 32 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 What absolute nutjobs! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterD 7,448 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Good, greasy Greek bastards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry handsome 629 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 That wasnt the greek pitch that was fir park Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris182 6,510 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Hope they do get through.Gets some much needed coefficient points on the table.Couldn't agree more Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambo 197 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I remember once reading how a Panathanaikos fan tried to firebomb a coach load of fans from either AEK or Olympiacos. Anyway they caught him beat him with bats, iron bars and shoved a broomstick with deep heat on it up his arse, hog tied him and left him on the side of the road in a remote mountainous area...Oh the banter! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelle1880 596 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 After the way Dundee treated our fans I want them to fail in every way possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
demise 3,700 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 This is so wrong. Why would they kick them out, theres plenty of other stadiums in Athens. That swedish bastards AIK fans throwed stones and broke some of the windows of the Levski Sofia bus last week and yet they were not even punished . Ah well, that prick Lennart Johansson is not from Greece Pic of the Levski bus right after the game with AIK: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right_To_Censor 1,951 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 it would be a total irony if motherwell had complained about the pitch, it would be the mother of or irony's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milsy 1 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 After the way Dundee treated our fans I want them to fail in every way possible.agreed, a hate that club. defo the arsehole of a chairman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangeclement 619 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Not reallythat Bizarre , would you want the filth and their fans in Ibrox for a European game if their midden was shut down ? big rivals hence why Olymimpiakos told themwhere to go Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangeclement 619 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 If it was going ahead, I'd be raging but I certainly wouldn't trash Ibrox!true but they are sweaty greeks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboscot 1,202 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 http://www.ana-mpa.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=9033427&maindocimg=1933437&service=102AEK-Dundee at Karaiskaki The die was cast on Wednesday for the troubled AEK Athens FC - Dundee United match on Thursday, as the Karaiskaki stadium in southern coastal Athens will serve as the long-sought venue for the second leg of the UEFA Europa League qualifier. Although final UEFA approval is pending, both teams should breathe a sigh of relief, as the 33,500-seat Karaiskaki Stadium -- the home field for Olympiacos Piraeus -- is a purpose-built football venue constructed just ahead of the 2004 Olympic Games. Additionally, only Dundee United supporters will be on hand, as AEK Athens' management has decided not to open the stands for its own fans. The popular Athens club can still bring along an unspecified number of team officials, sponsors and VIP guests, however. Wednesday's development follows the unprecedented thrashing of another Athens field on Tuesday afternoon by hooligans bent on preventing the AEK-Dundee match from taking place there. The 11,500-seat but sub-par Nea Smyrni field, home to mid-level Panionios Athens, would have served as the venue had it not been vandalised. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntled_bear 157 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Dundee Utd will be gutted that this tie is going ahead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonkgers 3 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Pitch is a right messGetting inspected at 9am in the morning. Utd will be laughing if they get put through by this.Looks like Fir Park! Get it played! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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