Fans clash as West Ham beats Crew 3-1

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  1. CelticKing

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    Fans clash as West Ham beats Crew 3-1

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>A halftime brawl between more than 100 fans marred an exhibition match Sunday between West Ham United of the English Premier League club and the MLS' Columbus Crew.

    The fights, which overshadowed West Ham United's 3-1 win, began when a handful of West Ham supporters, some wearing the team's claret and blue colors, entered the northeast corner of the stadium where the Crew's most boisterous supporters typically gather.

    Crew supporters began directing chants toward the rival fans, and fights quickly broke out between more than 100 Crew fans and at least 30 West Ham fans. Columbus police officers and Crew Stadium security staff eventually separated the groups.

    Highway Patrol officers arrested one fan outside the stadium for disorderly conduct, Patrol spokeswoman Anne Ralston said. A dispatcher didn't know whether Columbus police had made any arrests inside the stadium.

    West Ham forward Dean Ashton scored the game's first goal, a blistering low shot that flew past Andy Gruenebaum in the sixth minute.

    Forward Jason Garey put Columbus on the scoreboard in the 20th minute, leaping to head home a bending crossing pass from Cory Elenio.

    Crew midfielder Brad Evans inadvertently doubled West Ham's advantage by scoring into his own goal in the 26th minute. Kyle Reid completed the scoring for West Ham with a close-range goal in the 53rd minute.

    "It was a terrific game for us. We needed that sort of a workout," West Ham manager Alan Curbishley said. "We took the MLS game because we wanted to come to America. We wanted to show people what we're about."</div>
     
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    Why mess with West Ham fans - not wise - they're nutters
     
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    Columbus fans are awful. This isn't the first time they've had fights in the stands, and they're the ones who yelled the n-word at Kheli Dube after he scored a goal, then complained that Shalrie Joseph flipped them off.
     
  4. CelticKing

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    ^ Yeah man, and how about the fight, it was 100+ Crew fans versus 30 West Ham fans. haha
     
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    man_u_barmy_army DYC Legend +Young Prodigy

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    Even odds I would say considering the die hard hammers!
     
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    Colonel Ronan Continue...?

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    If you have seen Green Street Elite, then you know that you don't fuck with the Hammers. They still have the roughest firm out there.
     
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    man_u_barmy_army DYC Legend +Young Prodigy

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    5000 fulham fans v 10 Hammers Fans

    Hammers Win
     
  8. M Two One

    M Two One Halló Veröld!

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    That's a tragic event considering the relations the Premiership are attempting to create with the MLS. Something that is desperately needed considering that only a handful of MLS franchises (not clubs) are making profits of any kind.

    Russian, Italian and Serbian are worse. Believe me.
     
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    ^ They are haha.

    They fight to death after matches in the Balkans.
     

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