Season › 2025-26 › General Forum Aston Villa ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Villa Park By Tony Abrahams 16/10/2025 7 Comments [Jump to last] Just seeing that Aston Villa have banned the fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv from attending the game at Villa Park because they can't guarantee their safety.Jewish fans can't attend a game in England because the club can't guarantee their safety? That gives me a feeling that our country is on the way to becoming an Islamic state. Reader Comments (7) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer () Les Callan 1 Posted 16/10/2025 at 19:19:53 Nonsense, Tony. Mike Allison 2 Posted 16/10/2025 at 19:27:54 Tony, the Maccabi fans are the problem. The police don't want them because they are worried they'll cause trouble. Brent Stephens 3 Posted 16/10/2025 at 19:44:19 Oh, Tony. Dear oh dear. Alan McGuffog 4 Posted 16/10/2025 at 19:50:11 They can't be any worse than Rangers supporters, surely? Kieran Kinsella 5 Posted 16/10/2025 at 19:56:43 It is amazing though the inconsistency when it comes to politics, sport, fan bans, team bans etc. Maccabi fans caused a riot in Amsterdam so the Police in Birmingham unilaterally ban them from attending a game in England. Meanwhile, for years, we put it on the French government (riots at the 1998 World Cup), Netherlands (Euro 2000 with 900 English fans arrested), Germany (2006, 200 arrested in riots at Stuttgart) to deal with our yobs. All of these incidents being entirely predictable and coming post Heysel. Not to mention the sorry history of say Galatarassay fans rioting and killing rival fans for example. At the same time, South Africa have apartheid -- banned from Sport. USA southern states have segregation -- not banned from sports. Hitler awarded the Olympics. Argentine fascist junta awarded 1978 World Cup. Russia invades Ukraine -- banned from sport. Yugoslavia civil war -- Yugoslavia banned from sports. Russia invades Afghanistan; USA invades Iraq; Turkey continues to occupy Cyprus; China ditto with Tibet; Armenia & Azerbaijan on and off war; Koreas still technically at war; genocides in Rwanda, Sudan, Cambodia -- all okay, no impact on sports. Surely, we just accept that sports and politics are separate, and police do their jobs and manage situations as they arise. Instead of very occasionally banning nations or groups of fans for doing things everyone seems to do with impunity. Michael Kenrick 6 Posted 16/10/2025 at 21:25:32 That's incorrect, Tony. It seems the West Midlands Police seem to be driving the ban -- not the club.No Maccabi Tel Aviv fans allowed at Villa match Andy Duff 7 Posted 16/10/2025 at 21:42:39 Except that's not the reason at all. Their fans are the problem I guess what they did in Amsterdam was not their fault either? They should have been banned by Uefa anywayTalk about playing the victim card this a rediculous rightwing inspired post filled with anti Muslim hate rhetoric Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. How to get rid of these ads and support TW © ToffeeWeb