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by pydry 152 days ago
They were banned because during a match in Amsterdam they shouted racist abuse, sang racist songs, did plenty of vandalism, threw an innocent member of the public into a river and assaulted Muslim taxi drivers.

Moreover, most of them have military training which makes the racist abuse, vandalism and assault that much more terrifying.

If an antisemitic football team was half that bad they'd be hauled off to prison never mind banned from football matches.

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Yup, Amsterdam is looking to ban future participation of Maccabi fans as a result:

https://www.trtworld.com/article/86ebbfd8eada