The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
West Midlands Police have arrested five people after several fights erupted across Birmingham following the Birmingham City v Millwall match yesterday. A large operation was in place for the football fixture, say police, but incidents broke out across a large area of the city on Saturday (23 April). “The level of violence – which our officers put themselves…
A shocking act of public disorder took place on Tuesday in West Bromwich town centre which terrorised members of the public as hooligans threw ignited fireworks which resulted in a police office being struck in the face by a lit device. Police were called to West Bromwich High Street, and surrounding roads, at around 3.30pm…
The significance of Saturday’s demonstration by ex Zulu Warriors and Birmingham City fans in support of Black Lives Matter cannot be underestimated. Flashback to 24 March 2018 and 4,500 supporters of the Football Lads Alliance and the breakaway Democratic Football Lads Alliance, along with Tommy Robinson, amassed in Birmingham in support of the Justice421 campaign.
Hundreds of Birmingham City football fans marched through their home city this afternoon to stand against racism, in response to scenes of far-right violence in London last month. Organised by former football ‘hooligan’ Marc Gauntlett and fellow Blues supporter Keith Batchboy, the protest walk set off from outside St Andrew’s stadium in Small Heath, made its way through Digbeth and…
A former football hooligan from Birmingham is organising an anti-racist march to show solidarity with Black Lives Matter in honour of his friend who was tragically shot dead by armed police last year. Marc Gauntlett, who was active in The Zulu Warriors hooligan firm which supported Birmingham City Football Club, was devastated to lose his close friend…
As a few thousand mostly white men who claim to be “the football family against extremism” descended on Birmingham over the weekend to demonstrate their anti-extremist credentials, merging with several other self-proclaimed “non-racist” groups, regular Brummies who also happen to be football fans (but not so much into racism) decided to stand together to remind everyone that…