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Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by davidif: 4:31am On Jun 07, 2010 |
Posted by Diego Zorrilla TEMBISA, South Africa -- Visiting Makhulong Stadium on Sunday afternoon for the Nigeria-North Korea friendly was the perfect opportunity to watch the Super Eagles in action, given that they will be Argentina's first rival in the World Cup. But the game lost all its importance before it had even started, as news reached the press box about a stampede at the gates that, in the end, left 15 people injured. FIFA was quick to say that it can't be blamed, fair enough because the organization doesn't sanction these friendlies. It would also be very hard to prove that the incident shows South Africa is not ready to host the World Cup. Even the extent of responsibility that could be thrust upon Nigeria, as designated host team of the friendly, remains to be seen. But still, the game in Tembisa was an accident waiting to happen. Is there a better way to describe the decision to make the Super Eagles play, for free, in a poor township at a relatively small stadium (12,000 full capacity, or, more like 8,000 since that was the number of tickets released)? To make matters worse, the tickets issued looked quite easy to forge. Tembisa residents were surely eager to watch two World Cup teams, and especially an African favorite, without having to pay for the show. Nigerians are a big immigrant group in South Africa, including Joburg, and, undoubtedly, many of them made the trip to Makhulong on Sunday. Did anyone really expect them not to do so? An hour before the match, there was already an immense crowd gathered around the gates, most of them wearing the green shirt of the Eagles or the yellow one of the Bafana Bafana. But there were just two gates with no turnstiles -- and one of those was reserved for players, officials and media. One gate, 8,000 people? You do the math. Ironically, the stadium was never really packed full. Shortly before the game began, there were several gaps in most of the stands. Then the stampedes came and the police elected to close the gates, to reopen them fully only minutes before the game ended. By the way, the show went on: The players were unaware of what was happening outside, and Nigeria beat North Korea 3-1. Many fans probably didn't care at all, as close as they came to being crushed to death. They probably hope this near tragedy will, at least, keep some eyes wide open when the true competition begins. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/5257202/ce/us/fans-nigeria-north-korea-warm-stampede-gates-game?cc=5901&ver=us |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by rasputinn(m): 6:36am On Jun 07, 2010 |
That's what your a$$ gets when you take a high profile match for which over fifteen thousand tickets have been sold to a less than ten thousand capacity stadium |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by davidif: 6:49am On Jun 07, 2010 |
rasputinn:so sad, i only thought that things like that only happened in naija. |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by olaolabiy: 12:03pm On Jun 07, 2010 |
it happens. |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by Princek12(m): 12:26pm On Jun 07, 2010 |
Please change that bloody topic or subject. The stampede was not caused by Nigerians in SA; it was caused by Super Eagles's fans in South Africa, many of whom were South Africans and other Africans, not just Nigerians. ESPN reported live outside the event and interviewed attendees at random, and they did not interview a single Nigerian, for I can readily identify Nigerians from, at least, their look, their names, or their accent. Nigerian names are usually not "Mgbodolo Mwabodongo." I am sick and tired of the assumption that because there was a stampede at a Super Eagles' game in South Africa, and not in Nigeria, the stampede was caused by Nigerians, a flawed reasoning based on the assumption that only, or mostly, Nigerians will invariably desire to force their way into a soccer game featuring the Super Eagles. |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by Medlabgirl: 12:40pm On Jun 07, 2010 |
Princek12: BBWAHAHAHAHA; ROFL, CRYING!!![/ |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by sley4life(m): 12:50pm On Jun 07, 2010 |
Too bad. Hope this wont affect the tournament |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by Ranoscky(m): 12:56pm On Jun 07, 2010 |
Daz what they know them for, problems all the tyme and anywhere they go. . .NA WA O! |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by snowdrops(m): 1:12pm On Jun 07, 2010 |
i agree with someone above. even the bbc reported that the stampede was caused by south africans and nigerians amongst other football fans. therefore the topic is misleading |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by Digriz(m): 2:51pm On Jun 07, 2010 |
the stampede is from the fans and not only Nigerians. |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by Oba234: 2:56pm On Jun 07, 2010 |
anyway, this is not a big deal and the stadium used will not be used in the world cup. This is what happen when you give free tickets. It attracts hoodlums. |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by snowdrops(m): 2:58pm On Jun 07, 2010 |
its a big deal in terms of poor corwd control presumably the same officials are supposed to be invloved in one way or the other during the world cup |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by babaowo: 3:07pm On Jun 07, 2010 |
hope this woud'nt affect us |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by eros(m): 3:46pm On Jun 07, 2010 |
Another misleading topic by a biased poster. Please change your subject line and help build Nigeria, instead of destroy and castigate her. |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by 4tune1(m): 5:27pm On Jun 07, 2010 |
@poster be careful. Stampede caused by Nigerian ko. |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by sammytb(m): 9:06pm On Jun 07, 2010 |
Well, Nigeria supporters will be the one to beat, D Argentines, Well d stampede is caused by greediness of sme officials, ! |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by davidif: 12:48am On Jun 08, 2010 |
Princek12: Some of those people's names self. I don't have a problem with the traditional ones, its the english one's that bother me like "surprise", "method", or "laughter" that make me laugh |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by mamagee3(f): 12:50am On Jun 08, 2010 |
davidif:Are those names? |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by davidif: 5:38am On Jun 08, 2010 |
mama-gee: yep! but they are no worse than naija names like "government", "goodluck", "plant", or "longinus". |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by Acidosis(m): 5:52am On Jun 08, 2010 |
eros:Pls, tell him |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by Acidosis(m): 5:56am On Jun 08, 2010 |
eros:Pls, tell him |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by Acidosis(m): 5:56am On Jun 08, 2010 |
eros:Pls, tell him |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by Acidosis(m): 5:56am On Jun 08, 2010 |
eros:Pls, tell him |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by Ibomade1: 9:09am On Jun 08, 2010 |
Too many people and few seats we all know what will happen. |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by yoruba: 11:40am On Jun 08, 2010 |
I was watching that game live on TV, for some reason I noticed there was something wrong thats gonna happen. snowdrops:The game was organised by the NFF, FIFA confirmed that they were not involved in the organisation of the game. However its a big deal in terms of the perceptions Europeans gonna have over Africans, sad though. davidif:How about "someone" "pleasure" "kindness", lol |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by edoreedore(m): 12:19pm On Jun 08, 2010 |
davidif:my friend how do you mean, its not a must that you must resond to this post, u come nairaland come dey abuse us 4 wetin happen for SA, e be like say your head no correct, olodo |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by davidif: 3:32pm On Jun 08, 2010 |
edoreedore: you are the olodo. If you don't have anything constructive to say THEN SHUT UP!!! Everybody is talking in a polite manner its you that has to bring your "motor park" attitude over here. |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by davidif: 3:34pm On Jun 08, 2010 |
yoruba: Someone ke!!! chei, nigerians una go kill person die. |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by folem: 4:06pm On Jun 08, 2010 |
http://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/WorldCup/TournamentNews/FIFA-blames-SA-for-stampede-20100608 [size=16pt]FIFA blames SA for stampede[/size] Johannesburg – FIFA have pointed the finger of blame squarely at South Africa for the stampede in a World Cup warm-up game at the weekend. Sepp Blatter, president of FIFA, told journalists in Sandton on Monday that there will definitely not be a stampede during the tournament. He added that the host country is responsible for safety. “FIFA as organisers also have to take steps to ensure a safe tournament, but football associations and FIFA don’t have a police force at their disposal. That is always in the hands of the country in which the game is being played,” said Blatter. Sixteen people, including two police officers, were injured in a stampede at a warm-up game between Nigeria and North Korea at the Makhulong Stadium in Tembisa on the East Rand on Sunday. FIFA secretary-general Jérôme Valcke said that police had informed them of the incident immediately. “We are always in contact with the police. It was unnecessary for us to tell the police that they had to be better at World Cup stadiums than was the case yesterday (Sunday),” said Valcke. He added that the organisation of the tournament is better than for the warm-up game. The police said in a statement on Monday that the friendly match had been organised by a private company and that the teams apparently handed out tickets outside the gates. “A number of fans wanted to enter the stadium without tickets. Police immediately initiated crowd control measures, but the people got out of hand and forced the gates open twice,” the statement read. “Police did everything in their power to limit the injuries.” A police officer was seriously injured and is in a stable condition. The other police officer sustained light injuries. Fourteen fans sustained light injuries. National spokesperson Brig. Sally de Beer said that there should be collective responsibility for the incident. Meanwhile, Valcke said that between 97 and 98% of the three million tickets for the 2010 tournament would be sold. “We’re selling 5000 tickets per day. I’m not saying that all the tickets will be sold, but the attendance will be good.”
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Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by niceG: 5:03pm On Jun 08, 2010 |
can sum 1 pls list d states 2 be created. |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by niceG: 5:04pm On Jun 08, 2010 |
can sum 1 pls list d states 2 be created. |
Re: Stampede Caused By Nigerian Fans In South Africa by Nobody: 5:59pm On Jun 08, 2010 |
the funny thing is that when they briefly stopped the match, the commentator said that the reason was because a few people had DIED during the stampede bla bla bla and that the same "stampede" thingy happened during the US match the previous day where many people had tickets but couldnt get in, himself included (the commentator). is SA ready or not?! if they cant even handle fans on a small venue like that, how are they going to manage in the huge stadiums?! |
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