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AZ is not allowed to take supporters to the match with SC Heerenveen on 2 March. Mayor Avine Fokkens of the Frisian place has decided that after earlier incidents in the game. Heerenveen is afraid that AZ fans will still take a seat on the home ribunes and has tightened the rules for ticket sales.
Club card holders are not allowed to buy tickets for the game. Only people with a season ticket can buy a maximum of two extra tickets. “To guarantee the safety of their own supporters, SC Heerenveen chooses this tightened form of ticket sales,” the club writes on the website.
Last January Heerenveen – AZ (2-2) was stopped after five minutes after fireworks had been thrown on the field from the branch. A season earlier the home supporters were the perpetrator.