Initially, the AZ board wanted to place ‘combs’ on the fence between the supporters and the press during AZ’s match against SC Heerenveen tomorrow. This is to prevent violence and vandalism. In consultation with supporters association Ben-Side Loyals, it has been decided to watch one last game.
The supporters association reports this on its website.
AZ previously indicated in a consultation with Ben-Side Loyals that it had been fined because AZ fans ‘throw attributes on the field’. For example, the club was fined 16,000 euros because beer was thrown during the match AZ – Celtic. “During AZ – Feyenoord, AZ – Ajax and AZ – Bodø/Glimt it was hit again,” the supporters association writes.
The football club has also been receiving complaints from photographers, the KNVB and UEFA for some time about climbing the boarding (graffiti wall), which is there to protect the press. Ben-Side Loyals: “For this too, fines have been handed out by the KNVB and UEFA and the photographers have recovered the damage to their material from AZ.”
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This has happened again after the consultation and now AZ feels ‘constrained to take measures’: “To prevent climbing over the boarding, AZ wanted to place combs – small dots – on the boarding for the upcoming home game against SC Heerenveen. to avoid climbing.”
The board of the association then ‘entered into discussion’ with the club. “We’ve suggested giving it one last chance before the combs are placed,” said Ben-Side Loyals. “AZ has agreed to this. However, if even one supporter climbs over or onto the boarding, there will be combs on the boarding the next home game.”