For example, things went wrong around the home games against FC Dordrecht (March 7) and Vitesse (March 28). Fans of The White Lions sought confrontation with that of the playing team. The police had to use the emergency button to get extra units to the stadium to drive the rioters apart.
Stewards and agents injured
At the riots during that last match, two stewards and two police officers who had traveled with the team from Arnhem were slightly injured. “This is of course unacceptable and I want to prevent such incidents from happening again,” Dales writes in a letter to the council.
That is why he will set camera surveillance in the matches against ADO Den Haag on 11 April and against FC Emmen on 9 May. According to the mayor, there are indications that “public order and security may be at stake during these competitions.”
Extra measures
The cameras are aimed at the back of the branch on Tolduinerslaan. The police and Telstar also take extra measures themselves, according to the mayor. “I expect that with these measures the coming home games of Telstar will be safe and pleasant for everyone again.”