Footage has emerged of a giant group of travelling Gent fans clashing with the gardaí in Dublin city centre last night ahead of their team’s clash with Shamrock Rovers within the Europa Conference League at Tallaght stadium
Footage shows clash between travelling Gent fans and the Gardai
The footage has been widely circulated online and shows groups of the travelling fans engaging in violent confrontation with the outnumbered Gardai on Abbey Street. Footage filmed from a close-by window captures the scenes as a bunch of travelling fans provoke Gardaí members, pushing and shoving the officers before they tripped one over.
Within the background you may hear the remainder of the Gent fans cheering on the altercation and chanting various team songs. Within the footage you can even see certain individuals attempting to ease tensions and calm down the riled-up individuals.
Gent fans causing trouble in Dublin tonight ahead of their game with Shamrock Rovers. Gardai heavily outnumbered but doing their best to regulate things. #Gent #shamrockrovers #Dublin pic.twitter.com/ugb7kp56Kb
— Con Murphy (@ConMurphyCarlow) October 27, 2022
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The official Gent Twitter account shared a video of Gent fan marching down O’Connell Street past the GPO earlier within the afternoon.
Fans: ready. COBW! 💪 #rovgnt #uecl pic.twitter.com/bWhCjT5BqY
— KAA Gent (@KAAGent) October 27, 2022
The Gardai have issued the next statement last night to media:
‘Gardai confirmed they attended a public order incident on Abbey Street earlier on Thursday and no arrests were made and the investigations are ongoing.’
The match in Tallaght on Thursday night resulted in. 1-1 draw, with Rory Gaffney heading Rovers ahead with just 3 minutes on the clock. Gent equalised within the 74th minute but were unable to steal a win despite Rovers losing a person with 20 minutes to go. The Belgian side were then booed off the pitch by their very own fans after failing to capitalise on this chance, leaving the fate of their Conference League progress to be decided next week.
