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The day after Manchester United’s Champions League quarter-final first leg in Rome, a series of crowd-control measures were announced by the Italian government. Central to these new laws, drawn up in the wake of the riots in Catania and the death of police officer Filippo Raciti, is the introduction of a stewarding system, modelled on the British matchday experience. Policing inside stadiums will be phased out in time for the start of next season, with one steward in place for every 250 spectators. A carabinieri presence will remain outside grounds, providing any necessary back-up. Clubs will have to pay new stewarding staff, but the government are funding a training programme for around 70 chief stewards, to be held at a sports college in Rome early this summer. The Italian football federation (FIGC) are also to appoint a national stewarding co-ordinator. Sports Minister Giovanna Melandri is confident that the changes will run fairly smoothly, but just what actual remit the stewards will have remains unclear. Clubs looking to recruit stewards have pushed the “fun” angle; a way to get out of the house at the weekend and develop a closer affinity with your local side. A journalist from the news magazine Panorama was alarmed by the apparently lackadaisical approach of some of the new employees at Genoa’s Stadio Luigi Ferraris towards their jobs. One interviewee breezily admitted he was there to catch a game for free and socialise with his mates. Fair enough – on a meagre €10 per match, who can really blame him? From WSC 244 June 2007. What was happening this month On the subject...
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