Seandainya Saya Fans United (2)

Oleh Mahfud Ikhwan

Seandainya saja fans United, ini adalah hari-hari di mana hati tengah berbunga-bunga.

Begitu musim berakhir, United telah mendapat tanda tangan Kagawa. Bocah Jepang yang dibesarkan Ragnick di Signal Iduna Park selama dua musim itu, datang ke Manchester tak hanya dengan sensasi kalau ia berpacar seorang AVN Idol, tapi juga dengan serangkai penampilan pramusim yang sangat menjanjikan. Dan, di tengah pekan ini, hati yang berbunga-bunga itu akan pecah berantakan oleh euforia yang tak tertahankan. Van Persie, top skorer musim lalu, penyelamat Arsenal di paroh terakhir musim dengan gol-gol sehingga menghindarkan Gudang Peluru bernasib seperti Inter di Italia, telah bermusim-musim menebar ketakutan di barisan belakang United yang menua. Dan kini, monster kidal yang semakin terasah kaki kanannya itu, ada di kubu mereka.

The Death of Indonesian Supporters (Part II): Socio-Political Explanation

Oleh Darmanto Simaepa

'The new violence' in Indonesian football is more closely related with the two-parallel important aspect of the contemporary of Indonesian socio-politicis, which are the dynamics of local politics in post-New Order regime and the localized of the global football culture. The socio-politic circumstance is myriad term and its work in various ways. Even more, the Indonesia politic situation influences the pattern of organization of supporters and then the violence that they dispose. Two examples in the New Order regime and Reform Era (Era Reformasi) will help us to explain the influence of political condition for the behaviour and pattern of football fighting and violence.

The Death of Indonesian Supporters (Part I)

Oleh Darmanto Simaepa

The series of football violence in Surabaya, Jakarta and Yogyakarta in February-May 2012, where five supporters died and several injured, once again, reveals the dark side of Indonesian football. Although that violence had occurred in a close time, there is a slight dissimilarity among them. In the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) stadium, the assault and abterry of the Jak’s Mania to visitors who suspected as the member of rival group the Vikings have showed the classic of the Indonesian football riots. GBK’s violence could be seen as a ‘spontaneous reaction’ to what happened on the pitch when some violent supporters angry because of the presence of their rivals. However, the death of Nurul Huda and Pandu’s heavily maltreatment, both in Yogyakarta, tells a new pattern of violence among the football fans.