Violence marked the Birmingham derby

English Birmingham was the scene of clashes between fans of Aston Villa and Birmingham are throwing torches at the stadium at St Andrews and Villa supporters broke seats, says the Daily Mail.
City manager Alex McLean was quick to condemn the actions of the hosts hundreds of fans who invaded the pitch after victory over Aston Villa with 2:1 in the quarter-clash in the Carling Cup tournament.
On the eve of the choice of host for 2018 World Cup McLean said: "This goes back to the dark ages. It looks good, so when fans ran on the pitch and kept that way. It was terrible.
I do not think this will affect the candidacy of England's World Cup in 2018.
I am disappointed by the behavior of fans, they should not step on the field. We do not want our team to communicate with the throwing of flares.
Both clubs can expect sanctions because iztsepkite the crowd. About 500 police officers were involved in the prevention of collisions between propaganda groups on the first evening match between two clubs in eight years.
Law enforcement officers are arranged in a thin blue line between the two sectors with supporters who are throwing torches.
Many seats in the sector with visiting fans flew in the air after Nikola Zigic stuck winning goal in 84 minutes.
The president of Birmingham Peter Panu said: "We are extremely disappointed with what happened after the game. I promise you that the club will conduct an impartial investigation, since we are such unforgivable actions of individuals.
After serious clashes between fans during the 2002/2003 season, the police in the region insisted that any future derbies in Birmingham to play on Sunday at noon. The draw for the Carling Cup, however, require the violation of this rule.