sport news Friendly between England and Italy fans in Naples targeted by hooligans trends now
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A friendly match between England and Italy supporters has been targeted by hooligans in a chilling development ahead of this week’s European Championship qualifier in Naples.
Concerns over crowd safety have been raised with Gareth Southgate’s side travelling to the trouble hotspot with around 2,500 travelling fans for Thursday’s clash.
Violence exploded last week before Napoli’s Champions League match with Eintracht Frankfurt and the city has a longheld reputation for hooliganism.
But while Southgate insisted that the FA has had assurances over fan welfare, Sportsmail has seen a threatening email send to England fans group englandfans FC who had arranged a game against their Italian counterparts earlier on the day of the match.
The anonymous note warns organiser and lifelong England fan Garford Beck ‘you be warned only 1 times’. It adds that Napoli’s infamous ultras
