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Maccabi Tel Aviv will decline any tickets offered to fans for Aston Villa match
Maccabi Tel Aviv has said it will decline any tickets offered to their fans for their Europa League fixture against Aston Villa next month. It comes as Keir Starmer ’s government had been working with West Midlands Police and Birmingham City Council to ensure fans from both sides could attend the fixture at Villa Park, Birmingham, on 6 November.

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Police ordered to review decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa game
Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban 'poses risk of violence'
Aston Villa vs Maccabi Tel Aviv: Israeli club to decline away ticket allocation for Europa League fixture
Maccabi Tel Aviv will not sell tickets to their fans for the Europa League match at Villa Park, the Israeli club have said.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv will not accept Villa tickets
Labour's Lisa Nandy clashes with Birmingham MP who led efforts to cancel Maccabi Tel Aviv's match against Aston Villa and hailed the banning of Israeli fans
Maccabi Tel Aviv say Tommy Robinson's intervention in Aston Villa anti-Semitism ticket row was 'final straw' for club
Prime Minister Keir Starmer labelled it the 'wrong decision' and supported the droves of angry fans voicing their fury online.

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Aston Villa vs Maccabi Tel Aviv: Government to 'provide what is necessary' to allow away fans to attend Europa League match
UK Government issue response as Maccabi Tel Aviv act on Aston Villa ticket ban

Home Office was told last week that Maccabi Tel Aviv fans could face ban for Aston Villa match, police say

Sir Keir Starmer will do ‘everything in his power’ to overturn the controversial ban, according to his spokesman

Maccabi Tel Aviv match morphs into latest front in Britain’s culture wars

Aston Villa was advised last week by a Birmingham Council-linked safety advisory group (SAG) that the match should go ahead with no Maccabi fans. West Midlands Police backed the SAG advice and said its “intelligence” suggested a safety risk.
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West Midlands Police fear Maccabi and Villa trouble despite ban as club issue strict warning

West Midlands Police continue to prepare for potential security challenges surrounding the Europa League encounter between Aston Villa and Maccabi Tel Aviv on 6 November, despite the Israeli club's decision to decline their away supporter allocation.

UK police consulting Israeli authorities over Tel Aviv derby disturbances

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were last week barred from the Europa League tie against Aston Villa in Birmingham on November 6.
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