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The message was clear: the stadium ban against two members of the Peißenberg fan club responded to the home game against Miesbach with a banner campaign and a partial boycott.
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Even though the stadium bans against two members of the Miners fan club “Local Crew Peißenberg” have now been lifted, the topic continues to cause controversy.
In the main and finance committee, Cornelia Wutz (civil association) criticized not only the behavior of the fans, but also that of the TSV ice hockey division.
Peißenberg
– “Playoffs – the hottest time of the year”: That’s what it says on a banner at the entrance to the town.
Peißenberg is in ice hockey fever, the Bayernliga season is entering its decisive phase.
However, what was less “cool” was what members of the Miners fan club “Local Crew Peißenberg” did at an away game in Klostersee at the end of January.
According to the police report, two people from Peißenberg acted “aggressively” against police officers.
The result: On the recommendation of the police, the main club of TSV Peißenberg imposed a stadium ban on the two fans for the rest of the season, which in turn made waves on social media.
TSV President Stefan Rießenberger in particular had to endure a shitstorm (we report).
What almost went missing: As a preventative measure, the municipality also imposed a ban on the two fans - namely for reaching around or accessing the ice stadium on Pestalozzistrasse.
So far so good.
However, at the most recent meeting of the Main and Finance Committee, Cornelia Wutz dug into the matter.
The local councilor of the citizens' association wanted to know who has to pay the costs for police operations at games of the first team of the TSV ice hockey division.
In the first playoff game against HC Landsberg, TSV President Stefan Rießenberger confirmed, almost 40 officials were on duty.
Two hours before the start of the game, riot police searched the stadium area with sniffer dogs for pyrotechnics.
In the committee, Andreas Fischer from the public order office explained that the costs did not have to be borne by the TSV main club, the ice hockey division or the municipality - “but of course the taxpayer does”.
Costs for police operations as an introduction to the topic
For Wutz, the question of who would bear the costs of police operations was only the introduction to the topic.
Her credo: “We as the market council should also take a stand.
After all, we are promoting the ice rink.” The community would take up slogans such as “respect”, “fairness” and “cosmopolitanism”.
Violence from fans would completely contradict the request.
“In any case, I can’t do much with it,” says Wutz.
Mayor Frank Zellner (CSU) spoke more presidentially about the issue in the committee.
The appearance of the Peißenberg fans in question was “not in the spirit of sport”: “That’s a real shame – and of course we don’t want that,” said the town hall boss.
And then Rudi Mach spoke up.
The parliamentary group spokesman for the Peißenberg list and former chairman of the TSV ice hockey division made a fiery but equally questionable defense plea.
The police presence was only necessary because of the away fans.
The police were only present in Klostersee because of the Klostersee fans.
“They have so many hooligans there.
It's not up to our fans.
We don't have any rioters." And: "The two fans who were banned from our house are okay too.
They were attacked abroad and just defended themselves.
I know them both personally, one of them is even my neighbor.” Well, Mach’s argument didn’t convince Wutz.
She stuck to it: “What happened there doesn’t work for me at all.” But she didn’t just apply her criticism to the fans.
“What also bothered me was that the Miners players drove onto the ice with a banner calling for the stadium bans to be lifted.” The action not only represents the authority of the main TSV club management, but also that of the community and the mayor have been undermined.
The players and also the board of directors of the TSV ice hockey division, who were informed in advance about the banner, did not live up to their “role model function for the youth”.
“I don’t hope that my house will be painted because I say so,” explained Wutz: “But it is important to me that we take an official position from the local council.”