Overview
- Leaked Silver Command logs from match day recorded threats including “groups of Asian youths looking to fight” and early relocation of Maccabi’s delegation, even as planned public messaging called the day “largely peaceful.”
- West Midlands Police previously told MPs it had withheld high‑confidence intelligence that local elements planned to arm themselves against Maccabi supporters.
- Members of the Home Affairs Committee signaled they may ask the Home Secretary to seek the chief constable’s removal after concluding the force gave an unconvincing and potentially misleading account.
- Amsterdam’s mayor rejected claims Dutch police had warned of Maccabi hooliganism, and MPs have demanded recordings of the UK‑Dutch meeting and the intelligence used to justify the ban.
- The inspectorate led by Sir Andy Cooke is set to deliver expedited findings this week, as separate reviews continue into the force’s consultations with mosque leaders, the lack of engagement with local Jewish groups, and related accountability questions.