Juventus Ultras

Drughi is the name of a major ultra - grouping in the environment of the Italian football club Juventus. The name comes from Anthony Burgess ' book A Clockwork Orange (Original A Clockwork Orange ), in the Droogs ( for "friends" of Russian " Друг " ) is the name of a gang.

The genesis of the name is a curiosity in itself: Originally, the grouping Arancia Meccanica should be called (Italian for A Clockwork Orange ). Under pressure from the authorities, the violence-glorifying impression conveyed by the name feared, the name was eventually changed to Drughi. The ulterior motives of the founders regarding the new names have been recognized too late.

The beginnings of this group are in the year 1987, when differences within another Ultrà grouping led to the division. Beginning of the 1990s evolved from the small founder group, the largest organized supporters of Juventus with at times over 10,000 members who claimed large parts of the southern curve of the Stadio delle Alpi in Turin itself. Currently they are found also in the south curve of the Juventus Stadium.

Euphorically by the success of Juventus in 1997, the number of larger and smaller ultras - groups finally decided to join together in a large group, which meant the end of the Drughi as an independent group. The new Ultra - grouping called himself Black & White Fighters Gruppo Storico 1977. This group, operating an aggressive policy of eviction, existed until 20 February 2005. Stadium bans and arrests of the heads of the group eventually led to the dissolution and the re-establishment of Drughi.

For large differences between club management and Drughi care at the time the plans for the reconstruction of the stadium, which will have a significantly reduced capacity.

There is an important offshoot of Drughi in Switzerland, the Drughi Svizzera in Winterthur.

Hatred of Englishmen

Since the final of the European Champions Cup 1985 between Juventus and Liverpool in the English hooligans after attacks 32 Italian fans were killed and hundreds were injured, is the part of the Drughi a hatred of the English. Here are sweeping all Englishmen, regardless of their club affiliation, attacked and attacked and physically in some cases. Trigger of that disaster was the attempt of English hooligans to storm the fan block the Italian trailer and the fact that the poor construction of the stadium, the mass panic among the Juventus fans increased and finally collapsed in a boundary wall, the many Italian fans among themselves buried.