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| Fans clash ahead of World Cup tie | |
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| Trouble has broken out between rival football fans near Windsor Park on Tates Avenue in Belfast. | |
| Police moved in to separate the fans ahead of a World Cup qualifier between Northern Ireland and Poland. Fireworks, bricks and bottles have been thrown. | |
| Earlier, nine people were arrested following trouble at a pub on Bedford Street in the city centre. | |
| The pub has closed, considerable damage having been caused. Police said the majority of those arrested were Polish. | |
| "I walked by Wetherspoons and when I got to the front door the Polish ones were throwing chairs through the windows, beating people up and just wrecking the place," said one eye witness. | "I walked by Wetherspoons and when I got to the front door the Polish ones were throwing chairs through the windows, beating people up and just wrecking the place," said one eye witness. |
| At least one person has been injured during the disturbances. | At least one person has been injured during the disturbances. |
| A spokesman for Wetherspoons said he understood the trouble at its premises started following an "altercation between a Polish fan and a local". | |
| He estimated that the damage caused could run into thousands of pounds. | He estimated that the damage caused could run into thousands of pounds. |