"Late and clumsy" intervention by the government in trying to overturn the banning of Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match against Aston Villa only served to "inflame tensions", a committee of MPs has found. The move was "ineffective" and reflected "unfavourably on the culture of the Home Office", the Home Affairs Committee report concluded. The report into events surrounding the November Europa League match also found the decision by Birmingham's Safety Advisory Group (SAG) may have been

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