It later transpired the real reason the Police wanted to ban the group: "West Midlands Police did have "high confidence intelligence" that members of the local

It later transpired the real reason the Police wanted to ban the group: "West Midlands Police did have "high confidence intelligence" that members of the local community in Birmingham were planning to arm themselves to attack Maccabi supporters." https://news.sky.com/story/ai-evidence-a-fake-match-and-misleading-mps-what-led-to-the-downfall-of-the-west-midlands-police-chief-goes-beyond-football-13495077 https://news.sky.com/story/ai-evidence-a-fake-match-and-misl...