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BOLOGNA ULTRAS - BEST MOMENTS
Key groups: Forever Ultras, Mods, Molle Cariche, Via Genova, Vecchia Guardia, Freak Boys, Supporters, Beata Gioventù and Bologna 1982
Other ultras: SGP 1999, URB Girls, Deragliati, Narab Group, Socmel, Capotatti, 051, Fuedo, Lungimiranti, Infoiati, Brigata 1992, All the Bancon, Le Rane, Pascutti Group, Colonna Romana, Freak Tonici Imola, Noi di Bologna 1997, Official Smokers, Gruppo Croci and Turist Group.
It's the 2002-03 season and Bologna have travelled to the capital to face Roma. The home fans have choreographed a special display to welcome their rivals from Emilia Romagna. The Curva Sud is littered with placards that read "Bolognese amico della questura: spis spis spia" ("Bologna fans are friends of the police: spy spy spy"). Of course, the Bolognesi have their view of the Romanisti. "Se il mondo fosse una torta di merde torta di merda voi sarests la fetta pui grade!" (If the world was a cake of shit, you would be the biggest slice!")
Believe it or not, Roma and Bologna used to be Gemellati (twinned). Friendly ties existed between two Ultra groups, the Mods of Bologna and the Boys of Roma. This was a friendship forged by Calcio as well as politics with both groups holding far-right ideologies.
In the 1995/96 season, Bologna were on the brink of promotion to Serie A. The Mods decided to invite their Roman allies to their decisive game against Chievo. Bologna won, but the joyous atmosphere was about to turn sour. Some of the Bologna and Roma Ultras took advantage of the chaotic celebrations and launched a racist attack on a group of north African drug dealers. Allegedly one man was stabbed. It is thought that to save their own skin a number of Bologna Ultras gave the police the names of the Roman perpetrators who were consequently arrested. The Bologna fans' reputation was besmirched. For the Romanisti, the Bolognesi were no longer friends but the worst type of enemies, Infami, a term used in the criminal world for police informers.
It beggars belief that since the birth of Forever Ultras Bologna (URB) in 1974 the club has spawned 29 Ultra groups (that I know of). It has at times been a story of factional infighting, a swirling morass of competing cliques vying for pre-eminence on the Curva Bulgarelli or Curva Nord. Both URB and the Mods (founded in 1982) have been two of the Rossoblu's more famous groups. Occupying central positions of the Curva Bulgarelli (a sign of influence) they have been friendly neighbours, choreographing impressive match-day spectacles. This does not mean they have always seen eye to eye.
Following the racially aggravated assault, URB condemned the Mods and all involved. This falling out, coupled with pre-existent political divisions, made the relationship a fragile one. Despite the Mods and their extant sub-groups Molle Cariche (Loaded Springs) and Via Genova (Genoa Road) holding right-wing inclinations, Bologna's Ultras are traditionally associated with leftist politics. This is historical. During the post-war years the city of Bologna became a stronghold for the Italian Communist Party. Groups like URB and Freak Boys, whose symbol is a marijuana leaf and whose motto "ovunque fattanza" ("always stoned") became affiliated with the left. Indeed the URB emblem of two crossed hammers has strong resemblance to that of West Ham, though one of their leaders says it symbolises the left and the workers' fight.
A scrupulous explanation of all the groups that remain would be laborious, but it is worth mentioning other Ultras who have been prominent on the Curva. These include Supporters (apolitical and formed in 1979), Bologna 1982, Vecchia Guardia (Old Guard), who were formed in 2001 and whose philosophy upholds the Ultra values of the older generation, and the recently formed Beata Gioventù (Carefree Youth) who replaced the Mods after they disbanded in 2012.