WORLD CUP SOCCER

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30962, 19 January 1966, Page 6

WORLD CUP SOCCER

U.K. To Protect Visitors (N Z.P A -Reuter—Copyright) LONDON, January 17. Criminals were preparing for a “bumper harvest" with the arrival in Britain of 100.000 World Soccer Cup fans, the “News of the World”! reported. The “con” men, pick-pock! ets, “spivs,” ticket touts and “clip joint” operators all ex-, pected a “bonanza,” the news-1 paper said. But they would be in for a shock. I This was the first time Britain had played host to thej : World Cup nations and the I police, organisers and officials I i were determined to protect 1 ! the visitors. : Plain clothes detectives! would be on duty at air and j sea-ports to welcome “con' I men from the Continent. ! Each officer will have memorised the faces of 60 of the most successful foreign rogues from pictures supplied by European police. Any “con” man sighted would be taken aside, warned to behave himself, and shadowed while in the country. Elaborate precautions were being taken to foil ticket rorgers, the “News of the World” said.

About 2.400 000 tickets had been printed for the series and their whereabouts was a close-ly-guarded secret. The Wor'd Cup matches will be held in London, Manchester. Liverpool. Birmingham. Sunderland, Sheffield aid Middlesborough.