Gate-9

Gate-9 (Greek:Θύρα 9) is a Cypriot fans' group that supports the sports team AC Omonia.

History

Gate 9 was established on the 25th of October in 1992, in Nicosia. The group was seated under the main clock of the Makario Stadium and later at the North stand. Today it is seated at the North stand of the GSP Stadium.

Popularity and Ideology

Omonia is one of the most popular teams in Cyprus. Omonia supporters are traditionally left wing. A 2009 gallop poll estimated that three out of four Omonia fans vote for the Progressive Party of Working People. Gate-9 members are associated with communist beliefs and have been noted for waving banners bearing Che Guevara's portrait, and other communist symbols. The group, besides Nicosia, has fan clubs in Limassol, Larnaka and Paphos.

Violence

The group often engages in violent clashes with members of police or supporters of other teams. In November 2009 the group was involved in clashes with fans of local rivals APOEL FC that resulted in a serious injury of an APOEL fan. A basketball match in January 2012 was interrupted by the group entering the pitch. In March 2012 after a football match the group caused damage to the GSP Stadium and injured 11 policemen. Another football match was interrupted by clashes between the group and Anorthosis Famagusta fans in June 2013. Violent clashes between the group and Anorthosis fans occurred at a volleyball match in March 2014 which resulted in 11 members of the group being arrested. Violent encounters occurred at the coastal city of Larnaca on the 22nd of July, between fans of Jagiellonia Białystok and Cypriots. Jagiellonia would face Omonia the next day for the Europa League qualifications. It was strongly hinted on social media by Gate 9 members that the group was involved in the clashes.

AC Omonia

Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia (Greek: Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Oμόνοιας Λευκωσίας, ΑΣΟΛ ), commonly referred to as Omonoia, is a football club in Cyprus and is based in the capital city, Nicosia.

The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953. Omonoia, which means 'Concord' in Greek, has won 20 League Championships, 14 Cypriot Cups and 16 Super Cups. Omonoia remains the only team to have won the Cypriot Cup 4 times in a row, between the years 1980 and 1983. In the UEFA rankings of the Cypriot clubs Omonoia is currently ranked in third place.

As an athletic club, Omonoia also operates basketball,volleyball,cycling and futsal. The latter one is being particularly successful, having won the league and cup in three consecutive years since 2011.

History

Creation and Early Years (1948-1953)

On 23 May 1948 the board of APOEL FC sent a telegram to the Hellenic Association of Amateur Athletics (Greek: Σ.Ε.Γ.Α.Σ.), with the opportunity of the annual Panhellenic Track and Field Competition stating its wish for the "communist mutiny" to be ended. Club players considering this action as a political comment on the Greek Civil War distanced themselves or were expelled from APOEL.

Gate

A gate or gateway is a point of entry to a space enclosed by walls, or a moderately sized opening in some sort of fence. Gates may prevent or control the entry or exit of individuals, or they may be merely decorative. Other terms for gate include yett and port. The word derives from the old Norse "gata", meaning road or path, and originally referred to the gap in the wall or fence, rather than the barrier which closed it. The moving part or parts of a gateway may be called "doors", but used for the whole point of entry door usually refers to the entry to a building, or an internal opening between different rooms.

A gate may have a latch to keep it from swinging and a lock for security. Larger gates can be used for a whole building, such as a castle or fortified town, or the actual doors that block entry through the gatehouse. Today, many gate doors are opened by an automated gate operator.

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List of scandals with "-gate" suffix

This is a list of scandals or controversies whose names in scholarly sources include a "-gate" suffix, by analogy with the Watergate scandal. This list also includes controversies that are widely referred to with a "-gate" suffix, but may be referred to by another more common name in scholarly sources (such as New Orleans Saints bounty scandal).

Etymology, usage, and history of -gate

The suffix -gate derives from the Watergate scandal of the United States in the early 1970s, which resulted in the resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon. The scandal was named after the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C.; the complex itself was named after the "Water Gate" area where symphony orchestra concerts were staged on the Potomac River between 1935 and 1965.

The suffix is used to embellish a noun or name to suggest the existence of a far-reaching scandal, particularly in politics and government. As a CBC News column noted in 2001, the term may "suggest unethical behaviour and a cover-up". The same usage has spread into languages other than English; examples of -gate being used to refer to local political scandals have been reported from Argentina, Germany, Korea, Hungary, Greece and the former Yugoslavia.

Gate (disambiguation)

A gate is an opening in a wall or fence fitted with a moveable barrier allowing it to be closed.

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