'Ban Sunderland from Ajax tournanment'

Job Cohen, the Mayor of Amsterdam has said that he wants to ban Sunderland from the upcoming Amsterdam tournament due to the fact that Newcastle are playing in nearby Utrecht on the same day.

Apparently, fear of crowd trouble is the reason behind Cohen's concerns, but wouldn't it be easier to cancel the Newcastle friendly? Sunderland are involved in a major pre-season competition that 4,000 tickets have already been snapped up while Newcastle are playing in one pre-season friendly that can be re-arranged.

Pardon the slight favouritism here, but weren't the Newcastle fans also the ones who caused crowd trouble at the Tyne-Wear derby at St James' Park back in February? Central Station had to be closed down as riot police fought to contain Geordie fans from throwing bottles and other objects.

Who do you think should cancel their plans?