Wayne Rooney and Roy Hodgson urge England fans to ‘stay out of trouble’ after violent clashes at Euro 2016

Vaishali Bhardwaj13 June 2016

Roy Hodgson and Wayne Rooney have urged England fans to be on their best behaviour and not to travel without a ticket for the nation's next Euro 2016 game with Wales after Uefa warned England that they and Russia could be thrown out of the competiton if further violence erupts in France.

The European governing body issued the severe warning to both the Football Association (FA) and Football Union of Russia on Sunday after trouble marred the end of England and Russia's opening game at the European Championships in Marseille.

Following the full-time whistle at the Stade Velodrome on Saturday, Russia fans were seen charging towards England supporters and launching an attack, which left a number of England fans injured.

The incident came after three straight days of fighting between rival fans near Marseille's port area.

With the threat of expulsion from the tournament hanging over England, captain Rooney sent supporters a message via a video released on the FA's Twitter page on Monday, urging fans to be "safe" and "sensible".

"I'd like to thank the England fans for their great support inside the stadium against Russia and now we have the big game coming up against Wales," Rooney said.

"I'd like to ask the fans please if you don't have a ticket, don't travel. And, for the fans with tickets, be safe and be sensible and continue with your great support for the players. Thank you."

England coach Hodgson also pleaded with England supporters to stay out of trouble.

"As England manager, I'm obviously very concerned about the threat which is now hanging over us and the sanctions that could possibly be imposed on the England team," he said.

"We worked very hard to get here and we really desperately want to stay in the competition and I'm appealing to all of our fans, we appreciate your support in matches of course, but I'm appealing for you to stay out of trouble and try and make certain these threats being issued are never carried out."

Rooney and Hodgson's appeal comes after FA chief executive Martin Glenn said the English football governing body is taking Uefa's warning "with the utmost seriousness".

Uefa have charged the Russia Football Union with three counts of crowd disturbances, the setting off of fireworks and racist behaviour, and will judge the case on Tuesday - one day before Russia take on Slovakia in Lille.

The European governing body also expressed its "utter disgust" at the scenes that followed England's 1-1 draw with Russia on Saturday, saying such behaviour is "totally unacceptable and has no place in football."

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