Euro 2004 news: England fans who attempt to travel to Istanbul for the game against Turkey next month face the most stringent anti-hooligan measures ever put in place for a football match.
England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson and captain David Beckham have also been told to avoid any inflammatory statements or behaviour before and during the game on October 11th.
Supporters face being turned back at both British airports and Istanbul airport, and if they do manage to get through then they face three police cordons around the Sukru Saracoglu stadium.
Fans will be asked to produce Turkish ID cards, and anyone identified as an England supporter will be detained in "secure holding areas" for the duration of the match.
The measures were announced in Nyon, Switzerland, yesterday following a meeting between the English and Turkish football associations and UEFA, who called the summit at their headquarters to defuse rising tensions between the countries.
Both associations now appear to be singing from the same hymn sheet, and Turkish FA president Haluk Ulusoy said: "If people do try to come in they will be stopped at the airport.
"Then there will be the police cordons around the stadium, and even if there are three or four people inside the stadium we will recognise them and the police take them out."
There are fears the match will be a magnet for troublemakers who follow England, especially given the history of antipathy between fans of both countries, and that they will buy black market tickets. The FA are worried any more outbreaks of hooliganism will see England kicked out of the Euro 2004 finals in Portugal next summer.
FA chairman Geoff Thompson said: "We urge English fans not to travel to Istanbul. There is a clear threat (of being banned) if there is any further serious misconduct by English fans."
The actions of players from both countries will also be under the spotlight.
The FA were fined by UEFA after celebrations by England players led to pitch invasions during the home match against Turkey in April, while Beckham led the players' applause of fans who went to Macedonia on September 6th, despite a similar ban on supporters travelling.
Thompson said: "The England coach and captain are aware of their responsibilities and that things that happen on the field of play can reflect attitudes off it."
In a further bid to dissuade supporters from travelling, Sky have agreed to a British Government request to allow a terrestrial broadcaster to show a delayed transmission of the match.
