Individuals, their employers, careers, homes and families had been targeted, Mann claimed.
“There have been major incidents that I have been involved with in Scotland, the North, the South East, the East Midlands, the West Midlands and Greater London inside football. I suggest that the cases I am aware of are the tip of the iceberg,” he wrote.
Mann has investigated antisemitism in football in recent years and co-authored the Board of Deputies’ 2025 report on antisemitism.
Concluding his letter, he noted that the case surrounding Maccabi fans had involved multiple authorities, including Birmingham City Council, the Sports Ground Safety Authority, the National Football Policing Unit, two government departments and UEFA.
Mann appealed to the committee to "come up with a simpler way of dealing with such issues as Israeli teams will be drawn against UK teams again, perhaps even next season.”
His letter came as WMP chiefs faced fresh calls from politicians and Jewish leaders to resign after they were questioned by MPs over the intelligence they used as a basis for the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans when the team played in Birmingham.
Newly released documents revealed intelligence suggesting that Israeli fans could be met with violence if they attended the game, including that “elements of the community in the West Midlands were wanting to arm themselves”.
Chief Constable Craig Guildford told MPs that this evidence had not been submitted to the committee because he had not been specifically asked for it.
Chief Constable Craig Guildford of West Midlands Police (Parliament TV)[Missing Credit]
Richard Brooks, director of city operations at Birmingham City Council, and Tony Cox, director of governance there, were asked whether it was appropriate for two councillors who were “campaigning publicly” to prevent the game from taking place to sit on the SAG panel, which decided to back the police recommendation for a fan ban.
MPs referred to minutes from SAG meetings, which showed contributions from two councillors, Waseem Zaffar and Mumtaz Hussain, who had voiced anti-Israel views.
Cotton was asked if there was a case for misconduct proceedings against the two councillors amid claims they failed to declare their previous comments about Israel before taking part in the SAG.
The police also met with the local MP, Gaza independent Ayoub Khan, who led a petition to cancel the game in its entirety.
Guildford said: “Lots of local politicians and local members of the community, I’m sure, wanted to try and influence it, but I honestly don’t think it was influenced.”
Following the select committee hearing, Mann posted on X that there had not been any “surprises” and suggested "there is a lot more to come out.”
