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Those were just soccer fans who were bored.
I'm not sure if you're kidding, but that's just not true. It was a riot, and nothing to do with football. Football hooliganism by 1990 was in serious decline.
EDIT: and charging postage on voting forms is nothing like a poll tax in the conventional meaning of the term. It's not actually a tax at all though it is an outrageous bit of skimming by the relevant authorities, and an affront to democracy.