Violence In Manchester

[Gazza_8 233]

Why come on here and write that?

 

I'm not apologising for the behavious of a few wankers, no way! You're talking as if ALL the Rangers fans rioted when in actual fact it was a very small minority.

 

Away ye go! You're not wanted here!

[Guest prestonaway]

Blimey, Its like being England away.

 

Rubbish in the streets is inevitable, but I feel for Rangers fans because being a keen away boy for England you get sick of being tarred with the same brush. The scenes were ugly true, but Its people and a small minority. Your all individuals ant can't control others. Its like Germany 2006, I didn't go because I hate these sort of things easily accesible toe idiots like Glasgow - Manchester. Its cheap and easy to get to attracting people just fancying a quick shindig away.

 

In fact I hate fcuking Russians was there when we got beat 2-1 in Moscow and wondered what news headlines would have been If what we did what the moscowvites did iesetting fire to a hotel reception and exterior, lads coming with faces full of crimson, knife and bottle attacks. Noticed when i returned from russia there was nothing along the lines of today and we was the victims.

 

Harry roberts is our....

[Guest ackbar]

I think that we will get banned next season at least, just viewed the GMP footage that shows hundreds of so called rangers fans rioting and assualting police.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/video/?bcpid=1138237012&bclid=1137745824&bctid=1555737815

 

It will be Motherwell in the Champions League with septic next season

[br1ndy 0]

I think that we will get banned next season at least, just viewed the GMP footage that shows hundreds of so called rangers fans rioting and assualting police.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/video/?bcpid=1138237012&bclid=1137745824&bctid=1555737815

 

It will be Motherwell in the Champions League with septic next season

 

Scum make me sick

[gisabeer 409]

I got back to the bus last night after the game oblivious to the fact that the fans had kicked off in piccadilly square as i had watched the game at Albert square but it never suprised me in least given the lack of crowd control that i witnessed on the run up to the game.

 

I took up a position in albert Square with two mates to watch the game but as the kick off time approached it became pretty evident that there were far too many people within the square perimmeter and in some areas tempers became very heated and eventually for our own safety we decided to vacate the official fanzone area. The entrances to the fanzones created a bottleneck effect as the crowds grew throughout the day and you could feel the pressure building up if you were unlucky enough to be inside the zone.

 

 

There were policemen on show at the entrances to the fanzones but once you were inside there were none at all. There was no way they could control the crowd should anything kick off, and as we know it did. The MGP force made a major error in designing these zones and when it came down to it they couldnt police the areas properly and they must accept some collective responsibility for the trouble that followed.

 

I dont though condone the actions of those who took part in the violence that followed through the night and i did witness a few situations on the way home in the city centre but if anyone is going to asks questions about the events that happened yesterday then they should look at the bigger picture and the actions of all that took part, starting with MGP force.

[gisabeer 409]

I think that we will get banned next season at least, just viewed the GMP footage that shows hundreds of so called rangers fans rioting and assualting police.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/video/?bcpid=1138237012&bclid=1137745824&bctid=1555737815

 

It will be Motherwell in the Champions League with septic next season

 

 

what they wont show you is half a dozen riot police with dogs standing in front of a rangers fan crammed up against a wall shielding his young son who was no more than 9 years old while another fan lay motionless on the ground with the back of his leg chewed off by one of there dogs.

[Guest ackbar]

what they wont show you is half a dozen riot police with dogs standing in front of a rangers fan crammed up against a wall shielding his young son who was no more than 9 years old while another fan lay motionless on the ground with the back of his leg chewed off by one of there dogs.

 

I heard that story from another mate who was their. The actions of some of the Police were dispicable but that does not excuse the actions of some of our 'fans'.

 

We will not see European shores next year

[Guest Hunter]

This is taken from another rangers forum. The interesting thing is that the bloke says that the match wasn't screened due to the amount of gers fans and what would happen if we scored....if that is true the person whoever ordered that is an arsehole.

"Ive just got back from Manchester now. The firm i have just joined where doing event security for the game. Until we arrived this afternoon, we didnt realise that we where actually working on the fan parks in the city centre.

 

We got given high vis jackets then I was posted with 6 others to one of the gates at Picadilly Square Fan Park at around half 5. The crowds where unbelieveable, reminicent of Tacksim and Syntagma square for us, except in a much smaller area. Our job was to stop people entering with glass bottles. Bearing in mind this was my first ever shift, it was quite daunting. Alot of the people who i had to challenge for bottles where sound, had no objections because we provided plastic cups for them to enter their bottles in to. But there was alot of scum aswell, ***** out of their faces who had none of it. I asked one big feller to empty his bottle in to a cup, very politely, and i was told to *****. I then went over to him again, and he ***** me in the chest, i asked him again with a plastic cup in my hand for him and he threw me in to a fence. ***** this, i dont get paid enough for this ***** so i left him.

 

It was clear by then the sqaure was becoming dangerously overcrowded. Our gate was getting crushed, and we where pulled away by police for our own safety. We where moved further up to the entrance of the square, where barriers where accross preventing people from entering because it was too full. A lot of lads tried to get through, and the vast majority where sound about it and good natured with me. I had many a conversation with jocks when they noticed my scouse accent and realised i wasnt a manc. My advice to them was to find a pub before the rush, which went against what we where told to tell them which was to head for the fan park at the ground. I knew theyd have ***** there so i didnt tell them that. No problems whatsoever at this point.

 

Then about 20mins before kick off, an older scots feller came over to me and said hoow dangerously crowded it was in the square, he said "someone was going to get killed", and thats why he left. He also said to me "mark my words, there will be a riot in there". I had those suspicions myself. From my experience of Istanbul and Athens, you can tell when something is not right, and i definately sensed that then.

 

We then hit quarter to 8, and the square is rammed with Rangers fans, singing and watching the big screen for the adverts to end and the game to start. By 5 to 8, still no game. Then a supervisor gets it over his radio that they werent showing it. I couldnt believe it. My words to him where "there will be absolute ***** murder here, its ***** suicide". Jocks where coming over asking us what was going on, and we had to tell them. They where understandabely ***** fumin. I tried to tell them that i totally agreed with them, and that it was a ***** disgrace. Some where sound with me, recognising it wasnt our fault as event stewards. But then as people started to twig on what was going on, it started getting nasty.

 

There was about 15 of us on this gate with a few police near by, and the scots where fuming with us. Coming over, pushing us, screaming in our faces. What could we do? I agreed with every word they said, id be ***** fuming aswell, but it had ***** all to do with us. Then it got quite serious, bottles where being thrown, passing just past my face and lads where getting really aggresive with us. It was then when our head office told us to pull out, and the police moved us down a side street. We where getting dogs abuse, bottles thrown down at us, everything. Obviously the fact we where in uniform attracted it.

 

Then our supervisor said they had to try and move us in to one of the portacabins back in the middle of the sqaure. We walked through as a group, through thousands of scots who where going crazy, throwing all kinds, screaming in our faces. We eventually had to take our jackets off and run. When we made it to this portacabin, all hell was going off around us. Riot police where coming from everywhere, and hundreds of rangers fans where charging them. Bus shelter where ripped down, and metal and wooden poles used as weapons to charge the police. The place was totally trashed. A bottle landed right next to me which had been thrown from someone. This went on for 3hours solid until 11 oclock. We had to take off all jackets and ties, and when it quietened down about half 11 we where able to make way to our coach at the GMex. Back at the coach we heard a Russian had been stabbed aswell.

 

People have said that the big screen in our square had a technical fault and thats why the match wasnt shown. I know for a fact that is *****. It wasnt shown because of the shear numbers in the sqaure. The reasoning was that if Rangers scored, there would be bedlam. But whichever thick ***** makes these decisions obviously didnt realise the implications of not showing the game. If they wherent going to show it, they shouldve informed everyone at 6 o clock and give people time to fine somewhere else, not at ***** kick off. Its an absolute disgrace, and so typical of UEFA event. I couldve organised it better, it was a sham. They totally underestimated the amount of scots that would travel. Logical thing to do would be to put a big screen in old Trafford and let people watch it there, then there wouldve been no bother. 2 ***** ***** fan parks was never going to be enough. I could see it, everyone else could, why cant the ****** organisers of these events? Useless *****, heads should ***** role after tonight.

 

Ive spoke to my dad and others who've said that the news have reported it as small disturbances with a hand full of Rangers fans clashing with the police. Thats absolute *****, total *****. There where ****** hundreds, if not more, and this went on for hours right in front of my eyes. To be fair, the amount of Scots lads who made the effort to come over and speak to us while this was going on, simply saying "sorry" was amazing. I spoke to a feller who made the effort to come over to us when he seen us having all kinds thrown in our direction, and he just apologised on behalf of Rangers fans, and said what a disgrace and embarrasment it was. I know from experience that its always a minority who are scum, and tar everyone with the same brush. But thats what happened, anything you hear otherwise is *****, i ***** seen it with my own eyes. Rangers fans had every right to be ***** with what happened in that square, but the actions of some afterwards, the rioting for 2 hours, was inexcusable. And it wasnt a "handfull" either.

[Gazza_8 233]

Good, honest, unbiased post by the man. He quite right tears into the council and the arsehole Rangers fans who caused the trouble.

[Bluedell 5,350]

We welcomed the Gers fans with open arms to our city. We, despite some media warnings, were happy to have you here. We were happy for the council to use our taxes to erect screens for you to watch free of charge, pay for Police overtime too. All at short notice when it was realised it would be Rangers in the final. (And something the council has never approved for any games for our teams here, you were lucky!)

It was a lovely sunny day, great party atmosphere.......and then you lost the game. Best team on the night won. Disappointed, but hey, I would love that my beloved Man City could get so far in that cup!

But no, the Gers fans then have to revert to the stereotype of drunk violent Scot that the media warned us about.

Women and kids terrified as you rioted down Market Street. Mayhem and fighting, as you turned first on each other, and then the Police. (No angels I know, but you gave them their excuse they wanted)

I got punched in the face for the simple reason that I was 'a Manc bas*ard', who apparently had 'no f*cking right to be there', at a train station in my own city.......

 

Don't come back here Rangers, you are not welcome again.

Sorry, you're an arsehole. Should the people in Glasgow judge the Mancunians by the Utd casuals who went up PRW terrorising women and children? Of course not.

 

It seems that there were a few neds intent in causing trouble. Out of a crowd of 200,000 you are always going to get that. I never saw any trouble in the 2 days I was there and only saw bears having a great time, and still had people coming up to me at midnight last night saying how great the support had been.