People always seem so sure to blame it on the fans but believe you me it's nothing to do with the club or the fans. This incident (as already confirmed by the Saints fans on the coach involved) was caused by the kids allowed to roam the streets in west Hull causing all kinds of problems. Hull is a large city, 300,000 residents I reckon but I'm afraid we do have some pond life.

My mate was on the coach and also said it wasn't hull fans.

We have some rough areas in Hull both east and west. I guess it's just a problem caused by kids who get dragged up and don't know or choose to not know right from wrong. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a snob but my parents brought me up on a council estate in East Hull but I was shown right from wrong. That why I support Hull

ha ha very funny

We were following the coaches (yellow ones, all from the same company) all the way upto Rawlings Way (the start of the housing estate) and the only incident we saw as we were sandwiched inbtween two yellow coaches was as the coach in front of me came out of West Park to go over the flyover, a drunken old bloke walked out in front of the coach and someone from inside at the front stuck their head out of the window and quite rightly give the guy a mouthful, to which the guy swayed even more nearly trapping himself between the back of the coach and my car!

As this is the second incident this season in (by the sounds of it) the same place, something now needs doing about it. Iirc the police at the football give coaches an escourt to the A63 but not at rugby. Maybe that now needs to occur.

I can't uinderstand why our local plod don't group all the coaches together and escort them out to the A63. It may be a matter of money, but surely our local police are responsible for the safety of anyone visiting our City, whatever the reason for them being there. The rugby teams can't be responsible for things like this happening miles away from their grounds.

Never liked Hull since a brick was hurled at our coach back when Bomber was in charge. Scared the woman next to the window out of her wits. She was still shaking when she got off at Peasley Cross.

Mind you, when it comes to being scared senseless Hull KR takes the prize. Recall me and Chairmaker getting off the coach at New Craven (the year it was built, IIRC) and wandering onto the nearby field which, for some reason, reminded me of an army firing range.

The next minute a group of people emerged from the trees on the far side and curiously enough one of them was carrying a rifle.

Ok it's not fans but it is an issue for the Hull clubs. If enough of this happens fans will not go, they may not blame the fans of opposing clubs, but if it's not safe then no matter who is causing the trouble the result will be the same. Away fans staying away.

I've been to Hull when the Rugby is not on, but when it has been on, I've not been back since my car was broken into. Every single car was targeted on that occasion as the local crim's knew everyone was inside the stadium. Well if I can't leave my car and now you can't go by coach, then simply you can't go unless you go by train. To be fair I would not have gone today as I was busy. But Hull has dropped of my list of away fixtures to go to even if I do have a free weekend.

Saints had a similar problem some years back at Knowsley Road. There was a local road round the back of Taylor Park near to piggy fletchers, local kids where breaking either into cars or breaking mirrors or doing damage.

I think the clubs response was to inform away fans before the match not to park in that area, as it was an area out of sight off any houses. Also when away fans were parking up there, Saints fans on the way to the match would give them the info not to park there.

If there is a specific place in Hull where these coaches are being bricked. It may not be a police escort that is needed as Hull can't order the police to do so. But they could inform away clubs of this problem and offer a diversion down a different route. I'm not sure where these coaches have been bricked, if it's a main artery that may be impossible to do, but the main road out of Hull is usually pretty free flowing at 40mph so can't imagine that is were they are getting pinged.

We had mass brawl st the grand final with hull fans. The police came and basically sent us to saints end and hull to their end which was fair enough.

Crazy thing happened then, we got in the stadium and they was sat 3 rows down from us and abusing people all thru the match and then it turned ugly in the stadium when they went passed us doing the Wigan walk.

Saints won on the fieid and off the field

There's no need to apologise, Hull is voted the ringpiece of England for good reason. Grubby little chavs stuck in the 80's.

You might know the area and evidence to back your claim, I've not been for long time and have no plans to go in near future either.