What would you suggest us Hull fans do about it then?

IMO the hull board need to set up a meeting with hull police and try and come up with the solution, if thats a escort then so be it.

At the end of the day, if these bricks break the window they can seriously hurt someone which wound be dire for hull and also rugby league.

I'll be honest, I won't go to any of the hull games away, I've seen trouble first hand and I'm not going all the way to hull to be abused and attacked to watch rugby game and I'd certainly not take my son there.

I did give a simple suggestion on the previous page that Saints also used when there was similar trouble at Knowsley Road, Hull fans per se cannot do a lot unless they know the culprits, in which case a phone call should be all that is required.

The police should still told by the club that this is a pattern of offenses, regardless of whether escorts can't be paid for by the club, they are aware that their matches are being targets by the local crim's and the polices job is to protect the public, whether that be the locals getting abuse from local yobs or those same yobs attacking coaches.

As for the 'excuses' for away supporters. I had no such qualms about Hull until I had to spend over £200 getting my car fixed. In the end it ain't worth the cost of the ticket to a match.

You mention the away prices too, well I'm sure that would put some off as well. The distance is not too much of an issue on a weekend. Friday night yeh I'm not going to do a 2 hr journey to hull, but on a saturday or sunday, it's something I have done in the past and is not too different for Saints fans from getting to places like Wakey.

Dispite Wakey not being as classy a stadia, the questions about differing ticket prices and trouble does not crop up. If other clubs had similar things going on but where getting good away followings because they where closer, then your point about distance would carry some weight, but the point is that these are two topics that don't crop up elsewhere. One is of the clubs control (differing ticket prices) the other is not within their remit of control (the local crim's), but they can offer suggestions to away clubs to mitigate the effects.

Les, it sounds like your trying to make out that all the trouble only happens after Hull fc games, if you read some of the comments you would know Rovers have there fair share of idiots too, we was acused of taking paint to Cas not long back if you remember.
Both rugby clubs should work closer with the police to sort this out though.

most annoying to read about coaches being attacked our club (fc) need to put pressure on the police to do something about it ! very sad that this is the impression you saints fans have of us.always thought we had abit of mutual respect after that semi final a few yrs ago

To be fair mate, it's hard to show respect when our fans are getting bricked.

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The ticket price thing has been done to death, away fans get the second cheapest area of the ground, home fans pay less for the same view as their tickets are been subsidised by the owner. Bottom line is if your happy to pay £20 for an open terrace at Leeds you can't complain with £23 for the best stadium in RL.

As for the trouble, the fact you have personally been affected makes your reason for to going valid and understandable, no fans should have to deal with that. I myself had my car smashed up by Leeds thugs and I live in Leeds.

But even with all the excuses, if Hull was closer more people would go, simple as.

I would suggest that it IS the clubs responsibility to do something about it.You have a problem with supporters coaches leaving your ground being damaged.Had the window been the drivers who knows what might have happened.The club and the police should sit down and work this problem out.Every supporter is entitled to a safe environment.

FWIW I have travelled to Hull every year for the past 6.Allways parked on the official car park and never once had any trouble.I for one don't have problems with away matches at hull

All clubs should take responsibility for the safety of visiting fans. I refused to visit Warrington for a few seasons due to having the coach I was travelling on come under attack from the local idiots. The last time I went there was trouble there too, so yes it puts me off travelling to Warrington. We got spat on at Leeds so it puts me off going there. I don't go to Craven Park. If rugby league wants to maintain its family centred reputation, ALL clubs need to help each other and try to eradicate problems. I still haven't read exactly where the coach was bricked, anyone read where yet?

As a man in my early fifties and much travelled around the country over the last 30 years or so, i can honestly say your comment about Hull smacks of someone who says things which suit their own argument but actualy bears no relevance to the actual facts .
During my travels throughout the UK i have seen the best and the worst of various cities, Hull has far more going for it than many of those others visited.
Unfortunately there will always be idiots like you who prefer Stereotyping a whole city because of the actions of a few mindless morons who unfortunately reside in most small and large cities, i'll bet you have never even bothered to actualy come and have a proper look and sample Hull and its culture, perhaps you should before making such Disingenuous assertions.

All my visits to Hull were from the early 80's through to Super league. Never been since summer rugby, for various reasons, but in all my visits ( including coach and car ) I never really felt threatened. My only incident was at the boulevard on a Wednesday night and I was stood with my mates behind the posts. Next thing we knew a massive bloke in a hull top started throwing insults left, right and centre. He was lead away by Police across the front of the terracing to a massive chorus of Boo's. He was closer to me than was comfortable but he never got violent with anybody.

Even hull fc fans aren't thick enough to wear the black and white shirts when the smash the opposing teams supporters coach,how thick do you think we are.??

Very sad to hear about the coach incident yesterday. However I can't understand people bagging the FC fans and Hull in general.
As usual I had a couple of enjoyable days in Hull. Never experienced any trouble or felt intimidated in any way. Plenty of banter though, especially after some of the one-sided score lines there have been.
Post match had a tasty curry in the Cinnamon on Anlaby Road, followed by a stroll around the marina, and even walked through the derelict graveyard by the Whittington and Cat pub.

I have been travelling to Humberside since around 1980 to watch Saints. I have never had any grief at all at Hull FC either at The Boulevard or at The KC. I have had quite a few pub crawls down Analby Road pre match and again never encountered any trouble.

The only places I have seen or had any trouble was at both the old and new Craven Park's which I have never found to be particularly friendly and a mate of mine was assaulted when we were teenagers by a by a bloke more than double our age. That said it hasn't stopped me from going there either.

I think its difficult for the club to control the actions of scumbags way away from the ground. I remember our coaches used to get a police escort out of the city, maybe they should reinstate this.

Firstly as I think I said in my own post, I have not once labelled this at the door of Hull FC fans. It's an issue with the locals, but unfortunatley Hull FC play in Hull so the problems are tied together.

I do think the club could provide advise for travelling support and make the police aware of their concerns about their (HULL FC) club games being targetted by the locals for hooliganism.

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