Y'know what? I give up. I'll leave serious response to Iain (as shown above), but well done for proving the point that any sensible debate on here is utterly pointless.

Cue the faux outrage.

I think that they are all just a little over-tired and come half time are in need of a little lie down in a dark room with their favourite teddies for cuddles.

This should sort out the aggressive nature of our friends!

I've heard that's pretty common over there

Just to balance things out a little bit, the lad who was assaulted didn't turn up to court as he is currently working abroad.

Also his solicitor was told that there was no cctv footage of the alleged assault by the steward, which would make it difficult to find him guilty.

Finally the bloke who was assaulted was not the one who took the smoke bombs to the match or threw them once set off.

The behaviour of some of the Widnes fans that day was a disgrace, and there had been a few incidents at other matches, but what the steward did to the innocent party was totally out of order and could well have sparked a riot if it hadnt been for the actions of the more level headed stewarding staff and the restraint shown by the more genuine Widnes fans.

Think we're just going to get into a slanging match about things no one can prove now.