Quote: Fatbelly "Getting to O/T last season was the highlight of my 30 years of watching the Wire.
But I was uneasy at the large number of 'fans ' from both sides who were blotto and open to a bit of 'higher end banter'. The United stewards were useless (as were the Wembley ones last season) & stood by as these drunken morons reduced the enjoyment of all those around them,.'"
The stewards were too busy making sure you didn't take any drinks or food into the stadium to deal with crowd issues .... it didn't take a genius to work out the idiots in WU 205, (I was in WU206) were not Rhinos fans and were there simply to cause trouble, yet the stewards refused to move them until after it was too late. I believe these are 'hospitality' seats so explains how these idiots got hold of them.
Unfortunately, I also had to step between two Wire fans sat in the row behind me who, worse for a few beers, decided the best way to end the day was to knock seven bells out of each other ...... was brewing for about 10 minutes before they kicked off, and only took about 10 seconds to calm them down. At the end of which I looked at a nearby steward and said "Thanks for the help" ... he just laughed and toddled off down the steps.