i went to the match yesterday with my wife who probably as you already know is a widnes fan, so we sat in the north stand (the widnes stand), as we stand in the south when we play at home. Around 5 mins to go to halftime i get up to go the toilet, i get to the top of the stand and a stewardess points at 4 guys and says i think they want you, so i look and i get threatened to get my head kicked in and if i go out of sight of security they will follow me and kick crap out of me, we were quickly moved into the west stand however the guy that was kicking off remained there.
towards the end of the game a fan in the west threw a bottle onto the pitch that i do not condone but he was pointed out by other warrington fans and quickly escorted off. following that was a barrage of bottles from the north stand being thrown into the west where people were having to pick up their kids and run out the stand i left at this time too. After the game i was speaking to my father in law who is one of the heads of security at the stobart and said that someone in the warrington end was also arrested for racism against ah van again this was brought to the attention of security by fellow warrington fans.

i have never felt physically unsafe at a rugby game before and this is disgusting, those that threw bottles into stands were families are should hang their heads in shame. But on the flip side it was good to see our own fans weeding out the trouble by reporting it and pointing it out.

Quote: wolfinwidnes "i went to the match yesterday with my wife who probably as you already know is a widnes fan, so we sat in the north stand (the widnes stand), as we stand in the south when we play at home. Around 5 mins to go to halftime i get up to go the toilet, i get to the top of the stand and a stewardess points at 4 guys and says i think they want you, so i look and i get threatened to get my head kicked in and if i go out of sight of security they will follow me and kick crap out of me, we were quickly moved into the west stand however the guy that was kicking off remained there. towards the end of the game a fan in the west threw a bottle onto the pitch that i do not condone but he was pointed out by other warrington fans and quickly escorted off. following that was a barrage of bottles from the north stand being thrown into the west where people were having to pick up their kids and run out the stand i left at this time too. After the game i was speaking to my father in law who is one of the heads of security at the stobart and said that someone in the warrington end was also arrested for racism against ah van again this was brought to the attention of security by fellow warrington fans. i have never felt physically unsafe at a rugby game before and this is disgusting, those that threw bottles into stands were families are should hang their heads in shame. But on the flip side it was good to see our own fans weeding out the trouble by reporting it and pointing it out.'" Kids n beer don't mix - ban the lot of em; www.trustinwidnes.com/forum/inde ... 615.0.html

Quote: wolfinwidnes "i went to the match yesterday with my wife who probably as you already know is a widnes fan, so we sat in the north stand (the widnes stand), as we stand in the south when we play at home. Around 5 mins to go to halftime i get up to go the toilet, i get to the top of the stand and a stewardess points at 4 guys and says i think they want you, so i look and i get threatened to get my head kicked in and if i go out of sight of security they will follow me and kick crap out of me, we were quickly moved into the west stand however the guy that was kicking off remained there. towards the end of the game a fan in the west threw a bottle onto the pitch that i do not condone but he was pointed out by other warrington fans and quickly escorted off. following that was a barrage of bottles from the north stand being thrown into the west where people were having to pick up their kids and run out the stand i left at this time too. After the game i was speaking to my father in law who is one of the heads of security at the stobart and said that someone in the warrington end was also arrested for racism against ah van again this was brought to the attention of security by fellow warrington fans. i have never felt physically unsafe at a rugby game before and this is disgusting, those that threw bottles into stands were families are should hang their heads in shame. But on the flip side it was good to see our own fans weeding out the trouble by reporting it and pointing it out.'" Kids n beer don't mix - ban the lot of em; www.trustinwidnes.com/forum/inde ... 615.0.html

cheers red chemic if anything is found out could you let me know so i can pass it on to my father in law or let phil cunningham the stadium manager know as this behaviour from both sets is didgusting but as far as i have been made aware the wire fans that did anything were all pointed out and arrested or dealt with

Will do mate - the thread I gave the link to is probably the way somebody will turn the culprit in.

We saw you getting led away mate. It was commented on at the time that it was an awful thing to have to do, considering you were there with your missus who was a Widnes fan. Sorry it spoiled your day, pal. As if the result wasn't bad enough

well the people we were sat with were ok as it was just banter but the further up the stand i got te atmosphere just turned nasty and has just stopped me wanting to go there again which is a shame as i get to alot of widnes games when they dont clash with the wire games

I was in the North Stand and had an ok experience. Yours sounds terrible. Not great at rugby, eh? I was commenting to the Widnes fan next to me that it's good I could sit there and not feel worried (in a Wires jacket).

Just realised (quickly( I was in the South Stand). I wouldn't go in the North Stand.

There is sh*t at every club mate, but I was glad to read that the real fans were ready to flush the sh*te out. Well done to them and good luck to you!

i have been going since the early 80's and always enjoy the banter but there is a difference between banter and physical threats


but yes was good to see every one point out the trouble makers in the wire end just hope the widnes end can point there fellow sh@t makers out

I was a few seats from one of the idiots who threw a bottle near the end of the game. He looked an idiot from the start as he only had a short sleeved top on. He was quickly pointed out by surrounding fans. The stewards initially didn't seem too bothered, but some middle aged supporters who looked like they could handle themselves told them that if they didn't chuck them out, they would do so themselves.

An ex wire player was also in the crowd difusing the situation.

We were in the sports bar for a couple of hours or so after the game, great friendly banter with the Widnes fans except one scummy family taking exception to me brushing past the father and trying to cause a scene- apparently they own the stadium bar! Only takes one or two, but on the whole RL fans do the sport proud.

Was it Des Drummond?

I was the middle age speccy (thanks for that!)

Could not believe it when the so called speccie threw the bottle, it missed Ratchfords head by inches!

As a club Warrington need to be smart and public here. They should obtain the CCTV from Widnes, identify the offender, name and ban him from the HJ. It will send the right message out to others who think they can behave badly and get away with it.