It's never been easy getting away from PO road , unless they had a police officer stopping the traffic down the road at the end , as stewards wouldn't have the authority to do that

The coach was due to be escorted to the main road by stewards after everybody else had left , as that is what had been requested and agreed , obviously the trouble and the pre meditated potential golf ball attack ( not suggesting these youths had even been to the game ) resulted in the police being called to calm things down

Personnally I thought the stewards did quite well as the trouble was moving about for a good ten minutes and don't forget , they are stewards , not police , they are not paid to directly stop people throwing punches at each other , do we really want to see ' doormen ' type stewards getting involved ?

What the solution is , well personally it might be worth Fev requesting a small police presence for the next couple of games , not what we really want to see and it can be expensive , but it might be the best option IMO

Police control at the main junction is the obvious thing to me to ease the flow of traffic away from the ground.

Don't want to get into what happened after the game other than to say this was my first trip to Fev in over 30 years and felt in a time warp. All that was missing was the old woman who swiped the Leigh fan round the head with her handbag. We all swore at the time that she had a brick in it. I'm sure others will remember that incident too.

What were you expecting from a ground being 80/90 years old? unlike the LSV, we're bang in the middle of the town... not even traffic control (although that is a good idea) could have got you out within 20 minutes.

Oh hark you..........

Hi lynda here Steve misses, here those you were talking ABOUT were not on our coach, they were on a mini bus and they arrived AT 11.30 OR THERE ABOUTS That I feel is part of the problem with getting there too early, they can can have too much drink.

Suggy, you and I have been saying for ages now what it's like, "IF" someone goes to a game looking acting daft or looking for bother, they might have to look hard for it at some places but regrettably Fev is the kind of place whenre if you look for it, your going to find it easy enough.


And there lies part of the problem Lynda and I've seen it from all sets of fans. Popped up, disinhibited and because of alcohol the capacity to make appropriate judgement is severely effected.

Both clubs sets of fans have some answers to provide from Sunday. I try to be objective and you know I have always had a soft spot for Leigh. But the usual course of action after something like this is :- each sets of fans blame each other = nowt gets done! Ball ache!!

I enjoyed craic with Steve, Matt etc at games, and I even go to the odd Leigh game as a bloody neutral!!!
I really hope that cos of some fans (both clubs) inability to behave or take their ale that that isn't affected!!

I'm bleedin stalled of all this sheeeite!!

All I want is a pint, craic wi mates from all clubs, watch a game, debate whether the ref was a clown, compare my belly to the opposition centre, and spend the time until the next installment in 'gloat mode' or 'revenge mode' depending on the result without fear of getting an hiding!

Somebody called me a fat ginger yorkshire 2@!!

Ginger??? I ask you!!!


Keep smiling y'all. Love and peace man!

Sorry i thought they were on your coach

I bloody wish Lynda; didn't leave Leigh until 11.35am!


Robin, the voice of reason as ever mate
Had a good craic stood with the Fev lot in the first half and would hate to lose that. Think the 'departure route' of those in the Family Stand might need to be looked at it in future though as that's where the confrontation happens with a handful of Fev 'fans' happy to see the opportunity of going through a narrow area where they can't be seen by away fans who are still facing towards the pitch.

Although I don`t necessarily agree with segregation, did n`t we do that at HP for the BIG games and at the LSV. At least it keeps the meat heads( both sets), who should only be allowed shandy ,away from the rest of humanity.

WALK AWAY

That was the 1st thing I said when the trouble started ,all those Fev fans should have been directed to the opposite end to go off with their fans behind sticks ,it was asking for trouble really as they seemed quite" upset ",thats putting it mildly with the ref so the Leigh lot cheering and whooping wouldn't have gone down very well ,they should have been able to take it mind you, we are all adults ,I delighted in cheering at the end and directed it at a Fev fan who had been jubilant through the match and let us know about it too so, I gave it back with extra but, with a smile on my face ,he said he would see us in Blackpool which is a tad presumptuous as we both have to get there !

I think some were a bit upset that they had ale thrown over them, never have understood that me, its too expensive to throw away