Facking scum bags. walking back to train station and loads of wire fans chased us lot. had a bit of a scuffle but nothing bad but after that i said to everyone u walk on and i will stay with the girls. but dont give a f**k where top of the league!!!!

I live on the Boulevard in Hull and Have been in all the local pubs on match days wearing my Wigan shirt and have never had an ounce of trouble. Nearly every day i walk round the area with a Wigan shirt or scarf on and still no problems. I have seen trouble at Leeds, Rovers, Warrington, Salford, Bradford (Valley Parade) but at the Wigan and Bradford game at Old Trafford, I left at half time due to Wigan 'fans' launching punches at each other by diving over inncocent bystanders, ripping up chairs. On fella even used me so he could keep his balance while he was randomly punching this bloke next to me who I had just been talking to. He had his wife and kids with him and the Stewards weren't bothered as long as it stayed in a small area. This small area included abouit 150 at least who were causing trouble, obviously small compared to the number of fans there but it seemed that a fair percentage in the area were quite happy to get involved.

The Kick off time was clearly an issue there and tonight, when people have full days of drinking and can't handle it they can easily turn. That day at Wigan was the first and last time my Sister in Law went to a game of Rugby League. So although this incident is shocking beyond belief, the majority of Warrington fans are decent people and the generalisations are unfair, we too have our SCUM.

Hi,
unfortunately i'm the one who got the smack in the nose. Not broken thank goodness but my eye is blackening and my head is pounding (thats why i'm sat on here at four in the morning!!!)

The police came straightaway as they saw the incident on the cctv but they told us they saw the bloke run off straightaway. We went in the police car to try and see but he has already gone.

To be fair he was a big bloke who had no colours on, came from under the bridge and I knew as soon as I saw him he was targetting craig (Hogan) and headbutted him, he then turned to me and smacked me clean on the nose (OUCH!!!)

I usually drive to the game so I never have the need to walk that way but apparently it was the same place there was trouble last year.

Don't like how all the wire fans are being branded and I bet he never went to the game. This wont stop me going but I do think they need a police presence near that pub just so you can get to the train station safely.

Did ur chris go dawn , hope you recover ok It was prob some no hoper from Longford or orford who did nt have ewt do with rugby

no thank god, there was me hannah, craig and scott. Luckily a few other wigan fans was just behind us to came to our rescue but then they got one of them on the floor and tried to set fire to his shirt!!! I didnt see much more after getting smacked because Scott took me away straightaway to see if my nose was bleeding. Never saw anything like it!

To tar all Wire fans with the same brush is a bit wide of the mark as there was a lot of young children there with their parents and I feel sorry for them, that said I fully understand what you mean...

Best wishes to both you and your girlfriend and that you make speedy recoveries

Hope the Police find the thugs that attacked you and they get what they truly deserve

Not an Hull fan by any chance are you!Pot,kettle black springs to mind.

Sorry to hear your news. As some have pointed out, they were probably not even Wire fans who went to the game. I hope the Police identify those involved and the Club give them a lifetime ban, with the courts giving out a banning order preventing them from going into the town during match days. We as fans / supporters need to back this to save not only the reputation of our club but for the future of Rugby League.

Sorry to hear about this,but dont assume all Wire fans are like this.To call us all thugs is abit of statement.When it was only a small group of trouble makers who caused this fight last night.

Craig & Dawn.. hope you're ok, heal soon & can put this horrible incident behind you. It's disgraceful & beyond defending. Hopefully you know enough of us through our meetings with the Riversiders to have a fair view of the majority of us.

I can understand the anger from the anger from the Wigan fans towards all wire supporters after reading this. Its' sad though that is happens at a fair few grounds these days.

Yeah i'm fine now just a bruised eye. All the wire police need to do is have a patrol round where the trouble always seems to be. And i dont blame the wire fans in general because i really think he just came out of a pub looking for trouble. It just seems to be trouble at this pub everytime.

I didn't witness the incident but it's the second time in the last 3 years there has been trouble in the exact same spot. I never feel safe walking past there. I got the number for Cheshire police and have made an official complaint and asked for them to put a better police presence on that stretch of street for at least half an hour after the game. If you too would like to make a complaint and actually try and get something done about it please call [size0845 4580000[/size. One voice alone might not work but a hundred voices could hopefully make the police sit up and take notice and make us all feel a lot safer just trying to make our journey home.

thanks for sorting the police thing out last night - felt a bit shaky to do anything last night

Jeez when will Wire address this problem? It happened all the way through the 70's 80's 90's 00's now this. Back in the 80's it got so bad even the famous 'Goon Squad' came along for some biff.
Even though we keep getting told its a minority this minority counts into the 100's not just a couple of lads asking for it, just check out the amount of 'casuals' who spend the whole game goading the opp fans. Leigh getting smashed up a few years ago a prime example, there was 2 bus loads that turned up that day outside the Leigh Arms(I was there).
As said before Wire need to get their house in order on and off the field, just check out Briers behaviour in the past and Myler, Mathers's towards opp fans last night.

No worries. Perhaps Hogan can put that number in the thread title? We desperately need to get something done about it. It's past being ridiculous.