Quote: Chris28 "The whole planning of stewarding and seating there is way OTT, but they really screwed up when FC went a few years back and let far too many home and away fans into one stand (when all the tickets for it had been sold at Hull). The RFL kicked their butt so I guess the overzealousness is a response to that.'"
yes,I was in with the FC fans and the vast majority were
Edit-AS as newts,verbally abusive,not respectful of the Catalan anthem and generally a pain in the derriere - they were appalling after the game spewing up and having a jimmy behind the said stand and were most unpleasant - please stay away you yobs ! The club had the west stand out of action due to the building renovations etc so rather than turn the FC fans away, put them with the Catalan fans who were well behaved as usual.
I went as a neutral with my missus to simply enjoy a game of RL and ended up being embarassed to hold a UK passport - the bad language was ok as the locals didn't understand what was being said.The FC fans with their kids must have been ashamed to be associated with such scumbags...
The RFL didn't 'kick any butts' but hopefully apologised for the behaviour of some of the FC fans
We went into town later and had a great time with the 'normal' RL fans from FC & Catalans who had a good craic together.
It only takes a handful to spoil it for the rest...