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I was down in Greenock last night to finally watch the Morton Celtic match at the third time of asking. Before the match it was well policed with loads of idiot celtic fans in colours being knocked back from the home end and it looked like Strathclyde polis had finally done something right.
However at the end of the match the polis allowed both sets of fans to leave at the same time, cue banter and in some cases some pretty nasty insults to get flung back and forward between the fans. The celtic 'fans' then come charging across a dual carriageway and start battering a couple of Morton fans, the home fans weren't having any of this and a big punch up ensues. The celtic fans leg it back across the road just as plod finally arrive to start batoning and lifting the home fans regardless of if they were involved in the fracas or not.
A bunch of neds (thats chavs to folk south of the border) then seek revenge on a solitary celtic fan who happened to walk round the corner at the wrong time which was not a pretty sight to behold.
Now I know that all teams have numpties who support them and when a 'big' team come visiting they will be trying to prove how hard they are. But why the hell did the police allow the fans to mingle so freely and why were there so few stationed outside the ground at full time which would have kept this to minimum and why do some folk still think its acceptable to go to a match with the sole intention of starting aggro.
However at the end of the match the polis allowed both sets of fans to leave at the same time, cue banter and in some cases some pretty nasty insults to get flung back and forward between the fans. The celtic 'fans' then come charging across a dual carriageway and start battering a couple of Morton fans, the home fans weren't having any of this and a big punch up ensues. The celtic fans leg it back across the road just as plod finally arrive to start batoning and lifting the home fans regardless of if they were involved in the fracas or not.
A bunch of neds (thats chavs to folk south of the border) then seek revenge on a solitary celtic fan who happened to walk round the corner at the wrong time which was not a pretty sight to behold.
Now I know that all teams have numpties who support them and when a 'big' team come visiting they will be trying to prove how hard they are. But why the hell did the police allow the fans to mingle so freely and why were there so few stationed outside the ground at full time which would have kept this to minimum and why do some folk still think its acceptable to go to a match with the sole intention of starting aggro.