City fan suffers broken leg after being attacked at Leeds game

half & half derby scarf said:
See Ferran has sent his lieutenants CC1 and Pride In Battle into the affray!
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bluwes said:
You do realise that two of those arrested are City fans who jumped in to help out and have now been bailed until February and their season tickets suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. Others tried to spilt up those involved. Not everyone stood and watched
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Can only imagine how they're feeling now.. Christmas, new year, thinking whether you're gonna lose your job, house because of a conviction trying to stick up for someone getting battered...

In UK Law, you can use force to stop an assault on another person and defend yourself, but the force has to be proportionate to the threat. So, the more extreme the threat (well, the guy had his leg-broken) the more force you can lawfully use. Should get as many fans to the court as possible to support em if they're charged.

It was inevitable.

The lad in hospital can sue City for a breach of their duty of care for fans safety and welfare. They didn't take any reasonable steps to reduce the risk of harm. Instead, took active steps to increase it by allowing Leeds fans to buy tickets in the home end!

Disgraceful by the club and to them double down on it is just horrible innit
 
117 M34 said:
Maybe the club should consider a 2nd away section for the galatasary game to try and prevent trouble as they did for the poznan game
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The new North stand mixed zone with extra sinks to wash your feet in before exchanging pleasantries with 3 coked up service crew Yorkie puds, exclusively sold on BobbyCharltontickets.con
 
Giovinco said:
The ticket support account on Twitter stated that ‘the incident was not as serious at looked’

It’s been posted on here.

I am Sat in south stand level 2. There was a couple of Leeds fans sat in the 9320 hospitality seats and they celebrated when they scored the second.

In all seriousness what is the answer here?

For those older than me, did away fans in home seats happen before we started selling tickets on third party websites?
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There have always been a few away fans in home areas but in the past they would not have dared to take the piss. It seems a bigger scale problem at the moment.
 
jrb said:
The issue is, away fans think they can get away with celebrating a goal in hospitality areas. If those Leeds fans were in SSL1 or in the Kippax corner, they wouldn’t have flinched. That’s one reason why away fans will always buy available match tickets in hospitality across the Etihad, which have increased in number over the years.

Just wait until the GA+ seats, the hospitality areas, the hotel, the restaurant, and the floating 3rd tier are open and operational on the new ‘City home end’. It’s going to be carnage.
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It happened at half time, Leeds were 2-0 down.

A lot of things don't add up on this one, but I'll leave it there.
 
paulchapo said:
I wouldn't put any money on that. See my earlier post. Not one person from the club ever asked how i was or apologised for their inefficiency in signing off an unsafe new flooring that resulted in me suffering a bleed on the brain and having to take taking early retirement as a result.
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Cheeky question... Are you taking them to court?
 
blue cigar said:
Duty of care, I hope this guy sues the club, they will learn the hard way. I can't transfer my ticket to my son but it's ok to allow away fans to stay in a city area. They know it was a Leeds twat, we know as well.
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The reason they have made it harder to transfer tickets, is because they want Blues who would normally have the tickets transferred to them, to buy a ticket off their ticket tout partners at inflated prices. Absolute cunts of the highest order.
 
traditionalleesy said:
There are thousands of Galatasaray fans who live in England,
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I have a cunning plan...
All City fans go for a haircut and Turkish shave, the day before the game and casually say, that you work for HMRC and any other Government departments and you could sell them information about the time they are getting raided by said Civil Servants, as it is scheduled for match day...

It might work.
 
mcfcmatt said:
This post reminds me why I don’t read or post on here anymore, what a wanker you actually are.
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You think Mansour has a city duvet Mr cap doffer.

Not sure how you managed to not read or post anymore after replying to a post you read.

Cuckoo
 
paulchapo said:
Was that when they beat us 5-2 i think after we took an early lead? I was at that game. Very few clubs came to Maine Road and took the piss. Leeds's certainly never did, they were always hammered. Chelsea always gave a good account. The ECWC semi final second leg there was scrapping all over the ground, including in the Kippax. They did the same on that Friday night game that was televised when they were going for promotion and brought thousands down.
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Yes would be that game (Jensen Volley). They came bouncing out onto Kippax St/Claremont Rd and scattered about 10 or so City on the corner.
 
Son of Merv said:
I think these were the lads in 207...There were two lads together on one row, and one on his own further back. One of the two is a Yorkshire based City season ticket holder who got tickets in 93:20 so he could bring his mates. He just wanted to watch City and was chanting and cheering with the rest of us. The lad he was sat with had zero interest in football and spent most of the first half on his phone checking on, what I assume was, a rugby match and wanting to know where in 'Clack' (presumably Clackheaton) they were going to eat after the match. Lad on his own was openly commenting on Leeds loudly. Not being aggressive, just "what was that?", "need to do better" type stuff in very broad W.Yorks accent. He got asked to move for 'his own saftey' when someone reported him to stewards and the other 2 followed him out...
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Yes, just across the aisle from me. Saw it all
 
jrb said:
Khaldoon.

Asked about the issue in an interview with City’s in-house media channel, Al Mubarak said: “Yes, I think this is a very important question. This has been a relationship built on trust between the fans and the club. And that trust comes both ways.

“I think this issue on ticketing is no doubt something that has… I’m not OK with the way it played out.

“I think the management team is working very closely with [fan group] City Matters, addressing and understanding the issues.

“What I’m sure about and I hope this message comes out loud and clear, is that relationship of trust between the fans and the club is the foundation of the success and sustainability of this club.”
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He talks some PR bollocks that bloke.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
There have always been a few away fans in home areas but in the past they would not have dared to take the piss. It seems a bigger scale problem at the moment.
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The derby was always the worst back at Maine Rd, Rags were like rats at the tip. I actually think it’s been better at COMS and the Etihad but as it expands our fan base needs to keep up. 48K was perfect for us to keep the home stands free of rival interlopers
 
swindinho said:
Going through gate K into the East Stand at about 2pm yesterday I was asked by a steward to lift up my top,supposedly to check if had a Leeds top on. Why would they do that for fans going into a home stand? Makes you wonder if the club knew that tickets were going to Leeds fans.
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“I’m not the **** you’re looking for, so fuck off looking up my shirt you pervy bastard!” is the only acceptable answer to that, unless he asked every single person!
 
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hilts said:
He talks some PR bollocks that bloke.
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He talks like an international businessman and quasi-politician because, well, he is a very successful international businessman and a very powerful quasi-politician. He isn't a fan and thank God he isn't because, judging from the average comment on this forum, fans should be nowhere near running a football club. Not a criticism at all, it's just what you would expect.

Where there are reasonable grounds for questioning is the extent to which Mansour and Khaldoon approve of the detailed policies Soriano is implementing in respect of the whole gamut of fan engagement.

Personally, I think they approve of Soriano's "Disneyland" vision which, in my view, is a mistake - football in England isn't an entertainment, it's a passion both for local and opposition fans on a life-long basis and for non-fans as a match by match experience. Sanitise the passion out of the game and it will be dead within a generation. This isn't America. It's almost dead to me now already.

But I am not sure they have Soriano under control on the details. Yes, I am sure he meets the high level targets the Board sets and I am sure he presents data showing how happy the fans are, but it's not their job to micro-manage Soriano. It's their job to correct his mistakes when they find out about them (like they did at the end of last season) or remove him if he keeps making them. I may change this assessment over time if Soriano keeps making things worse, but for now my one criticism is that, after the protests last season, Mansour and Khaldoon should be keeping Soriano on a short "fan engagement" leash - maybe they are but it's difficult to see any difference just yet.

I have said it before and I will say it again, the pressure applied at the end of last season should have been maintained despite the apparent price-reduction success. It's the only way to let Mansour and Khaldoon know there are still problems. They aren't going to hear it from Soriano. I worked for Euro-cunts for most of my life, I know how they work. And if the fans can't be motivated to let their feelings be heard, it is only going to get worse.
 
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