I made the mistake of leaving shortly after the final whistle to make sure I caught the last train home. Found myself one of very few City fans on Wembley Way among thousands of United fans, some very angry.
After being jostled, elbowed and kicked a few times I decided the lure of the train was diminishing, made my way towards a group of police and waited for the City fans to come out.
A large group of United fans stopped half way down Wembley Way, waited for the City fans. Mostly aged 40-50, unreconstructed skinheads from the 80's, mostly not wearing colours. I heard one of the police speaking on his radio about a large "firm" congregating at the side.
When the City fans did come out, most of the first group were families with young kids. A number of fights broke out, some involving City fans but mostly between the small number of police and United fans.Some really nasty scenes, plenty of very distressed kids. Eventually mounted police arrived and forced most of the United fans towards the tube station.
It probably only lasted 10 mins and most of the City fans coming out of the ground will have missed it, but it really did seem like I'd been transported back to the 70's/80's.
Once on the tube it seemed fairly peaceful as it had been in my experience before the game.