They were a lot of mouthy, bitter dicks in their support. Right up there with Villa and Forest in terms of small minded gobshites. I saw a group of em nick all the fresh flowers out of the vases in a pub in town, why? Just thick I guess.
On a far more serious point, assaults on our fans are increasingly common, including really serious incidents like those in Germany and Belgium. In my view that is directly linked to the hateful and jealous media campaign against the club. The constant narrative of cheats, oil money etc. encourages some of the hard of thinking to see our club as the source of all the games problems, and our fan base as a legitimate target.