bluemanc said:
Perhaps it's only round 1,the other stuff that's being collected ain't good.
He should have read the warning in the window of the right hand phone box.
The trouble with photographs like that is only a few moments are captured and assumptions can be made without knowing the full story before and after they were taken.
Maybe the guy who was knocked over had just hit a copper on the head with a brick he'd thrown and turned away pretending he had nothing to do with it.
Or he could have just come out of the phonebox after phoning his wife and telling her that he'd been happily watching the match when all hell broke loose. He told her not to worry as he was ok and he was going back to his hotel to have a quiet drink in the hotel bar away from all the trouble.
If he was an innocent bystander then what happened to him is a disgrace. If not - tough! If it was the former then things like this happen when tensions are high and the 'peace makers' have adrenaline pumping through their bodies. Men who are normally mild mannered and stick to the rules do inexplicable things to other people. Things they will be ashamed of for the rest of their lives.
Does anyone know the real (not assumed but actual) story relating to this series of photos?