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Trouble in Manchester on Saturday
- Thread starter Marvin
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Marvin said:Don't know if this has been covered or not but there was trouble at the England screening in Manchester.
Bottles, booze and fighting. Police moved in eventually
Not just Rangers is it
Maybe it was
danebanksheik
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Why are you trying to make this sound like a riot?
The BBC says "Four arrests were made at Manchester's World Cup screening zone in what has otherwise been described as a "good-natured" event.
Four men, aged between 19 and 37 were arrested for affray by police inside the Castlefield Arena.
More than 10,000 England fans attended the ticket-only screening of England's World Cup debut where bars and an artificial beach were laid on.
A council spokesman said the event had a "good-natured family atmosphere". "
The BBC says "Four arrests were made at Manchester's World Cup screening zone in what has otherwise been described as a "good-natured" event.
Four men, aged between 19 and 37 were arrested for affray by police inside the Castlefield Arena.
More than 10,000 England fans attended the ticket-only screening of England's World Cup debut where bars and an artificial beach were laid on.
A council spokesman said the event had a "good-natured family atmosphere". "
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I expect it was the same as the one i went to in leeds where a couple of nob heads kicked off and plastic bottles were getting loanched about all match for the banter.
It was pretty bad. I live nearbydanebanksheik said:Why are you trying to make this sound like a riot?
The BBC says "Four arrests were made at Manchester's World Cup screening zone in what has otherwise been described as a "good-natured" event.
Four men, aged between 19 and 37 were arrested for affray by police inside the Castlefield Arena.
More than 10,000 England fans attended the ticket-only screening of England's World Cup debut where bars and an artificial beach were laid on.
A council spokesman said the event had a "good-natured family atmosphere". "
ManCityTom
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Marvin said:It was pretty bad. I live nearbydanebanksheik said:Why are you trying to make this sound like a riot?
The BBC says "Four arrests were made at Manchester's World Cup screening zone in what has otherwise been described as a "good-natured" event.
Four men, aged between 19 and 37 were arrested for affray by police inside the Castlefield Arena.
More than 10,000 England fans attended the ticket-only screening of England's World Cup debut where bars and an artificial beach were laid on.
A council spokesman said the event had a "good-natured family atmosphere". "
No its was not I was there one minor incident that was it making it out like it was world war 3 it was good fun thats why im going friday an all.
Then maybe you were at a different screen? Doubt there'll be any more events.ManCityTom said:Marvin said:It was pretty bad. I live nearby
No its wasn`t i was there one minor incident that was it making it out like it was world war 3 it was good fun thats why im going friday an all.
dw7
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davymcfc said:it kicked off big time last world cup. i remember that. england kicking off with england? weird.
just a minority of english supporters mentality if there is no one else to fight with lets fight against each other or wreck the place to fight the police
Holy cow, I must have missed the riot!!!!!
I was there, first thing we noticed was about 8 coppers running to the crowd watching the main screen. Being a nosey buggar, I went over to have a gander. The police, within about 30 seconds had arrested a few guys, and took them away. Looking at what was going on, all it was was the guys on the railings above the crowd had started to throw beer onto the people below, and some peope did like it it (obviously). It was nothing at all, and once the police arrested the four people, it calmed down, and the police took the guys away, put them in a van, and came back into the fan park thing. The coppers did nothing else after that but stand and watch everyone leave. Hardly the actions of police in a riot is it?
It was a few drunken people being stupid, and the police went in, dealt with it, arrested a few and things got back to normal. If the police hadn't have run straight past us, we wouldn't have known about it. The guys who watched the screen by the fort must be bemused, because they wouldn't have seen a thing.
Bearing in mind there was 10,000 people there, to have 4 or so people arrrested in as swift and clean way was quite good. A lot of people there were wasted. It wasn't as bad as you read in the papers.
I must say though, GMP were very good last night. I had to queue for an hour to get tickets, and the coppers I spoke to were really good. Spoke to a senior officer and he was dead keen on us just getting into the place because the ticket company ballsed up on their ticket collections, and they (GMP) were doing everything they could to get us in. Even inside, the police were really good, there, but not being too over bearing.
It was the first time it's been done, and they have a lot of work to do to make it work properly (ticket distribution, queues for beer, stewarding etc all need a lot of work), but it worked OK, having a sandy beach in front of a big screen is a great idea, and if you picked the right bar, you got served quickly. They also had a token system to speed up beer queues, which if staffed properly would work very well.
I was there, first thing we noticed was about 8 coppers running to the crowd watching the main screen. Being a nosey buggar, I went over to have a gander. The police, within about 30 seconds had arrested a few guys, and took them away. Looking at what was going on, all it was was the guys on the railings above the crowd had started to throw beer onto the people below, and some peope did like it it (obviously). It was nothing at all, and once the police arrested the four people, it calmed down, and the police took the guys away, put them in a van, and came back into the fan park thing. The coppers did nothing else after that but stand and watch everyone leave. Hardly the actions of police in a riot is it?
It was a few drunken people being stupid, and the police went in, dealt with it, arrested a few and things got back to normal. If the police hadn't have run straight past us, we wouldn't have known about it. The guys who watched the screen by the fort must be bemused, because they wouldn't have seen a thing.
Bearing in mind there was 10,000 people there, to have 4 or so people arrrested in as swift and clean way was quite good. A lot of people there were wasted. It wasn't as bad as you read in the papers.
I must say though, GMP were very good last night. I had to queue for an hour to get tickets, and the coppers I spoke to were really good. Spoke to a senior officer and he was dead keen on us just getting into the place because the ticket company ballsed up on their ticket collections, and they (GMP) were doing everything they could to get us in. Even inside, the police were really good, there, but not being too over bearing.
It was the first time it's been done, and they have a lot of work to do to make it work properly (ticket distribution, queues for beer, stewarding etc all need a lot of work), but it worked OK, having a sandy beach in front of a big screen is a great idea, and if you picked the right bar, you got served quickly. They also had a token system to speed up beer queues, which if staffed properly would work very well.