Hull City v Millwall game goes off without any trouble
FANS and police have been praised for preventing a repeat of violent clashes between Hull City and Millwall supporters.
Humberside Police and club officials were on alert for the visit of Millwall at the weekend, following clashes between fans before, during and after the last game between the two sides at the KC Stadium in 2009.
Back then, Millwall's strong travelling support charged segregation lines, throwing objects including coins and bottles.
They also caused damage to the KC Stadium by ripping up seats.
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The actions caused some Hull fans to retaliate.
Around 300 Millwall fans travelled to Saturday's game, which saw the Lions win 0-1.
Inside the ground, fans exchanged friendly banter, with some Millwall supporters jokingly singing "we are the best behaved supporters in the league".
Kathleen Needler, of the Beverley Branch of the Hull City Supporters Club, said: "It was a commendable effort from the club, the police and the fans.
"I had thought there was going to be trouble because the Millwall fans were not punished in the same way as the Hull fans in 2009.
"The club handled it very well because the North Stand, where City fans often go, was empty and the stewards were very good and kept a lid on things inside and outside of the stadium.
"They prevented any City fans walking all the way around.
"The club was intent on making sure nothing went off and they were successful."
A spokesman for Humberside Police told the Mail: "There have been no incidents of serious disorder in Hull and, to my knowledge, no arrests were made."
Comments
by A.Stonished., The hooligans are on the pitch.
Monday, April 04 2011, 9:37PM
“The only punches I saw thrown inside the KC stadium this week-end was during the FC v castleford match on Friday night, mostly by Shane Long.
Wayne Rooney swears at a camera and it's all over the national papers. Long knocks seven bells of **** out of someone twice and no-one says a word.”
by Its Logical, Hull
Monday, April 04 2011, 7:57PM
“Robert, Hull there were more officers for this game, so there was not a repeat performance of the last time Millwall visited and so what if there was only 400 Millwall fans, how many do you you think it needs to rip up a stadium or cause violent disorder? And as another poster mentioned the only thing criminal was how Hull City played”
by george, exeter
Monday, April 04 2011, 7:14PM
“I went to the game on saturday, and most of the people around me would proably agree, that the biggest criminal act that day was Citys performance.”
by Lofty Dingleberry, exeter
Monday, April 04 2011, 7:12PM
“I went to the game on saturday.
Seems the biggest criminal act that day,was Citys performance.”
by Andy, Hull
Monday, April 04 2011, 6:19PM
“Maybe Inspector Pantsdown can explain why the arrival of 400 Millwall fans requires an early kick off when next week Millwall will see the arrival of far more Leeds United fans, with whom they have far more of a history than City and Millwall for a 3pm kick-off?”
by Steve, Hull
Monday, April 04 2011, 6:17PM
“Well, Tony, most of the police officers could have stayed at home and were only there because the man in charge is useless and was trying to make up for the last time Millwall were here and they were shown up for the incompetents that they are. Watching them standing about with nothing to do, texting their mates, stuffing their faces with pies, van loads idling about down Anlaby Road with nothing to do suggests they weren't over extended.
Meanwhile on Saturday night the usual mayhem will have gone on but that doesn't matter as it isn't football and no easy overtime to be made.”
by Robert, Hull
Monday, April 04 2011, 6:13PM
“Well, Illogical, there was no trouble at the games the previous week, or the one before that, or the one before that...
If 400 Millwall fans, details of whom are known and accompanied by the Met Police are too much for Humbersie Police to deal with then they shoudl reconsider their careers.”
by Tony, Hull
Monday, April 04 2011, 5:30PM
“Lets just not have any police at the football and see what happens......Then you idiots can deal with the aftermath. Im sure most of those officers would have preferred to spend Saturday at home with their families.”
by Its Logical, Hull
Monday, April 04 2011, 3:52PM
“Robert, Hull it worked didn't it :-) or is that your problem, can't stand that there wasn't any trouble.......”
by Robert, Hull
Monday, April 04 2011, 3:38PM
“The reason for the game been moved to an earlier time was to cut down the amount of alcohol consumed prior to the game.
Its Logical, HULL
Really? So there was prohibition in Hull and London stopping people buying alcohol the day before the game and drinking it overnight and in the morning?
It was changed because the police like to strut and pose and hten congratulate themselves aftet making a coplete and utter c**k up of things the last time.
The police of a supposedly top 10 City can't cope with the arrival of 3-400 fans all of who had to provide proof of identity for a ticket? As someone else put, this could be a reason we weren't considered for the world cup as Humberside Police would have trouble, if they can't cope with 3-400 visiting fans, dealing with 20,000 visitors to the city.
All over the country on Saturday more fans than Millwall brought travelled without kick-off times ahving to be altered. The police were so busy they were texting mates on their phones and stuffing their faces. And would no doubt have stood back and done nothing if there was any trouble, just as they did last time. Of course they can always make sure they nick a few City fans for reasons fans at other grounds wouldn't get nicked for, just to give they impression they were needed.”