guillaume
23-05-2016, 05:48 PM
This guy gives a good account of the after-match scenes.
Have been wondering myself about the lack of the usual line of police you get at full time in Hampden.
The man, who was working in an upper tier of the stadium, said he saw one line of stewards and "two or three lines of police" at the Rangers end of the park.
By comparison, at the Hibs end there was just one line of stewards and one line of police officers.
He said he saw a "small minority" of about 40 or 50 Hibs fans who went to the Rangers end of the pitch to "goad them".
"That prompted a section of Rangers fans to come past the advertising hoardings and obviously violence breaks out," he said.
The steward added: "The violence only lasted about five or 10 minutes, if that. Within about 10-30 seconds of the fighting breaking out, the police were on the pitch."
Some minutes later, mounted police arrived, he said.
At one point he saw a number of people targeting Rangers goalkeeper Wes Foderingham.
He said: "I even saw one or two Hibernian fans get into the Rangers goalkeeper's face.
"I watched that - that was pretty disgusting. You do get some select few idiots who do that but, credit to the Rangers goalkeeper, he walked away from it."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-36361043
Have been wondering myself about the lack of the usual line of police you get at full time in Hampden.
The man, who was working in an upper tier of the stadium, said he saw one line of stewards and "two or three lines of police" at the Rangers end of the park.
By comparison, at the Hibs end there was just one line of stewards and one line of police officers.
He said he saw a "small minority" of about 40 or 50 Hibs fans who went to the Rangers end of the pitch to "goad them".
"That prompted a section of Rangers fans to come past the advertising hoardings and obviously violence breaks out," he said.
The steward added: "The violence only lasted about five or 10 minutes, if that. Within about 10-30 seconds of the fighting breaking out, the police were on the pitch."
Some minutes later, mounted police arrived, he said.
At one point he saw a number of people targeting Rangers goalkeeper Wes Foderingham.
He said: "I even saw one or two Hibernian fans get into the Rangers goalkeeper's face.
"I watched that - that was pretty disgusting. You do get some select few idiots who do that but, credit to the Rangers goalkeeper, he walked away from it."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-36361043