" I KNOW THE FRIENDS OF HIS AND THEY WARNED HIM "

His friends who go to the same cafe as me, warned him if he and his mates went in the Cardiff end they had to keep quite, also they never usually go to watch Liverpool anyway. He was then joined by a couple of other Liverpool fans.

Hmm

Welsh Liverpool football fan.

In todays Echo.


AS I was a Liverpool fan unable to source tickets for our own section of Wembley stadium, a Cardiff-based colleague managed to obtain two tickets for the Cardiff section of fans behind the goal.

Although not an ideal situation, it allowed us to at least see the match and I told my 15-year-old son it would be OK as this was not the hooligan-filled days of the 1970s and 1980s Britain.

Although I thought there was no particular enmity between Cardiff and Liverpool fans, we did not wear our team colours lest this be seen as antagonistic.

However, I made the mistake of instinctively punching the air in celebration when Liverpool scored their first goal, an action that lasted for all of a second, and this was the cue for a volley of vitriol from fans behind us. I was spat on and kicked in the back and when I turned around to see who had kicked me I was incredulous to see a man in his 60s who was bellowing abuse at us.

Fearing for our safety we left our seats to be met by a chorus of Cardiff fans cheering loudly and singing something about us having to leave our seats and go home. The only stewards to be found were in the bowels of the stadium and as they could not find us anywhere else to sit we had no option but to leave the stadium.

What I found most disconcerting was the fact that I expected this to be the actions of a very small handful of idiots; every club has them and my own is no exception. However, I was shocked at the bitterness and hatred spewing from the vast majority of the Cardiff fans around us after the goal was scored.

I would like to thank the genuine Cardiff fan who followed us down into the stadium to apologise for the actions of these supporters; this guy seemed genuinely shocked and upset at what had happened.

However, to all those others who were sitting behind us in Block 542, may you hang your heads in shame at bullying a 50-year-old man and his 15-year-old son out of their seats on what should have been a memorable occasion for all concerned.

Dennis Riley

Liverpool fan

f**k him, this ain't rugby, we have seperate ends for a reason, also the season ticket owner who gave him the ticket should have let a Cardiff fan have it

f**k him, I was in that block there were plenty of scousers about they all treated the same

is he a scouser or welsh?? Any case he woulda known its not a wise decision to celebrate when ur in the opposing teams section of fans no matter what team they were... Dont know what he hopes to achieve from telling the echo, they probably laughed at him.. Plastic scousers... 50 is the new 40 so i dont know what hes moaning for hes still a young un haha

Got what he deserved really, what else did he expect sitting in a crowd of 31,000 and then cheering the opposition. This man is deluded to expect any other kind of treatment, he knowingly stopped genuine Cardiff fans from sitting in Cardiff end and has to cheek to complain.

Tough titty

An absolutely stupid and lets face it selfish act to get tickets in the Cardiff section and not expect there to be some kind of reaction if the Cardiff fans found out.

His action is buying a ticket which by absolute right in my mind belonged to a Cardiff fan stinks of "I'm alright Jack" syndrome. I couldn't make this game and my son in law is a plastic Liverpool fan and he wanted me to give my ticket to him. I told him in no uncertain terms to go get one from his club if he wanted to see the game live. Believe me I had a load of tongue pie off the wife for days, did I care did I f**k.

Thanks to Annis my tickets went to some true Bluebird fans who otherwise wouldn't have been able to see the game.

In my opinion this guy, whoever he is, is nothing more than an arrogent tosspot who got exactly what his selfish behaviour deserved.

There is segregation at football grounds for a reason and although it is not nice what he had to deal with what does he expect? He knew the risk he was taking when he said he wouldn't wear colours? Just seems daft on his behalf IMO

I don't think this was an isolated event as I was sat in block 545 and witnessed a similar event but then the Liverpool fan attacking a 50+ yr old steward? I think they run the risk so deal with the consequences!

What a dick!!

He should be done for irresponsible parenting. I would never ever have taken my son in the Liverpool end.

Wanker!

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Ross Parry f*cking wanker should off not been in there !
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Ceri Gravenor I am sure the same would have happened if a Cardiff fan had been in the Liverpool end .... what did he expect, it wasn't a rugby match !!
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David Dobson You don't cheer if your not in your own end at most games that's how it is still today i've been in away ends and kept quiet and still enjoyed the game.
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Brian Burnett Seems a bit harsh, it was only one bloke with his son lol.
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Mark Hayes Where did the tickets come from????
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Chris Holland Should have stayed in his own f*cking end, wrap up !!
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What a dick!!

He should be done for irresponsible parenting. I would never ever have taken my son in the Liverpool end.

Wanker!

absolutely, he deliberately put his son at risk to 'enjoy' watching a football match that a Cardiff fan should have been enjoying with his son and other fellow City fans

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Gareth Partridge And they go nicking peoples beer outside? I'll never forget Wales v Italy at Anfield and some of them were nicking kids' scarves and selling them! Caught one thou and made sure he was incapable of doing any more running that evening...or the next week as it happens
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Someone get hold of his email Address and send him the pictures of the City fan being attacked by the scum scousers. And the guy behind him wasn't 60 the cheeky b*stard. Simple STAY OUT OF OUR END

Why didn't he apply for tickets from Anfield? cos he's a plastic that doesn't go to games. Oh I know let's get some tickets designated for Cardiff City fans they don't deserve them do they? What the feck does he expect??? Luckily we are in the year 2012 if it was back in the 70's or 80's he certainly wouldn't have walked out of our end he would no doubt have been carried out on a stretcher. What an idiot of a man taking a 15 year old boy into the opponents fans seats. He got off lightly.

His friends who go to the same cafe as me, warned him if he and his mates went in the Cardiff end they had to keep quite, also they never usually go to watch Liverpool anyway. He was then joined by a couple of other Liverpool fans.

Hmm

Welsh Liverpool football fan.

In todays Echo.


AS I was a Liverpool fan unable to source tickets for our own section of Wembley stadium, a Cardiff-based colleague managed to obtain two tickets for the Cardiff section of fans behind the goal.

Although not an ideal situation, it allowed us to at least see the match and I told my 15-year-old son it would be OK as this was not the hooligan-filled days of the 1970s and 1980s Britain.

Although I thought there was no particular enmity between Cardiff and Liverpool fans, we did not wear our team colours lest this be seen as antagonistic.

However, I made the mistake of instinctively punching the air in celebration when Liverpool scored their first goal, an action that lasted for all of a second, and this was the cue for a volley of vitriol from fans behind us. I was spat on and kicked in the back and when I turned around to see who had kicked me I was incredulous to see a man in his 60s who was bellowing abuse at us.

Fearing for our safety we left our seats to be met by a chorus of Cardiff fans cheering loudly and singing something about us having to leave our seats and go home. The only stewards to be found were in the bowels of the stadium and as they could not find us anywhere else to sit we had no option but to leave the stadium.

What I found most disconcerting was the fact that I expected this to be the actions of a very small handful of idiots; every club has them and my own is no exception. However, I was shocked at the bitterness and hatred spewing from the vast majority of the Cardiff fans around us after the goal was scored.

I would like to thank the genuine Cardiff fan who followed us down into the stadium to apologise for the actions of these supporters; this guy seemed genuinely shocked and upset at what had happened.

However, to all those others who were sitting behind us in Block 542, may you hang your heads in shame at bullying a 50-year-old man and his 15-year-old son out of their seats on what should have been a memorable occasion for all concerned.

Dennis Riley

Liverpool fan

f**k him, got a lot less than he deserved for being in there in the first place!

Very little sympathy. My main objection is not that he is a LIverpool fan, or even that he jumped up and celebrated, although I wouldn't have been happy about that.

But he deprived two City fans of what will probably be their only chance to see their team in a Carling Cup Final. He also, by the way, ignored the Wembley stadium rule which state very clearly that you have to be a fan of the team for whom the ticket is sold. He wasn't.

**** him.

I think had he been known to others beforehand might have been a little banter but celebrating when they scored is bound to get people's hackles up. It's like you are taking the piss really.

His friends who go to the same cafe as me, warned him if he and his mates went in the Cardiff end they had to keep quite, also they never usually go to watch Liverpool anyway. He was then joined by a couple of other Liverpool fans.

Hmm

Welsh Liverpool football fan.

In todays Echo.


AS I was a Liverpool fan unable to source tickets for our own section of Wembley stadium, a Cardiff-based colleague managed to obtain two tickets for the Cardiff section of fans behind the goal.

Although not an ideal situation, it allowed us to at least see the match and I told my 15-year-old son it would be OK as this was not the hooligan-filled days of the 1970s and 1980s Britain.

Although I thought there was no particular enmity between Cardiff and Liverpool fans, we did not wear our team colours lest this be seen as antagonistic.

However, I made the mistake of instinctively punching the air in celebration when Liverpool scored their first goal, an action that lasted for all of a second, and this was the cue for a volley of vitriol from fans behind us. I was spat on and kicked in the back and when I turned around to see who had kicked me I was incredulous to see a man in his 60s who was bellowing abuse at us.

Fearing for our safety we left our seats to be met by a chorus of Cardiff fans cheering loudly and singing something about us having to leave our seats and go home. The only stewards to be found were in the bowels of the stadium and as they could not find us anywhere else to sit we had no option but to leave the stadium.

What I found most disconcerting was the fact that I expected this to be the actions of a very small handful of idiots; every club has them and my own is no exception. However, I was shocked at the bitterness and hatred spewing from the vast majority of the Cardiff fans around us after the goal was scored.

I would like to thank the genuine Cardiff fan who followed us down into the stadium to apologise for the actions of these supporters; this guy seemed genuinely shocked and upset at what had happened.

However, to all those others who were sitting behind us in Block 542, may you hang your heads in shame at bullying a 50-year-old man and his 15-year-old son out of their seats on what should have been a memorable occasion for all concerned.

Dennis Riley

Liverpool fan

Good enough for him ,he shouldnt be in the other teams end or for that matter at any game fecking moron.

Cock!

"Made the mistake of punchin the air" Is he brain dead or what? Serves him right, no sympathy wot so ever

sorry guys cant agree ,he did not deprive any one of a ticket ,the season ticket holder that sold him the tickets done that ,imo its time we football fans grew up ,ffs who did he hurt who did he murder what harm to anyone did he do ,i go to 95% of away games ,i purposely try to go early to get into a pub with the away supporters ,and have a great time with them ,plenty of banter but thats all it is banter ,there is no place in todays game for violence of any kind ,im very dissappointed in the responces on here i thought we were better supporters than that shoot me down if you want but i will stick to my beliefs

sorry guys cant agree ,he did not deprive any one of a ticket ,the season ticket holder that sold him the tickets done that ,imo its time we football fans grew up ,ffs who did he hurt who did he murder what harm to anyone did he do ,i go to 95% of away games ,i purposely try to go early to get into a pub with the away supporters ,and have a great time with them ,plenty of banter but thats all it is banter ,there is no place in todays game for violence of any kind ,im very dissappointed in the responces on here i thought we were better supporters than that shoot me down if you want but i will stick to my beliefs

Thats fair enough its your opinion.
But I notice you say you leave early for away games to get to an away pub for banter. Is that because you know that leaving early to do the same in a home pub would be silly?

He was warned but choose to ignore the advice so it's his own fault the silly man

What a brainless dickhead.

sorry milly you misunderstood i meant i leave cardiff early to go to away games ie reading we left at 9 30 am to get there by noon spent all day in reading ,derby got there early afternoon i could go on but dont want to go on

sorry guys cant agree ,he did not deprive any one of a ticket ,the season ticket holder that sold him the tickets done that ,imo its time we football fans grew up ,ffs who did he hurt who did he murder what harm to anyone did he do ,i go to 95% of away games ,i purposely try to go early to get into a pub with the away supporters ,and have a great time with them ,plenty of banter but thats all it is banter ,there is no place in todays game for violence of any kind ,im very dissappointed in the responces on here i thought we were better supporters than that shoot me down if you want but i will stick to my beliefs

ithink you had better wake up and smell the coffee fella it state on the tickets and on the wembley web site that ticket are for cardiff suporters and like other people have said he got what he deserved and lucky he never got a bit more so f**k him get tickets in yourown end next time

Someone get hold of his email Address and send him the pictures of the City fan being attacked by the scum scousers. And the guy behind him wasn't 60 the cheeky b*stard. Simple STAY OUT OF OUR END

John i was wonderin if it was the same guy stood by us, sounded like too much of a coincidence not to have been

sorry milly you misunderstood i meant i leave cardiff early to go to away games ie reading we left at 9 30 am to get there by noon spent all day in reading ,derby got there early afternoon i could go on but dont want to go on

Ahh right I though it sounded odd when I read it
Its all about occasion and timing for me.
I went to soton v Cardiff few weeks back and sat in there end as I travelled down with soton season ticket holders down here.
People around me knew I was a city fan and we chatted about both clubs over a beer pre match. I sat there quielty didnt celebrate outwardly when we scored, and didnt take the piss. Watched the game had a beer, after the game shook hands with the soton fans around me and walked back to van.
Had I jumped up and gone mental, no doubt they wouldnt have been so friendly and if I had taken a beating I couldnt have complained.

"AS I was a Liverpool fan unable to source tickets for our own section of Wembley stadium, a Cardiff-based colleague managed to obtain two tickets for the Cardiff section of fans behind the goal"

And by doing so, you denied 2 Cardiff fans the opportunity to see their team play at Wembley, apologies if you were not warmly welcomed with a smile and a handshake Mr Riley.

doesnt matter know one got the right to physic ally attack some one think some peoples morales are messed up