RE: SDC1801 marches on, but '1802 could well be the biggie:19 May 2023 11:58
this kind of behaviour from dutch fans does not surprise me. back in 1997 manu played feyenoord in the champions league and n rotterdam. i was part of the vip group travelling with the players families (and alex fergusons wife) and our coach was savagely attacked by dutch fans as we approached the stadium; the most terrifying weapon was a metal post wrapped in barbed wire!!. we needed an armed police escort to complete the journey and ended up having to watch the game on tv in a lounge in the ground for our own safety! at least andy cole scored a hatrick!
this was typical of away trips in the 90’s with similar attacks in turin, milan, m****illes, brussels, florence i think it was payback for the appalling way english (not british) fans behaved in the 80’s; italian police in particular just couldn’t wait for english fans to arrive so they could belt a few of them randomly with batons. some fans stopped travelling in the end it got so scary!!