29-08-2022, 08:31 AM
(28-08-2022, 02:40 PM)stayinupforever Wrote: Haven't seen so many police at an away game for a long time.And what the hell was going on after the game?
The behaviour of the old bill keeping fans in the car park was disgraceful and seemed only to aggravate and incite trouble. It seemed set up to get arrests,which it did, as it was all being filmed from across the road.
A steward told me they do it at every game and he doesn't understand why. I can't believe Port Vale ask for this either.
Port Vale must have a few bob if they have to pay for that many plod on a match day ffs.
They seemed to spend most of the game marching round in circles, baffling.
We went up by train and got a bus from the station to a place fairly close to the ground, had a few in the Park Inn which was full of Vale fans, it was all very friendly and not a hint of trouble. After the match we walked into Burslem centre and got a bus to Hanley, then another one to Stoke station. We were going to Sheffield and had a bit of a wait, so went to a Titanic beer place attached to the station. There were a few blokes being denied entry by the doorman and he tried to stop us too but we blogged our way in and the doorman finally relented and let the others in. About 5 minutes later a van full of OB turned up outside and watched us for the whole duration of our short session.
Report a burglary and they might pop round a couple of weeks later but they can spare a van load to watch a bunch of old geezers drinking beer. It’s a mad world.