West Ham 3 Millwall 1 (aet)
What a bloody week. After Davenport's stabbing and the death of Jack's dad comes riots and pitch invasions against Millwall. "YOBS" reads the back page of the Sun, along with "thugs drag soccer back into the gutter". A relief to have been on holiday for this one and would it have been worth going anyway? You have to say that maybe all West Ham versus Millwall games should perhaps now be played behind closed doors.As it is, we risk expulsion from the Carling Cup after such scenes
Yes, a section of the Millwall support are horrible, but there's no excuse for the pitch invasions or the supporters who stayed outside all game rucking. Tottenham was acceptable banter between the fans, but this was war with two stabbings, brickings and more.
On the pitch it was positive to see Junior influence the game (although that sprint to the fans after scoring was inadvisable in such an atmosphere) and Gabbidon got through a full match after two years' out. Zavon Hines also scored a tasty goaland might help solve part of our striking problem.
But the only true bravery on display last night came from Jack Collinson who played two days after the death of his father in a motor bike crash and left the pitch in tears. That took courage, unlike joining in with the rival firms.
2 comments:
The violence has been big news in Australia, where they seem keen to avoid talking about the cricket. We are going to an Aussie Rules game today where they don't even segregate the crowd. Seems like there is still a long way to go...
Yes, in Oz it's all meat pies and tinnies of VB and not a ruck in sight. Danny Dyer (whom the Mail today blames for all the trouble along with Elijah Wood in Green Street) would be out of a job.
Mind you, if the Aussies still insist we're all hooligans, then you might like to give them some sledging about the Ashes... their defeat was surely due to a low facial hair count. Bring back Merv Hughes and his giant moustache...
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