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Bradford City fan claims he was headbutted ahead of Aston Villa clash (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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Bradford City fan claims he was headbutted ahead of Aston Villa clash
7:30pm Tuesday 8th January 2013 in Sport
By Rhys Thomas, T&A Reporter
Police swarmed around The Queen pub in Bradford city centre at 6.30pm to deal with rowdy Aston Villa fans.
Known football hooligans were said to be among a group of about 80 surrounded by police outside the pub on Bridge Street.
One Bradford City fan claims he was headbutted by an Aston Villa fan when he went inside.
He said he was given a Section 27 order and told to get out of the city centre, while the person who assaulted him went unpunished.
Police escorted some of the Villa fans onto a waiting coach; others outside the pub were set to be escorted to Valley Parade by officers.
Bradford cab drivers bemoaned a hit to their business as Bridge Street was closed off at the junction with Hall Ings and cabs blocked from picking people up from Bradford Interchange. Buses were also re-routed.
Comments(23)
SinnerSaint
says...
10:50pm Tue 8 Jan 13
thelastmanstanding
says...
12:39am Wed 9 Jan 13
The obvious wrote:Actually.....
Villa and City fans...some villa and city fans are complete nazi fascist hooligans and need to be shipped out to the moon so they can see how useless their opinions are. Great news on the arrest of the paedophile from holmewood...wonder if he had an England flag waving in front of his house Great news, some more drug dealing scum have been jailed...longer sentencing please. Great news some more speeding scum have been locked away for a joke of a sentence...need more longer jail terms. Great news...sinner saint has yet to comment...he's either run out of electricity or is checking his benefits for the week...
Aston Villa hooligans are staunchly anti-Fascist, whilst I believe the Bradford Ointment are also a multi-racial crew, but please don't allow the truth get in the way of a good rant.
essmbee
says...
4:14am Wed 9 Jan 13
thingybob68
says...
7:15am Wed 9 Jan 13
And is rowdy code for violent scumbag?
Typical two tier system.
thingybob68
says...
7:25am Wed 9 Jan 13
thelastmanstanding wrote:Bradford City fans are synonymous with racist chanting and abuse - just shows how little you know.
The obvious wrote:Actually.....
Villa and City fans...some villa and city fans are complete nazi fascist hooligans and need to be shipped out to the moon so they can see how useless their opinions are. Great news on the arrest of the paedophile from holmewood...wonder if he had an England flag waving in front of his house Great news, some more drug dealing scum have been jailed...longer sentencing please. Great news some more speeding scum have been locked away for a joke of a sentence...need more longer jail terms. Great news...sinner saint has yet to comment...he's either run out of electricity or is checking his benefits for the week...
Aston Villa hooligans are staunchly anti-Fascist, whilst I believe the Bradford Ointment are also a multi-racial crew, but please don't allow the truth get in the way of a good rant.
Jonno91
says...
8:22am Wed 9 Jan 13
Villa and City fans...some villa and city fans are complete nazi fascist hooligans and need to be shipped out to the moon so they can see how useless their opinions are.
Really? Now I'm not condoning football violence but how does two sets of lads having a rumble before the match make them Nazis?
B) You claims Bradford fans are well known for racist chanting? Oh please, I can honestly say I've been going for 16 years and never heard anything even remotely inciting racial hatred! Yes there was the chant about p*ki bashing, but that goes back to the 70's and 80's. If you want to dig up something 30 years old, I'd suggest you're just picking arguments for arguments sake.
I'll say no more.
flashdonut
says...
8:43am Wed 9 Jan 13
thingybob68 wrote:Read up on The Ointment. Notorious as the first multi-race thugs. Read the 'Scallies' book by the Everton fan (can't remember his name).
thelastmanstanding wrote:Bradford City fans are synonymous with racist chanting and abuse - just shows how little you know.
The obvious wrote:Actually.....
Villa and City fans...some villa and city fans are complete nazi fascist hooligans and need to be shipped out to the moon so they can see how useless their opinions are. Great news on the arrest of the paedophile from holmewood...wonder if he had an England flag waving in front of his house Great news, some more drug dealing scum have been jailed...longer sentencing please. Great news some more speeding scum have been locked away for a joke of a sentence...need more longer jail terms. Great news...sinner saint has yet to comment...he's either run out of electricity or is checking his benefits for the week...
Aston Villa hooligans are staunchly anti-Fascist, whilst I believe the Bradford Ointment are also a multi-racial crew, but please don't allow the truth get in the way of a good rant.
.
Though I must admit, this is a weird debate.
SinnerSaint
says...
8:59am Wed 9 Jan 13
The overwhelming majority of the news articles relating to these crimes tell us otherwise, but Obvious is finding this difficult to accept. This is why he is overdramatising a small and irrelevant pub scuffle into a fascist/nazi issue.
He is a complete nutter.
BigFigure
says...
9:42am Wed 9 Jan 13
thingybob68 wrote:KLAXON....Troll alert....KLAXON.....
thelastmanstanding wrote:Bradford City fans are synonymous with racist chanting and abuse - just shows how little you know.
The obvious wrote:Actually.....
Villa and City fans...some villa and city fans are complete nazi fascist hooligans and need to be shipped out to the moon so they can see how useless their opinions are. Great news on the arrest of the paedophile from holmewood...wonder if he had an England flag waving in front of his house Great news, some more drug dealing scum have been jailed...longer sentencing please. Great news some more speeding scum have been locked away for a joke of a sentence...need more longer jail terms. Great news...sinner saint has yet to comment...he's either run out of electricity or is checking his benefits for the week...
Aston Villa hooligans are staunchly anti-Fascist, whilst I believe the Bradford Ointment are also a multi-racial crew, but please don't allow the truth get in the way of a good rant.
Troll alert
Commonsensefirst
says...
12:15pm Wed 9 Jan 13
thelastmanstanding
says...
10:15pm Wed 9 Jan 13
SinnerSaint wrote:I know, I have read some of his comments on other stories. To him any white person who does something wrong is instantly BNP/EDL/NF. etc
I wouldn't let anything Obvious says bother you. He's a racist who is desperately and unsuccessfully trying to get some kind of inane point across that it's the "fascist/EDL/BN
P" community who are committing all the drug, gun and car crime in the city. The overwhelming majority of the news articles relating to these crimes tell us otherwise, but Obvious is finding this difficult to accept. This is why he is overdramatising a small and irrelevant pub scuffle into a fascist/nazi issue. He is a complete nutter.
But on this story it couldn't have been further from the truth. The Villa hooligans are the type of white people who would stand in a UAF crowd opposing the BNP, EDL, NF, etc
Rams1884
says...
11:31pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Victor Clayton
says...
12:19am Thu 10 Jan 13
thelastmanstanding wrote:according to him ALL white people are BNP, EDF etc .
SinnerSaint wrote:I know, I have read some of his comments on other stories. To him any white person who does something wrong is instantly BNP/EDL/NF. etc
I wouldn't let anything Obvious says bother you. He's a racist who is desperately and unsuccessfully trying to get some kind of inane point across that it's the "fascist/EDL/BN
P" community who are committing all the drug, gun and car crime in the city. The overwhelming majority of the news articles relating to these crimes tell us otherwise, but Obvious is finding this difficult to accept. This is why he is overdramatising a small and irrelevant pub scuffle into a fascist/nazi issue. He is a complete nutter.
But on this story it couldn't have been further from the truth. The Villa hooligans are the type of white people who would stand in a UAF crowd opposing the BNP, EDL, NF, etc
lozkel
says...
8:50am Thu 10 Jan 13
thingybob68 wrote:what a load of b______ks
thelastmanstanding wrote:Bradford City fans are synonymous with racist chanting and abuse - just shows how little you know.
The obvious wrote:Actually.....
Villa and City fans...some villa and city fans are complete nazi fascist hooligans and need to be shipped out to the moon so they can see how useless their opinions are. Great news on the arrest of the paedophile from holmewood...wonder if he had an England flag waving in front of his house Great news, some more drug dealing scum have been jailed...longer sentencing please. Great news some more speeding scum have been locked away for a joke of a sentence...need more longer jail terms. Great news...sinner saint has yet to comment...he's either run out of electricity or is checking his benefits for the week...
Aston Villa hooligans are staunchly anti-Fascist, whilst I believe the Bradford Ointment are also a multi-racial crew, but please don't allow the truth get in the way of a good rant.
Mummys little Sunbeam
says...
12:13pm Thu 10 Jan 13
villafan101
says...
2:53pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Point number 1 this situation was so badly managed it was ridiculous, if a VIlla fan did headbutt anyone he should have been ejected and arrested.
Clearly the whole pub in this aggressive way was ridiculous.
There was no information on why this was happening and we where all treated like criminals.
This kind of behavior by the police INSITES violence.
The majority of fans in there where regular traveling villa fans and where not looking for trouble are defiantly not racists.
I will add i spoke to lots of Bradford fans all seemed great, great support great fans we look forward to welcoming you to villa park just leave your coppers at home.
bctomuk
says...
4:10pm Thu 10 Jan 13
thingybob68 wrote:I have been going to watch City since I was 12, originally standing and now sitting in the kop. I have never once heard a racist chant.
thelastmanstanding wrote:Bradford City fans are synonymous with racist chanting and abuse - just shows how little you know.The obvious wrote: Villa and City fans...some villa and city fans are complete nazi fascist hooligans and need to be shipped out to the moon so they can see how useless their opinions are. Great news on the arrest of the paedophile from holmewood...wonder if he had an England flag waving in front of his house Great news, some more drug dealing scum have been jailed...longer sentencing please. Great news some more speeding scum have been locked away for a joke of a sentence...need more longer jail terms. Great news...sinner saint has yet to comment...he's either run out of electricity or is checking his benefits for the week...Actually..... Aston Villa hooligans are staunchly anti-Fascist, whilst I believe the Bradford Ointment are also a multi-racial crew, but please don't allow the truth get in the way of a good rant.
Prisoner Cell Block A
says...
4:24pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Victor Clayton wrote:Eh Vic, we agree on something at last :)
thelastmanstanding wrote:according to him ALL white people are BNP, EDF etc .
SinnerSaint wrote:I know, I have read some of his comments on other stories. To him any white person who does something wrong is instantly BNP/EDL/NF. etc
I wouldn't let anything Obvious says bother you. He's a racist who is desperately and unsuccessfully trying to get some kind of inane point across that it's the "fascist/EDL/BN
P" community who are committing all the drug, gun and car crime in the city. The overwhelming majority of the news articles relating to these crimes tell us otherwise, but Obvious is finding this difficult to accept. This is why he is overdramatising a small and irrelevant pub scuffle into a fascist/nazi issue. He is a complete nutter.
But on this story it couldn't have been further from the truth. The Villa hooligans are the type of white people who would stand in a UAF crowd opposing the BNP, EDL, NF, etc
Good times are continuing to roll for us mate.
KnightMcCall
says...
8:25pm Thu 10 Jan 13
villafan101 wrote:At least you have the intelligence to realise the truth. The way all football fans continue to be treated is appalling. Thanks for the postive feedback and see you in a fortnight.
Ok no no and no.
Point number 1 this situation was so badly managed it was ridiculous, if a VIlla fan did headbutt anyone he should have been ejected and arrested.
Clearly the whole pub in this aggressive way was ridiculous.
There was no information on why this was happening and we where all treated like criminals.
This kind of behavior by the police INSITES violence.
The majority of fans in there where regular traveling villa fans and where not looking for trouble are defiantly not racists.
I will add i spoke to lots of Bradford fans all seemed great, great support great fans we look forward to welcoming you to villa park just leave your coppers at home.
thelastmanstanding
says...
12:59am Fri 11 Jan 13
villafan101 wrote:I would say that the West Yorkshire Police are the worst in the country. The West Midlands police arent much better either though.
Ok no no and no. Point number 1 this situation was so badly managed it was ridiculous, if a VIlla fan did headbutt anyone he should have been ejected and arrested. Clearly the whole pub in this aggressive way was ridiculous. There was no information on why this was happening and we where all treated like criminals. This kind of behavior by the police INSITES violence. The majority of fans in there where regular traveling villa fans and where not looking for trouble are defiantly not racists. I will add i spoke to lots of Bradford fans all seemed great, great support great fans we look forward to welcoming you to villa park just leave your coppers at home.
These people had come to watch a game of football and have a good day out with their mates. Nothing illegal in that and unless it could have been established that the individuals the police were harrassing were doing something wrong then the police should have left them well alone, instead of trying to get their arrest figures up.
ACAB.
Mr Perks
says...
1:57am Fri 11 Jan 13
Jonno91 wrote:There's never been any chants about '**** Bashing' from the Ointment, even as far back as the 80's Asian lads were present and I don't think they'd have mixed with people who were chanting about 'bashing' them. Hooligans they may well have been, but racists they most certainly were not!
Villa and City fans...some villa and city fans are complete nazi fascist hooligans and need to be shipped out to the moon so they can see how useless their opinions are.
Really? Now I'm not condoning football violence but how does two sets of lads having a rumble before the match make them Nazis?
B) You claims Bradford fans are well known for racist chanting? Oh please, I can honestly say I've been going for 16 years and never heard anything even remotely inciting racial hatred! Yes there was the chant about p*ki bashing, but that goes back to the 70's and 80's. If you want to dig up something 30 years old, I'd suggest you're just picking arguments for arguments sake.
I'll say no more.
Mr Perks
says...
2:04am Fri 11 Jan 13
thelastmanstanding wrote:You can add South Yorks police to that list as well mate, they seem to think the miners strike is still happening and every football fan is out to cause trouble.
villafan101 wrote:I would say that the West Yorkshire Police are the worst in the country. The West Midlands police arent much better either though.
Ok no no and no. Point number 1 this situation was so badly managed it was ridiculous, if a VIlla fan did headbutt anyone he should have been ejected and arrested. Clearly the whole pub in this aggressive way was ridiculous. There was no information on why this was happening and we where all treated like criminals. This kind of behavior by the police INSITES violence. The majority of fans in there where regular traveling villa fans and where not looking for trouble are defiantly not racists. I will add i spoke to lots of Bradford fans all seemed great, great support great fans we look forward to welcoming you to villa park just leave your coppers at home.
These people had come to watch a game of football and have a good day out with their mates. Nothing illegal in that and unless it could have been established that the individuals the police were harrassing were doing something wrong then the police should have left them well alone, instead of trying to get their arrest figures up.
ACAB.
I'm sick and tired of the old bill still treating everyone like it's 1983, they know who the fans that are likely to cause trouble are, yet every fan gets treated in the same way, doesn't matter if you're with a family, an o.a.p or a 13 year old kid, the coppers still treat people like sh*t, then they wonder why they aren't respected!

The obvious says...
7:59pm Tue 8 Jan 13
Great news on the arrest of the paedophile from holmewood...wonder if he had an England flag waving in front of his house
Great news, some more drug dealing scum have been jailed...longer sentencing please.
Great news some more speeding scum have been locked away for a joke of a sentence...need more longer jail terms.
Great news...sinner saint has yet to comment...he's either run out of electricity or is checking his benefits for the week...