We have always had a reputation as being a family club, and I for one want it to remain that way.

It must infuriate our 2 chairmen, when they have introduced very initiatives to get young people supporting the club, but some of them throw it back in their faces, by hurling coins at the opposition, and cowardly attacks outside the ground.

Let’s hope CCTV can find the culprits, and they are banned from the club for life, as they are certainly not welcome.

It is ironic I was sticking up for the stewards to be honest. I was one of the 12 (if I remember correctly) thrown out at the infamous Crewe debacle. City were later unable to provide any reason I was thrown out as at the time I was told it was for standing despite the security footage showing me sitting down (I made them check). My only concern is however sometimes fans seem to think they are hard done by you often, look at it objectively and sometimes see it was there own fault.
In terms of the Herefords fans view, it is quite clear they are going to side with there own fans as opposed to City stewards.
It may well have been heavy handed and I really do hope that City look in to it as I know, like you, we have been on the recieving end many times.

Maybe I am just being over protective. Things are really looking up for City at the moment and I don’t want to go down the route of us moaning at our own club again when, potentially (I accept this may be a slim chance), there was nothing in it. This site can have a bigger influence than you may realise at times.

To sort this problem out once-and-for-all, I suggest that all the fans in that block write letters of complaint to the club and make a complaint to the police. I am sure there will be cameras in the ground that can show exactly what ‘unreasonable’ force was (or wasn’t) used.

However, the one thing I do take issue with is the blame on the Bradford fans. If they were standing and the stewards didn’t apply the same force, is that the fans’ fault? When the City fans saw the HUFC fans being ejected, they sang the usual ‘bye bye’ chants, which then stirred the remaining fans up, a group in the centre in particular. From what I could see, there was one particular fan that was going mental and the humorous City fans latched onto this and gave him (and his party) a bit of stick. This happens at all games, home and away and was nothing out of the ordinary.

It was ‘friendly’ banter and nothing different to what was being dished out by HUFC fans. However, what is supposed to have happened outside the ground is disgusting. Again, I hope CCTV cameras have picked up some of the incident and police can do their work accordingly.

i too am concerned about the youths hanging around our end as we come out – something should be done about them. and if the stewarding in the away end is heavy handed or unequally applied with other areas then that should be addressed too, urgently.

It also appears to me that somebody threw an object at their keeper. See around 1:45 of the video via the link above. Why can’t our fans behave properly?