Was there a need for riot police at the Sheffield Game?

[CyberRose]

They held up the tram I was on for about 20 minutes after the match because the next tram stop had about 10,000 people trying to get on a tram and needed to clear them away!

 

[STFC]

They held up the tram I was on for about 20 minutes after the match because the next tram stop had about 10,000 people trying to get on a tram and needed to clear them away!

FASCIST PIGS!!!!!

 

[CyberRose]

FASCIST PIGS!!!!!

Funny you should say that because I've also always thought of Sheffield W*dnesday being the more right wing of the two sets of fans (lots of instances of racism for example at Hillsborough), glad you agree

 

[bluestreak]

yer right and whats that on there heads, and who erm there feet and who erm it was just me seeing things..

Sorry, what?

 

[bluestreak]

I think what you're saying is that those are in fact riot police. They're not. While they are slightly better armoured than the average police unit, probably due to the assumed risk of projectiles being thrown, they're not kitted out in the full riot gear, nor are they deployed in the normal manner. Finally, they don't appear to be TSG. TSG is the name given to the police unit people are normally referring to when they talk about Riot Police. Those are your common or garden polis with helmets.

 

[CyberRose]

Yea the TSG were on standby but you chickened out and threw the match against City!

 

[bluestreak]

Heh, rumbled.