'It Was the Most Pointless Policing I Have Ever Seen. They Created Panic' ; Shock Verdict On Football Violence

Evening Standard - London › June 12, 2007

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I WASN'T working for television that night but was in Seville as an ordinary Tottenham supporter. Foreign Office official Bruce McIntyre says fans were drunk, some were, but it didn't cause what happened heavy-handed policing was to blame.

There were no problems with the fans who went to Prague, Istanbul, Leverkusen and Braga in other European trips last season.

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'It Was the Most Pointless Policing I Have Ever Seen. They Created Panic' ; Shock Verdict On Football Violence

I'm sure they had a drink too, like I'm sure there were warnings to po...

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