Obviously we saw worse incidents in the 70s and 80s but players and officials having entitlement to protection from being manhandled by spectators isn't really an example of the game being over-sanitised, it is pretty fundamental. It is difficult to single out individuals in the case of mass...
'I apologise if I offended anyone' is the classic non-apology. Hopefully Paul Barber will not let this lie. More widely Leeds need to look at how they treat their disabled fans because the location and the way it is organised looks shocking.