I think the either side of the gangway was quite common when club brought a lot of fans with them. The gangway used to separate was also used to to enter the north stand so always meant 'contacts'. Not sure about the game you mention but when we playedthem in the playoff game there were lots of...
that did happen , but that would have happened anyway because they broke down all the barriers or just came over the walls.
I agree there are times when it might not be appropriate but most of the time there was not an issue.
I do remember a number of occasions when away fans were in the...
I guess it depends on what people see the issue as. I could not go but could not sell my seat so the argument that it denies seats to fans is not true. Are they causing trouble, i don't think so but there are the odd dickheads. There is the potential for trouble but that is the same as there is...