It's got nothing to do with that at all. A few teenagers in black letting off bangers? It happens every November evening in Portslade.
It's more the unedifying spectacle of grown men posturing at each other across impenetrable police lines or a magic piece of blue cloth, the closed pubs...
Palace should get their full allocation and no way should it be a bubble- bubble matches are abhorrent.
But I'm certainly not looking forward to it in any way. I'm always a nervous wreck anyway and odds on Hughton will play the stiffs. And if it's a Monday night town will be a no go zone...