Just reporting what I was told by a few folks who had - literally - a ringside seat. They were pretty shaken up. Like I say, there was more than enough phone/video evidence for a fair judgement to be reached.
Wednesday friends of friends who were in row A right in front of the incident report that yes, that was the case. They were pretty horrified by proceedings. They're nice people, I have no reason to doubt their version of events :shrug:
It was at the Wednesday end and the game had just finished. The young kid did a daft thing but was only looking at that point to get back into the stand. He in no way deserved the heavy advances of one or more stewards getting their rocks off. Still, on the plus side, it was all played out in...
Why not? It's common decency to try and intervene at some young kid being given a kicking in front of your eyes. Wednesday players were already turned around to applaud their travelling support, they could hardly pretend it wasn't happening, even if they'd wanted to. Fair play to them :clap2:
I'd suggest the exact opposite, that the Wednesday players involvement made the whole thing more 'official' and stopped the Wednesday fans stepping in to prevent what looked to be a seriously over-the-top assault on one of their number.
Really? You don't remember the crop-haired psycho steward at Withdean who used to parade the South Stand and who did his best to break some innocuous kids wrist after the last game of the season in the latter years? He was panting heavily. Some say he had a visible stiffy. Some say his...
Some mutual friends in the front row at the away end report that the admittedly-idiot 16 year old kid that tried to encroach on the pitch at the end was put on the ground by half a dozen stewards, at least one of whom proceeded to get his jollies by giving him a good kicking. You'll maybe say...