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UEFA are already getting itchy over potential aggro in Moscow next week between Chelsea,Yahnited fans and local Russian yobs.

I have yet to find one Man U fan who is going to Moscow. Stupid costs and serious risk of abuse by looney Moscow club fans.
Still Man U and Chelsea fans are close neighbours so they should have some strength in numbers.

Considering the numbers that descended on MC it was a storm in a teacup

If the big screen TV which had led the crowds their in the first place had actually worked I'd doubt the trouble would have occured

Trouble before UEFA Cup Final as Rangers fans clash with police
May 14 2008

THERE were violent scenes before the UEFA Cup Final as Rangers fas clashed with riot police in the centre of Manchester.

The trouble was sparked when a giant TV screen in the city's Piccadilly Gardens, which had been due to show the game, failed to work.

Angry fans clashed with cops and police said there had been at least eight arrests.

In a separate incident, a Russian fan was stabbed outside the Eastlands Stadium.

His injuries were said to be non-life threatening.

Rational behaviour and decency can take a back seat when you've been drinking for most the day.

Sooner or later the drink culture will go the way of the tobacco culture. If people could drink, or smoke, moderately, there would be no need for what smokers and drinkers see as draconian measures to deal with the problems.

Just read your local newspaper and see how many reported court cases involve the excuse in mitigation that "my client had been drinking at the time and has little recollection of events." That's no excuse, and shouldn't be treated as such.

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Even the BBC reported these terrible attacks.