Noticed a couple of "incidents" before the "lap of honour" at the end of the match, both in front of the NE Corner where stewards were trying to keep fans from running on the pitch.
1. A black steward was in "heated" discussion with some short-haired young men when he stepped forward & gave one of them a proper right hook. A few people tried to get at him but he was ushered away by other stewards - not sure what was said to cause it.
2. About 4 stewards had wressled a kid onto the floor near the corner, while they were getting ready to get him up I saw a puny-looking-glasses-wearing steward walk past & stamp quite hard on the lads ankle. Cowardly and not really necessary.
Blackwell, quite deservedly in my opinion, got reasonable applause from the crowd as he walked round the pitch - even from the majority in the North East Corner (Rich).
Seems a bit daft to me though - a lap of honour, or thank you to the fans, when we've still got our most important match coming up - couldn't they have waited until after that?
Ted H
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