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VIDEO: Fans clash with police who kept Leeds United & Millwall hooligans apart



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Published Date:
27 October 2007
Football yobs repeatedly clashed with police in ugly scenes before and after Leeds United's home game with Millwall. Watch video here.
Trouble flared at about 2.15pm on Saturday as three busloads of away fans pulled up near the Billy Bremner statue outside Elland Road.

Millwall hooligans on board the double deckers smashed windows and kicked open doors in a bid to goad hundreds of watching Leeds fans into a confrontation.

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Windows and doors on the buses were put through by yobs on board as they tried to goad watching Leeds fans into confrontation.
Mounted police responded by charging at some of the United followers, forcing them away from the buses.

Officers formed a cordon across Elland Road to keep home supporters at bay while travelling fans were taken into the ground. One onlooker said: "Some of the Millwall lads on the buses looked like wild animals.

" They were leaning right out of the top decks with their arms outstretched, screaming abuse. Their faces were contorted with hate.
"The Leeds supporters were no angels either, though. A lot of them were obviously waiting there for Millwall to arrive."

After the game police spent 40 minutes clearing the area around the stadium while the London club's fans were held inside.
Mounted police again made a number of charges at Leeds supporters massed near the Bremner statue.

They were backed up by dog handlers and officers with batons as a police helicopter hovered overhead.
Bottles and other missiles were thrown by some troublemakers in the two car parks either side of Wesley Street.

Once calm was restored the away supporters were bussed away under heavy police escort.
There were also reports of skirmishes between rival yobs near Leeds City Station before the game.

The buses wrecked by Millwall fans were local First Bus vehicles laid on to get them from the station to Elland Road.
Twelve arrests were made during the disorder at the ground.

This season's match was thought likely to be moved to an early kick-off but, following discussions with West Yorkshire Police, United decided it should start as planned at 3pm.

* Click here to read Leeds United v Millwall match report.

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27/10/2007 22:03:19
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Leeds fan,

Leeds 27/10/2007 22:04:32
Why have you ommitted the fact that probably over 100 Millwall 'supporters' (I use that term loosely) decided to attack the police, stewards and Leeds fans in the South stand, as well as hurling missiles?
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28/10/2007 10:34:29
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Jonathan Bowdery,

London 28/10/2007 12:26:43
You should tell the reporter who wrote that peice to get the chip off his shoulder. You can hardly call it balanced reporting. And secondly if you treat people like animals then you must expect them to behave that way as well. I have heard first hand reports of the fans on the buses being attacked with the police refusing to let them off and the buses taking the turn by the peacock pub. It doesn't show the Yorkshire police in the best light does it?
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jilly williams,

redditch 28/10/2007 15:59:07
i was a shamed to see how the millwall fans behaved during the match, the violence in there stand was outrageous, why do they behave like animals, i dont think they even came to watch the match they were hell bent on trouble, we saw police and stewards being attacked and it was frightening, leeds played well and deserved the win, i just no innocent people got hurt
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Lee Godsell-Wright,

KNARESBOROUGH 28/10/2007 17:57:51
Why did the double deckers drive by the peacock? I was stood around the back and as soon as they arrived it was like a tidal wave of leeds fans trying to get to the buses, If the police had any brains they would have brought the buses down the hill from Beeston then into the carpark!!!!
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ken barratt,

leeds 28/10/2007 20:44:37
millwalls support was made up off kids and out of shape men,i think they were quite happy about the police presence,rumours were they had charlton and forest along with them,sad that grown men act like this,im talking more of the leeds fans
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Leeds Chris,

Hull (Leeds Fan) 29/10/2007 07:58:09
Leeds fans are not all saints and I'm sure some of them were looking for trouble but certain Millwall 'fans' did not help themselves. The buses passed me as I walked to the ground. The ground was not even in sight and yet the millwall 'fans' were smashing the windows showering pedestrains with glass. It didn't take a genius to see that there would be trouble when the buses turned up at the ground in that state.
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Leedsfan!!,

Leeds 29/10/2007 17:44:38
Police did not think very hard obviously. they should have walked the millwall fans from the train station and not send them on buses and after all the commotion on the buses they should have all been sent back and not allowed in. to be fair the police were good inside the ground and got it all under control (eventually) there was half of west yorkshire police there and i think more should and could have been done
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