What a man. Shame there aren't more like you in this country. I sincerly hope your efforts are justly rewarded and that you are accepted to join PC Regan on the frontline in a uniform. Heroic in the true sense of the word - well done.

How about an apology from the police for attacking him when he was trying to help. These gusy are supposed to be trained. What would have happened if they'd been armed? I expect they would have shot him. Better leave them be next time Tom.

Weel done Tom. PC Regan owes you a few cans of shandy.

Well done! One of thousands there- at least you can hold your head up!

A true hero! Well done lad. Low life cowards,look and learn,you could be like him if you haad a brain transplant.
Police,employ him immediately as he is one in a million and too good to get through the net.

Good for you, Tom.

And shame on you, StevoDevo for having such a mean mind. True human goodness is giving without having any expectation of a return - not making a cheap point and walking off.

Why is it mean-spirited to expect the police to apologise for assaulting a brave member of the public simply for trying to help? Is it too much to expect of our police these days?

Stevodevo i get what you are saying the police who hit this man were probably not aware he was helping him for all they knew he was being led to a dark alley to get killed...... i take my hat off to the guy though he has some balls

I am a true blue living in Bolton for over 20 yrs, I took my Welsh partner (wont dwell on that) and my 18 yr old son, we had a fantastic day, unbelievable, talking to everyone, singing, dancing - like the Mardi Gras.
Honestly, as a middle aged woman who does not condone violence & this attack upset me, but Manchester was not ready, even down to their being enough buckets, my partner was amazed at the rangers fans - they were putting all their empties either in corner or against walls, all the buckets were full - not surprised there was so much mess on streets.
why didnt they open Old Trafford say, which could have coped with the volume of supporters & they would have been containted, but to cram as many fans into Piccadilly Gdns, the screen didnt work, fans tried to get out to watch the game, couldnt -- pushed back and attacked - unbelievable - the whole thing shocks me! apart from this attack on this policeman which was terrible all other pics etc - the aggressors were the Police - we were there - riot Police egging Rangers fans on to attack them, dogs being let loose - Manchester panicked guys!!! Look at Rangers fans in Europe any trouble - no - 45 arrests in Manchester -- out of how many - was it nearly 250,000 - is that not a normal weekend game at United!!!!!!
I hope this Policeman is ok, it was terrible but please do not hold this against the fans - were these all Rangers fans!!!!!!!!!!!
We had an unbelievable day, one ill never forget, for all the right reasons, apart from the score!!!!!!!
Helen

True courage and humanity in the face of cowardly violence. Give him a medal, and make him a role-model.

what a brave young man your family and friends must be so proud of you,big differance from the cowards and bullies we see walking manchesters streets ,give the lad a medal

All these gers' fans saying its all the police's fault and Manchester wasn't ready for the final is just not true, even UEFA praised the city and the police for the way we dealt with the minority of fans, lets not forget after the screen went down 11000-13000 fans were bussed to a second screen whereas a minority stayed behind to fight, but there is a lesson here dont fight the police u just dont win. so instead of pointing the finger at the police and manchester point it at your own minority of fans who let you, your city and scottich football down, not english football or british football cause Rangers isn't included in that anymore.

Its only natural for the police to respond,but still this young man has shown courage and is his actions only that saved the policeman, many would ask themselves would they do the same?m if Tom didn't act, would we be reading the some story, credit where its due, this man deserves to be treated like a hero because thats what he is, so the police should be looking to employ this young man who seeks a career in the force, he certainly has the experince,best wishes Tom
chriso manchester

These people who blame the cops don't know what they are talking about... when faced with a baying mob you do one of two things... fight or run! no one knows what they will do until faced with it, and no amount of training prepares you for it... if this hero ... and believe me he is... has faced danger then thats why he reacted the way he did...and for that he should get some sort of award... cops are not mind readers and generally make as many mistakes as any one else so get off their backs, i'm sure Tom won't blame them as he understands. They were let down by their bosses yet again...not enough cops in the right places and no spine where it counts... but thats another story!

In answer to those who have accused Manchester of not being able to host the event.

Manchester won the right to host the final, provided a 1st class stadium and a seat for every ticket....that was all it needed to do.

The 150,000 plus Ranger's fans who arrived ticketless in Manchester each made their OWN decision to come, they were not invited and they were aware that they did not have tickets. Manchester was under NO OBLIGATION to provide ant facility for these people...

"WE ARE COMING EN MASSE TO YOUR CITY AND WE DEMAND YOU SORT OUT ALL THE STUFF WE NEED, AT YOUR EXPENSE AND FREE TO US".....

You chose to come here...take responsibility for your own actions.

Manchester, at our expense (not yours) GIFTED you with two fan zones, then three, then four. Laid on beer, relaxed the smoking and drinking laws and welcomed you....Manchester did not have to, you were NOT our responsibility. What we did was a gift to you.

Ibrox had a screen for 20,000. What facilities did your own home city of Glasgow provide for you? Or were they glad to get rid of you, knowing you could wreck and wreak havoc on your home soil.

TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN ACTIONS....

Helen Anderson what planet are you on?

Your rant is complete nonsense, think you watched this whole thing through blue tinted glasses. How were the police the aggressors? maybe they should have taken another half hour of having bottles thrown at them, I believe they acted with restraint and only took appropiate action when everything else had failed. Your fans were a disgrace to your club, and your country, and your comments only serve to in some way try to justify their behaviour. Furthermore was a city centre centre with 100000+ drunk rowdy fans an appropiate place for you to take your family anyway!

Helen Anderson...good grief.
If I have to hear or read another Rangers fan giving a lamentable defence of blatant lawless behaviour...
45 arrests at an average United game??? I think not. Whilst an unacceptable level, the last statistics ran at about 190 for the year (for all United matches home and away)
Back to reality and the actual issue - Did the Police make the so called fans throw bottles at a big screen, tv engineers, shops, cars etc... Did they make them urinate in the street? Go looting? What a profound effect upon normal law abiding citizens they clearly have.
Manchester panicked Ms Anderson...too true. It panicked at a drunken mob unable to behave with any level of maturity.
End of debate.

Come On Keano, since when did a British Citizen have to be invited to enter a British City?

As for Manchester providing everything for free, I feel you may be mistaken. Think about the millions your city made in extra revenue from the visiting fans - the transport companies, the shops, restaurants and pubs and the Hoteliers are all very happy that Rangers came a calling. England's third city will need to improve their hosting skills somewhat before 2018 or the only game they will get will be the likes of Luxembourg v Andorra.

Helen Anderson, you said 'Look at Rangers fans in Europe any trouble - no - 45 arrests in Manchester -- out of how many - was it nearly 250,000'.

Now you might be right on the number of arrests but do you know why they were so low? Do you think it was because Rangers fans were exceedingly well behaved?

In Manchester you will normally get arrested for drinking on the streets. How many Rangers fans were drinking on the streets? 2? 200? 150,000? 200,000? Let's say that there were 150,000 Rangers fans, maybe 100,00 drank on the streets. I theory 100,000 should have been arrested.

We turned a blind eye to urinating in public, lewd behaviour in public, indecent exposure, religous hatred, smoking inside public places, consuming alcohol on public transport, assaults (sixty people treated in hospital for assualt related injuries), drunk and dosorferly, littering. I could go on.

40 ARRESTS DOESN'T MEAN ONLY 40 OFFENCES WERE COMMITED.

How naive can you be. A blind eye was turned. This 40 out of 200,000 is nonsense.

If I went out at 3pm this afternoon, went to Market Street whilst families were shopping, swigged openly from a can whilst stood next to a 24 pack of beer and got out my **** and urinated over a bench whilst people were sat on it I would expect to be arrested.

On Wednesday however you could get away with it as long as you were wearing a Rangers top. This, apparently, is 'strategic policing'. In other words turn a blind eye, hence the low arrst rate.

As for it 'only being a tiny minority' rioting, put away your percentages. It was 200 people rioting. How would you like it on your street?

He's braver than me... and I accept that, with a buinch of vermin like the Rangers fans running riot, the police can be forgiven for lashing out mistakenly. They should bloody well say sorry, that's all. Why does that make me mean spirited?

well done tom what a brave guy.well done mick regan for being a brave bobby doing his job. as a true rangers fan who is disgusted with the behaviour of the louts on wednesday night i hope the bravery shown by these two heroes is recognised nationally and by the board of the rangers football club.

an estimated £5million extra to the manchester economy....I wonder how much 1800 police cost and their paid leave for injuries what about overtime for 100 street cleaners and the dispsal of 1000tonnes of rubbish? Oh and then the damage that they caused yeah they were a real bonus for manchester, maybe if there weren't the savgaes amongst them they would be.

Hey Helen, I think I saw you on Wednesday, P***ing in a shop doorway at about 4:00pm. Manchester was ready for the visit of decent, civilised football fans. Unfortunately we didn't get any. Please don't come back, ever.

I came down for the game from Glasgow with a load of friends. We had a ball and had tickets for the match. Lucky for us we never saw any trouble whatsoever and were treated well but all we met. That being said, there was never any doubt that the mindless thugs who portay to be 'Rangers fans' would end up drunk and out of control. To be fair to these thugs, what you have to remember is that they are ignorant, thick, moronic, uneducated lowlife scum with no respect for themselves never mind anything else. They live a pond life excistence and are, for want of a better description 'total and utter scum. We are not all like that in Glasgow.I think i can say in all honestly, the people of Manchester could have put these thugs up in 5 star hotels, paid for everything and put 20,000 police on the streets. It wouldnt have stopped them.'THEY ARE JUST THICK BRAINLESS SCUM'

Mr Manchester, ok I have never written on a website like this, but I feel as if I have to take issue with your comments. I don’t want this to get into an exchange of insults, I simply hope that you consider the following points:

1)There is no excusing such illegal acts as assault and vandalism. I join the list of Glasgow Rangers supporters who have apologized for the disgraceful scenes on Wednesday. I hope that they are named and shamed.

2)I admit that I myself could not join the police to take the responsibility of working at such events. I believe also that our society have a duty to assist with self-policing, and moral and vocal support of our officers.

3)I also accept that the Rangers support have a definite ned (chav) element to their support. However, I feel that this is also in common with many other UK football clubs and simply reflects the current aspect of Yob culture that also exists in our wider society. This is not specific to Rangers, Glasgow, Scotland, Manchester or any other social group of the UK. Our politicians have a duty to toughen their stance on crime and punish those individuals who are found to be guilty of such crimes.

5)Make sure that the big screens work!

6)There is a big difference to the Old Firm and other UK clubs. The Old Firm support (and followers of the Scotland national team) will travel to support, with or without tickets. I personally only managed to get uefa tickets at the last minute, but we would have been down in anycase. We would have had a few beers, enjoyed the atmosphere, spent a lot of money and behaved responsibly. Perhaps an idea for the future, is for there to have been far more Scottish police officers – I believe there was 25 from Glasgow. They understand our psyche and know what to expect from Scottish football fans – by and large good banter – and I believe would have reacted more in tune with the Scottish visitors.

I was in the city centre about 11pm, shortly after the game. The bars were closed, we could not get a taxi or a bus and so had to walk to our hotel in Oldham – about seven miles I believe! As a result of there being nothing else to do, there was a mass number of people in the centre, simply standing around the street. Everyone was watching the riot police and dogs. All it takes is one yob to throw a bottle before you have a riot and it surely only a matter of time before this happens if only as a matter of boredom. This is not an excusable act – but we do believe that a Scottish force would have forseen this consequence. This is not a criticism of Manchester police, merely a suggestion that they call upon greater resources and assistance from the like of their Scottish colleagues.

If your city is hosting such grand scale and international events then they have a duty both to welcome and accommodate the visiting supporters. Ask Glasgow who hosted the Champions League final a couple of years ago (I was there and the atmosphere was incredible! Very similar to Manchester on Wednesday daytime) and we all hope that Moscow follow this act this coming week. If you do this, then your area will generate a large income in what would otherwise be a quiet May weeknight.

5)If you are expecting 100,000 visitors then they need toilets and bins! Waste skips in each of the corners of each fanzone would have helped. There should also have been hundreds of toilets (if its not viable to stage in the city centre, then move to a park or a nearby stadium like Old Trafford). In anycase, I don’t believe that Manchester can have any complaints about the mess – I am sure that some of the multi-million profit can be allocated to the clean-up.
Nevertheless, given the night-before disruption, I would have appreciated it if some of Rangers high profile players had been able to help with a small part of the cleanup. This would have been a fantastic goodwill gesture and – more importantly – two fingers up to the yobs who had smashed the windows!

Summing up, yes Scots like to drink. However, I feel that this is a cop out for explaining the action. Had I been able to get in a bar, I personally probably would have been drunk by the end of the day. But, I wouldn’t have looked for a window to smash or a cop to fight. It is the yobs that we need to punish, not the decent citizens, local and visitors. With this belief in mind, I am concerned that your council has opted to cancel the parade and big screens for Manchester United.

I myself will be back to Manchester (actually tomorrow!! Because of work) – I hope that your city welcomes me as much as they did on Wednesday. I am proud of being both Scottish and British, and I also hope that the next time that our football teams travel to England, that we have all learned from the experiences of last week.

In the meantime, I wish United all the best for Wednesday evening – you have by far and away, the best UK team and deserve every success that you get.

Best Wishes,
Adam