It was shocking and also the lowlife that spat at the Fleetwood players living the pitch

I can understand Fleetwood FC wanting to distance themselves from the trouble on and off the pitch, but I'm not convinced they did all they could. The water bottles were through from within the crowed behind the goal by fans who were no strangers to Fleetwood football club. They were singing let him die as they laughed and cheered as Sam was treated for his injuries.

There were also missiles being through into the FC crowd from outside the ground by more of the same locals, yet these locals were stood within the football grounds perimeter fence so why were they allowed in this area. When challenged about this the stewards who where all hired in made no secret they had only come for the money.

Perhaps those who caused the trouble also see themselves as Liverpool fans but they didn't come from Liverpool and the trouble inside the ground was nothing compared to the scenes on the way out. When I got out more trouble had already started. I heard the Police call some of the trouble causers by name so they must have been local. The scenes on the roads around the ground were reminiscent of the 70s as Police armed with batons and dogs fought running battles with locals.

I understand Fleetwood are going to have discussions about Saturday's events and they do need get their stall in order. From conception great emphasis as been placed on FC United being a family club with one third of the fans base is U18. We have around 2500 fans every home match but there has never been anything like this at Gigg lane. I would think Fleetwood would want to emulate out achievements off the pitch and become as well supported as FC United are. But family's local or otherwise won't want to go if this is how their fans behave. I hope they get it right for their sake, but in the mean time, I wouldn't recommend anyone take their family to watch football in Fleetwood.

AH WELL THE DREAM IS OVER

You wont get rid of the aggro seen from both sides at Fleetwood till you get rid of booze!1

Sad but unfortunately fact of life

Real shame about the bottle and coin throwing going on. I think the fact that it was done before a ball had even been kicked says it all about the "Fleetwood till next week" fans that sadly polluted Fleetwoods regular following. The rest of the day (apart from the fighting) was thoroughly enjoyable and the actual Fleetwood fans were very friendly.

billybates, Would you explain what you mean from "both sides". There were over 3000 fans at that game and ALL the aggro came from a small minority of local pond life.

Unfortunately a beer can was thrown from the FC end at the Fleetwood goalkeepeer after the second incident with Sam Ashton. Also what about the FC fans spitting on the Fleetwood players as they went down the tunnel at the end of the game??

For once i find myself having to disagree with Loed Marginson of manchesters commets regarding the conduct of Fleetwood Town FC, what was supposed to be a huge event for both clubs was disgracefully spoilt by the moronic followers of Fleetwood, We arrived in Fleetwood about 12 o'clock to find a pub and generally relax before the game only to be met with idiotic fans chanting about the Munich air disaster in almost every pub we attempted to go in, that coupled with bottles and cans being thrown at us at every opportunity was just the start of an attrocious display by the Fleetwood fans.
Once inside the ground things didn't improve, the stewards had little or no idea what was going on and as one steward said to me "we couldn't care less where you stand mate we get paid the same either way", more Munich chants and objects being thrown onto the pitch by the idiots from Fleetwood nearly had the game called off before a ball was kicked, and the referee quite rightly made the players leave the pitch, but no action was taken by the "stewards" maybe they where upset that they got the away end in their own ground because they don't have the following we have??
Once the game had started things got even worse only this time the objects where being thrown at FC fans and yet again the "stewards" stood by and did nothing.
I've just read Fleetwood Towns account of the match on their website and surprisingly there's no mention of any of this!!
Little or no complaints about the match itself apart from a few dodgy decisions and two penalties that never should have stood I thought the officials did ok.
The events after the match speak for themselves, which bright spark thought it was for the best letting both sets of fans out at the same time after the events before the match???? It beggers belief that not one person thought "hang on a minute, this might get a bit nasty if they bump into each other!!" the police behaved superbly thoughout the ensuing violence and seem to be fully aware that the troublemakers were Fleetwood fans(I use the word fans very loosely) the majority of which the police were on first name terms with, they treated the FC fans with the utmost respect, and seemed to realise that they where merely defending themselves from mindless thugs.
What should have been a memorable day for both clubs has left a nasty taste in my mouth, I sincerely hope the FA take whatever action is necessary to make sure this is not repeated, A football club is only as good as its followers and in this case its scum fans scum club.

As a Fleetwood Fan who was at the game and down the town, your fans was giving as good as you was getting, apart from the 2 plastic bottles thrown from us and thrown cans and spitting from you, was a good game. The trouble after was from boths sets of fans who wanted it...didnt hear any munich songs all day as reported. thought FTFC did all they could 2 stop the incidents in the ground. As for the stewards not doing much to intervene, what do you expects from lower league matches!!!

with eyesight and hearing problems like that cod head are you sure you weren't reffing the match??? Your fans behaved like total scum from start to finish, as for poor stewarding in the lower leagues we never have any trouble at Gigg lane mate! on the walk up to your ground all we heard where moronic fans singing munich songs, as for things being thrown by our fans i was stood to the right of your keeper for all through the first half and nothing at all was thrown at your keeper, i did however see the guy that get sent off spit in the face of one of our players and then cry like a girl when he was sent off!! the fighting afterwards was instigated by your lot, and luckily for your lot the police where on top form before you got the kicking you richly deserved!!! scum fans scum players scum club! pity we didn't get a draw and see how you lot liked it up our way on our terms you mug!

cod head, fleetwood
"As for the stewards not doing much to intervene, what do you expects from lower league matches!!!"

Well, wherever you go, from the lowest league to the premier league, stewards should still act the same. They have the same job and the same problems and therefore should act accordingly no matter who is employing them. It's disgraceful that you think it's ok they did nothing simply because they were stewarding a lower league game. Would be different if you were caught up in the trouble and nothing was done to help you wouldn't it?

What was even more shocking was the objects thrown at the Fleetwood keeper before the game, those cuddly toys! In fairness though I enjoyed the day even despite the result, I saw no trouble apart from that behind the goal in the home end. I was stood behind the goal in th away end though.

On the football front I thought we started really well and had a couple of good chances early on. Even without Josh Howard and Stuart Rudd we were more than a match for Fleetwood in the first half. I can't comment on either penalty decision, or the sending off because they were all too far away. What I will say, and take no pleasure in saying it, is that when they went down to ten men they upped their game and wanted the ball more than us. Too many of our team looked tired and lacking in ideas as the game came to the final 20 minutes. I must mention Rory Patterson who never stopped trying and, with more support, may have rescued something for us. The powers that be should see this match as a yardstick for the future and do something about it. Too many players, unfortunately, think they are better than they are.

billybates, that would be the same end I was stood in that received a shower of missiles from outside the ground from the locals. The only things I saw thrown up in the air by FC fans were toys. But lets face it, with all the stuff being thrown around by the local scum, with women and kids generally being terrorized not to mention flags being stolen it would be difficult to work out who through want.

What I thought ironic though were the Fleetwood fans singing songs about being the 'Fleetwood BNP' yet Richard Allen was of mixed race.

I know a lot of FC fans who have said they would think twice before they take their family's to Fleetwood again, but I won't be thinking twice. One thing I am certain of is I wouldn't take my family to Fleetwood again when I can just as easily take them to a ground where the locals are hospitable and the stewards have such an easy life they don't need an incentive to do their job.

Been reading comments on other forums and FC utd cause trouble where ever you have been and now you have been on the receiving end you dont like it, as for lucky the police where there just proves the point of your mind set and proves you dont know FD's history, i know that my knuckles are still ringing, there was mainly only kids playing.Stewards dont want the aggro for minows matches like ours, and you get football chants of all sorts its part of the banter you should know that by now, keep climbing the leagues and we may meet again. good luck. True Cod

cod head wrote, "I know that my knuckles are still ringing"

spoken like a true spineless coward. I take it that's six knuckles on each hand.

true coward ey yeah mate, why would i bother 2 trace this forum if not to gloat, took 1 in the head 4 my troubles aswell. ps even your own fans are divided. How long before you bubble bursts???? had off by kids, u bunch of confused football fans!!!!

Cod head eh ? Brain to match no doubt. FC make friends everywhere we go. That's the ethos of the club my friend, unlike your knuckle - dragging brain - dead mates in your backward backwater. I'd dearly love to know where we are supposed to have caused trouble, as the only minor incidents I've seen were caused by Stoke morons (at Newcastle Town) and Leeds fans (at Silsden).
When FC come to town it's party time, not fight night. 25% of our fans are kids, a lot of them with their parents. Many are my age (60+). Bound to ba troublemakers then. Do me a favour - don't base an opinion on the only FC game you have ever attended. I just hope we never have to set foot in your six - fingered town again.

I really can't understand all the ball-aching and whinging abvout how "nasty" it all was.

Isn't this EXACTLY what the FCUM's have become famous for? Intimdating locals whenever they travel away? Giving it large at clubs with two men and a dog supporting them? I thought this is what football is all about and the reasons why they dereted Manyoo?

You wanted a return to the 70's and that's what you got? The FCUM's have enough grandad-hoolies to remember the 70's so they knew exactly what culture they were helping to create.

The genie is out of the bottle now lads. Get those butcher's coats on, the knee-length cherry docs. You can all dress like the 70's, stand up like the 70's, terrorise like the 70's.

Just not so much fun when someone does it to you, is it?

Mind you, there's always the Premiership if you don't like the 70's...

cod head wrote, "took 1 in the head 4 my troubles"

It was lucky for you the Police didn't hit you where it might have done some damage.

Soulboy and cod head you have got to be the ost disillusioned people i have heard of lol!!! "my knuckles are still ringing" "i took one in the head" back to the 70's lmao!!! coming from a town thats trapped in the seventies i find it ironic that you even have access to a computer but i have to say i am impressed that you found a keyboard that has the keys far enough apart so your 6 webbed fingers can type!!

FC UNITED have never been about starting trouble, if in any doubt about that ask your upper class neighbours in blackpool how we behaved when we took 4000 fans to watch against blackpool mechanics?? not one ounce of trouble before during or after the game and both sets of fans were in the same pubs drinking before and after!
Unlike your inbred excuse for a town they had a bit of class about them and appreciated that their club would make enough money from that game to see them right for the next two or three seasons!!! as is the case for the rest of the clubs we've travelled to, we are not a club looking to set up a firm to do battle with morons like you for the simple reason you haven't got the numbers to make it a fair fight you muppets!!! as for the comments about us intimidating towns everywhere we go, do an internet search on how much trouble our fans are involved in and you won't find anything of worth. until we met the rascist inbred mutant offspring of retarded fisherman from fleetwood that is, how bright are your lot lol?? rascist chants when you have at least two coloured players in your first team!!! they must be so proud to pull on the feetwood shirt for you idiots!! anyway your not worth anymore of my time i've got grown ups to talk to!!

Lets face it the Fleetwood SCUM misinterperated what FC united are all about (like many other clubs)and the mindless idiots were out to cause as much trouble as they could. Probably they just wanted to make a name for themselves. You can only expect the FC fans to take so much abuse before retaliating. I was stood with my six year old daughter behind the goal and the sweet little darlings behind the wall (no interest in the football game) were chucking whatever missles they could lay there hands on over the wall at the FC fans. But then again I suppose they were BORED!! All the trouble after the game could have been prevented if the police/stewards/officials used even half their brains and held one set of fans back until the majority were on there way home.
Seems to me it's you in the timewarp "Soulboy" mm.mmm says it all.

haha nice 1 red dezz, they only went to c a manchester team

i hope we meet again at the gigg though this time and see how many fans turn up then. and fleetwood is just a good 4 nothing little town wiv fans that think there hard wen ther clearly not. haha

Commenting on what happened at Fleetwood it's a pity that you're going to get the village idiots showing up intent on causing aggro when we visit these towns especially if we move up a few divisions in the future and start encountering clubs with a notable following as law of averages says there will be more of a chance it will attract the morons. As already mentioned on here whoever thinks FC fans are all about dragging the game back to the ultra violence of the '70's are just spouting b******s as usual and have no clue about what we're all about. If they visited Gigg Lane regularly they would see this for themselves. One thing i've mentioned on here before though is that FC Fans should not enter into dialogue with the individual berks who post on here slagging us off under any circumstance. The fact that they search out the site to post their nonsense is sad enough in itself. On a football note it's a pity we narrowly lost on Saturday but in the long run maybe not a bad thing as there appears to be more cup competitions at this level than seems necessary and getting promoted this year is the aim rather than getting side-tracked from that. Forza FC!