I witnessed some really poor policing at the end of the game. Sheffield Wednesday fans were escorted by police along the Argyle St walkway, at the same time as City fans were leaving. They were on the left side of the path, City fans on the right with a few police in between. The walkway is relatively narrow for that amount of people leaving and in some parts there is no means of access to or exit from the sides. Because of the congestion, it would have been similar from either end. Had it kicked off, it would have been almost impossible for the few police to quickly regain control. The majority were obviously leaving in good spirits, so it didn’t feel particularly edgy.
Some Wednesday fans were obviously concerned as they were pointing this out to the police. I don’t usually leave in that direction, so was really surprised. Is that a new policy, for this season because I can’t believe it will pass without a quite serious incident occurring? Are we back to the ‘can’t detain them at the end, as it’s against their human rights’ again… despite every other police force allowing it?