We were winding a mag friend up on Sunday, and his reply was that it was people like us that cause all the animosity between both sets of supporters, we reminded him of Gillingham, pitch invasions when they were getting beat, riots in the streets in Newcastle, fighting on the Fulwell End, not to forget horse punching, all of this agro over the years has come from up there.
Fortunately I am old enough to remember when we could all get the train through there peacefully, have a drink in the Victoria and Comet or the Durham Ox or the Half Moon, or the Beehive, all great pubs, then go to the match, sometimes got chased down Pink Lane back to the station afterwards , maybe a couple of scuffles but nothing like it is these days, it's ridiculous.
The police have a lot to answer for with their idea of crowd control but most of the trouble is caused by the black and whites in my opinion.