Police Officers were called to Radcliffe Borough's Stainton Park ground during the club's match against Lancaster City on Saturday afternoon. The Evo-Stik Division One North match was stopped for about 10 minutes.
Online video clips suggest the trouble broke out after Ramsbottom United fans and players turned up at the ground. Greater Manchester Police said three people needed hospital treatment but nobody was arrested.
On a video posted on the internet, Radcliffe's match announcer can be heard calling for order. "Can the Ramsbottom United supporters, players and officials please leave the ground and the Lancaster City supporters please do us a favour and make your way back to the top end of the ground. You are making a spectacle of yourselves; it is becoming embarrassing."
There HAS to be some back-story to this.
Anyone ITK ?
Re: Ramsbottom players stop Radciffe/Lancaster match
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:12 pm
by boltonboris
Ramsbottom's match was called off late on, so they went to watch this.. Absolutely no idea what caused it, but there must have been some bad blood from a previous fixture between Rammy and Lancaster.
Re: Ramsbottom players stop Radciffe/Lancaster match
Re: Ramsbottom players stop Radciffe/Lancaster match
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:30 pm
by bobo the clown
Why did the players get mixed up in it ? Eejits.
But the saddest thing is Lancaster's strip ! In my day, admittedly a long time ago, they had a superb Blue & Yellow Stripes, and blue shorts.
Re: Ramsbottom players stop Radciffe/Lancaster match
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:01 pm
by Always hopeful
I disagree. The saddest thing about this is that the bloke videoing it on his mobile, didn't hold the phone in landscape mode. What was he thinking of? Absolutely criminal.
Re: Ramsbottom players stop Radciffe/Lancaster match
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:25 am
by Worthy4England
That looked more like a bit of a pub brawl.
Re: Ramsbottom players stop Radciffe/Lancaster match
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:19 am
by danhorwich
Always hopeful wrote:I disagree. The saddest thing about this is that the bloke videoing it on his mobile, didn't hold the phone in landscape mode. What was he thinking of? Absolutely criminal.
+1, his grasp on pronunciation of some words is worse than mine.
Re: Ramsbottom players stop Radciffe/Lancaster match
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:02 pm
by Bruce Rioja
This man started it
Re: Ramsbottom players stop Radciffe/Lancaster match
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2014 7:46 am
by danhorwich
Bruce Rioja wrote:This man started it
Fackin come on then. Mouthy cockneys always have made me laugh.
