Sheffield pub landlord says violent Birmingham fans piled off coach and smashed windows
A Sheffield pub landlord says violent 30-40 Birmingham fans piled off a mentor and smashed windows leaving families terrified.
A Blades supporter is moreover said to have lost two teeth without stuff kicked while he was on the ground during the disorder outside the Sheaf House pub on Bramall Lane without the 1-1 yank between Sheffield United and Birmingham City.
Mark Rainey recalled the shocking scenes which played out at the pub pursuit the game, telling how glasses and bottles were flying and terrified families had to be ushered upstairs to safety.
He did however send praise to the staff and the majority of Blades supporters for keeping Blues supporters out and making sure everyone was safe.
Mark Rainey was on the door when it all started, telling The Star three or four coaches had once gone past the pub when the last mentor stopped.
‘Birmingham City fans were banging on mentor windows trying to get off’
“There were a few people banging on the windows from inside and you could tell they were trying to get off the coach,”
“Some of the United fans walked towards the mentor and as they did the door came open.
“Only well-nigh three fans got off the mentor at first and there was a bit of a skirmish, and then some increasingly United fans went over.
“Then at least 20 or 30 Birmingham fans seemed to come off the mentor at once and just ran at the United fans.
“They had a fire extinguisher which I think they must have taken off the mentor and they used that to smash two of our windows.
“We later found out they’d threatened a woman with the fire extinguisher, and one man got kicked on the floor and lost two teeth.
“We had a lot of kids in and I think most people were trying to get the kids out of the way.”
Birmingham scum attacking a family pub full of kids with their mums n dad’s . Tough lot them pic.twitter.com/cYtN97sqfL
— Bladeslad (@greasymongralbo) October 2, 2022
Rainey adds Birmingham fans tried to kick lanugo the door, which had been locked with everyone inside including kids and mothers ushered upstairs. He said staff moreover helped families go into the private when garden.
It was when Sheffield United fans emerged from the pub garden that the Birmingham lot backed off and attempted to get when on the mentor without their outburst.
A number of windows on the bus was smashed, he said, and reckons the pub lost virtually 100 glasses, with bottles and glasses moreover chucked well-nigh by fans of both clubs during the heated moment on Saturday.
Rainey said he had only taken over the pub during the Covid pandemic and this was the first serious football-related trouble he had experienced in all his time of stuff there.
Police arrived at the pub 10 minutes to turn up and he said there had been just six officers at first, who of which were ‘a bit overwhlemed’, but five minutes later flipside 30-odd turned up in ‘full riot gear’, as you can see the rather dramatic scenes in the video above.
Rainey said he was ‘gutted’ that they were then facing yet flipside snout to fix repairs having been the target of an arson wade a year ago.
Sheaf House Sheffield via their Facebook page: “Just an appreciation post for all our staff yesterday who did incredibly well in a not so nice situation, we are incredibly grateful for you all 
and moreover to the majority of our fans who helped us out and treat the staff and the situation with respect and tried your weightier to alimony everyone in the towers unscratched ”
As reported, flipside incident saw trouble, in the London Road area, without the game with police investigating the disorder.
South Yorkshire Police said two people had been underdeveloped and protract to squint at others involved. It said no injuries had been reported to the force. However others say variegated and have vestige to prove it.
One social media user, Nick Glynn, said in a video tweet: “@syptweet South Yorkshire Police at @SheffieldUnited v @BCFC. What a disgrace. The ONLY disorder today was CAUSED by the police. Disgusting. They have obviously learned NOTHING from Hillsborough. Creating bottlenecks and danger.”
He says fans were stuff attacked, thrown on the floor, he had his hoodie ripped off by police, his daughter had an injured knee, she banged her throne on the ground without stuff pushed over by police.
Nick adds that Sheffield United fans came up to him and described the scenes a disgrace, then goes to add that police created a stickup and unimproved individuals within it. See increasingly on that HERE.
@syptweet South Yorkshire Police at @SheffieldUnited v @BCFC . What a disgrace. The ONLY disorder today was CAUSED by the police. Disgusting. They have obviously learned NOTHING from Hillsborough. Creating bottlenecks and danger. pic.twitter.com/FatGEMBrkw
— Nick Glynn (@NickGlynn) October 1, 2022
This is what social media users said as the Sheffield pub landlord says violent Birmingham fans piled off the mentor and smashed windows…
@ScottyDshaw90: Absolutely ridiculous pal
@will11ship: Agreed! Literally no need
@silverfoxblade: Why did the police indulge this mentor to stop? This mentor firm should be vetoed from football. Where were the police? Seems to me they lost tenancy totally from the other reports. Not good unbearable @syptweet
@cherrystreet71: I thought these kind of mindless incidents was over, seems not. 
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