[LU] Yeovil

[Simon Austin]

I was in the Yeovil end; with a Yeovil supporting friend, and not with 
the seemingly larger group that caused the consternation. They'd 
apparently been singing away since before the kick-off, and what annoyed 
the Yeovil supporter next to me was that the stewards had ignored and 
not removed them (We'd arrived just before kick-off, having spent a 
fruitless half-hour in the home supporters beer tent, only to have them 
run out of glasses just as we made it to the bar). What annoyed him even 
more was that, in order to "deal" with the situation after the kick-off, 
a whole troupe of coppers had been stationed in front of the terrace, 
staring at the Leeds fans. This meant his little lad couldn't see 
anything of the pitch - and if they went past the thin blue line and 
stood next to the pitch, the stewards would move them on...

Eventually, they brought in a couple of robocops with hand-held cameras 
who filmed for most of the 1st-half, then sent a few police into the 
crowd at half-time to remove any obvious fans. At least, there were no 
more renditions of Marching on Together for the second half. I don't 
know if there were any fisticuffs, most people around me were either of 
the view the stewards should have been aware it was going to happen and 
sorted it at the start, or that if all they were doing was singing it 
wasn't really a problem.

Record attendance at Huish Park anyway - more than when Liverpool was 
there a few years back.

- Si

Nick Allen wrote:
> Reading some Yeovil comments after the game it seems that in the stand opposite the away end, the Leeds fans and the locals got involved in a bit of "exchanging views on the game through the medium of their fists" but others say it something and nothing.