Football Hooligans – Man City v Tottenham – 1993
“FOOTBALL built a united front yesterday against the return of fences for spectators after Manchester City were charged with a breach of Football Association rules following the pitch invasion during Sunday’s FA Cup quarter final with Tottenham. The FA has also set up an inquiry. As City officials and the authorities took stock of the game’s worst crowd disorder for 12 months, there was universal accord that what was required was an improvement in stewarding and policing and not the reimposition of fences. There were 37 arrests inside and outside Maine Road and 20 fans ejected as a result of the trouble which occurred three minutes from the end of a game won 4-2 by Spurs. The referee, Ray Lewis, kept the players off for 13 minutes before the police regained control. As television viewers across the world witnessed the scenes, Swales said he had been ‘betrayed’ by a minority and described it as the worst day of his football life. Yesterday he was slightly more circumspect.” – The Independent, 9 March 1993
