Whilst perusing a well known online auction site the other day Barry McKenzie noticed a book for sale called 'The Family Game.. The untold story of hooliganism in Rugby League'

Personally I've never witnessed any disorder at any footy games I've attended. I remember some Penrith and Parra supporters fighting about 10 years ago on Parra train station, seeing on the news some Hull Fans invading the pitch once after a game and I vaguely recall reading about some amateur clubs fans (Doncaster?) fighting in the sheds with someone last year.

So has anyone experienced any crowd trouble at games?

And I dont mean Harlequins crowd troubles.. as in lack of a crowd.



Surely crowd violence is just something soccer fans get off on??

too tight to buy the book?

After every Canterbury Bulldogs game!

The 80's it used to kick off a bit, always remember regular trouble outside Thrum Hall and of course Hull derby games were not for the faint hearted back then!

Compared to soccer, even today, though it has alwys been quite mild.

I read the review on the book on a well known online book selling site (whose name is the same as the largest river in the world) and they said it was no great shakes.

This book is absolutely awful. Very badly written, but what do you expect from a moron who enjoys fighting.

This.

I read about half and gave up. Terrible book. Not worth the effort.

If you want to attract trouble I suggest donning some Wigan gear and wandering around the Halliwell on Wire-Wigan match day. Being female seems to help.

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Hmm

It happens, it is very isolated though in my experience, but it happens.

Some clubs have a rep for it (imo) and (imo) its not far off being deserved.

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Yessssss

Wonder why that is.



I've always quite liked the Dogs, its a pity that certain groups 'adopted' them as their local side.. that is of course certain individuals who spoil others otherwise spotless image

i've seen a few instances of crowd trouble over the last 20 odd years of watching fartown. . .roll call of shame of where i've experienced some sort of crowd trouble, batley,leigh,widnes,featherstone,castleford,wakefield,and of course the old favourites, hull kr and hull fc.
also had hull fc,hull kr,york,leeds and salford misbehave at the galpharm,the opening of the stand behind the sticks at the galpharm was taken after a couple years trouble involving the lovely leeds chavs and york "fans" attacking home supporters

yeah thanks for that still nursing the sore nose!!

F*ck off Barry.
You're not australian and this thread just serves to try and wind people up.

Dico for PM!

In the current political climate he's got just as much right as anyone



Oh and 'barry' pretending to be from another country on an internet forum doesnt make you funny it makes you a w*nker.

Wrong on both counts!



We have done this 'Barry you arent an Aussie thing to death last year'

Why is it so hard for you to accept that I'm an Aussie currently living over here in West London???

Did you try and migrate but were knocked back or something??

Bless!

And how a thread like this could possibly 'Wind people up is beyond me'

Someones written a book about it so its clearly a valid point!!

Many, many, many years ago, a few "idiots" from a club near Wigan came to LAWKHOLME LANE and decided that they wanted to be "hard"!!!

As they started they were soon stopped as several elderly "gentlemen" surrounded them and politely told them to shut up and behave!!

Their faces were a picture!!

Not sure they enjoyed the game but the day wasn't spoiled by them.

That's the only "trouble" I have ever seen at an RL game.

I have better policies than some of them!
Although I voted Con and LD would have been second choice so its all good.

Barry, you can be funny, the takes are good at times but anyone thats been around here for years knows who you are/used to be, there's no point even claiming otherwise.

I almost wish you were Australian.

A few years since I read this but it's ok. As with most of these sorts of books I suspect some of the stories have been spun a little, but I have no doubt that, certainly in the 80s, some aggro was available if you were looking for it.

I can only recall trouble at Keighley twice in the 20 years or so I've been going.

It involved Fev and Hull KR. Who both are notorious for this.

I will say I've not seen anything in the last 15 years though

In the 80s the infamous Hull FC & Hull KR good friday derby at the boulevard...shocking scenes bricks thrown all over the place young & old injured..Thankfully now just a few isolated incidents involving the chavs.

we had the same sort of thing at the berlevard in the late 90's

In the 80's Warrington,Hull,Featherstone were quite bad but nowadays i hardly see any crowd trouble besides the odd w@nker at Warrington.

Barry. Go to a Queens game.

Some sense may be forced into your brain at the same time.

I think there has always been a few rare occasions when this sort of stuff occurs. The worst I have seen was a semi final at Elland Road in the 80's when Wigan played Hull KR, and I have seen plenty at football to compare it with. It was on a par with that.

Only a few clubs have these idiots still, and we all know who they are.

Ther has been trouble at Rugby League matches probably always. My Dad mentions some trouble in the 40's at both Odsal and Headingley.Neither of these clubs seem to have much trouble nowadays, although there is the odd one in the South stand.

I remember shapened down pennies golf balls and bottles allways thrown at Warrington games in the 80's a freind being stabed after playing Leeds at Leeds brick throwing at hull neither party being inocent and I will never forget it tim street from Leigh ofering hull kr fans out during the warm ups and Leigh players officials etc holding him back lol to be fair though he did get some abuse shouted at him lol