Todays challenge cup game against Queens was abandoned after 62 minutes due to fighting in the Queens section of the crowd the score when the teams left the field of play was Dons16pts Queens12pts the Queens team were down to 12 players as they had a player in the sin bin

Someone at the Keepmoat needs a right kicking for this...the Stewards were redundant all game and if they'd nipped the obvious drunks in bud earloy doors it wouldn't have escalated this far

I am also lead to believe it was a supporters call that was needed for the police to arrive as the stewards thought their presence would only inflame the situation.

Absolutely embarassed for the game about the whole thing

I was told that it was a supporters call that told the police to come.
The Keepmoat didn't do a thing.

Also, with the Little lad sat on the front row, when one of their fans came down to 'have a go' at him. No on seemed to know how to handle it.

The Queens 'fan' who chased him was in handcuffs ouside the Stadum.

This could and imo should result in both teams getting banned from the comp.
Them for the crowd trouble,and us for our under policeing of the incident

why should we get banned at the end of the day we were there to watch a good game of rugby like we always do the few k@%b's were there for a fight why should the club be to blame

Because we took that game on saying we could police it correctly and it was plain to see from the k.o that our stewards were either not up to or not trained enough to do this job

Surely it's not the Dons fault that the Keepomoat security failed..

I have never seen such disgusting behaviour from fans at a Rugby League match before the whole thing was a farce from start to finish..

The stewards obviously could not cope.. They allowed their fans to stand up at the front, bang on the advertizing boards, smoke, throw beer around and intimidate people... It was obvious that they were gonna kick off at some point.. So why was it left till the second half before the police were involved??

God only knows how they cope with a 15,000 sell out football match..

Why should the Dons suffer financially for people of low intellect who drink and drink and then go looking for arguments and fights. The stewarding is what it is. In my view a certain section where spoiling for that trouble and they carried it out to perfection. Not the Clubs fault and certainly not something that should we should ever have to witness at a Rugby League game. All summed up nicely when some of the Queens players game over to clap the very people who may have denied the Queens players a victory.

Yes agreed. the announcer had to tell them twice to go back into the changing rooms,, in my eyes that makes the team as bad as their supporters... They should be banned from ever playing again...

The kind of behaviour that the Queen's 'fans' were displaying would
never have been tolerated at a Rovers match. It would have been
stamped on straight away. However, having said that, had the stewards
kicked the offending fans out then I think the rest would have kicked off
big time and there was not enough stewards in place to deal with a situation of that magnitude.
The Police should have been called earlier.

Regarding the thug who smacked the young lad, I hope he gets the book
thrown at him. The lad did nothing. He was just walking by and the idiot
took a swipe at him then he tried to attack the heavily pregnant woman
who was trying to protect the lad. A BRAVE MAN INDEED.

The Stewards were similarly impotent at the Fev game.

Time for a rethink.

I understand that Dave Marshall did warn the Stadium Authorities about the potential problems and was ignored

Weren't Redhill banned and eventually disbanded for something similar?

Perhaps they'll listen in future......

Should refuse to give them their payment,they obviously made enough money serving beer to the queens "fans".

They got thrown out of the conference for it.

Queens at it again. With a name like that no wonder they feel the need to prove they are 'real' men. (TOSSERS)

Going back a few years now but they came to Craven Park in the cup, similar sorts of problems, pi$$ed up, having a go at anyone that crossed their path, including the elderly and kids, so all in all they've been at it again, let's hope they RFL sort them out once and for all.

And our stewards have the cheek to come and tell the Donny fans in the non trouble area to put there feet down, When the queens morons were stood up at the front most of the game banging and generally causing trouble, smoking and drinking.

The stewards should have sorted out in the first half when they wouldn't sit down and were drinking and smoking, and the bar should have shut at half time instead of letting them fuel up even more.

The more cheerful ending to a bad day was watching the d*ck head being escorted away in the police car giving donny fans the bird or was he trying to tell us about his intellectual skills that he can count to one.


The team played some decent stuff and really gave us a game, but again the morons came over and applauded there trouble causing fans, even some Leeds lads i was talking to said that there is always a bunch of idiots that travel.

They should be removed from the league so other clubs do not have to be part of this mindless brain deads

That was my girlfriend who had her feet up, the steward said get your feet down, so she replied "get them lot sorted",

That female Steward had a right bad attitude!


Are these the Same stewards as the rovers use?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtAjIzO7MiY Say no more

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtAjIzO7MiY Say no more

What a shocker! I was gunna take my 4 year old lad today thank god our jo took him to a adventure park! 2 mins after kick off i could sense there was going to be trouble so did my fellow fans around me, Why on earth was there only 10 stewards there? and worse still sell the mindless idiots beer? This has got to be the first time at a game i have felt unsafe so did the poor old lady sat at side of me who was crying her eyes out scared to death! We wouldn't go to St Helens and act like this, Have a few jars yes! sing songs and have harmless banter but i suppose this is what true Rugby fans do! The RFL need to kick this club out of all competitions asap.

Well...what a memorable game.
I went down to the Queens end (unknowingly) expecting to see points scored by the Dons. When after a short time all that took my attention was some Queens supporter arguing at twenty metres with a WOMAN.
Fair play to her she gave as good as she got.
I don't now what kicked it off....but he wouldn't leave it and he was old enough to know better.
She moved away eventually with her friends....and I said to two stewards that passed that they ought to sort him out.....nothing happened.

It was festering, bubbling and boiling.
The stewards got them to sit down....but only briefly. They rushed forward with every Queens attack and there they stayed banging on the hoardings, intimidating, threatening.
By the time steward intervention happened, police were needed. By the time police intervened...riot police were needed.

They tried to placate them...big mistake, and that's why firm stewarding should not be criticised.

Queens should forfeit the tie and action against Queens should be taken.
There should be no recrimination against the Dons.

On the field Queens were good...but they incited the crowd which was unforgivable.
They were also dirty at times. How Handforth wasn't crippled I don't know. They scythed him twice with trips.

The best thing that happened was that the game was abandoned....even though I would have liked to see it played out... the potential for more disorder was rife.

There was a thread, I think, on the Leeds board last year about the animals who inhabit Queens. Even Clayton from Bradford were worried enough to call the game off with them.

the most shocking thing I have ever witnessed at a Rugby League game, the behaviour of the Queens fans was thuggish and damn right dispicable. The Queens team were Head Hunting our players in attack but when they had the ball in had they played some superb Rugby. The Stewards were out numbered and some of them were assaulted. The RFL need to take action and make an example out Of Queens as a warning to other Clubs that these actions will not be tolorated.

Those Queens fans must have spent a fortune on Beer.

I'm very sorry to hear about this. I went to watch Widnes St Maries v Queens a few weeks ago and wasn't too impressed with some of the Queens supporters.
At that game, a St Maries player was sent off and as he headed towards the changing rooms, a Queens supporter ran at him with a glass in his hand. Other Queens fans ran across the field of play to join in the melee.
Not what you usually get at amateur games. A shame for your supporters and the decent supporters of Queens.