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    Yes i'm right wrote:
    I was wondering how long it would be before brain dead football fans started trouble at a home game! Obviously the recession hasn't hit those who can waste their dosh on tickets. I wonder how many of them are the normal moaners about how hard up they are!!!
    No. The problem is that they are NOT completely brain-dead. A CT brain scan would reveal that this small minority, technically referred to as "Crystal Palace Supporters" have little or no activity in the cerebral lobes. The limbic system, however, functions quite well and, in fact therefore, dominates behaviour. It's somewhat akin to the behaviour you'd expect from a large, predatory reptile. (If you don't believe me, read some of the unpleasant postings the Argus have accepted in the Sports section reporting the match - they close to illiterate.)

    As an avid BHA fan for over 50 years, all that I can see from history is that no one seems to learn anything from history. It was evident something unpleasant was going to happen. We all know the public transport and allied infrastructure around the ground is not yet up to the task in hand for 20K+ genuine fans, so why were the Crystal Palace supporters not kept in the ground until everyone else had departed?

    And why was the game played in the evening in the first place?"
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Sussex Police hail Albion v Palace match work a success

Video: The policing of Albion’s match against Crystal Palace has been hailed a success by the city’s police chief despite fights breaking out at three railways stations.

A total of 28 people were arrested as fans clashed at Brighton, Falmer and Lewes, with yobs taunting opposition supporters, throwing objects, urinating on rivals and brawling.

But police warned yesterday more people would be arrested in connection with the violence.

Among those arrested were a 41-year-old Seaford man arrested at Lewes Station on suspicion of assault and a 29-year-old Hove man arrested outside the ground for the same offence.

Some fans had criticised the move by police not to keep Palace supporters in the ground after the final whistle and not to force opposing fans to take separate trains back into Brighton.

Chief Superintendent Graham Bartlett said the moves had been considered but were not operationally possible, despite there being 200 officers on duty.

He added: “Overall it was very successful.

“There were more police officers than we have had before and there were only three seats of disorder throughout the whole night from 2pm to midnight.

“There will always be lessons to be learnt when policing big events at new venues.

“I don’t anticipate we will see that level of policing for a Championship game again this season but you never know if the intelligence changes.”

See the full story in The Argus today.

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