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    golddene wrote:
    I thought wrote: Hey! The Sussex Police think they got it right and did a good job, OK they did not have enough Officers and "lessons will be learnt," but they have no reason to believe they will need even this poorly judged amount of Plod will be needed again, so they can learn more lessons later when we play Leeds or Southampton or West Ham, or Portsmouth or Millwall...
    do keep up, we entertained leeds last friday, NO TROUBLE, i realise we have a minority of neanderthals but all other matches have gone off without a hint of trouble, then we play the morons from Croydon and they just will not grow up these were probably the same morons who rioted through their own district a few weeks ago they are very sad its just a pity that they were saved from extinction by a couple of their wealthy followers.The football league would be far better off without these mentally deficient so called supporters i believe we should never allow them back into our stadium, i for one would never go back to their pigsty of a ground after the last time i went. We won 0-1 (barry butlin) and the hordes of lunatics ran amok,we are fortunate that the vast majority of our support respect the police and act accordingly, up there its like a wild west town. this is 2011 not 1811.
    There was trouble inside the ground against Leeds. South end concourse food drink facilities closed after a member of staff was assualted and a till was ripped out by disgruntled Leeds 'fan'. Apparently, Palace 'fans' ripped/damaged a load of seats in the away end - not too bright as it will be their club footing the bill."
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Sussex Police hail Albion v Palace match work a success

8:27am Thursday 29th September 2011 in News By Neil Vowles

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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