| Cardiff v Swansea at the races. 22:40 - Jul 14 with 2561 views | tommyg01 |
Football fan fracas at racecourse
Jul 14 2012
Thirty football fans brought terror to an afternoon at the races when they fought running battles for 15 minutes.
Groups of Swansea and Cardiff City fans clashed at Newbury Racecourse leading to the closure of bars around the circuit and police descending on the site.
Only three people were arrested - two for affray and one for a public order offence, Thames Valley Police said.
It was not clear why the sets of Welsh fans unleashed their violence at the ground in Berkshire, marring the Newbury Summer Festival.
Race track managing director Stephen Higgins said: "There was sporadic fighting over about 15 minutes with approximately 30 people involved. We have absolutely no idea why it started."
Inspector Phil Rogers of Thames Valley Police said there were on a few minor injuries and no complaints were made to police.
Officers were called at 4.03pm by the race ground staff.
Insp Rogers said: "Two arrests were made for affray and one for a public order offence. The remainder left on buses. It appears to be caused by football supporters from Swansea and Cardiff who met in the ground."
Racegoer Julie Davis told the Racing Post: "It was a disgrace and I won't be coming again. It took so long to get it sorted out. Every time you thought it had stopped it started again. I reckon there were at least 30 people involved. It was scary."
Another punter Denise Mathias told the Post: "It just seemed to be a big fight between football supporters from Cardiff and Swansea. It was terrible. I saw a stocky man covered in blood having his head stamped on."
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| Cardiff v Swansea at the races. on 22:43 - Jul 14 with 2542 views | Northernr |
They should be punished by taking their silly red kit and boring possession football off to the Welsh league for a bit. |  | | |
| Cardiff v Swansea at the races. on 22:45 - Jul 14 with 2524 views | TW_R |
| Cardiff v Swansea at the races. on 22:43 - Jul 14 by Northernr |
They should be punished by taking their silly red kit and boring possession football off to the Welsh league for a bit. |
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| Cardiff v Swansea at the races. on 22:46 - Jul 14 with 2519 views | smegma |
I thought they were more used to scaring sheep not horses. | | | |
| Cardiff v Swansea at the races. on 23:02 - Jul 14 with 2474 views | ted_hendrix |
Cardiff and Swansea scrap with each other every year at Newbury races, but the worst scrap was a few years ago when West Ham and Forest got stuck into each other one bastard was left on a life support machine.
The village I live in is on the road to the M4 back to Wales, for years two coach loads of Welsh miners used to visit the pub on the way back from the races, they were all good working class people who just wanted a day out 'abroad' at the races, get pissed and sing themselves into oblivion.
Those day's are long gone unfortunately.
All anyone want's to do nowadays Is kick some fckers head in. |  |
| My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic. |
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