Ten minutes after Liverpool’s thorough demolition of Rangers at Ibrox and about 40 home fans, most dressed in all black and some with their faces covered by blue and red balaclavas, are trying to penetrate two walls of men and women in fluorescent yellow jackets.
Their target? Some of the 2,500 jubilant away supporters being held back while the crowd outside Ibrox disperses. The Rangers supporters are swiftly shuffled towards an exit on the lower tier before appearing on the upper deck a couple of minutes later to try their luck again only to, predictably, find police and stewards scattering them.
It is all rather pathetic. Calling it a flashpoint would be a grand exaggeration and the away end’s reaction – a chant of “What the f***ing hell is that?” – sums up how seriously they are taking the attempted encroachment.
