The problem with any thread like this is they soon turn into "our fans are better than yours" slanging matches.

Agreed, and I'd like to think that its very unlikely that the people who did it are actually into their rugby enough to post on an internet forum.

We have idiots the same as any club unfortunately, I witnessed Wigan 'fans' fighting each other in large numbers at Old Trafford, one of them, who had his own kids with him, propped himself up against me as he threw a punch and dived 3 rows forward to attack someone.

Where did you park your car? There are a few dodgy areas near the ground where cars get vandalised by locals, even when it's not a match day.

Hope the chap is ok and they catch the scum who did it.
We don't need this kind of behaviour from any so called 'fans'

Unfortunately this is creeping into society more and more not just into our great game hope the 2 culprits are found and dealt with but i feel if they do get the pair that did it they will just get a caution off the police.

And, hopefully, banned from every ground in the country

I agree this is where the RFL should get tough. I am sure the Saints club would ban them but it needs the RFL and police to get a database on these so called fans and ban them from all grounds for life. And it should also be a shared database for all sporting clubs Rugby League. Union and football ban them from all live sporting events

As one post above states 'knowing where it took place, and ctv all around there, then hopefully the police will be able to identify the attackers, and prosecute them' ....it is no use expecting forum board members to pick them out without a clue as to who they are. The police will surely be the best option and hopefully will be thus apprehended and punished. ......grannyfan Cindy

How on earth is this enforcable though? I hope the lad and his son are ok, and that the police manage to trace these two prats.

This needs to be brushed under the carpet, can you imagine the damage this will do to the good family name of rugby league if this makes it into the WEP,
IMAGINE!

Terrible news. Sadly all clubs have one or two idiots who can't handle their cider.

Hopefully the police will catch those involved and the St Helens club will for once show some morals and do the right thing.

Like it was mentioned earlier, its comments like these that get this type of thread locked.

Sadly I doubt whether it'll be on cctv, not a well built up area there. Hope the bloke is ok

There was quite a few idiots around last night tanked up.

very sory to hear of this attack, I hope they get the thugs that done this n give them a good kicking see how they like it, fight fire with fire i say.

Hello knob you watching Latics tomorrow..... Hugh_selleckhunt?

Unfortunately in this society the police and the criminal legal system is not the best option. As somebody else said, they would probably end up with a caution. The problem is that our penal policy is based on a system of numbers of prison cells available, and not offending rates and locking up scum.

Vigillantyism seems like the only real option which will ever sort this country out now and pull it from the dogs.

Unfortunately not enough people seem aggrieved enough to take direct action. We have a minority of scum and underclass in this country, and examples like this are endemic everywhere. This scum constantly spoil the lives of 95% of the rest of the decent population. Until the rest of society hits back we will have to put up with increasing numbers of scum, and increases in incidents like this!!!

Unfortunately there were either not enough other people in this area, or too many cowards at the time of the incident to back this man up. On this occasion two wrongs would have certainly made a right, and its a shame there werent 5 or 10 decent lads there who could have jumped these lads themselves and put them in hospital.

AGREED.
scum is scum is scum no matter who.

I heard about this today.

The bloke that told me the tale earns quite a few quid and turned up a few moments after the [ialleged[/i attack took place.

These morons won't realise it but the guy in question had intended to sponsor a table for the Steve Prescott dinner.

He's now changed his mind.

These idiots wont care.

Spoken like a true fascist.

Steve Prescott didnt do it!

The morons in question won't care two tosses for that, so your friend, understandably annoyed, ought to ask himself why he's allowing these morons to deprive cancer victims of some support.

Well said.