The last ever West Ham match at the club’s home stadium of Boleyn Ground was delayed on Tuesday after a group of fans began trashing Manchester United’s bus.
As the visitors were pulling in for their crucial Premier League match against West Ham, some unruly hooligans threw debris at the bus and caused significant damage. Here is some footage from the scene:
West Ham fans smashing the Manchester United team bus to pieces outside Upton Park. #FarewellBoleyn pic.twitter.com/MmhTW3FBLP
— Dream Team (@dreamteamfc) May 10, 2016
Video: Absolutely disgraceful stuff from West Ham United hooligans, attacking the Man Utd team bus. pic.twitter.com/G4XgSwXCxu
— Man Utd Stuff (@ManUtdStuff) May 10, 2016
Police worked to clear the path for Manchester United and eventually had to use smoke bombs to get the unruly West Ham supporters to back off:
Todo se debe a un retraso en el bus del Manchester United después de ser agredido:pic.twitter.com/OjBswNQM77
— Fútbol_Total (@FT_Total) May 10, 2016
The match was delayed 45 minutes after United requested additional time to warm up. Wayne Rooney told reporters the reason for the delay was that his club’s bus “got smashed up.”
“It wasn’t nice,” Rooney said, according to the BBC. “But we’re here now so have to prepare for the game and go out and do our job.”
Unfortunately, this isn’t all that surprising when dealing with an intense soccer rivalry. We’ve seen soccer fans do some insane things over the years (remember this stunt?) in order to have their voices heard. Hopefully no one was injured as a result of Tuesday’s ridiculous antics.
H/T Deadspin
