One of the clips of a blood-soaked Wolves fan being led away, as West Brom fans sing ‘let him die’, was posted with the casual observation that English football hadn’t seen such scenes ‘for many years’. Not true.
The episode at the Hawthorns conforms very much to a current reality which, as the families of Tony Johnson and Simon Dobbin can attest, just happens to play out beyond the view of the cameras.
Mr Johnson was a Blackpool supporter who died last year after suffering head injuries during what was delicately described as ‘an altercation’ with Burnley fans.