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Continued Beer cans were also thrown through windows of police flats in Church Road and five pots of plants were taken from outside Queen's Court. Two of the 120 policemen who controlled the crowd were injured. Some United fans thought the police should take their share of the blame. "They knew we were coming for months," said a youth named Jimmy, "yet there is no organisation. "The police are also provoking United fans to aggravation." John Francis, 25, of East London, said: "I am a solicitor's clerk yet the police manhandled me. I may be a Manchester United fan but I am not having that." But at Leyton police station Superintendent Eric Redgwell firmly denied these allegations. "The arrangements we had have coped with larger numbers than we had on Saturday," he said, "but you can't have a large crowd without some disruption. "We deal with the situation as we find it and in the light of experience." Many supporters stayed away from the match because they feared trouble. One was the 18-year-old son of Manchester United's manager. Tommy Docherty won't let the youth go to away games because of the violence.
Waltham Forest Guardian August 23, 1974.		INDEX Jonathan Brind