From Arsenal Mania forum:
actually as a member of a arsenal surpporters club i can tell exactly what happened last year. i didnt go but stories i was told by people who was there and SEEN it go off were as follows:
. the mancs so annoyed that there players were crap, couldn't score penalties and were fairys in the brawl decided to dish it out to any arsenal fan. I was talking to a girl i know of 17 who was punched in the face by a bloke who weighs about 15 stone (typical manc) also they told how supporters of arsenal who werent even on the bus were cut up and told our coach to take them anywhere. the most disturbing story though was the one that in all the comotion a disabled arsenal fan attending the game in a wheelchair was hit or barged and he fell over, the person (manc) involved refuse to apologise and carried on beating on others. this however wasnt the first time last year at the community shield i had the displeasure of being there when we were in a stop off on the way out of cardiff to see several man utd fans come off a bus and over to our fans. At which point the mancs started shouting racist remarks, about the worst you can get at any coloured arsenal fan in the vacinity. I being of mixed race was obviously disgusted but the fact that thepersons they were shouting it at were with their kids made this even more sickening. these are just some of the reasons i will hate manc fans, it may not be the minority but they r all part of the same tribe. this was all confirmed to me (the incidents) when our chairman of supporters handed me a copy of a letter he wrote to wenger, fergie, chief of the FA and the head of the greater manchester police who by the way will do exactly nothing for an arsenal fan who is being spat, kicked, beaten or abused at. Another incident of this happened at bolton away the other season. so if your at OT dont bother consulting the police if things go wrong.
