One tweet puts Stadium ‘trouble ‘ in perspective

It’s time for some perspective despite the Football Association promising inquiries, probes and all the rest of it into last Wednesday evening.

In no way will I try to excuse the behaviour of a couple of hudered idiots who decided to really harm West Ham’s name by some missile throwing which was basically a shower of coins.

We’ve seen the pictures, heard the interviews from a Chelsea fan with a chip on his shoulder, and read statement upon statement from everbody involved.

It’s been two days of chaos with an MP demanding that any repeats should mean we play behind closed doors plus of course the threat of some FA action.

However, a tweet emerged this evening which really hit a very small nail on the head with a large hammer.

It read: Keenos ‏@KeenosAFC Oct 27
A few fans throwing coins at each other makes more news than 43 officers being injured, 450 arrested & 5 stabbed at Notting Hill Carnival…

We can’t vouch for the absolute accuracy of those figure but a report from the London Evening Standard in August said:  “Met Police reported the highest number of arrests in a decade, even more than during a riot at the end of 2008’s event.

“More than 3,500 canisters of nitrous oxide “laughing gas” with a street value of £17,000 were seized, alongside £30,000 worth of counterfeit  alcohol.

“The violence, which saw several police officers injured, included a  “brutal attack” on a man in his 20s, who was left bleeding heavily after being hit by a bottle following an argument in Portnall Road, near Kilburn Lane.”

Like I say – a little perspective please!