[harmitage]

Yes football was the winner last night. Although Zenit were far from the classy outfit this morning's press would have us believe, they certainly did play football at times despite Rangers' attempts.

I do feel some sympathy for the vast majority of Rangers fans, many with kids, who went down there to enjoy a carnival atmosphere. It's always the moron minority who spoil it.

Banning football isn't the answer and would solve nothing apart from depriving millions of people of their favourite team sport.

It's a society problem. Football has by and large done what it can do but these are the same types of eejits that will cause trouble in most major towns and cities every weekend. A call to ban alcohol might be more effective but just as unworkable.

Not excusing these thugs in anyway but were Manchester Police wise to allow them to dring all day in the open air. It seems to me they bottled tackling that problem earlier in the day.