We’ve recently had some posts on the history of football hooliganism in Dublin, which have attracted considerable interest. It’s the tip of the iceberg with a lot more study to be done in the area, but over the course of my research I came across this pretty comical article from the Sunday Independent, of a Benny Hill like operation at Milltown which resulted in a mob attacking a bus in a case of mistaken identity.I’m a bit confused by the report though, as Miltown was the home of Shamrock Rovers at the time. Anyone know more about this one?
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Rovers fans that I know talk of there being mental crowd trouble when they played Cliftonville in Milltown. It’s likely that, being blue and white, the bus was mistakenly identified as belonging to Ulsterbus and that Rovers’ hooligan element thought they were wrecking a bus hired by either Cliftonville fans or the team. Substitute “Cliftonville” for “Shamrock Rovers” in the first paragraph and the article makes sense.