‘Absolutely ruined trip my daughter had been looking to’
One contributor Telegraph Sport is not naming for legal reasons replied: “I was in 20.2 with my 13-year-old daughter and we had the end of the aisle seats right by the entrance. Was all looking great until about five minutes before kick-off when the poor girl was absolutely surrounded by bald coke-heads basically trying to squash her and rub themselves on her. I confronted one of them and just asked for a bit of space for a young girl and he almost ripped my head off.
“Couple of his mates held him back, but then he spent the rest of the first half right behind us making threatening comments and just being a d—. Absolutely ruined the trip that my daughter had been looking forward to so much. This is not my England.”
Paula Elvey, a make-up artist from Newbury, Berkshire, posted: “Couldn’t agree more Ian, had the same problem myself at the [semi-final] and have emailed them stating my real concerns, posted about this the other day and many of us are in the same boat I can assure you. This is a serious problem getting steadily worse – next Euros in UK? Free for all if something isn’t done. Hope your missus is ok.”
‘Not sure how much longer I can be bothered with the hassle’
Chris Cannan from Plymouth wrote: “That area in the upper tier 21.1/2 was very dangerous indeed.”
Andrew Senior from Sheffield added: “Not sure how much longer I can be bothered with the hassle either. Spend all that time and money to be surrounded by coke-heads and people who didn’t pay to get in (and yes, I saw quite a few without tickets get in) Security absolutely hopeless.”
Ben Stratford from Cheltenham wrote: “None of that in Qatar, Russia, Brazil, SA etc. The further away we go from England, the better. The next Euros will be horrific.”
Chris Baird, a former Manchester City director, had earlier posted on X: “England fans fighting each other in the first half once again showing there is a section of support who don’t deserve finals or these players. Disgusting experience, I will never watch England away ever again.”
Supporters arrested
It was confirmed on Monday afternoon that four England supporters were arrested at the stadium on Sunday evening, while “numerous” others attempted to enter the Olympiastadion without a ticket.
A statement from the UK Football Policing Unit read: “The majority of fans were well behaved at the final in Berin last night, with four England fans arrested in total. Two of these were for trying to enter the stadium with fake accreditation, one was for assault and one was for letting off a smoke bomb. There were also numerous instances of people attempting to enter the stadium without a ticket.”