38 year old Man Utd fan arrested after ‘assaulting’ police officer during Brentford game

38 year old Man Utd fan arrested after ‘assaulting’ police officer in the stands during the game against Brentford on Saturday afternoon.

He allegedly assaulted a police officer, knocking his hat off, in the Stretford End before being ejected during Manchester United’s 2-1 victory.

He was then arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, since been bailed and faces a football banning order if found guilty.

You can see what happened in the video below…

Some off the pitch entertainment for everyone during the Brentford game#mufc #munbre pic.twitter.com/JdRBFjzCCK

— StrettyEnd (@_StrettyEnd) October 21, 2024

Highlight of the day yesterday was definitely the youth we the cantona scarf decking a copper and then playing keepy uppy with his hat all over Stretford end😅😅

— Liam🇾🇪 (@SiimzzyMufc) October 20, 2024

Footage by StrettyEnd was uploaded onto social media, showing the male in a white Man Utd away shirt, who appears to be arguing with two police officers, swings for the officer in front of him, knocking his hat off and leaving onlookers stunned at what he had just done.

The man tries to break free when officers and members of the security team try to keep a hold of him, then is subsequently taken to the floor by stewards and marched out.

A hat was had been thrown around the stand by various supporters before someone was able to retrieve it.

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said: ‘During the Manchester United Premier League match against Brentford at Old Trafford on Saturday, a 38-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault of an emergency worker.

‘He has since been bailed pending further enquiries.’

It was soooooo good being back at #oldtrafford yday. In the heart of the #Stretfordend.

“Every single one of us, loves Alex Ferguson”, “Johnny Evans is a red” etc.

Lovely ❤️ pic.twitter.com/pCYyNP33Cw

— Philip J ReynoldsTV 🎥 📻 🎙 (@PhilipJReynolds) October 20, 2024

Here’s how Twitter users reacted with a 38 year old Man Utd fan arrested after ‘assaulting’ a police officer during the Brentford game…

Deano: Daytrippers, Season Ticket holders are sick of them !!!! Get tickets for games, turn up leathered, some fall asleep or cause trouble, basically a pain in the back side.

GTLD3000: There seemed to be a lot yesterday in SE. Hardly anyone sat in the seats around me knew a single song!?

samuelmilliken92: swing? he flipped the hat off his head 😅😅

darraghdavis_: This bloke was off his head on gear in the Trafford Pub, accidentally smashed me over the head with his phone 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

AJ: We want our hat back!

.: Finally a video of him knocking the coppers hat off 🤣🤣🤣

Galatico-g: Where’s wally🤔

Lee Bradley: Bobble hat on scarf tied around his wrist has he popped in from the 70’s

Samantha Jackson: my daughter was there and said the crowd had his beanie hat and was tossing about the crowd 😂

Adam Noyes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿: He was off his face in The Trafford before the game 🤦🏼‍♂️

Rob: be banned for life

Lev Baddley: Can I have his season ticket?

John Eagle: the lucky bastard, he has just got himself banned for life

Alejandro Garnacho and Rasmus Hojlund helped Man Utd come from a goal down at half time to beat Brentford with the win lifting the Red Devils ahead of the Bees in the Premier League table.

Man Utd: Onana (6), Dalot (6), De Ligt (6), Evans (7), Martinez (6), Casemiro (5), Eriksen (6), Fernandes (6), Garnacho (8), Hojlund (8), Rashford (7).

Subs: Zirkzee (5), Ugarte (n/a), Lindelof (n/a), Mazraoui (n/a).

Brentford: Flekken (6), Van den Berg (5), Collins (6), Pinnock (6), Ajer (6), Norgaard (6), Janelt (6), Damsgaard (7), Schade (7), Lewis Potter (6), Mbeumo (7).

Subs: Wissa (6), Carvalho (6), Yarmoliuk (6), Roerslev (n/a).

Player of the Match: Alejandro Garnacho.

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag in the press conference:

“Every game you win is important, you see the togetherness, the fighting spirt and we add some determination to score goals. The stats show we play good football, come in good spots, and do not score enough but today we scored two brilliant goals.

“This team has the capacity to score very good goals and when you score and win you add some confidence. The start of the season we had some good performances. We had chances but didn’t score enough and then everyone is negative. It can help us but it is only one win and we must build on this.

“The pressure is always there. We have to win every game and when you are 1-0 down, you have to see how we turned it around. We felt some injustice and used it is as fuel. I really enjoyed the performance.”

Brentford manager Thomas Frank in the press conference:

“We definitely performed a good first half and felt we were the best team in that half. Definitely opposite second half, Manchester United were clearly the better team. Disappointed the second half we weren’t able to do better.

“We knew they would come out flying. We were way too passive. To concede a goal after two minutes disappoints me and the momentum just changed. They got on top.

“We lacked the quality we had in the first half and second half too many of our players didn’t hit our highest level and we need to hit our highest level if we want to beat Manchester United.”