A big punch up saw Peterborough United fans fight each other during Sunday evening’s EFL Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium.
Footage has surfaced on social media showing stewards struggling to calm the situation down as fans lashed out at each other, punching and kicking.
It took place just as Peterborough captain Harrison Burrows scored to make it 1-0 on 85 minutes, with fans in the top tier going from watching the fight to celebrating.
Police were contacted and the trouble will no doubt be captured by the cameras at Wembley in their search to find and catch the culprits.
Big punch up at Wembley today 🥊 pic.twitter.com/XNudFjGbRC
— Sam Fortnum (@sam_fortnum) April 7, 2024
Another angle pic.twitter.com/geNeaCOO03
— Sam Fortnum (@sam_fortnum) April 7, 2024
No idea, the two fellas who instigated it had already been kicked out.
This was round two— Sam Fortnum (@sam_fortnum) April 7, 2024
This is what Twitter users had to say reacting to the big punch up as Peterborough fans fight each other during the EFL Trophy Final against Wycombe at Wembley…
@police_geek: @MetCC tagging so you can arrest perpetrators at later date. @MPSFootballUnit @BTPOSU @BTPLondon
@pboromikky: Pathetic scenes. Too much alcohol and Charlie. Stain on the game
@jimbowen1972: Not sure what’s worse, fighting amongst your own fans and missing your team score or only filling half the stadium. 🤦🏻♂️
@thejodiefry: But why?!
@micky3quid: Bloke in the cream jacket and the bald fella who were at it both went the journey there like, they went down like a wardrobe. Plenty of fresh air uppercuts getting flung about and not much else tbh.
@stonefish100: That face plant is going to sting in the morning
@aid_lucas: So funny that everyone was watching the fight then Posh scored haha
@AdamJaye: Cocaine, lager and steroids.
@switfc: The young fella in the no10 shirt getting stuck in 🤣🥊
@TrickTrick85SC: That’s absolutely tragic
@JohnCowling9: What a sad bunch of individuals, shouldn’t drink if they can’t handle it and obviously deeply unhappy with their lives to act like that, just support your team, win or lose it’s part of footy , very sad
@wwfcscott: The split second when the goal goes in and they all look over before carrying on 😅😳
@Cameron10786620: The excitement of leaving Peterborough for the first time was too much for some today.
@megan_stigwood: Am I surprised? No. Brain dead the lot of them.
@Bingham_Dom: We might have lost but there is something so funny about seeing other teams fanbases scrap within themselves 😂😂😂
@CFCKaz6_: What kills me about football fights in stadiums in the UK is that you always have some fat bald bloke with no top on getting sent through about 5 rows
@nathanbrown_95: Idiotic, stupid, pointless behaviour. Ruined the day for genuine fans near to that trouble. #pufc
@hoolhansleft: sums them up perfectly this does. Day out a wembley and these absolute weapons decide to fight eachother? so odd
@ciaran7durham: Isn’t a day out at Wembley without a punch up with your owns fans
@TobyHarding17: A little bunch of posh ‘fans’ don’t define the fan base. Too effort from all today shame a small minority have to let it down. #pufc
@chris18palmer: Pathetic probably 1st ever game they been too , plus most of them had too many alcopops
@HarveyKeates1: Always find a way to embarrass themselves somehow 🤣
@Jaczeats: Ahahahaha what’s going on
@FfcLucan: Goal goes in and zero fucks given 😂👏🏻
@jamiena35: Fucking shameful the lot of them
@doyle_josh1: I love how they scored, froze for like couple seconds and then carried on😂
@ClaireBays87: Wow, just wow! Think I need to change my postcode. Embarrassing. Even worse, I bet they have never been to a posh game in their lives but thought they would dust off the stone island jackets and go and drink some panda pops in London. Do us all a favour……stay in there
@Pauli_C___: Few beers and a bit of coke.. They give football fans a bad name.
@calebposh: Embarrassing from our lot , always fighting eachother 🤦♂️🤦♂️
@Tom22Watts: State of this 😂
@Platinum_Page: “Limbs” 🤷♂️
The Bristol Street Motors Trophy final saw Harrison Burrows score a dramatic late double to seal a second trophy win in a decade for Darren Ferguson’s Peterborough, 10 years after the Posh last did so.
With just five minutes remaining, the lifelong Posh supporter unleashed a powerful low shot that Wycombe goalkeeper Franco Ravizzoli could only deflect into his own net.
In a dramatic turn of events, substitute Dale Taylor appeared to have secured extra time with a stunning 20-yard volley that nestled into the far bottom corner.
However, it was Burrows who then won it in stoppage time, delivering a dream-like finish as his deep cross from near the right touchline gracefully going over the head of Ravizzoli and found the back of the net.
Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson, per Sky Sports:
“We didn’t start well. In the first 20 minutes, we didn’t have any rhythm to our game. They are such a hard team to play against. Matt’s done such a great job and they never give in, that team. Even when it went to 2-1, I thought ‘we’re not done yet’, but, overall, I thought we deserved to win it. If you come to Wembley, win.
“I said before the game, the only opportunity at our level to get to Wembley is the play-offs or this tournament. They can celebrate tonight. They’ve got to celebrate these things and I’ll celebrate with them – but we won’t go mad as we’ll be in tomorrow.
“The main thing is the league and this is a bonus. We think we’ve still got a chance [of automatic promotion]. We’re going to have to go some, but it’s about winning the next league game, which is Wednesday.”
Wycombe manager Matt Bloomfield:
“I reflect with pride in the performance – I thought we were absolutely excellent. With the tactical information we got in the boys this week, I thought they carried out the gameplan. We got ourselves back level and had high hopes from there, but sometimes it’s not meant to be.
“Take nothing away from Peterborough, I think it was a fantastic advert for League One football, with two really good teams trying to play the right brands of football, trying to create and I thought we were excellent, but equally Peterborough had their chances.
“When a goal like that goes in against you, it’s a cruel feeling for it to decide the game and for it to be so long and you don’t have a chance to come back. It was obviously not meant to be for us today.”
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