It was a great win for the Flyers in Jersey last night, spoiling Martin Brodeur's 1,000th game. Inside the arena, the night sounds like it was perfect for the busloads of Flyers fans who went up to the game. Not too surprisingly, things got a little violent outside when Devils fans mixed with Flyers fans who were waiting to get on the busses back. Here's an account from one of the Flyers fans, and after the jump, a video of the fights that broke out.
There were about thirty Flyers fans waiting for one of the busses to take us back to Philly. This dude walks up with a Broduer jersey that he had on backwards for some reason. He just stood there staring us all down, not saying a word. It was really weird. But then he takes a swing at my buddy. Those two started wrestling a little, a few shots connected but then the security came to break it up. They broke it up for about two seconds and another fight broke out. After that the cops showed up and that was it. My buddy (who looks like he is about to be arrested at the end of the video) somehow managed to escape and met us on the bus!
Video after the jump, plus the verbal account of some serious fan-on-fan violence that happened when the busses got back to Philly.
The video:
It just wouldn't be a fight without some girl screaming over it, huh?
Sadly, things reportedly got a lot worse when some Flyers fans battled their own back in Northeast Philly.
When we got back to the The Arena bowling alley in the Northeast, there were cop cars everywhere and a big brawl taking place. These were all Flyers fans fighting. I don't know why. I guess drinking all day had something to do with it? Anyway, some guy comes walking by with his buddy screaming, "Call an ambulance!" He had been stabbed and his intestines were literally hanging out! There was blood everywhere. We were just a little freaked out and didn't want to be stabbed so we left.
Ugh. A barehanded battle between opposing fans is nothing new, but what apparently happened back in Philly afterward is truly scary. We're still looking for more details on the incident in the Northeast, and if anyone was there and has an account of the story, please email us so we can update it.
The fan-on-fan violence has to stop...
Original Story:
http://www.the700level.com/2009/10/fl...
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October 04, 2009
