It was supposed to be Ranger’s last friendly of the pre-season, however it seems that some fans don’t know the meaning of the word friendly. According to reports in a local Portsmouth based newspaper, Rangers and Portsmouth fans clashed following the club’s match this afternoon, which Portsmouth won 2-0. Fans threw bottles at one another outside the entrance to Fratton Station in Goldsmith Avenue. Despite a good natured atmosphere before and during the match, the atmosphere turned sour as violence flared up an hour after the final whistle.
Fans from both sides were reportedly involved in the clash, around Smiffy’s Bar on Goldsmith Avenue, which was packed with post-match drinkers. Witnesses at the scene described how drinkers were left bloodied by the broken glass and fighting.
Once police arrived, the road was closed off to allow them to break-up the fighting and disperse the crowd. Several Rangers fans were arrested, but police have yet to disclose how many and what the people were arrested for.
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