Lille trip marred by unprovoked attack and heavy-handed policing

Thatcher digging herself out to express disgust in thugs from Merseyside.

Those paragons of print will investigate this attack with all the assets at their disposal and give an unbiased report.

Then and only then will they blame Everton fans for provoking the French into attacking them by being Scouse... ;-0

I hope beyond hope we repay our loyal fan base who have travelled and those who were involved in last night’s ridiculous scenes with a solid winning display to put them in their place the horrible shower of twats!

It’s just a shame it had to happen to people who clearly don’t go to football for the same reasons.

"We’re not bitter, we just enjoyed watching Real Madrid." Only a Bluenose could bring in to the discussion how crap the RS were whilst discussing heavy handed Gendarme treatment.

Funny thing is, as a crew they’re fucking laughable. 50+ of them, hooded up and tooled up against a small crowd of Everton fans made up of older men and kids, and all they could inflict (thankfully) were a couple of minor injuries.

It’s going to be running battles all night and not just with fans. The police are just as bad. It’s what English fans abroad have come to expect.

Yes, they will. They go every match with us in the lower Gwladys. Sitting there cupping their bollocks and stinking of ganja......... lid, like laaarrrr lid

Get them all back safe and rested for Sunday

We will be everywhere, I reckon, fella showed me a ticket earlier and he is in Block D with the Lille Ultras! Gonna be interesting.

Much depends on French police. Do they act with common sense, like the German ones did in Nuremberg, or do they press the panic button like they seem to have done last night?

Estimates of around 10,000-12,000 Evertonians travelling... my guess would be more likely around 15,000 but, wherever you watch it, stay safe and enjoy the game.

I hope everyone is safe out there – was going to go myself.

COYB!

Mr Platini and friends will only see this one way: Everton fans out or order.... repercussions ahead, you watch.

"Everton fans left shaken in Lille as police use tear gas to break up clashes with rival supporters ahead of Europa League tie."

Nice.

What the fucking hell are you doing reading the Mail website anyway? Biggest fucking shit-rag in the world...it’s worse than the Sun (ok that’s arguable!)

I think the club and the FA need to make a very strong complaint about this. Our own hooligan problem is all but solved and behaviour like this is very rare now in the UK. Additionally our police are generally very fair and reasonable, you can even have a laugh with them outside Goodison. Uefa were very quick to ban English clubs from European football after Heysel and that was fair enough I suppose although the innocent paid the price too. But when similar things, like this, happen in Europe there are fuck all consequences. It’s not only us it was Spurs a couple of years ago and it has to stop and the only way to stop it is Uefa taking the same action they took against English supporters.

The Foreign Office needs to get involved too and ask for details of why Everton fans seemed to have been attacked by french police indiscriminately. I look forward to the opinions of the Liverpool police officers who are over there observing. I’m very well aware that the French have no affection for the British because they can’t forgive what they owe us but this is beyond the pale. If it wasn’t for the fact of thousands of Blues being over there looking forward to the game I’d say to Everton, tell them to fuck off, we’re better than this and stick your Uefa Cup if your jacksy.

Coybb!!

"In my day.......all of this was fields...."

Takes can of Boddies from plastic bag and sighs

"In my day.......all of this was fields...."

Takes can of Boddies from plastic bag and sighs

Also, the "Evertonians" selling blag tickets to fellow blues – you know who you are and quite frankly you are a disgrace to Everton fans all over the world, shame on you!!

I really hope the return leg passes without indecent and that genuine Lille fans are not tarnished with the same brush.

We are Everton and will rise above the mindless attacks and the disgraceful police handling in the square.

@Everton thanks for all yr help today. Ur by a country mile the best behaved fans we've had at Turf Moor. Good luck with rest of the season

— Burnley Police (@BurnleyPolice) October 26, 2014

@BurnleyPolice do you do any exchange/training programmes with your French colleagues by any chance? ;) Thanks for the kind words. @Everton

— Stuart Brandwood (@RoyalBlueStuey) October 26, 2014

Some of our fans need to cut down on the ale and the powder and think of the consequences; happily the vast majority of the fans were well behaved. The German police are much better at policing away fans; with fewer numbers travelling to Wolfsburg, it should be a happier trip for all travelling blues.