TERRORISED BY THE YOBS

England players’ relatives threatened and forced to flee after thousands of ticketless thugs forced way into Wembley final

FAMILIES of England stars were left terrified and forced to run from ticketless hooligans forcing their way into Wembley.

They were subject to threats and abuse and thugs refused to move from their seats in the family section, with several players reporting loved ones and friends were caught up in the scenes.

Italy manager

Roberto Mancini’s son Andrea was affected and said: “There was a mess with ticketless fans and my seat had been taken, so I had to watch the first half on the stadium’s steps.

“I found another place in the second half.

Maybe it brought good luck.”

FA chief executive Mark

Bullingham has now promised a full-scale investigation into the scenes which were described as “sheer chaos” by witnesses.

Incredibly, there have been estimates of crowds up to

250,000 outside Wembley as drunken yobs ignored police advice to stay away from the Euros final. Sky Sports were also forced to abandon their live studio near Wembley Way as idiots threw bottles at the set.

But the shocking scenes were brought home by the upset caused to players’ families, with several witnesses reporting that thousands of ticketless fans had charged their way in. One England regular told Mirror Sport that fans were openly snorting drugs, bribing stewards and “tailgating” fans with tickets to force their way in. He claimed up to 10,000 ticketless fans had got into Wembley and there were sections with more fans than seats.

The family section proved to be one of the hotspots because the guests had been entertained at the nearby Hilton Hotel before going to the stadium with less than an hour to kick off, only to find their seats had been taken. The family of one squad member asked two fans to leave their seats and was met with “abuse, threats and shocking language” as they refused to leave.

Stewards were too afraid to intervene and had to do it in stages, moving in when the thugs went to the toilet or left their seats at half-time. Police said they had made 49 arrests connected to the incident and that 19 officers were injured.

FA chiefs have made it clear they want to bid for the 2030 World Cup and clearly the chaos at the final may not reflect well on crowd control.

But Bullingham told the BBC: “We will work with the police to catch anyone involved and make sure we can prevent it ever happening again.

“There were a large number of drunken yobs trying to force their way in. We run a stadium, not a fortress.

“We have got a fantastic security team at the stadium and they had never seen anything like it.”