Was in 2008 - and it was Scottish and Russian fans:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/ 7401814.stm
Rangers supporters in Manchester for the Uefa Cup final clashed with riot police after a big screen in the city centre broke down.
Officers came under attack after the screen in Piccadilly Gardens failed.
Forty-two people were arrested in the city, including six who were held after a Russian fan was stabbed inside the City of Manchester stadium.
Covered here in the mail:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-101999 3/A-football-match-Manchester-Uefa-Cup-Final-f elt-like-war-zone.html
I think the point AOG, is that this is covered as a football riot. If you changed all the people in the picture to blacks or asians, it would be a race riot.
Men seem to get off by attacking each other in gangs.
Some people get together by the colour of their skin, some by the football team they support. Previously it was down to the type of music that they listened to.
I think we can all agree that all the above attacks are abhorrent acts of violence and not to be condoned.
But to say, it is that this violence is down to 'black culture' or immigration, is where we disagree.