What could possibly go wrong? Apart from a giant telly screen just before kick-off.
The power of booze and fanaticism over reason and the rule of law was felt in full force in Manchester on Wednesday night.
Half of Glasgow – the Rangers half – was there to drink, be part of the atmosphere and generally join in the Billy Boys' jubilation at reaching a European final after 36 years without.
According to reports it was all going swimmingly until the big screen in Piccadilly Gardens went on the blink at around 7.30. Lousy timing.
A couple of hours earlier and someone might have been able to fix it, two hours later and no-one would have cared.
Having been at such a football event at the World Cup in Stuttgart last year I can imagine the agony of the blank screen.
Around 11,000 fans were transported by shuttle bus to an alternative screen set up rapidly at the Velodrome near the City of Manchester of Stadium – but a group of supporters stayed and vented their fury at the police.
Manchester will have expected the rubbish, the urine and the empty cans but they obviously didn't expect riots over a broken telly.
Did anyone check the fuse?



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