Peter Drummond has slammed ‘senseless destruction’ after the Newcastle United v Tottenham clash on Tuesday
A football fan has slammed Tottenham supporters who he says keyed his brand new car after Tuesday’s (December 2) game.
Newcastle United season ticket holder Peter Drummond said he was sitting in his brand-new leased Volvo when it, and the car in front of him, were deliberately scratched. The pub landlord told ChronicleLive he had been parked on Diana Street, in Newcastle city centre, when he says he encountered the travelling Tottenham Hotspur supporters.
Peter had been at the game, which finished 2-2, with his 18-year-old son. After the match they decided to sit in the car and listen to the radio for a while until the traffic died down, and that was when he says he saw the away fans.
And today (Wednesday), after reporting the damage to Northumbria Police and Tottenham Hotspur FC, Peter has spoken of his anger.
The 55-year-old said: “It’s just pathetic. It’s just senseless destruction. It’s just very frustrating. I don’t understand them representing their football club then doing that. It’s an embarrassment.”
“I have parked there many times before,” Peter explained. “We got into the car the traffic was shocking so we sat in the car listening to Talk Sport and talking about the game.
“There was a group of maybe 30 or 40 Spurs fans walking along the pavement they were all singing. They didn’t seem malicious at all,” he said. “There was a line of parked cars along the pavement. They were singing ‘Champions of Europe you will never sing that’. I just smiled at them as they walked past, there was no issue.”
But Peter then noticed a man get out the car parked in front of him, who told him both their vehicles had been vandalised. And when he got out he discovered a huge scratch from front to back.
“The guy in front of us got out his car and tapped on my window and said; ‘I think they have keyed all the cars’,” he said. “The guy in front of us was driving a Jaguar and his car was scratched. Then there was a couple of girls driving out who had scratches on their car.
“If I had heard them doing it I would have got out the car and had a go at them. Then I thought, what did they do it with? Did they do it with a knife? I could just see it was a sharp point. It could have been nasty.”
Peter, who runs The Engine Inn, in Walbottle, Newcastle, is furious that any football fans would target rival supporters in such a way.
“We are very lucky in Newcastle. I have had a season ticket for 20 years and I can count on one hand the amount of times I have seen any trouble,” he said. “It’s just senseless. It’s a brand new car. I’ve only had it three days.”
ChronicleLive understands Northumbria Police has received reports of two vehicles being damaged on Diana Street and are due to speak to the drivers in the coming days.
