Driver's fury after terrified children forced to hide from 'yob' Manchester United fans who hurled beer at coach

Children were 'frightened to death' and hid under seats as a coach had bottles and cans hurled at them by Manchester United fans before their win against Liverpool last night (August 22). The area on Talbot Road was extremely busy last night as fans protested the Glazer ownership of the club, and looked to mistake the coach carrying United fans with a Liverpool coach.

The bus, owned and branded by Moston-based Beeline VIP Coaches, was actually transporting a touring group of mostly schoolchildren from South Africa. The incident occurred just over half a mile away from the stadium outside the Tollgate pub with the schoolchildren left 'cowering under their seats'.

Adam Bradshaw, driver and owner of the coach company, said: “It was a school group from South Africa on a football tour.

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“They’ve come over here to visit as many clubs in the UK as they can and play a few games. Part of the programme was to go to the game last night because they are all massive United fans. They all had the scarves and shirts on and were excited for the game.

“Then we were outside that pub, the Tollgate, they started throwing bottles and cans at us for absolutely no reason. Kids were cowering under the seats and in the aisleways. It wasn’t good at all.

“I’m a Manchester-based firm, with Manchester written all over the back of the bus in massive letters and with a big Manchester bee on it. It’s hard to believe they thought we were Liverpool fans.”

Footage of the incident has been shared widely on social media by some witnesses, with Mr Bradshaw following up with his own comments on what occurred.

“Many thanks you idiots, we were bringing a group of kids to the game