The Derby Day riot that left a fan in a coma and one of Manchester’s oldest pubs in ruins

The game itself ended in an instantly forgettable 1-1 draw. But it was what came next that meant the 1990 Manchester Derby would go down in ignominy.

In some of the worst football violence Manchester had seen in years, hundreds of marauding United and City hooligans armed with bottles, bricks, iron bars and chair legs fought pitched battles in the streets. It left one of the city centre’s oldest pubs in ruins and a young man fighting for his life in hospital.

But the horrific scenes of February 3 didn’t come out of nowhere. In the early 90s…