Birmingham Football Fans - Pitch Invasion

The Second City Derby is always a powder keg on top of a bonfire in a nuclear waste repository, but the timing on Birmingham fans' decision to invade the pitch and chuck flares at Aston Villa supporters as a depraved way of celebrating a 2-1 Carling Cup quarterfinal win was less than ideal. Earlier in the day, Prince William, David Beckham and Prime Minister David Cameron charmed their way through a World Cup bid presentation to the voting members of FIFA's executive committee. The scenes at St. Andrews Stadium probably weren't what they had in mind as a final statement the night before a decision on the 2018 World Cup is to be made, though.
The '80s revival movement that took place on the pitch as Birmingham's pitch invaders charged toward the away supporters, throwing flares over the human wall of riot police that quickly assembled, and dodging the torn-up seats hurled by Villa supporters probably won't do much to affect the bid at this late stage, but still...it wasn't good.