Got to Gatwick to find there was a 2 hour delay on the flight. Eventually got called down to the gate at 20:30. Six Gooners bowl up, 4 of whom were in their 40's, absolutely plastered (singing, swearing etc.) and sat next to me. After half an hour of listening to one of them shout f'king this, f'king that, I asked him to keep his language down as there were kids waiting to board the flight. "F*ck off you tw@t" was his response, so I went up to the gate and told the staff I wasn't prepared to fly with him on the plane. She agreed and called the police.
OB arrived in style - wagon parked next to the plane, blue lights everywhere. Two coppers stood over the chap I'd complained about and asked him for his passport. "F*ck off" was his erudite response. Ooops. "You're coming with me Sir". Meanwhile, the chaps mate starting threatening me - usual you're lucky I don't know where you live, yid lover, crap. He promptly joined his mate. The woman travelling with the group then turned on me and gave me a kick when she boarded the plane. Really, fat middle aged drunk women in football shirts are a terrible site.
Once on board they continued to whine and shout obscenities at me. The stewardess decided she didn't want them on the flight so the OB came back on board and hauled the remaining 4 of them off the plane. "Why have you got guns - do you think we're terrorists or something?" the fat bird shouted. Oh dear - not clever. She was last seen being bundled into the back of the police van.
Didn't leave until gone 22:00. Best delay I've ever had.
