Heroic West Ham fan singlehandedly fights off nearly 100 AZ Alkmaar ultras as they tried to assault household zone

West Ham fan “Knollsy”, as he is identified to his buddies, has written himself into the membership’s historical past books. He is turn into considerably of a cult hero throughout the footballing neighborhood after preventing off hordes of aggressive and indignant AZ Alkmaar ultras after the semifinal UEFA Convention League sport between the 2 sides.

The 0-1 defeat was an excessive amount of for the hooligans to take they usually reacted in surprising style by making their method to the part of the stands the place family and friends of the gamers had been sat throughout the sport. It was a sinister assault on these most susceptible, and had it not been for the heroics of ‘Knollsy‘, the implications might nicely have been worse.

Video footage reveals the fan preventing off, one after the other, at the very least 100 hooligans of the Dutch facet, who had been all wearing black. He threw deadly punches and kicks and resembled like a knight singlehandedly preventing off a military within the AFAS Stadium. It was an especially courageous choice; particularly given he was vastly outnumbered.

Regardless of the ultras greatest efforts, they had been unable to get previous an immovable ‘Knollsy”, who stood firm against the tide of black. As seen in the footage, it appears that one other man was also bravely lending his mate a hand.

Thousands of football fans took to Twitter to express their admiration for the man’s bravery. “Not a West Ham fan however honest play to them two and making a stand,” said one. “That is an amalgam of the 300, Sport of Thrones (Hodor) and Star Wars Episode 3 (the excessive floor). Excellent work,” commented one other.