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Inside the chaos of Rangers fan riots 17 years ago during their UEFA Cup final defeat - with disorder labelled the 'the worst night of violence in Manchester since the Blitz'

It’s 17 years since Rangers fans brought carnage to the streets of Manchester when more than a 100,000 Scots descended on the city even though only 13,000 of them had tickets for the Europa League final against Zenit St Petersburg at the Etihad Stadium.

After a day of heaving drinking, trouble flared when a giant TV screen in a fanzone in Piccadilly Gardens failed.

Police clashed with fans and made 42 arrests on what a judge later described as ‘the worst night of violence and destruction suffered by Manchester city centre since the Blitz’.