The scenes erupted during the final concert at Heaton Park
21:58, 20 Jul 2025Updated 22:23, 20 Jul 2025
Camping chairs, toilet roll and bottles were hurled as ticketless Oasis fans ‘scrapped’ on ‘Gallagher Hill’ during the final concert at Heaton Park on Sunday (July 20).
Concluding their epic run of five dates at Heaton Park, which was described as ‘a homecoming of epic proportions’, the band once again performed in front of close to 80,000 devoted fans on their home turf for one last time.
Huge crowds once again turned up to Heaton Park to get a glimpse of the concert from outside the fenced-off zone, with ‘Gallagher Hill’ once again becoming a spot where fans flocked to.
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Gallagher Hill, the infamous viewpoint that formerly overlooked the Oasis stage at Heaton Park has taken on a life of its own in recent days. It has become a go-to spot for those without tickets looking to get involved in the action as they watch from a vantage point from the other side of Heaton Park.
But during the concert, witnesses claimed tensions rose between groups of fans who were involved in ‘football chanting’. It appeared there were also clashes between Manchester City and Manchester United fans.
Fans became embroiled in the chaos(Image: Ryan Jenkinson)
Video footage showed toilet rolls, bottles and other items being thrown towards either end of the separate groups, with witnesses saying camping chairs were also lobbied across the grounds. Others could be heard screaming as they tried to dodge items being thrown in their direction.
At one point, members of the groups became involved in physical altercations as they clashed and were also seen goading one another and shouting as bottles and cans were repeatedly thrown. Blue flares were also let off into the sky.
“Football fans were chanting, camping chairs were thrown,” one person said. “Then a scrap. Then bottles. One lad got punched in the face.”
Another fan said the incident continued for ‘around half an hour’. She said: “It was pretty scary. [There were] too many people to intervene.
“It was two massive groups, like hundreds, mainly kids, but some adults in almost lines or clusters opposite each other.
“They were launching glass bottles at each other and then in the crowd. Loads of people seemed to leave where I was. It went on for about half an hour. [It was] horrible.”
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