The incident looked a little something like this…

Thousands of West Ham fans travelled to the north east on Wednesday to see their side get battered by Middlesbrough in a half empty stadium. Understandably, the performance left many fans unhappy, but some took the defeat a lot worse than others.

A dejected Spoiler reader tells us he was leaving the Riverside Stadium when some aggravation between rival supporters threatened to break out. Police on horses stepped in to calm the situation, but this inflamed the temper of one West Ham fan, who proceeded to land a right hook in the the face of one unsuspecting horse.

“It was quite shocking,” said the witness.