CALLS have been made for West Yorkshire Police to explain their actions over travel restrictions imposed on Hull City fans before the away trip to Huddersfield in March.
Internal emails, viewed by the Mail, appear to show senior police officers were warned by their own legal team they risked being seen to be "acting irrationally" by imposing the sanctions on Tigers fans, when football intelligence revealed "no reported issues"
City supporters travelling to the match were ordered by the police to either catch an official coach from Hull, or rendezvous at an M62 service station, to be transported to the stadium by coach.
Police also restricted the number of tickets for City fans to 1,700, despite a capacity for away supporters of 4,000.
Now, the Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Grove, who has also seen the emails, said: "I have contacted Mark Burns-Williamson, West Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner, to request that he overviews his force's actions and procedures in the handling of this matter, and advise me of his findings."
In an email sent to Craig Guildford, WYP assistant chief constable, on February 28, a member of the force's own Legal Services team wrote: "There is a risk that a court would find that we have acted irrationally in agreeing to the Leeds vs Derby game with no restrictions (when Leeds have a far worse record for disorder than Huddersfield or Hull and when there is evidence of recent disorder between Leeds and Derby fans).
"Hull fans have not had any travel restrictions imposed on them for any other away game this season."More on this story
• Police legal team voiced concerns over 'irrational' Hull City travel restrictions
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