Mr Thant gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying:

A crying shame - it could easily have been civilised fun, but (as
often) the yob tendency spoiled the game for everybody.

From my experience it was good natured, spoiled only by the media
playing up the yob angle. There were thousands of people involved and
only a tiny number of yobbish incidents.

That's good to hear.