Detective Superintendent Paul Taylor, of West Yorkshire Police's Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, said: "The victim is in a very serious condition in hospital and we are obviously extremely concerned about him.



"The area outside the Skyrack was absolutely packed at the time with people who had been out to watch the England game. I am convinced there will be a lot of people who will have seen what happened and I urge them to contact us with any information.



"Please don't think that you can leave it for others to come forward with information. We need to hear from anyone who was there and saw what happened.



"I am also making a direct appeal to the person responsible for the assault or anyone who may have been with him at the time. Now is the opportunity for you to come forward and tell us your side of things."



Anyone with any information is asked to contact detectives at Weetwood police station via 0845 6060606 or contact Crimestoppers, anonymously and in confidence, on 0800 555 111.



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Went past there yesterday, the whole road was cordoned off with an evidence tent erected, they're obviously treating it as a very serious incident.

Your getting some serious characters hanging around Headingley these days. I accidentally walked into someone a few weeks ago in the Box and he pushed me and told me to watch what I was doing.



Looks like I got off easy.

The fact they are appealing for the actual perpetrator to come forward is telling for me! Clearly this guy is seriously ill and reading between the lines, the Police seem to be saying come forward now and possibly make things easier on yourself!

I cannot comment on this incident, but my mate was slashed with a knife outside the Skyrack, probably 10 years ago now. The assailant slit his cheek from his mouth to his ear.



Apparently he was singled out in the pub, probably because he is quite a well built big lad. Out of the blue some random person started a bit of a scuffle with him. My friend's glasses were knocked off and the pair were thrown out by the bouncers. The gang that was with the assailant taunted my mate outside the pub then the nut job made his move. He attacked from behind, reached over his shoulder and BANG. The gang and the nutter ran off immediately. The Police reckoned it was some sort of gang/dare attack. They never caught the feller, and apparently didn't do anything to catch him either. Meanwhile my best mate ends up in hospital with a extremely serious facial injury, and is now permanently scared... probably in more than one way. I wasn’t there, but a friend of ours was with him and he corroborates that it was a completely unprovoked attack, which I believe.



What would motivate somebody to do such a cowardly thing? The world is a very mad and dangerous place sometimes.



It is such a sad state of affairs.

That's dreadful, absolutely dreadful.

Headingley and in particular the Skyrack is often packed to the rafters with cricket and rugby supporters for both the home and away teams without the merest hint of trouble.



Bang a high profile kickyball game on the big screen and bingo – trouble. There were also a couple of incidents in Millennium Square while the England game was being screened.



I’m not saying that all soccer fans are hooligans but it seems to attract more than its fair share of trouble causers.

terrible - but there are lots of complete nutjobs out there, you never know which idiot is stood just up the bar from you .

Just look at the incident last week on the bridge over the ring-road at Bramley . A young lad killed . He wasn't a bad lad either . I met him a time or two . He leaves behind a little girl who will never know her daddy . I have a daughter same age as her . Makes you realise how abruptly life can be ended and for such nonsensical reasons .

I was absolutely gutted for him, and can't imagine how he feels/felt. He's never been back to the best of my knowledge.

Funilly enough, these type of incidents are unheard of when England play a meaningless friendly or a qualifier. It supports my theory that the World Cup attracts a whole bunch of bandwaggoing idiots who don't know how to behave themselves, it's exactly why I pick and choose where I watch major tournament matches.

...and alcohol.



When you spend a night out completely sober you realise very quickly that if alcohol was invented now it would be a classified drug and not just sold to any random nutter with enough money in his pocket - drive through Headingley anytime after 8pm on a Friday or Saturday night and you see exactly what the effects of consuming alcohol all afternoon do for a person, if it weren't for the fact that the traffic is normally stationary at that time of night (perhaps deliberately) then there would be carnage on the road between The Oak and North Lane.