The still unamed man was with Macro & Trade Frames, the joint match sponsors who are based on the North Bank.
Iron-Bru.net has learned that before the match most, if not all, of the group had been drinking heavily and squabbled with a Scunthorpe fan who was part of this group.
After arriving at the ground the group enjoyed all the priveleges associated with matchday sponsorship, and enjoyed a meal in the club restaraunt.
However, another customer at the time who does not wish to be named told us that the group had been acting more like hooligans than respectable businessmen.
"I knew straight away that something would kick off," he told us.
"Sat in the restaurant before the match they were loud and generally
acting like louts, they really did give their club a bad
name."
Following the presentation to fans before the match one inebriated member of this group walked unchallenged onto the pitch bearing a `Hull City On Tour` flag.
This fan then proceeded to walk along the pitch waving the flag, clearly intending to antagonise the home fans.
In response to this one Scunthorpe fan climbed over the wall from the terrace who confronted the man, and gave him a black eye for his troubles.
Whilst this response was wrong, a number of fans have told us that the black eye that this Hull fan will wake up with was deserved.
However it must be asked how a home fan, coming from the other end of the stadium, was able to get to the iditoic Hull fan before any club steward.
The club's stewarding is again called into question when we learned that although the Scunthorpe fan who punched the Hull fan was immediately ejected from the ground the offending Hull fan was not, and was allowed to take up his seat - amongst home fans - in the Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph family Stand.
Sadly and predictably the Hull fan who should have also been ejected from the ground was at the centre of a small number of this group who created tension throughout the match.
Tension was so high, that Chief Executive Don Rowing had to plea for calm after an incident triggered by the events.
"Most of the baiting was done by the idiot who had come over to the Scunny fans with a Hull flag," we were told by a fan who witnessed the events.
Although the rest of the match passed without serious incident this group were again making a nuisance of themselves after the final whistle, picking a fight with home fans outside the players entrance as the Hull City players and staff were trying to leave.
As the fan who witnessed all the events agreed questions must be asked over the club accepting sponsorship from Hull-based companies for such an important match, it is highly likely that most of the group would be City fans.
However further questions must be asked over the wat Safety Officer Alan Webster runs matchday security at the club, why did no-one challenge this Hull fan - and why was he allowed to return to his seat despite comitting a criminal offence by entering the playing field and clearly being a risk.
We hope that the club carries out an internal investigation into the incident, and that Alan Webster carries out a revue of matchday procedures at Glanford Park as they clearly are not adequate at the moment.
Iron-Bru.net has learned that before the match most, if not all, of the group had been drinking heavily and squabbled with a Scunthorpe fan who was part of this group.
After arriving at the ground the group enjoyed all the priveleges associated with matchday sponsorship, and enjoyed a meal in the club restaraunt.
However, another customer at the time who does not wish to be named told us that the group had been acting more like hooligans than respectable businessmen.
"I knew straight away that something would kick off," he told us.
"Sat in the restaurant before the match they were loud and generally
acting like louts, they really did give their club a bad
name."
Following the presentation to fans before the match one inebriated member of this group walked unchallenged onto the pitch bearing a `Hull City On Tour` flag.
This fan then proceeded to walk along the pitch waving the flag, clearly intending to antagonise the home fans.
In response to this one Scunthorpe fan climbed over the wall from the terrace who confronted the man, and gave him a black eye for his troubles.
Whilst this response was wrong, a number of fans have told us that the black eye that this Hull fan will wake up with was deserved.
However it must be asked how a home fan, coming from the other end of the stadium, was able to get to the iditoic Hull fan before any club steward.
The club's stewarding is again called into question when we learned that although the Scunthorpe fan who punched the Hull fan was immediately ejected from the ground the offending Hull fan was not, and was allowed to take up his seat - amongst home fans - in the Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph family Stand.
Sadly and predictably the Hull fan who should have also been ejected from the ground was at the centre of a small number of this group who created tension throughout the match.
Tension was so high, that Chief Executive Don Rowing had to plea for calm after an incident triggered by the events.
"Most of the baiting was done by the idiot who had come over to the Scunny fans with a Hull flag," we were told by a fan who witnessed the events.
Although the rest of the match passed without serious incident this group were again making a nuisance of themselves after the final whistle, picking a fight with home fans outside the players entrance as the Hull City players and staff were trying to leave.
As the fan who witnessed all the events agreed questions must be asked over the club accepting sponsorship from Hull-based companies for such an important match, it is highly likely that most of the group would be City fans.
However further questions must be asked over the wat Safety Officer Alan Webster runs matchday security at the club, why did no-one challenge this Hull fan - and why was he allowed to return to his seat despite comitting a criminal offence by entering the playing field and clearly being a risk.
We hope that the club carries out an internal investigation into the incident, and that Alan Webster carries out a revue of matchday procedures at Glanford Park as they clearly are not adequate at the moment.