Leon Wobschall: Unsavoury scenes between Huddersfield Town and Leeds United that leave everybody looking rather silly

We walked up to the school gates and saw a bunch of young ones deep in animated conversation. They weren’t huddled around one of those many video games that kids seem to play these days or talking about how many Pokemons they had caught either.

Instead, there were eagerly chatting about the footballing events of the previous few nights.

Some had seen their team, Huddersfield Town, wipe the floor with Brighton and were eager to relay the news of just how formidable that their heroes were. Others were more inclined to chat about Leeds United’s dramatic victory at Blackburn on Wednesday night - thanks to a man with a Magic Hat.

All were united on one thing: their genuine excitement about Sunday’s West Yorkshire derby. It was like Christmas was coming.

As a parent, to witness such lovely chatter gladdened the heart and to witness such relish about the encounter at John Smith’s Stadium brightened the day.

Not a mention of Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United in sight. Lovely.

After the events of derby day, I wondered what those lads were thinking on Monday morning.

Great game, but it wasn’t really the story, was it? It should have been. Instead, young minds were probably clouded by silly scenes which would not have been out of place of one of those Wrestling shows that have been imported over from America.

The stars of David Wagner and Garry Monk have rightly shone this season. Then came Sunday.

Regardless of the points-scoring from both sets of fans on those late unwanted scenes, the bottom line is that both rival bosses should have known better.

Wagner’s Mourinho-esque sprint up the touchline to celebrate with his players after Michael Hefele’s late strike may have been from the heart. It is an emotional game, after all. But he plainly lost control. And there was previous, with the German doing something similar in the home game with Derby County earlier this season.

His celebrations were excessive - and even if he did not mean to cause offence, imagine if he had done that in the last-minute of a play-off semi-final or final when clubs financial futures are on the line after 10 months of blood, sweat and tears.

Monk, for his part, should not have stepped out into Wagner’s path as the Town boss jogged back towards the home dugout. That was a mistake and also worthy of censure.

Yes, his own emotions would have been racing at the sight of his counterpart’s celebrations. But count to 10 and log it in the memory bank, hard as it may have been to do that. Don’t react. But, unfortunately, he couldn’t resist.

Members of the Leeds bench should also have been rather more inclined to see the signs of a forthcoming flashpoint. The fourth official too, maybe.

Cue the rumpus with both sets of benches and players hardly covering themselves in glory. All rather unneccesary and childish and a spoiler to a derby in which Huddersfield’s performance should have been the stand-out talking point.

What those kids at my lad’s school made of it all, I don’t know. Probably not a lot.