I do have a little experience, and it tells me that you do not run from neds. I've never had a situation where I've been in a (gang v gang) fight or a M2TW style chain rout, but from my little experience what tends to happen is a mutual backing off. Neds don't like to act if the odds aren't 4:1 in their favour (thats "Victory is a distinct possibility" for them to the rest of us here).

Seriously, neds are 90% talk. I'm no tough guy, but I've watched too many ancient-era war movies and I tend to get fatalistic and think that weak as I am I may as well take as many out with me as possible. But its never come to that, thankfully.

Never, ever run from neds (I am talking about chavs here for the rest of Britain, not sure for equivalents around the world). They act like packs of dogs, one goes hounding after you and the rest will follow. Its never happened to me thanks to a pretty sheltered upbringing, but I have heard this from my friends. And middle-class as I am, living in the area I do you will at some point run into trouble.

Ultimately, for some reason I've always been far more terrified of getting into trouble with the authorities (whether they be a teacher, the police, or whatever) than actually having a scrap. Maybe such discipline has served me well, because on the occassions that could have left to trouble I've (with my friends) held the ground without getting aggresive and its basically led to both sides backing off, the neds hurling insults as if they won obviously.

And then it always leads to stupid jokes because my private school friends think I am a ned.