Tue Oct 08, 2019 5:50 pm
thomasblue wrote:nubbsy wrote:thomasblue wrote:nubbsy wrote:thomasblue wrote:This is the one part of football that really let's it down.
They should absolutely be allowed to sit where they want to watch a game. It is the dickheads who attack them who should be kicked out and banned not 2 people quietly using a present.
In football is the only sport in the world with segregation amongst fans and its pathetic. We could learn a lot from the way rugby police events.
The sooner the hooligans and trouble makers are weeded out and banned the better
You dont half chat some shit mate fair play. As if football atmospheres aren't already dying a slow and painful death you want them to follow suit with rugby?
I agree on the hooligan element but do you really wana be sat next to a swansea or bristol fan shaking a happy clapper? Get a grip.
Not really but I wouldnt attack them for supporting another team if they are just sat enjoying it
Its pathetic and anyone who thinks differently need to grow up. Football is not only for loud men who want to sing shout and swear, it's also for children and in this case couples who want to enjoy a day out.
I'm not suggestion people should be 'attacked'. I'm saying your point to get rid of segregation like the rugby would kill football for many.
I never said get rid of segregation, I said its pathetic that a person with no interest in causing or being in trouble cant gonand watch a football game because some dickhead cant behave or control there beer. Like I said the thugs throwing punches at normal football fans should be banned not the person who wants to watch a game.
Tue Oct 08, 2019 5:58 pm
Tue Oct 08, 2019 7:43 pm
thomasblue wrote:This is the one part of football that really let's it down.
They should absolutely be allowed to sit where they want to watch a game. It is the dickheads who attack them who should be kicked out and banned not 2 people quietly using a present.
In football is the only sport in the world with segregation amongst fans and its pathetic. We could learn a lot from the way rugby police events.
The sooner the hooligans and trouble makers are weeded out and banned the better
Tue Oct 08, 2019 7:47 pm
Tue Oct 08, 2019 8:32 pm
Bluemellons wrote:I went in the home end at West Brom the day we had Bolton away in the FA Cup and it was called off. Albion were playing Blackburn who had Nathan Blake playing for them.
There were 9 of us in there and all was ok until one of our lot chanted ' Blakey, do the ayatollah' and unfurled a Welsh flag with CCFC on it.
All you could hear was hundreds of seats clanking as the locals went for us.
Stewards and police moved in and marched us around the pitch past Frankie Burrows who told us to f**k off!! He was Albions assistant manager.
We were then stuck in a corner with about 150 other City fans and had Blackburn on one side and Albion on the other. I think it was 3-4 or 4-4, and each goal was met with absolute chaos in our end.
Its the only time I've been threatened by 2 sets of fans at the same game.
Wed Oct 09, 2019 5:48 am
RV Casual wrote:Bluemellons wrote:I went in the home end at West Brom the day we had Bolton away in the FA Cup and it was called off. Albion were playing Blackburn who had Nathan Blake playing for them.
There were 9 of us in there and all was ok until one of our lot chanted ' Blakey, do the ayatollah' and unfurled a Welsh flag with CCFC on it.
All you could hear was hundreds of seats clanking as the locals went for us.
Stewards and police moved in and marched us around the pitch past Frankie Burrows who told us to f**k off!! He was Albions assistant manager.
We were then stuck in a corner with about 150 other City fans and had Blackburn on one side and Albion on the other. I think it was 3-4 or 4-4, and each goal was met with absolute chaos in our end.
Its the only time I've been threatened by 2 sets of fans at the same game.
Lol
Same day but at Villa, we were at Frankly Services when the call came through that the game was off so a coach load went to watch Villa/Darlington, all was fine before the gamebut during the game about 100 of us ended up getting surrounded by stewards and police by the tunnel shouting for Mark Delaney to do the Ayatolah, was a bit surreal, 5,000 Darlington fans in the away end, villa fans everywhere else and us lot with a ring of steel around us.
Wed Oct 09, 2019 6:46 am
Wed Oct 09, 2019 7:54 am
Wed Oct 09, 2019 8:32 am
Wed Oct 09, 2019 9:18 am
ribbo wrote:Interesting reading all the above comments. There is no way I would wear colours if I had a ticket in the home end. Only once been in the home end when I managed to get a ticket for the clock end at Highbury for an FA Cup replay when working in London.
However I've recently come back from a trip to Bilbao where I had a ticket for the Athletic Bilbao - Alvaes game. Given that the two clubs are are about 40 miles apart I would have expected some rivalry. I was surprised that as well as a full away end which could have only held a couple of thousand there were a few Alaves supporters in club colours dotted around the home stands, although none in with the Ultras obviously.
Not sure if this is typical in Spain as this was my first La Liga game.
PS Wore my City top to the game as well and people could not have been friendlier despite my limited Spanish and their limited English. I hope we would be as welcoming if a supporter from an overseas club was to come to one of our home games.
Wed Oct 09, 2019 9:52 am
JJ1927 wrote:I am probably one of the few who have sympathy. I agree it wasn't the brightest thing to do, but has anyone considered that he may not go to away games - yes these people exist- and was just being very naïve and ignorant of the protocol. It seems clear that as his wife was a Baggies fan this was a misunderstanding and the situation could have been handled much better by the stewards. Or have we all got so used to being treated like shit at away games that we accept it as a normal way to treat two fans who have probably spent over £100 for a day out.
Wed Oct 09, 2019 10:37 am
nubbsy wrote:ribbo wrote:Interesting reading all the above comments. There is no way I would wear colours if I had a ticket in the home end. Only once been in the home end when I managed to get a ticket for the clock end at Highbury for an FA Cup replay when working in London.
However I've recently come back from a trip to Bilbao where I had a ticket for the Athletic Bilbao - Alvaes game. Given that the two clubs are are about 40 miles apart I would have expected some rivalry. I was surprised that as well as a full away end which could have only held a couple of thousand there were a few Alaves supporters in club colours dotted around the home stands, although none in with the Ultras obviously.
Not sure if this is typical in Spain as this was my first La Liga game.
PS Wore my City top to the game as well and people could not have been friendlier despite my limited Spanish and their limited English. I hope we would be as welcoming if a supporter from an overseas club was to come to one of our home games.
It is quite normal in Spain mate yeah. I went to a bar a match and there was Valencia fans dotted all around and no one batted an eye
Wed Oct 09, 2019 3:47 pm
Wed Oct 09, 2019 3:59 pm
Xcasual wrote:thomasblue wrote:This is the one part of football that really let's it down.
They should absolutely be allowed to sit where they want to watch a game. It is the dickheads who attack them who should be kicked out and banned not 2 people quietly using a present.
In football is the only sport in the world with segregation amongst fans and its pathetic. We could learn a lot from the way rugby police events.
The sooner the hooligans and trouble makers are weeded out and banned the better
What a load of shit ,Don’t go in the home end ffs.
Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:26 pm