Prompted by the Bournemouth thread, are you for or against? If they were given one block of the West stand, maybe. Would it depend on who it was? If they could sit just anywhere?
Feck em, with their fake sponsor, FFP ruining billions and their poxy tin shed ground, not to mention their greedy, boisterous, frog munching mercenary striker
Sorry, but with some of the idiots following football these days, it's a big no from me. I have been bringing youngsters from my family to the Valley for more than 50 years, let's keep it safe.
I love it when you play one of these teams rumoured to have fans in the home and they score. What around the ground dozens of chaps jump up like their seat has been electricuted and have a good 360% surveillance of the area searching out the enemy!
If they follow the rules I don't mind. But if they give it large I hate it.
I'm glad you mentioned rules. Most stands/turnstiles are clearly signed away or home fans only. To me that's the end of the matter.
On the whole I agree but then you get THE game. You must see it, it might never happen again etc. so you sit in the home end - if your team is away. Follow the rules and it's fine by me. Don't and you risk being thrown out and maybe being assaulted. It'll never stop happening.
Don't agree with giving up parts of the ground wholesale but if a home fan brings a fan with him I have no problem as long as he briefs his pal on the etiquette. For the 4-2 defeat of Chelsea, I had a Chelsea supporting friend, it was great taking the p as we scored..
Any away fans in Home areas comes with risks - even if they intend to behave and respect where they are sitting. Prime example was when I was sat (in error - I thought I was buying a ticket in a neutral area) in the Home stand at Chelsea in the famous 'Battle of the Bridge' match in 1988 (1-1 draw keeping us up and sending them down) when I promised my finance that I would not budge if we scored. When Paul Miller's deflected, looping shot went in to equalise, my instinctive reaction was to rise from my seat to cheer. I was the only one of about £10,000 in that stand. As I sank back into my seat, just as instinctively, it was clear that the natives were not happy. I survived.
My point is that this sort of reaction is uncontrollable in euphoric situations like that. Bournemouth are very likely to need something from the game so any of their fans in our areas runs a risk of a similar reaction to mine at Chelsea........with potential unsavoury consequences.
Whilst I would want to be there in the same situation, the fact is that it is simply not safe to be allowed given the risks explained here.
I love it when you play one of these teams rumoured to have fans in the home and they score. What around the ground dozens of chaps jump up like their seat has been electricuted and have a good 360% surveillance of the area searching out the enemy!
Of course it will never happen because of the 'general' volatility of a lot of football fans, especially after a couple of halves on a hot spring day. Quite sad really I think! Shame it can't be more like other sports where segregation is not required. - Vote Lib Dem!!
As we live in a footballing uncivilised society, segregation is the only way in my opinion.
It works at Fulham, why not elsewhere?
Surely at Fulham it is a designated mixed area though? Everyone knows what they're letting themselves in for, slightly different to away fans infiltrating a specifically "home" stand.
I am in the back row of the East with the Bexley Times box behind me and on two occasions (Millwall & Leeds) I have had away fans frequent it, both incidents ruined the game for me, I am expecting the same Leeds fans in it tomorrow who after their 4th shouted how they wanted to 'smash us gobby cockney b****s' classy, my 9 year old was then hit by something thrown by Charlton fans at the box so despite the romantic ideal of it working for some, its a no from me....
And before we say its only Bournmouth, those I shared a train with from London Bridge a few years ago were obnoxious ne'er-do-wells as well with their skinny jeans, chicken head haircuts, europo/palace songs with no words and what they would to to Millwall if they met any.
No dress sense, not a pair of lime green gazelles in sight!
I think for the future, the club should consider leaving one of the end blocks spare for matches like the Bournemouth one (its not as if we're selling out), but it wouldn't be right to move anyone who's already bought a ticket.
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I'm a ground hopper and try to complete all four sides of the ground.
Cue what sort of idiot is this...................................
Most stands/turnstiles are clearly signed away or home fans only. To me that's the end of the matter.
Football in this country has gone a long way to putting right the horrors of the 70s.
Let away supporters sit anywhere they want, and it's only a matter of time before something really bad happens.
I remember a few Newcastle fans sitting in the East Stand a few years ago that celebrated when Parker scored.
Firstly, they were gobbled at by a spotty oik, in front of them.
Then the atmosphere became truly poisonous for a few minutes until the were escorted from the ground by a mob of stewards.
Let them sit with there own fans, or watch the highlights.
My point is that this sort of reaction is uncontrollable in euphoric situations like that. Bournemouth are very likely to need something from the game so any of their fans in our areas runs a risk of a similar reaction to mine at Chelsea........with potential unsavoury consequences.
Whilst I would want to be there in the same situation, the fact is that it is simply not safe to be allowed given the risks explained here.
It's just the way it is!
Its tribal ya knaaas.
And before we say its only Bournmouth, those I shared a train with from London Bridge a few years ago were obnoxious ne'er-do-wells as well with their skinny jeans, chicken head haircuts, europo/palace songs with no words and what they would to to Millwall if they met any.
No dress sense, not a pair of lime green gazelles in sight!