Block 104 in East Stand Level 1 was like downtown fucking Turin! So much so, that when I got to my usual seat 10 minutes before kick off, I actually checked my season card, to make sure I was in the right block/row/seat.
When their disallowed goal went in, they were all up, and again for their first goal. By the time the second went in, it was getting a bit out of hand, and people were beconing the steward from the bottom of the aisle to come up and sort things out. He just sat there, shrugging his shoulders, and generally looking like he was about to shit his pants.
Eventually, a couple of his mates came from the top of the stand, and did fuck all other than to tell us to sit down and calm it! 10 minutes they spent talking to me and those around me, rather than dealing with the problem, whilst our Italian friends sat there with smug fucking grins plastered all over their faces! The club sold the tickets & I didn't ask (or expect) to be sat amongst groups of opposition fans, taking the fucking piss!
They said there were hundreds of them, so what did we expect them to do? Erm, talk to them, warn them, get rid of them, get the police down? Whatever, instead of treating us like we're the problem!
The guy who said before that he doesn't have a problem with it? Well, neither do I, so long as they behave themselves, keep quiet, and don't antagonise the home support around them. But when it's a 50/50 split, as someone noted earlier, I start to think to myself that I don't know who any of these people are (and neither does the club, it seems), so if they kick off, I'm going to find myself in a situation where I might have to defend myself, and if that happens, who is the one potentially getting their ticket revoked? Not some guy sat at home thousands of miles away in Italy!!!
To add insult to injury, once it had all calmed down a bit, a city fan across the aisle from me put his e-cig to his lips for a nano-second, and the previously paralysed steward from the front of the stand must suddenly have found his seat had set on fire, as he was up to him like a shot!
£35 to be treated like second class citizens in our own ground! It was a fucking disgrace!!!