Barnsley fans yesterday

[billfromthehill]

Re: City's "firm"

I didn't go to the game so can't comment on how bad the barnsley lot were, but if they were singing rag songs and "you're not champions anymore" and giving it "The barry" then fair play that some of em got a slap!

I for one would ask them to politely calm down
And then wait for it.................
......... ......... ............. ..... Lot ov em
U can always tell a Yorkshireman but you can't tell him much
To coin a phrase lol.

Hello Bill from the hill,did you get any tickets for the gent's morning mate.

Wwaiting for a cheque and were all on it mate thank,s
For the MSG mate see you there mate

 

[Ian]

My dads from Glasgow and a Rangers fan. We both spent the day in Manchester and watched the game in the Moon on Deansgate. We came across thousands of Rangers fans that day and didn't se any trouble. We only heard about the trouble the following day.
I agree, there was a good number who caused trouble but a very large majority were well behaved.
Also as others have said, a lot of Rangers also follow City (especially the older ones) all the kids up there latch on to Chelsea as their favourite English team.
I have been to Ibrox on many occasions with my dad while wearing a City shirt and am always warmly welcomed.

 

[forevermancity]

The vast majority of gers fans are great...much better than Celtic fans

 

[Blue Streak]

Not quite sure how this has evolved into an Old Firm argument? But seeing as it has and I've spent considerable time in Scotland in years gone by working (Edinburgh a year, Glasgow four months) here's my contribution.

Rangers and Celtic are both as bad as each other.

 

[johnbmcr]

Not quite sure how this has evolved into an Old Firm argument? But seeing as it has and I've spent considerable time in Scotland in years gone by working (Edinburgh a year, Glasgow four months) here's my contribution.

Rangers and Celtic are both as bad as each other.

but who is the worst???

 

[Marvin]

Less than 8,000 fans at Barnsley tonight.

I wonder how many of those fans who said WWYWYWS were there tonight?

 

[Zabbasbeard]

Barnsley i believe has more rags living there than most i think because Tommy Taylor was a Barnsley lad and post Munich obviously many from Barnsley started following them.

Very true. I know a little bit about Barnsley having lived in S Yorks and N Derbys for many years (originally Glossop), and some of my family hails from the area. Barnsley has loads of rags. Absolutely loads of the fuckers, and the Tommy Taylor link and the Munich Air Disaster strenghtened that link.
The main fan groups there:
1 Barnsley (only about half mind, which with economic reasons explains their low gates)
2 Rags (some would have tagged along last sat, I'm sure, masquerading as Barnsley fans - an embarassment to true Barnsley fans I know from experience)
3 Leeds (big following that has shrunk over time as Lids have struggled)
4 Sheff Wed (a minority but some of the ex-pit villages on the South Side of the town have a Barns/Wednesday split)

in that order, though when I was a student in Sheffield, I knew a couple of loyal City fans from Barnsley in he 80s. Proper decent Blues they were who went everywhere, through thin and thinner. I know so because I went to a lot of home and away games with them.

 

[Zabbasbeard]

I've known one or two decent Rangers fans but that club have a high bigot and violent knuckle dragger quota. So, collectively, no, Rangers are not welcome in Manchester for me after trashing it. Can't stand the bigotry and violence, and I'm not religious.

 

[Zabbasbeard]

In the interests of balance, I laughed my head off on Saturday when Ross County (my Scottish team) beat Celtic on Sat. Can't stand the Old Firm, particularly Rangers FC.

 

[mancityvstoke]

City fans welcome Rangers? I don't fucking think so.

Go wreck St Georges square you cunts.

-- Wed Mar 13, 2013 1:12 am --

I remember a programme around 1991 that was City and Millwall. A black lad was the lead role and he got his cheek cut by 2 Millwall fans under a subway. I even remember them filming for it at one of the matches at Maine Road, sure it was on BBC. Anyone remember it?

Think I remember that mate....was that the one where one of the gangs kids pretended
To use a Stanley knife for a toothbrush...think the leader were called yeti

You might be getting mixed up with The Firm (original one) with Gary Oldman. It was the young black lad who played Benny from Grange Hill who got his cheek slashed.

Ahh The Firm. Loved that when it came out. Cheesy if watched now.


Black lad gets slashed in Birmingham when Oldman (ICF) tries to take a brummy firm to show who was top dog before an England trip to Holland.

Black lad says to cops who ask his name - "Michael Jackson"

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXLuaKgHV2U[/youtube]

He had a pillow called YETI that he hated as it made him sneeze a lot.