Fighting

[IanBishopsHaircut]

Made me giggle that on the news this morning was a report that trouble flared between West Ham and Nited at Piccadilly Station as they waited for the London train home

 

[Dribble]

Made me giggle that on the news this morning was a report that trouble flared between West Ham and Nited at Piccadilly Station as they waited for the London train home

Just about sums the Rags support up dunnit.

 

[peoffrey]

It can be non City related too. I guarantee one or two of us have enemies who support the same club.

 

[Why Always Ste]

At least a few posts are linking the aggression to the tour causes of this behaviour.
With an ever increasing population mixing drugs including prescribed anti psychotics/depressants with alcohol, with rises in the amount of people being sectioned for a wide variety of mental health issues.... why is anyone surprised?

A consumer led society fucked up.

I somehow doubt we wouldn't of seen this behaviour if we would of won 6-0 on Saturday.

Frustration has also played it's part.
Drink/Drugs/Mental Health Issues/Frustration at results as we have eventually become this expectant fanbase due to the investment.

 

[Thenorthstand]

Always been there seen fighting on the specials in the 80s also in boozers mostly away days a lot down to personal issues non football related.

 

[Manchester33]

It's not anything to do with newcomers young fans. There are dickheads who follow our club home and away. There always has been, there always will be. I don't see why you're complaining anyway, at least you left the game with something to talk about, I'm surprised you hadn't fallen to sleep watching that crap!

 

[2bluejacko]

There's definitely been manifest signs of this at away games I've been to in the last couple of seasons.

I saw signs of it at the bluemoon forum fans meet up in Manchester lol

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I saw signs of it at the bluemoon forum fans meet up in Manchester lol

Is this in addition to the Mancini inners vs Outers straightener outside Mary Ds!

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

There's definitely been manifest signs of this at away games I've been to in the last couple of seasons.

First noticed it at Anfield in 2014, when rather naively, I couldn’t understand how so many young lads had the time to get so manically drunk, for an early kick off.

Far worse was their aggressive response when a bloke and his clearly terrified young daughter attempted to get to the toilets.


It was exactly the same at West Brom last season, but this time the intimidation drew a nasty reaction from a group of older lads (I know some of the people involved and the root cause was definitely drugs)
It happened at Burnley, and I recall reading about a similar incident at Palace, although depressingly the original complainant was predictably slaughtered , along the lines of “Man Up” and “Name names”


Yes, we had the odd incident in the 80s, but I attended nearly all the games, and there was never anything as consistently uncomfortable as this.
For now, we’ll sweep it under the carpet, until one day something really terrible happens.

 

[Stretford Born Blue]

How do "new fans" accumulate enough points to get tickets for these away games?

We sent 700 seats back for Norwich, think you answered your own question there.!