New breed of away fan

[Andyleg]

Saw a City fan attacked by 2 Schalke on the walk back to the buses. 4 Schalke sat in City end ( block 63) intimidated out of their seats when they were singing at 2-1. A few pints thrown (why waste beer?) and lots of chanting/singing on concourse. Maybe I got lucky but certainly I didn't feel intimidated by young City supporters.
Like others have said Dusseldorf on Tuesday was a mix of young and old and if there was any trouble it must have been isolated .... more like party time for the vast majority.
Some people of all ages are dickheads and will remain so throughout their lives ... City have an element of those people following them.
I'm certain the 50-70 year olds of the 80s and 90s held no higher opinion of us as some do the younger generation now.

 

[whp.blue]

Well there were plenty on it on Wednesday and there wasn’t much singing in the ground.

Well most of us had no voice left from Tuesday night in Dusseldorf.

We had a fantastic night.

 

[blue corby]

The same people who moan about the naughty boys are the same ones who moan about City not singing. Its bad enough that football is turning into rugby and getting gentrified but the last bastion of all game singing and edginess is being curtailed by the liberal and soft centred theatre goers. Its a working persons game and in particular, working people from Manchester party hard. Anyone who wants a theatre experience on an away trip in Europe is bordering on delusional.

Is it to much to ask then to go to a Euro away trip as a disabled fan with my wife and without getting soaked in beer and yes I do mean soaked and then threatened with violence if I kept on complaining before finally being told to F**k off ?
And no I’m not a soft centred theatre goer.

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

Well most of us had no voice left from Tuesday night in Dusseldorf.

We had a fantastic night.

I agree it’s much more fun in the build up , we had a great time in Düsseldorf . No meither.

 

[whp.blue]

Not just young fans
On the way back to the hotel at about 1.30 am in Dusseldorf, I saw a 38yr+ have a go at a 1100ltr commercial wheelie bin.

Proper Manc as well he gave that German bin what for!

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Presumably they must have done to get the required number of points, no?

They may well have the points

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I bet it was the same one as me....

A Leeds fan told my mum it would be best if she took our scarves off me and my brother before we left the ground. Leeds were animals in those days.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Not necessarily an age issue, but there's definitely a Mad Friday feel to certain City European games.

Brilliant if you’ve been supping all day, and don’t sense the extra volume and aggression in your tone.

Horrendous if you arrive late, and are then confronted with “What’s your problem, you miserable twat?” as you try to avoid eye contact with the idiot who's stood between you and the bar.

 

[asahartford1]

I not missed a premier league away game this season and have yet to see what is described above and anyone who knows me will know I one for having a pint on the concourse.

My lad is 19 and his mates (2 of them) who also come to the matches do not act like this. They sing and jump about a bit, but it seems all youngsters are being labelled as idiots.

Be careful in doing this as you could create an actual problem.

The divide could get bigger.

At one away match last season the drunken young dude could not stay upright in his seat.
At half time he tried to get up as his mates were leaving him , he fell into the aisle, prostrate, like a zombie on the streets. He was too far gone to cause any bother , but I gave him a couple of little toe pokes, just to make sure he grunted. He would not remember much about his day.
Now that wasn't the first time I had seen sub human behaviour at an away match, and I am sure your kids don't get like that, but it does happen, when they can get hold of tickets.

The videos posted on Wednesday demonstrated this growing trend, so although I take your point, you have been lucky in not seeing this behaviour. It is not about labelling "all kids" that is a bit of a get out , it is about identifying the idiots who give the club a bad name, and not ignoring it.

 

[oakiecokie]

A Leeds fan told my mum it would be best if she took our scarves off me and my brother before we left the ground. Leeds were animals in those days.

They certainly were and we`ve been "ambushed" many a time when we`ve had to walk back to the station.Coppers couldn`t have given a flying fuck and the same in Liverpool.