New breed of away fan

[Original Halifax.]

Its not just a football problem but a society one. Go out to any town or city on any weekend and drug taking is rife sadly.

 

[M12Blue]

I was thinking the same thing.
We were next to the home fans, and there was a moment (just after Schalke had equalized) when a full pint came flying over our heads, and hit an unsuspecting home fan on the back of his head.
Everyone laughed, but I remember wondering how they'd feel if the Schalke fan filled the plastic container and threw it back.
Would everyone laugh if it hit a young kid?

All harmless fun apparently, until it is returned

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Well it certainly isn't small minority either.

I think generally with these things it is a small minority but even if it’s 5% that’s potentially 150 blokes behaving like tools which in a confined space can be intimidating to some people.

 

[elanos magic]

Whilst it’s not on the same plane as getting a good kicking, I disagree, as it is a big issue to the person who gets unwanted beer all of them.
And do it to the wrong person and it may well lead to the aforementioned kicking. Sometimes a bit of boisterous fun can get out of hand.

Yeh fair

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Its not just a football problem but a society one. Go out to any town or city on any weekend and drug taking is rife sadly.

It’s been like that for years, nothing has changed. People are also far more violent on booze, can’t blame it all on drugs. The fights I’ve seen at City games have mostly involved blokes in their 30’s-40’s.

 

[Indaparkside]

Where do they get the tickets

 

[GortonBlue62]

Where do they get the tickets

Well next season, many will be getting them from the ballot.

 

[Indaparkside]

Well next season, many will be getting them from the ballot.

See them at high points games can’t understand how week in/ week out their there

 

[whp.blue]

The majority on here would've absolutely crapped themselves if they'd been at West Brom in Nov 87. Never been safer at matches today and City fans are Angel's now, don't have a problem with them at all.

I agree
I was with M18CTID
at the game with my grandson and funnily enough we never had any bother with any of the age groups.

Mind you I am still capable of telling anyone to fvck off if they go to far and back it up if they don't.
We got a little bit wet but I would be a total hypocrite if I complained.
Compared to what I have seen and done over the years a bit of lager is small time.

As I say if they go too far deal with it and I'm sure they wont want to repeat it in the near future.
We had another great trip btw.

 

[whp.blue]

I was thinking the same thing.
We were next to the home fans, and there was a moment (just after Schalke had equalized) when a full pint came flying over our heads, and hit an unsuspecting home fan on the back of his head.
Everyone laughed, but I remember wondering how they'd feel if the Schalke fan filled the plastic container and threw it back.
Would everyone laugh if it hit a young kid?

Lager is much better back in the day it would have been a bottle of piss.

 

[Silvas' left eyebrow]

I watch most of my always on sofa at home with wife and dog . Although she can get a bit arsey the atmosphere is usually ok.
I think it's par for the course. Bring back national service like in my day.

 

[Dreadzone]

Its not ok, but hardly a massive issue.

Really! If someone threw a pint over me or my Mrs/children, I’d regard that as a ‘massive’ issue!

 

[M18CTID]

I went to the game with my wife and daughter. A couple of blues thought it would be humorous to have a go at them because they didn’t think women should be at games. This has happened before to my two daughters.
At Basel last year we were in the main City pub. She went to the ladies toilet which was full of lads who told her to ‘fuck off’, they were in there taking drugs.
At Newport there was an older fella and his lad giving shit to everyone around for not singing, they were just load mouthed bullies.
Everton, three lads in the toilet cubicle, I can only imagine why?
At Burnley last year I said something about one of our players and the bloke (40s) in front turned round and was incredibly abusive, it was astounding.

The behaviour in the old days was poor but usually aimed at the opposition fans.
Now it seems to be aimed at our own and the weaker you are the bigger the target.

That’s why we continually get posts like the earlier one such as ‘boring old farts’ for disliking behaviour that is unacceptable, and for condoning law breaking and for wanting to enjoy a football game without beer thrown over them or arguments for nothing.
The poor behaviour is not consigned to one particular age group, it’s confined to a group called ‘dick heads’.

That’s a pretty shocking list of things to happen and I’ve no issue with any of it being called out for what it is. It most certainly doesn’t make you a boring old fart and if I’d witnessed any of those things I’d have had my say to the perpetrators. My only real issue with some of the stuff that has been said on this thread is that it’s wrong to level most of it at younger fans and your post backs up what many have said and that is that shitty behaviour at matches isn’t just confined to younger fans.

 

[Fordyboy46]

I agree
I was with M18CTID
at the game with my grandson and funnily enough we never had any bother with any of the age groups.

Mind you I am still capable of telling anyone to fvck off if they go to far and back it up if they don't.
We got a little bit wet but I would be a total hypocrite if I complained.
Compared to what I have seen and done over the years a bit of lager is small time.

As I say if they go too far deal with it and I'm sure they wont want to repeat it in the near future.
We had another great trip btw.

Need to do an away trip, just time off is the big problem and getting tickets of course, restricted to fcuking term time.

 

[squirtyflower]

That’s a pretty shocking list of things to happen and I’ve no issue with any of it being called out for what it is. It most certainly doesn’t make you a boring old fart and if I’d witnessed any of those things I’d have had my say to the perpetrators. My only real issue with some of the stuff that has been said on this thread is that it’s wrong to level most of it at younger fans and your post backs up what many have said and that is that shitty behaviour at matches isn’t just confined to younger fans.

I agree it isn’t confined to youngsters and I’ve missed out the worst.
Didn’t want the post to be too long.
However taking them on is fraught with difficulties when you’re with your wife and kids. However my son is getting to the point where he does the stepping in.

 

[M18CTID]

I agree
I was with M18CTID
at the game with my grandson and funnily enough we never had any bother with any of the age groups.

Mind you I am still capable of telling anyone to fvck off if they go to far and back it up if they don't.
We got a little bit wet but I would be a total hypocrite if I complained.
Compared to what I have seen and done over the years a bit of lager is small time.

As I say if they go too far deal with it and I'm sure they wont want to repeat it in the near future.
We had another great trip btw.

The worst thing I witnessed by far was the crush that ensued when the train pulled in at Gelsenkirchen after the match. I’m far from a prude and I fully expect a bit of jostling, etc, to get on the train but that was borderline dangerous the way people were forcing their way forward and it was pretty much a case of survival of the biggest to ensure you didn’t end up on the floor. Good job I’m such a fat bastard these days.

 

[ejdmcfc]

Absolute state of this thread. You’re going to get knobheads wherever you go and whoever you support, it’s bound to happen but labelling it as purely “young fans” is beyond a joke. Some people on here are too far up their own arses.

 

[hinchcliffes bulbous conk]

Because some people are just twats in everything they do. They are little twats as kids, bigger twats as adults and die being remembered as a twat. I don’t think age has anything to do with it. We have older guys in my local like this. Complete gob shites who love the sound of their own voice.

I do find all this social media bouncing around throwing beer strange though and that is a younger generation thing. The need for constant validation.

100%, my point was it’s not isolated to young City fans that go away. It’s society full stop - people of all ages and being in a group at football, racing, wherever gives people the extra confidence to be an even bigger twat.

You’re bang on with the social media thing too.

 

[thelongbowman]

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.

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

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.

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