Trouble in the North Stand second tier vs United

[I'm not really here]

I'm 100% convinced the tickets are being sold by the club to livefootballtickets at least. I spoke to the club recently to be relocated to sit next to my dad in the east stand. I went to my usual seat in the South stand to chat to a mate i normally stand by and a Croatian lad was there in my usual spot. I got chatting with him before kick off and he explained that he got his seat off LFT for £190, he showed me the ticket on his phone.

I wasn't even shocked to honest.

This is why I believe the club won't declare where allocations go. Bent as fuck.

I don't believe fans are listing them on these sites, I'm absolutely convinced it's the club.

Side note:
He also showed me his confirmation email, it said Block 115 (AWAY SECTION)

That's fuckin reckless, if he turned up in a rag shirt he would have been absolutely levelled.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

The downside is that you should get slapped from both sets of fans.

Fixed it for ya!! ;-)

 

[jma]

There was a group of 3 rag fans (possibly Irish) next but one to my wife and me in East Stand L3, revealed as such when (like the subject of the original post) one of them jumped up to celebrate the Utd goal. Happily no violence ensued but the guy directly in front of them gave them a ‘strong talking to’, after which they kept completely quiet. When we all started doing the Poznan following Haaland’s goal they were ‘persuaded’ to join in: seeing three rags participating in the Poznan in celebration of City’s win seemed to me to be just punishment for their infiltration of a home supporters section!

Surely they must have been absolute weirdos if, as rags, they were willing to join in with the Poznan.

As a rag, you'd surely decide to leave rather than be humiliated like that?

 

[BringBackSwales]

Surely they must have been absolute weirdos if, as rags, they were willing to join in with the Poznan.

As a rag, you'd surely decide to leave rather than be humiliated like that?

They’re rags so of course they’re weirdos

 

[jma]

I remember them walking up the spirals with their colours on singing Celtic songs. Like you say absolutely no shame and no one challenged them.

Surely not.

 

[bladdered]

A handfull of rags and half & half scarfers in our end doesn't concern me. I more mithered by the poor local blues that can't get in because of the ridiculous pricing.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

I find it incredible to think you're a big enough English soccer fan to travel and pay top dollar for a ticket to a derby but not a big enough fan to know that you shouldn't celebrate a goal of the away team in a derby.

I know plenty of Americans who wouldn’t think twice about taking any ticket they could get their hands on to see a big game. They make a $$$ trip out of it and don’t really care too much where they sit.

American football has opposing fans intermingled all the time and there’s rarely trouble, with certain exceptions. They just don’t think that cheering for either team might get them a slap.

I know…yanks, stupid, blah blah, but tbh it’s a bit silly that it happens to “regular people” who just want to enjoy the game as opposed to the ones who revel in the banter and taunting, isn’t it?

I get it, but I grew up with it. These tourists just don’t know what they’ve got themselves into, so it’s always nice when someone has a word in their ear. Even better when it’s through a steward!

 

[manclad]

Few years ago a rag got outed at the front of 211. Just lots of verbal abuse while being taken out by the dibble until a proper foc on the end of a row threw a punch at him. It Looked like he was being hit by the Simpsons Mr Burns. Excellent!
Dibble gave Mr Burns a bollocking but let him stay too.

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[mancblue55]

I hope you made them stay till the end

I think they’d suffered enough pain already tbh: 1. no doubt paying a fortune for their tickets; 2. being called out as rags amongst the City fans around them; 3. seeing how shit their team is; 4. feeling obliged to ‘do the Poznan’ in celebration of City’s third goal and United’s humiliation. They sort of slunk out shamefacedly just before the final whistle - don’t think they’ll make the same mistake again!

 

[jamielowndes]

I try to be open minded as I've been to a few foreign grounds on holidays (have always cheered for the home team because I'm not a fucking idiot), but the tourist fans who are just "Premier League" fans with no idea of the actual sentiment of English rivalries are fucking awful.

Look around your surroundings. We don't look like the happiest of people on derby day. Maybe take a guess and just think maybe you should very much keep it to yourself if you claim to be a fan of the other side and you've just scored a ticket on resale.