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Two minors suspended by club for offensive chanting at Brighton game | 17 year old charged by GMP (p29)
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super_city_si
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Football has been taken over by grief culture. Im not sure weve had a game without a minutes silence this season. Yes, franny and other people who have ties to the club fully deserve the respect and should be honoured at the game, as should other teams honour the passing of people connected to their clubs.Charlton was a great player no doubt ,but the way that twat McDonnal at the Mirror fawned over him at Peps post match embargoed was the most nauseating I've seen this weekend.
Where do you think he ranks ?
One of the greatest ever ? etc etc
Wouldn't let it go, by Sunday he will ge on his third minutes silence.
I'm all for paying respect but sometimes enough is enough and it dilutes the effect.
but a minutes silence for israel/gaza? A minutes silence for some swedes killed in belgium? Yes they are awful but what do they have to do with football In manchester? I probably sound callous but i feel football should stick to football.
mexico1970
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Predictable this cockroach jumped on it.
We should really be getting this **** into a court of law.
We should really be getting this **** into a court of law.
I'd prefer him somewhere else but I won't say where, although it doesn't take much imagination to guess. I'd welcome songs sung that day.
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We had Israel/Gazza, Franny Lee and taking the knee before the kick off on Saturday! I nearly forgot why I was there.Football has been taken over by grief culture. Im not sure weve had a game without a minutes silence this season. Yes, franny and other people who have ties to the club fully deserve the respect and should be honoured at the game, as should other teams honour the passing of people connected to their clubs.
but a minutes silence for israel/gaza? A minutes silence for some swedes killed in belgium? Yes they are awful but what do they have to do with football In manchester? I probably sound callous but i feel football should stick to football.
Mad Eyed Screamer
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City were right to issue an apology and to distance themselves from the chant.
Can I ask, did the rags ever apologise for THEIR PLAYERS AND STAFF singing "Nick nack paddy whack....... why don't City fuck off home"?
Did the BBC mention the above chant prominently on their website? Did the daily papers highlight this disrespectful chant at the time? It happened a few days after the MEN Arena bombing, where Manchester stood as one and fans put aside their rivalry- yet this was the players.... and went unreported.
Can I ask, did the rags ever apologise for THEIR PLAYERS AND STAFF singing "Nick nack paddy whack....... why don't City fuck off home"?
Did the BBC mention the above chant prominently on their website? Did the daily papers highlight this disrespectful chant at the time? It happened a few days after the MEN Arena bombing, where Manchester stood as one and fans put aside their rivalry- yet this was the players.... and went unreported.
Mad Eyed Screamer
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You missed out the silence for the floods in Lybia. That offends me.Football has been taken over by grief culture. Im not sure weve had a game without a minutes silence this season. Yes, franny and other people who have ties to the club fully deserve the respect and should be honoured at the game, as should other teams honour the passing of people connected to their clubs.
but a minutes silence for israel/gaza? A minutes silence for some swedes killed in belgium? Yes they are awful but what do they have to do with football In manchester? I probably sound callous but i feel football should stick to football.
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Totally agree but probably a lesser issue in this brainwashed society.Football has been taken over by grief culture. Im not sure weve had a game without a minutes silence this season. Yes, franny and other people who have ties to the club fully deserve the respect and should be honoured at the game, as should other teams honour the passing of people connected to their clubs.
but a minutes silence for israel/gaza? A minutes silence for some swedes killed in belgium? Yes they are awful but what do they have to do with football In manchester? I probably sound callous but i feel football should stick to football.
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We all know the RAG’s are pillars of virtue and have never done anything to be ashamed off!City were right to issue an apology and to distance themselves from the chant.
Can I ask, did the rags ever apologise for THEIR PLAYERS AND STAFF singing "Nick nack paddy whack....... why don't City fuck off home"?
Did the BBC mention the above chant prominently on their website? Did the daily papers highlight this disrespectful chant at the time? It happened a few days after the MEN Arena bombing, where Manchester stood as one and fans put aside their rivalry- yet this was the players.... and went unreported.
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This thread has been an absolute shocker for some blues. It started off really well and respectful to one of the greatest players the country has ever produced.
It soon turned into a debate with quite a few using it to convince themselves and others why Tom Finney, Bobby Moore, Colin Bell or Duncan Edwards were better - completely missing the point that citing a single player for being better than Charlton is actually acknowledging that he was in the top 2/3 English players of all time.
As news emerged that a handful of teenage fuckwits had been chanting a celebratory song about his death, it became the predictable point scoring and a thread posted for people to pay their own respects to the man now includes videos about the death of Leeds fans, the Hillsborough disaster, threats to Joel Glazer and others.
We also have people justifying why they won't be able to be respectful to Alex Ferguson when he dies! "It's not fair, some 'Nited fans put a nasty banner up about City and Alex Ferguson didn't personally climb the stairs to the Stretford End upper tier to take it down! And he backed his own team over their local rivals - there's no way I'll be able to shut my gob for 60 seconds in respect to the death of a man after he said we were noisy neighbours!"
I have my own thoughts on Bobby Charlton but have never met him and only know what I've been told second hand. What I do know though is that he is regarded as probably England's finest ever player and 99% of people who had dealing with him, describe him as a perfect gent. We've all done things that we'd probably change given hindsight.
As the old saying goes, if you've got nothing positive to say, say nowt.
RIP Bobby Charlton.
It soon turned into a debate with quite a few using it to convince themselves and others why Tom Finney, Bobby Moore, Colin Bell or Duncan Edwards were better - completely missing the point that citing a single player for being better than Charlton is actually acknowledging that he was in the top 2/3 English players of all time.
As news emerged that a handful of teenage fuckwits had been chanting a celebratory song about his death, it became the predictable point scoring and a thread posted for people to pay their own respects to the man now includes videos about the death of Leeds fans, the Hillsborough disaster, threats to Joel Glazer and others.
We also have people justifying why they won't be able to be respectful to Alex Ferguson when he dies! "It's not fair, some 'Nited fans put a nasty banner up about City and Alex Ferguson didn't personally climb the stairs to the Stretford End upper tier to take it down! And he backed his own team over their local rivals - there's no way I'll be able to shut my gob for 60 seconds in respect to the death of a man after he said we were noisy neighbours!"
I have my own thoughts on Bobby Charlton but have never met him and only know what I've been told second hand. What I do know though is that he is regarded as probably England's finest ever player and 99% of people who had dealing with him, describe him as a perfect gent. We've all done things that we'd probably change given hindsight.
As the old saying goes, if you've got nothing positive to say, say nowt.
RIP Bobby Charlton.
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