Unpleasant experience in Colin Bell Level 3 today

[gmckennasell]

It pisses me off when people get precious about swearing. If you don't like it, don't come.

City market cup games as a family day out and last season, I shit you not, people in front of me in the CB stand came with a fucking picnic. The mother covered her child's ears when I swore and they left at half time.

Football is a crowd participation sport and if you want to sit quietly and watch, stay at home.

How about just have a bit of decency when children are nearby
It doesn't make you a weaker man to control your language,just a decent human being

apologies , next time i want to swear i will survey the immediate area for juveniles and when confirmed the distance is acceptable , i will then shout a well thought out profanity , or maybe we can play all our next home game on fantasy island , we could wear flip flops and greenpeace apparel.

 

[Damocles]

It pisses me off when people get precious about swearing. If you don't like it, don't come.

City market cup games as a family day out and last season, I shit you not, people in front of me in the CB stand came with a fucking picnic. The mother covered her child's ears when I swore and they left at half time.

Football is a crowd participation sport and if you want to sit quietly and watch, stay at home.

How about just have a bit of decency when children are nearby
It doesn't make you a weaker man to control your language,just a decent human being

apologies , next time i want to swear i will survey the immediate area for juveniles and when confirmed the distance is acceptable , i will then shout a well thought out profanity , or maybe we can play all our next home game on fantasy island , we could wear flip flops and greenpeace apparel.

Alternatively, you can not be a bellend who has no thought for other people around them and the kids that they have?

Just an idea

 

[MCFCinUSA]

We are certainly attracting a classy type of fan these days!

I know I have been watching City since 1926 and I've only heard people swearing since the takeover.

I've heard a few things & even seen people ejected from Maine Road (back in the days when the police were out on horseback and chasing people through the back alleys) and you kind of expect a bit of industrial language at a football match.

I think if I ever take my daughter (she's currently six, and not much of a supporter although she knows I'm well afflicted) I'd have to prep her to expect a bit of aggro, although I do my absolute best not to swear in front of her, whereas before she came along I'd be casually dropping F-bombs getting out of my car & going to the supermarket, ehehe

& some of the worst language I've heard has been from little old ladies I've been sat next to on floodlit evenings (I swear!)

 

[Paulpowersleftfoot]

It pisses me off when people get precious about swearing. If you don't like it, don't come.

City market cup games as a family day out and last season, I shit you not, people in front of me in the CB stand came with a fucking picnic. The mother covered her child's ears when I swore and they left at half time.

Football is a crowd participation sport and if you want to sit quietly and watch, stay at home.

How about just have a bit of decency when children are nearby
It doesn't make you a weaker man to control your language,just a decent human being

apologies , next time i want to swear i will survey the immediate area for juveniles and when confirmed the distance is acceptable , i will then shout a well thought out profanity , or maybe we can play all our next home game on fantasy island , we could wear flip flops and greenpeace apparel.

I don't think it's particularly difficult to refrain from excessive swearing if a father asks you to if it's upsetting his kid
Don't need sandles on to be decent

 

[johnmc]

Sadly this is life. You will come across people who are dickheads and don't think there is anything wrong with the way they behave. It's also a football match, not the opera.

But I have to say that the attitude of the OP puzzles me a bit. He complains his son was upset about the situation (which I can fully understand) but it's your job as a parent to help him understand and deal with it and to try to explain that not everyone will necessarily conform to the standard of behaviour you set and follow. And that it's not a crime to let off a bit of steam at a football match.

But having got some feedback that presumably is not to his taste, he then starts a thread asking if his account can be deactivated. He also started a thread last month telling fellow blues who were complaining about a draw at Southampton not to be spoilt children (to use his own thread title). Some irony methinks.

One could easily come to the conclusion that the OP is either a little bit of an attention seeker or possibly someone who is so fixed in his ideas that he can't possibly deal with the reality that anyone might have an opinion or standard of behaviour that is different to his.

Has he really requested his account be deleted? Obviously people have different standards and also expectancies if what is and isn't acceptable at a football match. I'm not really bothered by much but that doesn't go for everyone obviously. I have children myself. I wouldn't be happy though if someone upset them with their behavior.

I feel my lighthearted "grass" comment may have played a part in him requesting to delete his account. If so then I apologise. Whilst I don't agree with his complaint I'd rather not see a fellow blue leave the board for having a different opinion to my own.

 

[Ducado]

I am not really sure the OP is actually complaining about swearing as such

More someone mouthing off a stream of obscenities, to be fair we don't get much of that down in 110

 

[mammutly]

How about just have a bit of decency when children are nearby
It doesn't make you a weaker man to control your language,just a decent human being

apologies , next time i want to swear i will survey the immediate area for juveniles and when confirmed the distance is acceptable , i will then shout a well thought out profanity , or maybe we can play all our next home game on fantasy island , we could wear flip flops and greenpeace apparel.

Alternatively, you can not be a bellend who has no thought for other people around them and the kids that they have?

Just an idea

So you think it appropriate that people moderate their vocal support of the team to take account of the potential sensitivities of people in their immediate vicinity?

You don't go to actual football matches very often, do you?

 

[Farmer Blue]

I was asked today not to swear in front of a guys kids. After the second Watford goal, which were right in line with (Colin Bell 128, 2 rows in from the front) I launched into the linesman. I thought it was a couple of yards off and let him know in no uncertain terms. I had my mrs and kids with me and have explained to them boys that they will hear some language I don't want them to repeat which they understand and adhere to.

To make things worse, the guy asking me not to swear is a bloody Forest season ticket holder. The game means f**k all to him either way! Maybe I was out of order, I don't know but I do begrudge being told what to do in my home ground by another teams fan!!

 

[MCFCinUSA]

Your kid was cryin because he heard someone swearing !. I never recall gettin upset at hearing someone swear when I was younger !. Sounds a bit strange, that one .

it's possible that it was a little more than the language - the actual aggression might have been more upsetting, especially if directed at his father in front of him.

some people are sensitive about the lingo though; my ex-wife goes ballistic at hearing the word 'arsehole' (she's from the Caribbean and whilst arses are a pretty common subject to swear & make jokes about in the UK she doesn't find any of it at all funny; she refused to have anything to do with one of her former boyfriends when he asked her "why the fuck?" when she refused to let him drive her home when she had a migraine one day.. she has zero tolerance)

 

[Damocles]

So you think it appropriate that people moderate their vocal support of the team to take account of the potential sensitivities of people in their immediate vicinity?

You don't go to actual football matches very often, do you?

I absolutely believe that people should consider those around them in these situations, especially those involving kids who aren't their own. "Not being a ****" isn't a preference that's somehow restricted when you enter a specific stadium.

And I've never been to a football match in my life apart from those couple of thousand since the late 80s.