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I was told steward had to radio for advice about whether to admit the lad (who was about nine).
As a guy said, he could remember when fans wearing opposing colours mingled freely at Ninian Park.
Hate to think what will happen when Man U come to town.
Was it dml1954?
I despair. It's a football game, not bloody war!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cyclops
Little shit should be given a slap. Can't be doing things like that, it's not rugby. Bloody disgrace, footballs gone.
To be fair the blokes around me unfastened their bayonets when the Da made an impassioned appeal to their better natures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
Used to see the odd away fan at almost every game in the family stand. Never an issue.
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Originally Posted by CaptainHindsight
But how odd?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bloop
Assuming he was local - why would you take your 9 year old with an arsenal top on to the game. Surely he knew the kid may get some abuse which would devastate him no good.
It’s almost child cruelty
Yeah football is gone not giving 9 years olds a slapQuote:
Originally Posted by CaptainHindsight
Couldn’t he just support Cardiff City instead? I think the only issue I would have is that.....
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... it’s the HOME end. If you want to watch arsenal, do it on tv or get a ticket to the away end. That ticket is supposed to be for a child with a Cardiff City shirt on isn’t it?
I know there are bigger issues in the world and so what if it’s just one or two kids but I do feel it’s a bit cheeky. Just how it feels.
🤣🤣. The kid deserves all the shit he gets not supporting his home club.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toadstool
Should have been marched to the club shop shirt taken off ,burnt in front of him, and a City red one given over to him,his parents need to be educated
I was more annoyed by all the old red shirts from our last season in the Prem.
Did anyone see the Arsenal prat in a 3/4 length Gucci coat with a Dragon on the back, well worth the laugh.
You are spot on mate. Back in our day we'd leather the little git and get him down the mine for the weekend. Now they get to come in the home end, have a burger and a drink.Quote:
Originally Posted by Croesy Blue
Dont take no notice of CB. Hes the resident snowflake.Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainHindsight
Here's someone I'm not surprised has form for abusing kidsQuote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
If you say so, Snowy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Croesy Blue
We lost because of a kid in an Arsenal top using my magic urinal before kick off. I had to use a different one. :angry:
Remember all the trouble at Wembley when the scousers were in the Cardiff end? there was fathers with their young kids in there in Liverpool scarves getting dogs abuse, what the feck were they thinking putting their kids at risk like that.
think you`re all missing the point, what shirt will the nipper wear for the next home game.
He may be a 9 year old (and therefore obvious answer, last I mention him) but there were no doubts a number of adult Arsenal fans and it will be much worse when Liverpool or Man United come to town. Should the adults be ejected if vocal or visible?Quote:
Originally Posted by Croesy Blue
I have to say there was absolutely no bother around me about the boy. He and his father were only visiting the spot at half-time and the mature attitude of everyone around me (while laughing about it) was that fans of opposing teams should get on with one another, albeit with some good-natured banter.
Newcastle fan in the Ninian was asked to leave at our last game. So what has changed ?
Fair enough to go to the game, but why wear the top ? To me that is disrespectful and although it would be wrong for anyone to abuse them or worse, it is like a red rag to a bull for some and totally unnecessary.
I saw a young lad in the queue with a badly hidden Arsenal shirt on and pointed him to the away end.
He just shrugged and mumbled, so I guess his ticket was for the home end
I left it up to the stewards to decide if he got in or not.
I agree with this, though wish it wasn't the case. Having said that, it was quite satisfying watching a few Liverpool fans being ejected from the ground after being deliberately provocative in our end during the Carling Cup Final. If you can behave then fine, but many can't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lawnmower
In an ideal world there should be no segregation. If he wants to wear an Arsenal top, so what.?
His money is as good for the club as mine. He is probably a season ticket holder and if not our fans should have sold out of season tickets to avoid Premier League floaters.
Last year our average crowd was just over 20k, so where do you think the other 12,000 come from?
Most children have several clubs they like, Premier, Spanish, Scottish. When I was a young child I watched Cardiff but also supported Liverpool and all the home nations as they had some of my favourite players playing, at that age I never understood football rivalry.
It’s just common sense to be incognito when mixing with home fans, whether in the ground, in a pub near the ground etc. While we’d love to think ‘those days’ are gone why run the risk of bumping into the local knuckledraggers, there are still a few about and as for putting your young lad in the potential firing line I despair.
If I had a 9 year old old lad at the game and knew a bit a bit about fans, I'd try protect him, and ensure he was not subjected to a single word of banter, or overreaction from any over juiced fruit loops ,one has to take responsibility for ones actions, as a parent, I'm sure the lads parent just got it naively wrong on the day though?
My missus was watching something the other day with that butch looking bird off BBC breakfast tv about saving money. It was a family from near Cardiff and the bloke and his son (about 9 or 10) were Arsenal fans. He spent a frigging fortune on shirts every year for the pair of them. Wonder if it was them.
An adult giving abuse to a 9 year old would get a slap from me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toadstool
Has she gone a bit experimental?:-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Maccy Blue
It seems to me like there are two discussions going on. Segregation and ticket allocation.
I’d be perfectly happy to have the 3k Arsenal fans sitting whetever they want.
Totally unfair however for home tickets to be up for grabs to whoever wants them. I’d prefer to have a “City fan” that’s been to 5 games in the last ten seasons than to have an opposition fan in the home end. If you’re anywhere on the database you should get priority.
If you are wearing an away shirt you shouldn’t be allowed in. Rules are rules.
The fact it was kid muddies the water somewhat. Nobody wants to be mean to a child. I wouldn’t begrudge anyone having a quiet word with the mam or dad of the kid though.
The fact it is a kid makes it totally acceptable, no grey areas here. Hopefully he'll grow up to want to follow his local club once he sees that it's more fun to feel part of the support rather than be excluded.Quote:
Originally Posted by Divine Wright