23-08-2015, 11:14
If you're 21 ELT then agree we're from different times and therefore we do have different perspectives. Because the early 80's were on regular occsasions seriously bad the events yesterday dont really register on my radar, yet I hear / read regularly the only point of conflict at a game is usually fans v steward and on occasion, drink related again, fan on fan conflict. My lad is 18, travels everywhere with me since aged 4 and I'm chuffed he hasnt had to witness nor get involved in incidents and scrapes me and my mates came through from teenage years , however the footy was so much better 79-85 at least when our travelling support was a higher % of the 7000 gates we averaged then.
The songs that get churned out now stem from the singing section or from the Kilner side, does anyone challenge them ?? the Hudds/Kirklees area in general aint exactly an oil painting (i;m born dewsbury I should know) yet the cringeworthy 'shithole' chant has been doing the rounds for nearly 10 years now- hate it but it spills out every away game, probably from young lads who have never had the fortune to travel extensively and get out and about of their locality. The more modern Soccer am types have a lot to answer for trying to be witty/dark humour chants - I preferred the more direct and to the point non PC approach of " You're going home in a st Johns ambulance" - joke !
There was 3 whole empty blocks of seats between the town fans and the neutral section it wouldn't have been a hardship to open up a block properly and create a corden with the stewards in that top section of seating only, yet head steward decided to take the stance to squeeze everyone back across, a couple were ejected I saw.
You go week in week out too you can judge which 3-4 away fixtures attract this type of crowd you might want to select your seats with this in mind, last season I was down the front getting wet all quiet yesterday up the back as our seats had gone and a bit more lively.
Have a good sunday.
The songs that get churned out now stem from the singing section or from the Kilner side, does anyone challenge them ?? the Hudds/Kirklees area in general aint exactly an oil painting (i;m born dewsbury I should know) yet the cringeworthy 'shithole' chant has been doing the rounds for nearly 10 years now- hate it but it spills out every away game, probably from young lads who have never had the fortune to travel extensively and get out and about of their locality. The more modern Soccer am types have a lot to answer for trying to be witty/dark humour chants - I preferred the more direct and to the point non PC approach of " You're going home in a st Johns ambulance" - joke !
There was 3 whole empty blocks of seats between the town fans and the neutral section it wouldn't have been a hardship to open up a block properly and create a corden with the stewards in that top section of seating only, yet head steward decided to take the stance to squeeze everyone back across, a couple were ejected I saw.
You go week in week out too you can judge which 3-4 away fixtures attract this type of crowd you might want to select your seats with this in mind, last season I was down the front getting wet all quiet yesterday up the back as our seats had gone and a bit more lively.
Have a good sunday.