Todays Atmosphere.
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:05 pmInside the Ground.
Thought the Blues fans were impeccable today. Brilliant atmosphere inside singing loud and proud for much of the match. Take a bow one and all.
Outside the ground.
Had to wait outside the ground for a mate to collect his ticket until about 5 mins before kick-off, now I normally find that getting to the ground for City fans wearing colours at The Swamp is reasonable, it tends to be when you leave that you encounter problems. Today their seemed to be an extra edge to proceedings with many Blues wearing colours coming under sustained verbal attack on their walk to the ground. Amongst these were a couple of girls almost reduced to tears at the level of vitriol that they received. I then watched as kick-off approached as a large crowd of U****d fans gathered around the city fans entrance in an intimidating manner. Now I must stress that their was no disorder of note apart from alot of verbal and a bit of pushing and shoving a few punches were thrown, but the Rozzers were always firmly in control without breaking sweat. although it did take them some time to clear away the U****d fans that had no cause or reason to be in the area.
Didn't see too many problems after the game apart from the odd surges and a bit of tub thumping, but I do park my car away from the areas that confrontations may occur.
My point is, although these confrontations and verbal attacks are clearly not acceptable in the modern game, in games such as these where we chose to wear colours to and from the game, should we see them as inevitable and just accept them as going with the territory.
After all we would all probably expect U****d fans to suffer the same torment at our Gaff (as the Cockneys say)
Discuss.
Kippax.
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Thought the Blues fans were impeccable today. Brilliant atmosphere inside singing loud and proud for much of the match. Take a bow one and all.
Outside the ground.
Had to wait outside the ground for a mate to collect his ticket until about 5 mins before kick-off, now I normally find that getting to the ground for City fans wearing colours at The Swamp is reasonable, it tends to be when you leave that you encounter problems. Today their seemed to be an extra edge to proceedings with many Blues wearing colours coming under sustained verbal attack on their walk to the ground. Amongst these were a couple of girls almost reduced to tears at the level of vitriol that they received. I then watched as kick-off approached as a large crowd of U****d fans gathered around the city fans entrance in an intimidating manner. Now I must stress that their was no disorder of note apart from alot of verbal and a bit of pushing and shoving a few punches were thrown, but the Rozzers were always firmly in control without breaking sweat. although it did take them some time to clear away the U****d fans that had no cause or reason to be in the area.
Didn't see too many problems after the game apart from the odd surges and a bit of tub thumping, but I do park my car away from the areas that confrontations may occur.
My point is, although these confrontations and verbal attacks are clearly not acceptable in the modern game, in games such as these where we chose to wear colours to and from the game, should we see them as inevitable and just accept them as going with the territory.
After all we would all probably expect U****d fans to suffer the same torment at our Gaff (as the Cockneys say)
Discuss.
Kippax.
.