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I went to Upton Park today to see West Ham take on my favourites Liverpool. As always, just being at a buzzing football stadium is a great feeling, and I was upbeat about the game.
I sat with my brother, dad and two of his friends, (all are L'pool fans apart from my dad, which was quite funny really) and we were with the Hammers fans. However, we were quite close the tiny area where some loyal 'Pool fans were sitting and chanting stuff like "You'll Never Walk Alone" etc. I nearly joined in a few times, but restrained myself thanks to the two biggish men in my row, who both had West Ham scarves.
Anyway, as the 'Pool fans were rightfully singing and chanting, some fat, ignorant, annoying, fat, idiot, yob, fat, ponce, fat West Ham fan stood up and screamed at the top of his lungs "OH, SHUT THE *beep* UP!!" Now, I know there are many more fans like this, but it was this guy who was a few rows in front of me at the time.
This sort of thing really gets to me. What makes them different from you?? You're singing, chanting (and most probably eating), why shouldn't they? I felt like telling him to shut his gigantic mouth, but the fact that he could've eaten a normal man for starters stopped me.
Later on, to my disgust, West Ham scored. There was lots of cheering and celebration, and then everyone sat down to watch the action, which had now restarted. But no, the massive Jelly-man had to stand up again, sarcastically wave at the Liverpool fans and scream "HELLO SCOUSIES!! HELLO SCOUSIES!!" He said in a very irritating, stupid tone too. I'm not a scouser, I live in the south east, and I find Harry Enfield's scouser sketches highly amusing. But I, as a Liverpool fan, took offence from that.
He continued this sort of stuff throughout the match, all the time me thinking how funny it would be if Liverpool equalised, and how hilarious it would be to go right up to him and shout at him, "HELLO SCOUSIES!!"
The 90th minute. A bit of a scramble in the box, and it comes to Micheal Owen, still looking for his 100th Premiership goal. Owen, with typical style, smashes it into the top corner. 1-1. Me and my dad's mates sat there whispering celebrations and punching the air (to an extent), and then I looked over at Jelly-Man. He looked like his wife had left him, he'd lost all his cash and been told that he would have to stick to the usual 3 meals a day. I laughed heartily, and was tempted to say something to him, but fortunately I came to my senses. He told the 'Pool fans to *beep* off again, but they were too busy cheering to care. Final score, 1-1.
I think Jelly-Man got his just desserts today, and it really made my day to see Liverpool equalise in such fashion, and to see his face fall as he realised that West Ham weren't going to win the match, and that the Liverpool fans he had shouted expletives at were now happier than he was.
Final score, Ant and friends 1, Jelly-Man 0.
I sat with my brother, dad and two of his friends, (all are L'pool fans apart from my dad, which was quite funny really) and we were with the Hammers fans. However, we were quite close the tiny area where some loyal 'Pool fans were sitting and chanting stuff like "You'll Never Walk Alone" etc. I nearly joined in a few times, but restrained myself thanks to the two biggish men in my row, who both had West Ham scarves.
Anyway, as the 'Pool fans were rightfully singing and chanting, some fat, ignorant, annoying, fat, idiot, yob, fat, ponce, fat West Ham fan stood up and screamed at the top of his lungs "OH, SHUT THE *beep* UP!!" Now, I know there are many more fans like this, but it was this guy who was a few rows in front of me at the time.
This sort of thing really gets to me. What makes them different from you?? You're singing, chanting (and most probably eating), why shouldn't they? I felt like telling him to shut his gigantic mouth, but the fact that he could've eaten a normal man for starters stopped me.
Later on, to my disgust, West Ham scored. There was lots of cheering and celebration, and then everyone sat down to watch the action, which had now restarted. But no, the massive Jelly-man had to stand up again, sarcastically wave at the Liverpool fans and scream "HELLO SCOUSIES!! HELLO SCOUSIES!!" He said in a very irritating, stupid tone too. I'm not a scouser, I live in the south east, and I find Harry Enfield's scouser sketches highly amusing. But I, as a Liverpool fan, took offence from that.
He continued this sort of stuff throughout the match, all the time me thinking how funny it would be if Liverpool equalised, and how hilarious it would be to go right up to him and shout at him, "HELLO SCOUSIES!!"
The 90th minute. A bit of a scramble in the box, and it comes to Micheal Owen, still looking for his 100th Premiership goal. Owen, with typical style, smashes it into the top corner. 1-1. Me and my dad's mates sat there whispering celebrations and punching the air (to an extent), and then I looked over at Jelly-Man. He looked like his wife had left him, he'd lost all his cash and been told that he would have to stick to the usual 3 meals a day. I laughed heartily, and was tempted to say something to him, but fortunately I came to my senses. He told the 'Pool fans to *beep* off again, but they were too busy cheering to care. Final score, 1-1.
I think Jelly-Man got his just desserts today, and it really made my day to see Liverpool equalise in such fashion, and to see his face fall as he realised that West Ham weren't going to win the match, and that the Liverpool fans he had shouted expletives at were now happier than he was.
Final score, Ant and friends 1, Jelly-Man 0.
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There's only one Michael Owen!!!
Great result today seeing as its a difficult ground to go to!! Still up there mind - Come on you REDS!!!
Great result today seeing as its a difficult ground to go to!! Still up there mind - Come on you REDS!!!
Cheer up Arsene Wenger, how good can it be for a Homosexual Frenchman and a S*** Football team
Heh.
Jelly man, I like that :o)
"Fat Yob Is Not The Word..."
No, its not. Jelly man is tho :-)
Hmm, well, you get them don't you. Those people. That can give it out, but can't take it back. They should have all gone up to him and said "HELLO SCOUSERS" "HELLO SCOUSERS"
Would have been funny :)
Im playing footy tomorrow. Just a mess around, but we have a net so its class.
(We actually stole the net)
:-) Ho Ho Ho. Ok. Maybe Ha Ha Ha
Jelly man, I like that :o)
"Fat Yob Is Not The Word..."
No, its not. Jelly man is tho :-)
Hmm, well, you get them don't you. Those people. That can give it out, but can't take it back. They should have all gone up to him and said "HELLO SCOUSERS" "HELLO SCOUSERS"
Would have been funny :)
Im playing footy tomorrow. Just a mess around, but we have a net so its class.
(We actually stole the net)
:-) Ho Ho Ho. Ok. Maybe Ha Ha Ha
Completely agree with what you're saying. The thing is these football fans really have no idea how stupid they look. Now I'm all for humourous taunting; I remember being at a Crewe match where the entire away section singled out one crewe fan in a pink shirt who had been taunting them and sang in one voice "Pinkie is a P***ter!". Even pinkie found this humorous and they ended up having a competition to see who could chant the most original abuse. It was actually very funny and entirely good-natured. However, on the other side of the coin I saw a Sunderland fan hospitalised after cheering a goal while in the Notts Forest end. That was absolutely disgraceful.
As for the morons like "Jelly man" all it takes is for one person to tell them how stupid they look and they usually go and hide in embarassment. Problems occur if the abusers are in a group because that's when people, sorry men, become confrontational after being egged on by their mates. Perhaps if these guys took their wives to the matches the atmosphere would be a lot more friendly. Oops, I forgot most of them are probably far too fat/stupid/abusive to have wives. In fact most of them are probably hiding deeps insecurities about their sexuality, which results in them being as "masculine" as possible to try and hide it. Perhaps if you could express that in monosyllabic words they could understand then they might sit down and shut up.
One thing I have noticed at Crewe matches is the new anti-hooligan policies kicking in. Anyone who kicks up a fuss or insults others gets warned by the stewards, and if they do it again the steward radios a cameraman who films the perpetrator, who presumably gets banned from games. If this is adopted nationwide as opposed to in the Nationwide (ho ho..) then maybe yobs like Jelly Man would have to find something else to do on a Saturday afternoon. Like go to the gym maybe :-)
As for the morons like "Jelly man" all it takes is for one person to tell them how stupid they look and they usually go and hide in embarassment. Problems occur if the abusers are in a group because that's when people, sorry men, become confrontational after being egged on by their mates. Perhaps if these guys took their wives to the matches the atmosphere would be a lot more friendly. Oops, I forgot most of them are probably far too fat/stupid/abusive to have wives. In fact most of them are probably hiding deeps insecurities about their sexuality, which results in them being as "masculine" as possible to try and hide it. Perhaps if you could express that in monosyllabic words they could understand then they might sit down and shut up.
One thing I have noticed at Crewe matches is the new anti-hooligan policies kicking in. Anyone who kicks up a fuss or insults others gets warned by the stewards, and if they do it again the steward radios a cameraman who films the perpetrator, who presumably gets banned from games. If this is adopted nationwide as opposed to in the Nationwide (ho ho..) then maybe yobs like Jelly Man would have to find something else to do on a Saturday afternoon. Like go to the gym maybe :-)
It does, you gotta chant the atmosphere would be non-existent otherwise.
It's all part of the Football, shouting at the opposition when you score.
Oh and keep the swearing that also adds to the atmosphere, just get rid of those chimps who decide to resort to racism.
It's all part of the Football, shouting at the opposition when you score.
Oh and keep the swearing that also adds to the atmosphere, just get rid of those chimps who decide to resort to racism.
Sorry but the chanting adds to the atmosphere of the game, when the opposition fans are giving it the biggon and your team scores, theres only one thing you can shout....
"YOURE NOT SINGING ANYMORE........YOOOOOURE NOT SINGING ANYMORE"
Admitedly though I think the swearing should be cut out of football altogether, especially as we all want to see younger fans at the games nowadays.
So final verdict:
Keep on chanting, but cut the swearing
"YOURE NOT SINGING ANYMORE........YOOOOOURE NOT SINGING ANYMORE"
Admitedly though I think the swearing should be cut out of football altogether, especially as we all want to see younger fans at the games nowadays.
So final verdict:
Keep on chanting, but cut the swearing
I was watching Saints play Sheff Wed at the Dell (a while back) and Sheff Wed scored a goal. Being at the tender age of 8 I accidentaly jumped up and screamed goal!, come on Dad we scored - being a Sheff Wed supporter. Luckily we were in teh family part so I just got nasty looks from OAP's. I could have 'em anyday. "Come on then" I said.......
Exactly and I think that people should actually clap to the away fans because they are loyal enough to follow their team and they should be proud when someone from miles away comes to THEIR stadium-I think they should be proud of that.... But thats just me
Triple_H wrote:
> I know what you mean. When I go to see Spurs play at home, there is always
> someone who starts taunting the away fans and tell them to sling their
> rooks.....The worst thing is that one of my schoolmates dad is a
> troublemaker...He goes to matches taunts the opposition and tries to get in
> fights with them. And guess what? My mate is actually proud of that and wants to
> belike his dad. I mean come on what kind of an influence is that???
Damn right, some people only go to football matches to get into fights with opposition fans!
Everyone has the right to support a team, whether they be home or away.
> I know what you mean. When I go to see Spurs play at home, there is always
> someone who starts taunting the away fans and tell them to sling their
> rooks.....The worst thing is that one of my schoolmates dad is a
> troublemaker...He goes to matches taunts the opposition and tries to get in
> fights with them. And guess what? My mate is actually proud of that and wants to
> belike his dad. I mean come on what kind of an influence is that???
Damn right, some people only go to football matches to get into fights with opposition fans!
Everyone has the right to support a team, whether they be home or away.
I know what you mean. When I go to see Spurs play at home, there is always someone who starts taunting the away fans and tell them to sling their rooks.....The worst thing is that one of my schoolmates dad is a troublemaker...He goes to matches taunts the opposition and tries to get in fights with them. And guess what? My mate is actually proud of that and wants to belike his dad. I mean come on what kind of an influence is that???
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