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The thing is, I've no idea how many games you go to, or where you go to them. It's possible that you've heard something that didn't seem particularly bad and you've forgotten it. I've no idea how often I've heard homophobic remarks, I generally ignore them, being far more concerned with whether...

If they are banned from football, that's a good step. Extremely disappointing if they're not though.

What? "New study finds that homophobia is common in Australian sport" "AT least 75 per cent of respondents to a study on homophobia in Australian sport say they have witnessed or experienced homophobia." "The study revealed 75 per cent of heterosexual respondents and 85 per cent of LGB...

But not every fan committing an offense has to be prosecuted. See a hundred fans causing an offense, video them, go and grab one, kick them out and ban them from football. Then go back and see if the chants are continuing and grab another. Repeat. The fans would soon stop. How many really want...

From that thread: MOG - "Kemp Town consists of Arundel Terrace, Chichester Terrace, Lewes Crescent and Sussex Square. It has given its name to the larger Kemptown region of Brighton. Therefore St. James's Street is not in Kemp Town but is in Kemptown." HB&B - "Rubbish!!! Its like Estate agents...

Get your phone out and video for evidence.

I'm fine with that. But that doesn't mean we should only investigate the worst crimes, that would be daft. The police that attend our games are paid for by the clubs, right? It doesn't come out of the general police budget. And while the police and stewards are there, I don't imagine it costs...

I'm not knowledgeable on Kemp Town/Kemptown - I had assumed it included St James's Street, so just googled where the boundaries were. I typed "where is kemp town brighton" and Google came back with "Did you mean: where is kemptown brighton". It also came up with a map with an area called...

Actually homophobia isn't something that impacts on my family or those closest to me (ableism is), but I'm confident that I understand it and I do care about the issue, just as I do about racism too. Earlier I commented on how I imagined it would be worse for gay fans of the teams we play...

Not a lot it seems. General meaningless abuse is fine. Racism isn't, homophobia isn't. Do you accept that it's not ok to chant racist abuse at football matches? If so, why can't you see that chanting homophobic abuse is also wrong? If people are taken out of the crowd and excluded from...

No they don't. Show me one instance of where our fans have complained about getting stick. No, you can't. You're suggesting that homophobia is 'a bit of stick', which it clearly isn't. If our town had a larger section ethnic minorities and an opposing team was chanting racist abuse instead...

They're not too sensitive, you're just a bit clueless about what being racist and homophobic is. I'm not sure you can see the difference between jokes like 'sheep shaggers' and homophobia. Prosecuting people will make it stop. Thankfully we don't really have racist chanting here any more, and...

Just like they'll never stop the racist abuse, right? :facepalm:

It doesn't offend me (although it might if I had children with me), but then I'm not gay so it's unlikely to. I know that it will upset some people though, so I'm not going to just turn a blind eye. It's wrong and it should be stopped. Sure there will be some who think being offended on the...