Swearing!!

[rippleman]

Baffled & bemused why somebody so over-sensitive to swearing would even consider taking very young (pre-teens) in the North Stand.

The club has provided you with sterile family facilities in the East Stand - so why not use them? It really isn't that difficult is it?

 

[Nibble]

Doesn't usually bother me. I sit in the North stand for the atmosphere and like it there. I've been going to footie since the 70's so I know the score.

My littleun is getting into footie now, she is 7 and has been to Chelsea about half a dozen times with me and to Brighton on Boxing day. Taking her to Brigthon again on the 17th, the day of her Birthday as that is what she wants to do. I'm chuffed about that.

The swearing on Boxing Day from right behind me made me feel quite uncomfortable with my littleun being there. I never ever swear when she is about, I have tried explaining to her that it is just part of the football and that she will hear bad words and that she shouldn't use them....

I aint no prude (ex sailor of 8 years) and I swear with the best of them in certain circumstances, but if there are kids about I just don't do it.

I nearly turned round to say something but bit my tongue, and that's not like me...lol....

It's not really nescessary to swear with every other word, is it?

Unfortunately this is what happens when people have children. What you would happily tolerate before now becomes the worst thing in the world. It comes from the false belief that one's child is somehow special and the world should adapt to the miracle child.

 

[Napper]

Unfortunately this is what happens when people have children. What you would happily tolerate before now becomes the worst thing in the world. It comes from the false belief that one's child is somehow special and the world should adapt to the miracle child.

true.

No kids are miracle children. In fact most of them are ugly pains in the arses

 

[dazzer6666]

North End of WSL isn't too bad........mostly people sleeping, clapping politely or empty seats (apart from the chap and his missus in the front row who spend every 90 mins slagging JFC off)

 

[Nitram]

There is an middle aged guy who sits in front of us, good as gold when he's with his wife but when his wife stays at home he turns into a right old Pink Fairy. Maybe get the lot behind you to bring their wives or Mums for a bit of decorum.

 

[vegster]

Doesn't usually bother me. I sit in the North stand for the atmosphere and like it there. I've been going to footie since the 70's so I know the score.

My littleun is getting into footie now, she is 7 and has been to Chelsea about half a dozen times with me and to Brighton on Boxing day. Taking her to Brigthon again on the 17th, the day of her Birthday as that is what she wants to do. I'm chuffed about that.

The swearing on Boxing Day from right behind me made me feel quite uncomfortable with my littleun being there. I never ever swear when she is about, I have tried explaining to her that it is just part of the football and that she will hear bad words and that she shouldn't use them....

I aint no prude (ex sailor of 8 years) and I swear with the best of them in certain circumstances, but if there are kids about I just don't do it.

I nearly turned round to say something but bit my tongue, and that's not like me...lol....

It's not really nescessary to swear with every other word, is it?

It's not going to change, its where all sorts of bankers, lawyers accountants, bus drivers etc etc can go where they can hurl foul abuse about and say that is acceptable. Try doing it in the cinema or Sainsburys and you are out the door. So either say that those swearing are rude and ignorant but they are words they will hear eventually anyway or don't take them.

 

[fat old seagull]

Unfortunately this is what happens when people have children. What you would happily tolerate before now becomes the worst thing in the world. It comes from the false belief that one's child is somehow special and the world should adapt to the miracle child.

Surely everyones child is special! There's a good chance you once were too.

 

[Nibble]

I always ask people to stop swearing on public transport, especially if it is clearly making people uncomfortable. I tolerate some scallywag behaviour, kids will be kids but grown adults need to moderate themselves.

However, what sort of **** takes a 7 year old to the North stand and gets the hump because of swearing?!

 

[Turkey]

Family stand here.. right up towards north stand, with two girls 5 & 7 ... both of them are now convinced that whenever a goal kick is taken, the traditional greeting is one of "oooooooohhhhhh... Your Sheep" ...

Other than that, we are close enough to get the atmosphere and far enough away that any songs are just a rough approximation of non-understandable noise (unless you actually know what is being sung)

Looking forward to the day I can explain exactly why the referee is indeed a winker.

I recall being a kid at the Goldstone 20 odd years ago and being told it was Oooooohhhhhhh Ooooo Eeeeee Rrrrrrrr. I loved that one as a kid. Finding out I'd been lied too was pretty crushing. I felt embarrassed, far worse than the revelation that the Easter Bunny wasn't real.

 

[Nibble]

Surely everyones child is special! There's a good chance you once were too.

Every child is special? That makes absolutely no sense. I'm biased though, I don't really like kids.

Actually, that's a misrepresentation. I do like kids I just don't want them. I like sharks too, I don want any of those either.

 

[Taybha]

To be fair im not sure what stand you sat in watching that shower of shit under Hyppia would of made any difference , with any luck the East stand shall now slip back into its silent running as the results improve on the pitch , theres no way i would take a youngster under 10 into the northstand under any circumstances , parents with kids that young that do have no comebacks imo when all hell breaks loose with the verbals .

 

[Husty]

Doesn't usually bother me. I sit in the North stand for the atmosphere and like it there. I've been going to footie since the 70's so I know the score.

My littleun is getting into footie now, she is 7 and has been to Chelsea about half a dozen times with me and to Brighton on Boxing day. Taking her to Brigthon again on the 17th, the day of her Birthday as that is what she wants to do. I'm chuffed about that.

The swearing on Boxing Day from right behind me made me feel quite uncomfortable with my littleun being there. I never ever swear when she is about, I have tried explaining to her that it is just part of the football and that she will hear bad words and that she shouldn't use them....

I aint no prude (ex sailor of 8 years) and I swear with the best of them in certain circumstances, but if there are kids about I just don't do it.

I nearly turned round to say something but bit my tongue, and that's not like me...lol....

It's not really nescessary to swear with every other word, is it?

Get out of the north stand then you utter, utter retard.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

What [MENTION=206]Marshy[/MENTION] said.

Although there are still people that swear there. To be honest, my kids probably here the same sort of 'colourful' language at school anyway...

 

[Norman Potting]

Following advice I "had the talk" with my boy (10 at the time) about language at football.

It went along the lines of "there are things that you will hear at the football that you can repeat at the football, but NOWHERE else." It was made very clear that it wouldn't be tolerated at home or even on the train or the approach road to the Amex, but at the game, in the heat of the action, that passion was part and parcel of football for many - and rather than pretend it didn't happen, we would approach it maturely.


Then the first time he stood and, at full voice, called the referee a w@nker, I died a little inside. It had seemed a sensible way to approach the issue of swearing with a pre-teen but, in hindsight, I'd really have preferred it had I never had to hear him say it.

Wise words. I have tried to convince youngest Potting that it is "...Your sheep, baaaaah" but I don't think she believes me.

Fond memories of an incident at Withdean where someone was remonstrating with fan in front of him regarding the virtually continuous foul language emanating from him. The very next incident on the pitch brought forth a loud shout of "referree, that was a preposterous decision!".

 

[Notters]

Family stand here.. right up towards north stand, with two girls 5 & 7 ... both of them are now convinced that whenever a goal kick is taken, the traditional greeting is one of "oooooooohhhhhh... Your Sheep" ...

Other than that, we are close enough to get the atmosphere and far enough away that any songs are just a rough approximation of non-understandable noise (unless you actually know what is being sung)

Looking forward to the day I can explain exactly why the referee is indeed a winker.

It has been used... I seem to recall we played Swansea at Gillingham and they had a goalkeeper called Roger. This was followed by "Roger Rogers Sheep, Roger Rogers Sheep, Roger Roger Roger Roger Roger Rogers Sheep".

 

[Justice]

Doesn't usually bother me. I sit in the North stand for the atmosphere and like it there. I've been going to footie since the 70's so I know the score.

My littleun is getting into footie now, she is 7 and has been to Chelsea about half a dozen times with me and to Brighton on Boxing day. Taking her to Brigthon again on the 17th, the day of her Birthday as that is what she wants to do. I'm chuffed about that.

The swearing on Boxing Day from right behind me made me feel quite uncomfortable with my littleun being there. I never ever swear when she is about, I have tried explaining to her that it is just part of the football and that she will hear bad words and that she shouldn't use them....

I aint no prude (ex sailor of 8 years) and I swear with the best of them in certain circumstances, but if there are kids about I just don't do it.

I nearly turned round to say something but bit my tongue, and that's not like me...lol....

It's not really nescessary to swear with every other word, is it?

So all the working class lads in the north should watch their p&q's just because your thick enough to take your kid in the North and not the family stand?

 

[London Irish]

I don't get it when people say it's a sign of a limited vocabulary, do they know just how many brilliant rude and sweary words are out there?

If my kids learn 'em quick I reckon they'll have the shock advantage over their mates

 

[el punal]

Doesn't usually bother me. I sit in the North stand for the atmosphere and like it there. I've been going to footie since the 70's so I know the score.

My littleun is getting into footie now, she is 7 and has been to Chelsea about half a dozen times with me and to Brighton on Boxing day. Taking her to Brigthon again on the 17th, the day of her Birthday as that is what she wants to do. I'm chuffed about that.

The swearing on Boxing Day from right behind me made me feel quite uncomfortable with my littleun being there. I never ever swear when she is about, I have tried explaining to her that it is just part of the football and that she will hear bad words and that she shouldn't use them....

I aint no prude (ex sailor of 8 years) and I swear with the best of them in certain circumstances, but if there are kids about I just don't do it.

I nearly turned round to say something but bit my tongue, and that's not like me...lol....

It's not really nescessary to swear with every other word, is it?

Unfortunately it goes with the territory (football I mean). Most of us swear at matches in moments of stress, and Albion fans have had more than their fair share of that lately!

Although it doesn't bother me too much I do find it tedious that you always get a "Billy Big Bollocks" (pardon me!) with his mates whose vocabulary stretches to five words - guess which ones.

As I have now started to take my six year old grandson to watch the Albion, it would probably be wise to brief him about the wrongs and rights of swearing. After all, the last thing that I want him to do is say #**!!!*##?!!! in front of his mother and then say it was me he got it from!

 

[Puppet Master]

 

[phazza]

Why should they stop swearing for your kid, if you were in the family stand and mouthing off I could see your gripe, but if you take them to the North its part and Parcel of the North.

I dont get the big deal with parents these days, I was always warned about swearing and if I was caught using it I'd be in trouble. Kids will have heard most things by 7 anyway apart from maybe the ****.

If you dont want her to hear swearing dont take her in the north, dont expect people to change how they behave just for you.

this exactly. there is a family stand for a reason!!