[Albion] Saturday - bad vibes in the family area

[Wrong-Direction]

Weve seen away fans (mostly kids admittedly) in the family stand on quite a few occasions, which has raised a few eyebrows but nothing more. I would've been tempted to have a word with a steward at halftime if it was that bad on Saturday - but totally agree it was uncalled for.
Randomly, my mate (BHAFC through and through) sat in the away end with his Mrs on Saturday as she got tickets through friends (she is from up that way) and my mate said it was a much better atmosphere compared to where he normally sits at the Amex, and none of the Geordies cared one bit that he was sat with them, despite him clearly being Albion.

Hmmm [emoji848]

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[Triggaaar]

Sorry to hear this - sounds like you were around some idiots going OTT - but... E1H is a designated home area, not a mixed zone. As such, your party should have been more discrete imo.

Same - I am sorry that you received the abuse that you did, but you really shouldn't have away fans in the home end. With tensions high (us being relegation threatened) you're asking for trouble.

 

[Geestar]

Home end!

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[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

I think you got unlucky.

Back in the 90's my mate's family all had season tickets at wimbledon and would go up and watch them play when the Albion were away. I'd go on ocassion with them if one of the sisters didn't go.

One week Brighton were away(at Birmingham 3-3 draw, more on that later) and Wimbledon were away but Palace were at home. It was the mid 90's so tickets were still dirt cheap so he decided to go up to selhurst anyway and watch Palace v Forest. My mate was going with him and asked if i wanted to go. Why not I thought, so after our saturday morning football training we jumped in his dad's car and went up to selhurst.

We were sat in the main stand, towards the sainsburys end. My mate's dad warned us to not say anything that would give us away as being brighton fans, advice that we heeded for about ten minutes but as the game went on and it became clear that Forest were much better than Palace and that ex-palace striker Stan Collymore was having a blinder and definitely going to score it became increasingly difficult for us to hold our tongues.

By half time a fair few of the palace fans around us had cottoned on that we were Brighton but to there credit(and I rarely give them credit) they didn't react by shouting and swearing at us (a middle aged man and two 14 year old kids) they just gave us some good natured banter. Particularly at half time when the scores from around the grounds were read out and it was revealed that Brighton were 3-1 down at Brum. The back and forth banter continued through the second half although by full time we were enjoying it much more than them as they had lost 3-1 at home(including a great goal by collymore) while Brighton had mounted a stirring comeback to draw 3-3.

So, in short, you got unlucky with the guy getting shouty, abusive and aggressive. I hope it doesn't put your daughter off long term.

 

[Albion my Albion]

You just got a bit unlucky I think which is a shame.

I have no problem with having the odd away fan around me as long as they don't jump around like an idiot if there team scores.

When I'm at an away match and sitting in a home side area and BHA scores I stand and give a minute of applause (very gently). It usually amuses the home fans around me enough that they chuckle a bit while wallowing in their misery.

 

[CHAPPERS]

I think you got unlucky.

Back in the 90's my mate's family all had season tickets at wimbledon and would go up and watch them play when the Albion were away. I'd go on ocassion with them if one of the sisters didn't go.

One week Brighton were away(at Birmingham 3-3 draw, more on that later) and Wimbledon were away but Palace were at home. It was the mid 90's so tickets were still dirt cheap so he decided to go up to selhurst anyway and watch Palace v Forest. My mate was going with him and asked if i wanted to go. Why not I thought, so after our saturday morning football training we jumped in his dad's car and went up to selhurst.

We were sat in the main stand, towards the sainsburys end. My mate's dad warned us to not say anything that would give us away as being brighton fans, advice that we heeded for about ten minutes but as the game went on and it became clear that Forest were much better than Palace and that ex-palace striker Stan Collymore was having a blinder and definitely going to score it became increasingly difficult for us to hold our tongues.

By half time a fair few of the palace fans around us had cottoned on that we were Brighton but to there credit(and I rarely give them credit) they didn't react by shouting and swearing at us (a middle aged man and two 14 year old kids) they just gave us some good natured banter. Particularly at half time when the scores from around the grounds were read out and it was revealed that Brighton were 3-1 down at Brum. The back and forth banter continued through the second half although by full time we were enjoying it much more than them as they had lost 3-1 at home(including a great goal by collymore) while Brighton had mounted a stirring comeback to draw 3-3.

So, in short, you got unlucky with the guy getting shouty, abusive and aggressive. I hope it doesn't put your daughter off long term.

That 3-3 at Birmingham was some game. Getting pelted with stuff from the upper tier less fun but hey ho.

 

[SeagullDubai]

When I'm at an away match and sitting in a home side area and BHA scores I stand and give a minute of applause (very gently). It usually amuses the home fans around me enough that they chuckle a bit while wallowing in their misery.

Bet that hasn't happened very often

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[Justice]

Man City game should be interesting already know a few City fans are in the North.

 

[Gilliver's Travels]

What a depressing thread. Tell the kids of today that we used to regularly find ourselves alongside pockets of away fans in the Goldstone North Stand back in the sixties - resulting in nothing worse than mutually insulting banter - and they'll never believe you.

Football fans have a lot to learn from those rugby crowds. But, sadly, never will.

 

[Goldstone1976]

When I'm at an away match and sitting in a home side area and BHA scores I stand and give a minute of applause (very gently). It usually amuses the home fans around me enough that they chuckle a bit while wallowing in their misery.

 

[Algernon]

It shouldn't matter where you sat but it does.
Unfortunately you sat near a mouthy plum who thought he'd let you know it mattered.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

When I'm at an away match and sitting in a home side area and BHA scores I stand and give a minute of applause (very gently). It usually amuses the home fans around me enough that they chuckle a bit while wallowing in their misery.

You're riding your luck

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[Albion my Albion]

Bet that hasn't happened very often

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A few times. I'm not afraid of being the weirdo.

 

[Chicken Run]

I had a pretty horrendous experience of a couple of gobby Toon fans sat next to me in the WSL for that 2-1 loss a couple of seasons back, when Diame scored the flukiest goal of all time. Still kinda wish to this day I had screamed for a policeman/pointed them out to a steward and gotten them chucked out before their two late goals.

Ant or Dec really were annoying that game.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Thanks for the reply. Honestly don't know how we could have been more discrete. No hats, scarves, singing - just trying to watch the game.

And you had 4 kids with you. Personally, I’d report this to the club. Do you have their seat numbers?

 

[bhafcjack]

There's a home section and away section for a reason.

 

[Brian Fantana]

Literally no sympathy for the OP at all. Bringing away fans into the home end, regardless of whether it is the family stand or not, is a thoroughly daft thing to do - especially given the context of the match and how important it was.

 

[ROSM]

There were some newcastle fans in the queue for the east Lower loos at half time, bemoaning that they had been treated badly by neighbouring fans. Sadly with the accent and load complaints they did stick out like sore thumb. Somebody got irate at them and somebody else tried to make a humourous comment to take the heat out of it. One of the away fans then said something overly harsh to the brighton fan who had got irate with them. So in the end the other guy gave up trying to use humour to calm it down and just suggested that everybody do what they came to the gents to do and move on.

I dont know if these are you or your party (would have been the wrong end of the east stand by the sounds of it as you said you were in H) and im sorry that your family ended up being subjected to that level of intimidation. However, even when feeling youre are being low key its easy for away fans to stand out and when emotions run high as they were on Saturday, its understandable that people wont be as tolerant as normal

 

[BN9 BHA]

. Personally I have no real problem with an away fan sneaking in behind enemy lines, we have all done it, but they should keep pretty quiet. .

I haven't, I'm sure many have but I wouldn't say " we have all done it "
Personally I would rather not go to a match if I couldn't be in the Albion end.

 

[Marshy]

When I'm at an away match and sitting in a home side area and BHA scores I stand and give a minute of applause (very gently). It usually amuses the home fans around me enough that they chuckle a bit while wallowing in their misery.

Does not happen often though does it ...