Travelling with a 16 year old, I was a light weight, just drinking in our nice city centre hotel.
When we went up for the 6-1 FAC match in 2012, even though I'd been to the city before, I was surprised/shocked at the huge swathes of poverty. Mile after mile in some suburbs. Which even 15...
There's been loads of footage over the years of very old sods doing that. There was a granny at The Emirates in the front row using the wnkr sign at ManU players, with a face contorted with hate. Pathetic, scummy, grow up.
Next you're going to admit to watching a live Amex game on TV. Plastic, JCL, bedwetter, Troy Deeney lookalike, scouse-lover, pikey, Barber and every other grown-up insult the main board can throw at you.
I lived in Southampton for a while. It was rubbish compared to Brighton, with a complete concrete jungle of a centre (thanks to the Luftwaffe), bar tiny remnants of an ancient wall and lacking the buzz of many regional cities.
I quite like that chant.
There are actually a handful of clubs out there, where fans chants are in the main positive about their club and they rarely slag others off. Everton, Liverpool, Arsenal spring to mind. I like that positivity and passion.
Other clubs such as Norwich and Stoke have a contorted-ugly-faces hate...