scoobiewhite
Well-known member
I know this is a personal experience and I know that several posters have been chastised for moaning and doing nothing about it but I was gutted by how much negativity I experienced at and around the ground today.
Some was down to away fan nonsense but some was down to our own fans lack of resilience and perspective. Some, I’m sure, was just bad luck.
Firstly we had some away fans near us who had got into a home section. When Andone did what he did, they were full of expletive laden outrage, right in front of a young kid, who clearly looked distressed.
Several home fans had a word appropriately and they apologised profusely. Then when dunk (nearly) scored, 3 prats went straight at them and went well over the top, starting a fight right in front of the poor kid who looked like he never wanted to go to a footy match again. I get that the away fans had it coming but seriously, there was a child less than a foot away and he looked f****** terrified.
We alerted the stewards and the away fans were removed, but the way the group of home fans went for them was well over the top in an area full of kids.
After the match, walking back to the bridge car park, some geezer (home fan) pokes us (me and the wife) on the shoulder and starts giving us abuse for trying to calm the situation. One in particular started bleating that women are ruining the game, women refs are all wh****s etc. It was properly intimidating. Unfortunately we were passed the station and there were no stewards to alert at that point.
Then we get to the car park and after letting out a couple of cars in front of us, some bloke (again a home fan with a BHA number plate) lost the plot and started screaming at us in his Chelsea tractor. He nearly took the front bumper off our car and threatened to do all sorts of nasty things to us, just for letting others out first.
I’ve always been proud to support a team with a fan base that has a good sense of humour, perspective and resilience. At the withdean, there was always a great bunker mentality, but since the middle of last season I’ve experienced irrational, hostile behaviour on several occasions. I just don’t recognise this as a long term season ticket holding fan.
So where am I going with this....am I just another moaner.....
No, I hope not, we tried to take the aggro out of the situations we were faced with and I urge all other true Albion fans to do the same.
If you see this kind of nonsense going on, don’t turn a blind eye. Step in, report it, or if that’s not possible stand with those who are being threatened. It’s 2019 and we should be able to attend a sporting event involving a team we’ve supported all our life without this kind of bull**** going on.
I’m really enjoying the start to the season. It’s exciting. We’re going to win some, we are going to lose some, but why do we need to tolerate arse****s who can’t take the rough with the smooth.
Rant over.
Some was down to away fan nonsense but some was down to our own fans lack of resilience and perspective. Some, I’m sure, was just bad luck.
Firstly we had some away fans near us who had got into a home section. When Andone did what he did, they were full of expletive laden outrage, right in front of a young kid, who clearly looked distressed.
Several home fans had a word appropriately and they apologised profusely. Then when dunk (nearly) scored, 3 prats went straight at them and went well over the top, starting a fight right in front of the poor kid who looked like he never wanted to go to a footy match again. I get that the away fans had it coming but seriously, there was a child less than a foot away and he looked f****** terrified.
We alerted the stewards and the away fans were removed, but the way the group of home fans went for them was well over the top in an area full of kids.
After the match, walking back to the bridge car park, some geezer (home fan) pokes us (me and the wife) on the shoulder and starts giving us abuse for trying to calm the situation. One in particular started bleating that women are ruining the game, women refs are all wh****s etc. It was properly intimidating. Unfortunately we were passed the station and there were no stewards to alert at that point.
Then we get to the car park and after letting out a couple of cars in front of us, some bloke (again a home fan with a BHA number plate) lost the plot and started screaming at us in his Chelsea tractor. He nearly took the front bumper off our car and threatened to do all sorts of nasty things to us, just for letting others out first.
I’ve always been proud to support a team with a fan base that has a good sense of humour, perspective and resilience. At the withdean, there was always a great bunker mentality, but since the middle of last season I’ve experienced irrational, hostile behaviour on several occasions. I just don’t recognise this as a long term season ticket holding fan.
So where am I going with this....am I just another moaner.....
No, I hope not, we tried to take the aggro out of the situations we were faced with and I urge all other true Albion fans to do the same.
If you see this kind of nonsense going on, don’t turn a blind eye. Step in, report it, or if that’s not possible stand with those who are being threatened. It’s 2019 and we should be able to attend a sporting event involving a team we’ve supported all our life without this kind of bull**** going on.
I’m really enjoying the start to the season. It’s exciting. We’re going to win some, we are going to lose some, but why do we need to tolerate arse****s who can’t take the rough with the smooth.
Rant over.