Would you have clouted this bloke ...

Got to admire the dad for not reacting, must have been heartbreaking to witness somebody attacking your child. I wouldnt have been man enough to restrain myself, the red mist would descend and I would have smashed the cowards face to a pulp. I hope dad & son get over this, the bond a dad creates with his kids on matchday is special.

 

Reading the article I don't think the Dad knew who had done it and neither did the lad.

By the time he was identified to the police by other Villa fans the Dad couldn't do much.

 

He has his name, and he knew which town he lived in.
Id have personally tracked him down if it was one of my lads that were hit by a grown man.

 

Yeah, I meant at the time of the incident.

He would likely be the one doing time while the other got a slap on the wrist.

 

My kids would be horrified to see me react in the way I probably would and would probably never forget it, in a way it was a good thing the bloke never actually seen it happen or it could have been the scenario you describe. My kids have never even heard me swear and I would hate to be put in a situation like that poor fella because they would see a side of me they should never have to see. Bloke is a scumbag and hopefully gets a slap every now and again because of his actions, he certainly would if he lived in my area.

 

If this was Sunderland I'd hope, and believe, there would be a crowd fund effort from us to buy the kid and his dad a season ticket or whatever.

I'd also expect a petition/open letter to inform the thug that he's no longer welcome at the SOL.

Birmingham, however, isn't Sunderland.

I did the door on the Brass House and found the people a bit leery tbh.

 

Sunderland is unique in that respect in my opinion, good to be a part of a club that has fans who watch each others back.

 

I'd happily contribute to something like that, no room for cowardly violence like that in football no matter which team it is.

 

Last time I was at Millwall with a broken leg, in a wheelchair, I asked the polis how was I supposed to get up the steps to South Bermondsey station, they didn't have a clue, Sunderland supporters just carried me up, didn't even have to ask. Not saying other supporters wouldn't have done it, but, I found it quite overwhelming to be honest. That's what's really special about our football club, yet here we are with a leadership that is critical about people who demonstrate such kindness and camaraderie.

 

It's 2020, there's no room for any kind of violence in football anymore, blokes still acting the hardman with blokes who support other teams are a bit pathetic to be honest. The 1970's was a different time and has long gone.

This however, is a whole different level of cowardly and should have come with a custodial sentence. It looks like he'll lose his job though so he's ****ed his own life up with such disgusting behaviour.

 

Or remove the bollocks with a potato peeler. What a fekin cretin

 

Never been much of a scrapper mesell, and I'm past the age anyway. But, there are ways.

If it had been my lads, that bloke could have expected an intervention he would never forget. Probably when I was on holiday.

 

That's your answer to everything