The Spanish Flu lead to the Roaring Twenties, and plenty has been written as to how the awfulness of the years of WWI and the pandemic lead to it. Granted we’ve not had the prime of youth slaughtered on the fields of Europe, but young people are kicking back against the restrictions of the last couple of years and enjoy life again on their terms. Two years is a long time when you’re in your late teens and twenties, they’re playing catch-up. I’m too old for that **** these days, but I do remember what it’s like to be young and invincible and old people tutting because I want conforming to their idea of well behaved. As long as everyone agrees on behaviour that isn’t on, like throwing stuff on the pitch, ripping up the stadium and/or trains, and intimidating and threatening people, then they can crack on having a good time as far as I’m concerned. Mind you I might be biased because someone tutted and grumbled “sit down!” at me in West Stand recently because I didn’t sit down quick enough after clapping the team back on the pitch after half time.
As already pointed out,why is it necessary to announce it? We all know it's illegal to carry drugs on our person,why the need to announce on the radio that some alsatian is gonna be poking it's nose up your arse or in your genitals,It's not really necessary in my view.
Probably to try and avoid a fair proportion of certain sections getting nicked. Possibly to try and provide reassurance to law abiding parents that their kids on Tuesday won't be surrounded by violent Coke heads if the take advantage of the ticket offer Either way, it was the SMC that chose to use RH a means to announce it, which flies against the idea that Burnsy just decided to drag the club through the mud as has been suggested.
I doubt too many of the cokeheads listen to Burnsey, but in any event, as a so called journalist, he should have realised that people being aware should make the number of finds minimal, which makes the furor he tried to kick up look even more ridiculous. I can't believe people defend the local radio station trying to make a mountain out of what isn't even a molehill.
They've done it in cohort with the SMC. It's ridiculous blaming Burnsy for a narrative clearly controlled by the club.
An announcement is one thing, an extended phone in and over exaggeration of the issues is quite another.
Best tell talksport that for co- commissioning the report then. Maybe at the same time tell the bloke that got hit in the head with a seat that he's exaggerating.
TalkSport also blow things out of proportion for clicks. The titles of some of their YouTube videos are incredibly clickbaity. Journalists often provoke controversial debates as it makes for interesting listening, even if it’s not representative of what’s actually happening. In the case of the Radio Humberside call-in, you have anecdotes of seats being chucked, which is inexcusable but not common. Then you have bed-wetters complaining about swearing at games. It’s just cultivated outrage.
It really doesn't make one iota of a difference to me what Burnsy says on the radio.I don't listen to it. I get where people are coming from with this though,negative spin about the supposed upsurge in Football violence is hardly likely to encourage Fathers to grab their 5 year old son by the hand and walk along Anlaby Rd to find out,is it? If the new-owners fire is extinguished before it's took hold due to knee-jerk reaction prompting radio talk-ins then we may not see a resurgence of kids wearing Hull City kit and supporting in the future. I sense that the young element are beginning to attach themselves to football crews but I firmly believe that it will be stamped out pretty sharpish.The Police in Hull know where it's happening and I'll bet you a pound to a penny that they know all their names off by heart already... Go back to the very early 70's and the level of violence at Football and ask yourself why it never stopped any of us going? It was part and parcel of Football and if you didn't want to get involved you didn't.No difference nowadays!!
I've been hit by more over zealous Policemen than away fans over the past decades, and no, I wasn't doing anything wrong, and even had a child in my arms on one occasion. You just seem like a bit of a clueless wum now, and a rather tedious one at that, so I'll leave you to it from here on in.
Over zealous policing is a separate issue, no less significant. What we don't need is a cycle of escalation between groups of fans and police. On that we agree.
Coppers have always had a chip on their shoulder regarding football fans. They loathe working match-days in and around the ground and take it out on fans who look at them the wrong way.
Over zealous Policing is very much part of the issue, and doesn't appear in any of the 'statistics' you're clinging to, which shows how much faith you should put in them. Fair play for getting another reply.
If you've got some fear or trepidation about attending a game then no-one is forcing your arm up your back.Have you personally seen anything that has caused your concern or are you listening to radio talk-ins too much?.I can see the force in maybe not fancying an away jolly to Millwall or somewhere equivalent but I see no fear in going to watch Hull at home.
I tend avoid areas where my kids may feel intimidated - but it annoys me when flares are thrown on the pitch with the effect a path to a goalscoring opportunity is blocked, I don't want to see bottles coming onto the pitch, I don't like to see violence at football and seats chucked. If some would rather blame the bbc than accept that this **** is rearing its ugly head again then that's up to them.
More bottles were thrown on the pitch by Birmingham than by City fans all season and the Police were under zealous about doing owt about that.
Believe me, I've no desire to defend the way the local constabulary police games. That doesn't excuse chavvy wannabe green-streeters ****ing the game up for the rest of us though.
In the 80’s I was more worried about dodging Stanley knives and bricks, but feel free. I’m not a bad size to hide behind
