Beefy's Corner - The Off-Topic Chat Thread

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As said...very sad, but accidents happen (and I would say the same whichever ground it was). Won't even blame the Stoke fans for jumping up and down....this is a football crowd...unless someone deliberately pushed her (and I doubt that). For all anyone knows, she might have got excited as well when they scored. Stewards do their best and remember how much they get criticised and blamed for heavy handed policing. They will only interfere is there is a sign of violence and i doubt that is true. I find it very sad that people don't realise that what they are really doing is trying to alleviate grief. My mother who had had a stroke died after falling out of bed in the hospital. No one could have cared more for her than those nurses and she may have died anyway or fallen because she was dying. I had no interest in pursuing it...people today just won't accept accidents happen and we all die eventually.

That's an excellent point Fran; I had overlooked that myself and feel a little bad for not spotting that. I agree too that often people look to 'pursue' situations and this is often a way of dealing with the grief and may be more attention should be paid to helping people deal emotionally with these situations.

It is also a good point raised as to who was with her at the time.
 
I don't think you should have to curb your enthusiasm because of who may be sitting around you. If your team scores, go mental, especially if you travelled all that way.

As someone who went to Millwall away I agree with that (there was no way you could not go mental in those circumstances!) but at the same time the Stoke game was of no great importance. However, I guess in the heat of the moment people forget about that. If I was a Stoke fan would I have gone mental? I doubt it - I save going mental for goals that really matter such as Millwall away or Reading away (1-1 draw).
 
I remember a little while ago it was said on Saintsweb that the club were going to actually enforce the no standing rule this year...I suspect this is why.

I know it is highly unfortunate, but to be honest with you I wouldn't be happy for my very elderly grandmother (if I had one) to go to away games. At just about every away game I have ever attended I have been almost knocked over whenever we have scored. This doesn't make it acceptable, but it is the truth.
 
After a night out drinking, I always have this guilty feeling in my stomach. It makes me think "I'll change my drinking habits", but I know I won't.
 
I got it from twitter

Juan Arango ‏@JuanG_Arango 17m
Father in law said he was admitted to hospital with appendicitis that became peritonitis and complications led to resp. arrest. MD came late
 
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