Even more ironically it's actually a photo of 2 City fans fighting who had raided the respective club shops that morning and then decided to attend a match in which they had no interest.
But they'll sell 'home' tickets to anybody. I've been there a couple of times in the home end, just sit on my hands...
I think that's a fair point, it's all about being respectful about where you are and who you're with. Celebrating in the home end when you're not supposed to be there is a daft and you can't complain if you're thrown out. Our stewards have always been soft on that sort of thing.
Yes with a Will Gompertz style critique 'The Hessle Road matriarch steps in to intervene as her man finds himself being battered. The perennially underperforming local police are caricatured as impotent onlookers, with the Hull fan representing the disenfranchised trawling community as he tussles with the Rovers East Hull ex docker type in a trompe l'oeil fine de siècle tour de force which references the scramble for Siemens jobs.'
I'd need to read all of the regulations prior to answering that one, which I presume that you did before entering the ground for the first time?
I think the wording is actually quite ambiguous, it says something like 'any away fans making themselves known' or something similar.
You can't help but see the reg's OTL - they're plastered all round the outside of the ground; take you a minute, maximum, to read them.
This season at the Liverpool game I was supporting us from the Anfield main stand. I managed most of the match under the radar, standing up at every single bloody goal and even threw in some vague nodding with each comment about how on fire the home team were. As we stood up to leave at 90 minutes it became obvious the guy behind me had realised I wasn't a red and put his hand on my shoulder to offer me some counselling, also commenting on how long my drive home will feel. If fans conduct themselves in an appropriate manner for the situation then I don't really see there being a major issue - the problem occurs when emotions overspill and people forget where they are.
It's one thing quietly observing the away team you are supporting from the home stand, it's another thing jumping up and punching the air when your team has just equalised with 6 minutes to go. Home and away fans often share the park and ride bus and discuss the match and their teams sensibly, but emotions can run high when you have just seen the opposite team score and some twat is celebrating in front of you like they are in their front room watching Sky.
