Match Day Thread Hull City v Reading

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Urika Peece. said:
But it's true DBT. The stay aways, for what ever reason missed a good day out. Those that cannot go fair enough, but those who chose not to go are missing out.
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They know they’re missing out, but they’ve balanced the levels of ****ishness from the owners and made a choice

I wouldn’t refer to them as ‘losers’ though
 
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dennisboothstash said:
They know they’re missing out, but they’ve balanced the levels of ****ishness from the owners and made a choice

I wouldn’t refer to them as ‘losers’ though
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Your splitting hairs matey. Not losers, as losers in life etc, but personally I wouldn't have missed a first home game of the season like today for a thousand pound. It was as near to the old school days as your going to get. That was my point.
 
Urika Peece. said:
Your splitting hairs matey. Not losers, as losers in life etc, but personally I wouldn't have missed a first home game of the season like today for a thousand pound. It was as near to the old school days as your going to get. That was my point.
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SAFC 1977 - now that was a first home game of the season to remember!

As was THFC in August 2009. Best team I've seen at City until .............THFC 2017.
 
Urika Peece. said:
Your splitting hairs matey. Not losers, as losers in life etc, but personally I wouldn't have missed a first home game of the season like today for a thousand pound. It was as near to the old school days as your going to get. That was my point.
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So you have a price that you would miss the first game of the season for...it’s just that it’s more than one thousand pounds

There was no need to criticise them unnecessarily at the end of what was an otherwise good right up

That was my point...matey

(not sure what era of old school days you thought today was close to by the way...)
 
Urika Peece. said:
Great day out. Proper Championship football, end to end stuff spoilt a bit by Readings constant diving and that appalling blatant elbow on Irvine in the second half. Do that in town tonight to someone and you'd get three months, do it in front of the ref and the linesman on a football field and they debate about handing out a yellow card.
I thought we were spectacular in the first half. Obviously the wind played a factor and Reading switched things a bit in the second ( what else could they do?) and they upped the physical stuff and the cheating, but we held on and won.
The atmosphere in the East Stand was the best I've witnessed for a long time and the piss taking of the Reading fan wearing the Superman shirt was hilarious. Another plus was you could sit/stand where you want.
So, I for one loved it, every one of our team, subs included having a go and playing for the shirt. What more can you ask for ?
Those who chose to stay away are the losers.

PS The offer of free travel for the Reading fans was underwhelming too, 300 max ? Piss poor away support.
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"they upped the physical stuff" ? We made 24 fouls and Reading 12.Two yellows on both sides.
 
dennisboothstash said:
So you have a price that you would miss the first game of the season for...it’s just that it’s more than one thousand pounds

There was no need to criticise them unnecessarily at the end of what was an otherwise good right up

That was my point...matey

(not sure what era of old school days you thought today was close to by the way...)
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We are splitting hairs aren't we ? Right old school. Obviously not like the old school 70's because we now play from a different ground and it's not the 70's, so as near to the better days at the new stadium before the Premier League. By that I mean everyone back in the East Stand, everyone seemingly behind the team and a modest team on the pitch all battling for each other. That type of old school atmosphere. Your not OLM in disguise are you ?
Offer me a £1001 and I might give Tranmere on Tuesday a miss.
 
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Urika Peece. said:
We are splitting hairs aren't we ? Right old school. Obviously not like the old school 70's because we now play from a different ground and it's not the 70's, so as near to the better days at the new stadium before the Premier League. By that I mean everyone back in the East Stand, everyone seemingly behind the team and a modest team on the pitch all battling for each other. That type of old school atmosphere. Your not OLM in disguise are you ?
Offer me a £1001 and I might give Tranmere on Tuesday a miss.
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Saying I didn’t know what era you were talking about isn’t splitting hairs
You’ve said what era now
Thanks
 
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originallambrettaman said:
Dan on Facebook...

Today, at half time I was told by an ‘under cover security guard’ that if I continued to text about the football match at the KCOM stadium I’d be ejected from the ground.

At half time a man in casual gear followed by a steward, came up to me and said ‘tell me what this says’

holding a badge up that said security. I said (spoiler alert)

‘...security?’

He then explained he’d been watching me text throughout the first half, he asked what I’d been texting (in a not so friendly manner)

I felt on edge telling a stranger what I’ve been texting, felt a bit invasive, and I felt uncomfortable saying I’d been innocently texting opinions on the match and my thoughts on what was happening to friends and family.

My Dad explained we text friends the score. The man said if we continued to do so we’d be ejected from the ground.

When we asked why, he said there’s trouble with people notifying betting companies/or gamblers of events at a match so they could cash out/make a bet void.

So basically he was assuming I was some sort of gamblers informant at the KC Stadium (when I was just texting my girlfriend dumb stuff about Tom Eaves’s hair)

I couldn’t get my head around it. I explained Hull City tweet details of the match faster than I ever could due to having stadium WiFi, along with Phil Buckingham and David Burns both tweeting details faster than I ever could (unless the security guard thinks I’m psychic and can see a goal coming)

I pointed out that thousands of fans text and tweet throughout the match regarding the game, the club even asks you to vote for a man of the match via social media...

I asked ‘what if I text a minute after an event has happened, or even 15 mins?’ Mr security man said we shouldn’t be texting about the match at all. And that this has been stated upon entering the ground (can you see that in the picture?!) and that these texts can’t include time of goals or goal scorers.

I knew this was a lie, I asked how he could have possibly known what I was texting about, to which he didn’t have an answer. That made me feel incredibly watched. To reiterate these are private texts, one of which I sent to my girlfriend and me mum.

I explained I’d text score updates and opinions for years to which he replied it was a new thing starting this year, and as it’s the first match of the new season he didn’t want to kick me out having not known these new ‘rules’...

He softened at this point as if this was all a nice chilled run of the mill conversation (never happened to me in 20 years of watching live football)

I didn’t text throughout the second half, my phone vibrated with updates and I didn’t have the nerve to look cos I’m a geek and a stickler for the rules.

I felt a bit on edge for the rest of the game and subsequently didn’t text anyone.

I’ve been following city since I was 7, home and away nearly every game since I was 13, and not once has anyone told me not to text updates privately to friends.

If anyone has any clarity on this that’d be great as I’d like to let my friends know thoughts and opinions on the game as it happens, but don’t want to feel like I’m going to get kicked out of watching Hull City every time I do so!
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Seems very odd, hope he takes it up with the club. Gives Ehab the opportunity to ban all phones from the stadium next. Who would believe?
 
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