Much as I'd like to be as relaxed and right on as this I don't 100% agree. There's not much sadder then some prick stood there filming on his iphone or sat wearing a half and half scarf so really, not all are the same at all. I wish they'd **** off elsewhere and not attach themselves to the club to be perfectly frank. Football is completely different now though so I'm a far less vocal supporter than I was. I'm either with my own kid/kids or am aware of those around me so it makes you far less demonstrative. Funnily enough I have been offered freebies for Swansea (where I live) away at West Ham by a sub contractor. Was going to take my youngest, who is a Swans fan. I'll have to keep an eye on it but as things stand I doubt I'd take him, and these are very decent seats apparently.
Within London and the big non-London clubs, for many it's a day out nowadays. Visit the megastore, have a hot dog, buy some tourist ****, take some photos. I'd rather they went to Madame Tussaud's and left it to people who will be pissed off for a couple of days that the result was ****, but that's partly what football is.
Never mind singing areas, there should be tourist areas! At Old Trafford they should all be herded into one of the high quadrants out of the way.
Football crowd behaviour has improved 100% from when my kids were young - Spammers excluded, of course. I rarely took my kids to football. The violence, the continuous bad language, the highly offensive singing, were all things I didn't want to have to explain to young kids. I'm talking about the days when opposition fans used to sing the Munich song at Man Utd fans, and Spurs fans had to constantly listen to the singing about the gas chambers, etc.
Fulham have a 'neutral' end next to the away end. It gets derided but works quite well as an overflow for away fans too. The few tourists we get go in the tier below the away fans where no one else is.
Football tourists are a result of the appeal of the League, but tend to only attach themselves to clubs as glory hunters, so I'm spared them at Goodison in fairness.
Fulham's the only ground in England where you hear the phrase "oh bother" when the opposition scores before they politely clap the other team's splendid goal.
The clubs themselves encourage this kind of thing. By taking photos, visiting the megastore etc. Isn't that what ' stadium tours' are all about? I'm not a season ticket holder. I try to get to minimum 2 Spurs games a season. See them a lot more, away from home. When I do go to WHL...I like to absorb the atmosphere, take a few photos of myself, my lad...buy a kebab. What I don't do is wait for the players to arrive, idol worship makes me uncomfortable. If we lose I'm pissed off all the way home and my son makes it worse for me. I've got a photo of myself sat in the dugout at Spurs on the hot seat. I'm hardcore as anyone, I'm just not stupid.
Absolutely. A bloke from Edmonton will pay his £40 to see the game and maybe £4 on a programme. A bloke from Tokyo will pay his £40, buy a shirt, programme, stadium tour and a £50 levy to **** off Harry Kane. The future is a world with no season tickets and every ticket is up for grabs to the highest bidder.
The problem was, the original crowd noise was from Arsenal, so they livened it up by overlaying a loop of John Cage's 4'33".
Apparently they do a reamarkable Acapella rendition of "We're Coming For You" ... it's said to be so moving that many of them are in floods of tears not long after ...
Well Kane's comments were pretty ****ing cringeworthy. Always prefer when players let their playing do the talking. Its especially cringeworthy when you then have a deltmown and fail to finish even second, let alone first. Was a Kane Wum **** up.
... blimey translation needed? ... that puts a new twist on things ... didn't realise he was foreign ... just thought he was a bit dim ...like Eric Dier ....
He does unfortunately sound like some Fast Show piss take on a football player. Game of two halves, at the end of the day, etc...
Anyone remember when Alan Shearer had that bet on with his Newcastle team mates where he would work the name of an Abba song into his post match interviews.... was a few years back I just remember some bizarre comments from him "At the end of the day, the winner takes it all" "He was our Super trooper today" he didnt reveal until years late that that was what he was doing
