To be honest this is all getting a bit tiresome.
It was always going to happen - a good competitive match overshadowed by drunken thugs on both sides - although that pitch invasion at the end was ridiculous and could've caused some serious disorder.
In addition, the banter on our two Not606 boards is beginning to get a little bit beyond the pale. I'm always up for a wum and cross-board banter, albeit humour-based, and I know that many Teds enjoy it too and are great posters. However, in the cold light of day (and nursing a slight hangover) I've decided that I strongly object to be repeatedly told to '**** off and die' by a poster on the other board, or that 'if I killed myself no-one would miss me' etc. etc. when I was simply engaging in some light-hearted post-derby banter.
With phrases like 'vile racist scum' and other gems being bandied about and threads being closed by super moderators, it seems that the other board is moving backwards towards the bad old days when the likes of APL/LPA (whatever happened to him?) was making openly racist remarks and threats against others, both on the forum itself and within private messages to individual Rovers posters. I sincerely hope that their moderators are not losing control of their board again.
All of this nonsense has slightly taken the shine off a very good competitive game of football, played in an excellent spirit and won by the better team on the night. I know that local bragging rights are very important, but a little perspective is needed. In the end, it was a JPT match between a L1 side and an L2 side. Everyone needs to calm down a little and ease off on the rants and insults, because let's face it, people don't behave in real life as some have online on these boards. Humorous banter by all means, but it shouldn't go beyond that. I sometimes despair that ordinary people with families can be so vile to other people they've never met and are unlikely to; after all, you wouldn't talk to your neighbour like that.