Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
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I don't know if I'm showing my age, I was lucky enough to get a Cat 1 ticket for Sunday night, given the occasion, we gave ourselves plenty of time getting to the Olympic Stadium.
We had a slight issue when the Politzei told us when tried to get in our specific entrance, L4, that we couldn't because it was 'full'.
Eventually got in to get to our respective seats, to find two knuckle draggers, akin to Dick Emery and Roy Kinnear's classic skinheads of the 1970's, we said.
"You're in our seats Gents"
To which the 'Dad' replied "Its England mate you sit where you can"
My companion, a little more forthright than me, retorted "We've paid for these seats, not for you to sit in them"
Dad again replied "But we've already moved three f****** times!"
Guess what they moved a fourth
In the aftermath of Sunday a couple of people on the way home said we were fortunate to get them to move, one bloke I met on the train yesterday had paid face value for his seat but his seat had been taken by one of the more robust members of the England support and he just didn't want the hassle.
Question is NSCers were we right or are we out of touch?
For the few Albion away games I go to nowadays I'm always sat in my designated seat.
And I've sat in the same seat since the opening of the Amex, there are on occasions empty seats nearby, if I turn up for the Utd game and I find someone sitting in my seat, I'm naturally going to ask him to move, so why should England be any different?
We had a slight issue when the Politzei told us when tried to get in our specific entrance, L4, that we couldn't because it was 'full'.
Eventually got in to get to our respective seats, to find two knuckle draggers, akin to Dick Emery and Roy Kinnear's classic skinheads of the 1970's, we said.
"You're in our seats Gents"
To which the 'Dad' replied "Its England mate you sit where you can"
My companion, a little more forthright than me, retorted "We've paid for these seats, not for you to sit in them"
Dad again replied "But we've already moved three f****** times!"
Guess what they moved a fourth
In the aftermath of Sunday a couple of people on the way home said we were fortunate to get them to move, one bloke I met on the train yesterday had paid face value for his seat but his seat had been taken by one of the more robust members of the England support and he just didn't want the hassle.
Question is NSCers were we right or are we out of touch?
For the few Albion away games I go to nowadays I'm always sat in my designated seat.
And I've sat in the same seat since the opening of the Amex, there are on occasions empty seats nearby, if I turn up for the Utd game and I find someone sitting in my seat, I'm naturally going to ask him to move, so why should England be any different?
