[Albion] Anyone sat near some GLUM faces yesterday?

[VAL1850]

None around me, but not surprised when they can't fill their away allocation...

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Maybe they were downstairs waiting for you to walk past, so they could grab your arse?

They’ve had 79 minutes plenty of times to do this

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Had two in front of me in the North - no worries, they kept quiet (obviously!)

I can hardly complain, as I did the same a few weeks ago at Spurs!

This...I've lost count of the number of times I've sat or stood in the home end at an away ground.

My suspicion is there is more of this when we play one of the London big three, probably because a lot of Brightonians are descended from cockney wankers and have inherited their club. Mind you, by that logic, I should be a Lion. And that would never do.

There were no interlopers in our part of West Upper yesterday as far as I was aware. Although....I've never seen the bloke sitting next to me before

 

[WATFORD zero]

There were 2 or 3 loud, stupid, cockney, over confident, United 'supporters' at the back of the Mill Road Bus I was on. I was on the front so couldn't see how many but could hear them.

I suspect they may have been a little less loud and confident, but undoubtedly still as stupid and cockney on the bus back. Maybe even GLUM

 

[studio150]

Couple next to me, polite applause when the goals went in, rather than going mad as everyone else around me were. They did stay to the end, although when the final whistle went they left quickly rather than staying until the Albion players had left the pitch.

 

[timbha]

None around me, but not surprised when they can't fill their away allocation...

There will always be some no shows but the main reason for the apparent gaps is that those wanting to stand gravitate to the denser more populated standing areas (except the bloke holding the red flare whose mates quickly deserted him as the stewards move in).

 

[WATFORD zero]

There will always be some no shows but the main reason for the apparent gaps is that those wanting to stand gravitate to the denser more populated standing areas (except the bloke holding the red flare whose mates quickly deserted him as the stewards move in).

I did find that amusing from the North as he stood there proudly, arm aloft, as we watched the fluorescent stewards move in

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

1901, absolutely no problem as I went corporate at Chelsea. But if I spotted a Utd fan near me, I wouldn’t be friendly to them to be honest.

Think it takes the piss when they do that and those saying they know of some who support both clubs. EVERYTHING that is wrong with modern football right there. That’s the watered down middle class football fans who are now starting to take over the sport and why we get a scowled at for swearing etc.

Plus those sitting in the home end are just plastics who can’t support their local team and support a club 200miles away based on trophies.

I was taught to support your local team and not take the piss and sit in the home ends unless you are v savvy and keep v quiet.

 

[Guinness Boy]

1901, absolutely no problem as I went corporate at Chelsea. But if I spotted a Utd fan near me, I wouldn’t be friendly to them to be honest.

Think it takes the piss when they do that and those saying they know of some who support both clubs. EVERYTHING that is wrong with modern football right there. That’s the watered down middle class football fans who are now starting to take over the sport and why we get a scowled at for swearing etc.

Plus those sitting in the home end are just plastics who can’t support their local team and support a club 200miles away based on trophies.

I was taught to support your local team and not take the piss and sit in the home ends unless you are v savvy and keep v quiet.

Thing is, when the home team has scored 4 goals and the home fans are going absolutely bananas, keeping v quiet kind of gives you away

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

Thing is, when the home team has scored 4 goals and the home fans are going absolutely bananas, keeping v quiet kind of gives you away

I agree!

 

[hans kraay fan club]

We had a young Asian guy appear 4 minutes into the game, by us (far North end of WSU). He walked straight to the very front, with his phone out, the stood gormlessly against the glass barrier, zoomed in on Ronaldo.

Everyone was very patient for 30 seconds, all shifting to peer round him to see the game, but then when he didn’t move he got a bit of stick. Just stood there looking confused why he couldn’t stand there (don’t think he spoke a lot of English) until a big lad physically grabbed him and moved him out of the way.

Don’t think he was actually a United fan tbh - more a bona-fide Premier League Tourist.

 

[dolphins]

On my morning walk today from Patcham down to Preston Park and back, wearing the hyperturq top, I saw a grim faced chap in a Land Rover, driving north, with a number plate MU21 RED.

 

[Acker79]

The irony was there were a couple of big gaps in the away end, which I've never seen with United anywhere before.

I noticed that. I wondered if they were protesting and would come in late (I'd heard rumblings of trouble in the car park), or if perhaps a bunch of people had squeezed more into the middle to make it look more packed and intimidating behind the goal (not that it helped them if they did).

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

This...I've lost count of the number of times I've sat or stood in the home end at an away ground.

My suspicion is there is more of this when we play one of the London big three, probably because a lot of Brightonians are descended from cockney wankers and have inherited their club. Mind you, by that logic, I should be a Lion. And that would never do.

There were no interlopers in our part of West Upper yesterday as far as I was aware. Although....I've never seen the bloke sitting next to me before

Harry, I told you several times yesterday I’ve been going to football with you for years….

 

[pasty]

Very glum looking lad a few seats along from us in WSU. Didn't see his reaction to our goals as I was too busy going batshit myself, but he left seconds after our 4th went in with a face like thunder.

 

[Deleted member 37369]

I noticed that. I wondered if they were protesting and would come in late (I'd heard rumblings of trouble in the car park), or if perhaps a bunch of people had squeezed more into the middle to make it look more packed and intimidating behind the goal (not that it helped them if they did).

Our ST bus parked up around 4.30pm and all seemed quiet then. But on getting to the top of the steps heading back after the game there was a big chap - Brighton colours - with claret all over his face. A number of police around him and heard one of them talking to the chap about who had smacked him one. They seemed to know which group the Utd thug was part of. More police in the coach park area than usual - with exception of Palace game.

 

[Danny Wilson Said]

Yep, bloke and his young lad. 1901 so allowed but I hope he didn't pay too much.

I hope he did. Give us their money!

 

[Dick Swiveller]

I hope he did. Give us their money!

Normally Brighton fans sat there so they either gave them away or sold them. No money for the club out of that.

 

[Superphil]

The irony was there were a couple of big gaps in the away end, which I've never seen with United anywhere before.

Apparently MUFC hold back 200 away tickets at random and the people who have bought them have to go to the ticket office/away end on match day to collect their tickets. It’s a bid to stop the touting of away tickets. Apparently they have in excess of 30,000 qualifying applicants for tickets for every away game.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Apparently MUFC hold back 200 away tickets at random and the people who have bought them have to go to the ticket office/away end on match day to collect their tickets. It’s a bid to stop the touting of away tickets. Apparently they have in excess of 30,000 qualifying applicants for tickets for every away game.

Imagine winning that lucky lottery for away tickets yesterday