I would imagine that age, alcohol consumption and time of day encountered are all factors in how you perceive today's Arsenal fans. We had some on the train over who only did aways, older guys who had had a drink but could hold it and were bantering with the older of the kids with us. Thoroughly decent guys who had seen them play at Dortmund and Monaco but also Stoke and Sunderland. We had a good laugh with them and each wished the other good luck as we got off.
Coming home there was a gang of totally pissed teens singing homophobic songs on the platform at Falmer surrounded by Plod. Since they weren't being nicked for their blatant homophobia you can only imagine someone had already tried to chin them. I looked up to see where my son was, caught one of their eyes and he looked away instantly. The replica shirt wearing brain doners on the Coastway West train home were even worse, a sort of hideous parody of unfortunate gimps the world over.
Every team's got both sets of course. Premier League teams just have more of them.
Coming home there was a gang of totally pissed teens singing homophobic songs on the platform at Falmer surrounded by Plod. Since they weren't being nicked for their blatant homophobia you can only imagine someone had already tried to chin them. I looked up to see where my son was, caught one of their eyes and he looked away instantly. The replica shirt wearing brain doners on the Coastway West train home were even worse, a sort of hideous parody of unfortunate gimps the world over.
Every team's got both sets of course. Premier League teams just have more of them.