[Albion] Away fans in home ends

[Shaktarman]

Yes, a few rows behind us -kept spitting at them -total arsehole accompanied by a real slag getting into arguments with everyone around. You had to admire the restraint by the Police given the huge amount of provocation.

Witnessed this at half time in East Stand Upper last night. Very sad really - an "adult" goes to the football and ends up being handcuffed placed in a spit hood and then carried out of the stands by a lot of police. Took about 10 minutes to get rid of him. What was he thinking ?

Any idea if Albion fan or plastic? What was it over?!

 

[Springal]

Any idea if Albion fan or plastic? What was it over?!

I posted in another thread, he was local but wasn’t a particularly pleasant individual. Him and his missus looked like crackheads , he was spoiling for an argument from the first minute standing up the whole time, being abusive etc

 

[Weststander]

I posted in another thread, he was local but wasn’t a particularly pleasant individual. Him and his missus looked like crackheads , he was spoiling for an argument from the first minute standing up the whole time, being abusive etc

Was he an Albion fan?

 

[Springal]

Was he an Albion fan?

Difficult to tell, but I’d say yes probably

He wasn’t being pro Liverpool or anything, was just being a twat

 

[Swimboy64]

Reading some of these posts reinforces my belief that Fulham's old neutral section was a brilliant idea and should be brought back to every ground. Then the half and half families, tourists, neutrals, plastics and groups of mates can all sit together and not irritate the diehard, hardcore, well hard likes of some of you (and me). I used to regularly go and see Fulham with a group of Sunderland fans and it was a brilliant laugh. I only ever saw trouble once in there (Birmingham).

Why did they get rid of it?

 

[Weststander]

Difficult to tell, but I’d say yes probably

He wasn’t being pro Liverpool or anything, was just being a twat

Spitting at people. Shirley his last Amex game for a decade.

 

[Weststander]

Reading some of these posts reinforces my belief that Fulham's old neutral section was a brilliant idea and should be brought back to every ground. Then the half and half families, tourists, neutrals, plastics and groups of mates can all sit together and not irritate the diehard, hardcore, well hard likes of some of you (and me). I used to regularly go and see Fulham with a group of Sunderland fans and it was a brilliant laugh. I only ever saw trouble once in there (Birmingham).

I sat in that section.

In the end did Khan want to sell it as ST’s to home fans?

 

[Doonhamer7]

In the first few seasons at the Amex nearly everyone I spoke to was a fan of another club (mainly Arsenal) so no surprise me included aren’t originally Brighton fans.

 

[BrightonCottager]

I sat in that section.

In the end did Khan want to sell it as ST’s to home fans?

That, and the need to accommodate STs from the old Riverside stand when it was demolished. A lot of them have stayed in the Putney - much cheaper than the new Riverside.

 

[PeterT]

That, and the need to accommodate STs from the old Riverside stand when it was demolished. A lot of them have stayed in the Putney - much cheaper than the new Riverside.

Probably a few didn’t fancy going back to the Al Fayed lounge either …..

 

[Insel affe]

I posted the below on the match day thread, and it is still pissing me off.

"Well the signs were there the minute I saw the match day programme pull out, really
it wasn’t even the quarter finals.

Then my suspensions were ringing when the dad and son next to me failed to stand or sing for “Sussex-by-the-sea”
he then tried to hide his delight doing a fist punch as Liverpool scored, then covered his face laughing.
from that point he knew, I knew clearly a local Liverpool fan, and he gave up trying to hide it, clapping attacks and smugly smiling in my direction (tw@t)

how the feck are they allowed tickets in the North, just pisses me off, I acted accordingly because I was with my daughter and left when they scored the third and he jumped up, by leaving and loudly telling my daughter
“we’re off, theres obviously a lot plastic scousers here, check your pockets make sure nothings missing before we leave”

that taught him….

In all honesty, it was really, really pissing me off he was sat next to me."

 

[Guinness Boy]

Was really thrown in the WSU concourse when a couple asked if they could perch on the shelf next to us in the thickest scouse accents you can imagine, only to see their daughter had an Albion shirt and scarf on. Maybe we've managed to encroach in the NW of England and are now the team glory hunters up there pick to support

There used to be a scouser sitting near us. Everton fan originally but been down here just as long as he was there. There were Man U fans in front of him when we thrashed them and Ronaldo cried. He gave them the proper treatment and they left on the third

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Witnessed this at half time in East Stand Upper last night. Very sad really - an "adult" goes to the football and ends up being handcuffed placed in a spit hood and then carried out of the stands by a lot of police. Took about 10 minutes to get rid of him. What was he thinking ?

I really do wonder about the thought processing of some people.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Now, this is what I have been told by Mrs DWG, who saw it on Facebook, whatever that is, so I’m just reporting what I have been told. I cannot see why it would be made up though.

Apparently a local woman took her twin 8 year old boys along yesterday As a birthday treat. One is an Albion fan, the other a Liverpool fan and they had shirts showing their affiliations. The steward seemingly stopped them from going in due the Liverpool shirted one. The woman said he’d take it off and even offered to go and buy him an Albion shirt to wear. Mr Steward, he say no as he now knows that one of the party (an 8 year old lad! ) is a Liverpool fan it may not be safe for him being amongst the thugs and nutters that populate the home stands (no idea which stand they were trying to access).

The woman had taken out ticket insurance and apparently has been told that this does not cover the situation described. Seems like all three ended up in tears and the lads’ birthdays were ruined.

As I say, this is something I have heard and if true, shows the club, by virtue of one steward though presumably backed by others, in a very poor light.

Hopefully, someone on Facebook will point her in PBOBEs direction and he can take steps.

Yet numerous Scousers in the corporate lounges

 

[jackalbion]

That's a great shame for the kids involved but the lady showed demonstrable naivety in allowing her kid to wear away colours. When I lived in Liverpool, both my young children proudly wore Albion kit to school, parties, different events etc. But had we played up there and I had tickets in the home end, no way on earth would I have considered going in with the stripes.

Spot on, its naivety, just no need to do it. ALSO, in my opinion, poor parenting letting them pick Liverpool.

 

[Insel affe]

There used to be a scouser sitting near us. Everton fan originally but been down here just as long as he was there.

I recall at away games in the early 90s there was an Everton fan who went away with the Albion, originally from Liverpool, but moved down as a child, he was alright actually.

 

[BN9 BHA]

I posted the below on the match day thread, and it is still pissing me off.

"Well the signs were there the minute I saw the match day programme pull out, really
it wasn’t even the quarter finals.

Then my suspensions were ringing when the dad and son next to me failed to stand or sing for “Sussex-by-the-sea”
he then tried to hide his delight doing a fist punch as Liverpool scored, then covered his face laughing.
from that point he knew, I knew clearly a local Liverpool fan, and he gave up trying to hide it, clapping attacks and smugly smiling in my direction (tw@t)

how the feck are they aloud tickets in the North, just pisses me off, I acted accordingly because I was with my daughter and left when they scored the third and he jumped up, by leaving and loudly telling my daughter
“we’re off, theres obviously a lot plastic scousers here, check your pockets make sure nothings missing before we leave”

that taught him….

In all honesty, it was really, really pissing me off he was sat next to me."

Have you had one of those emails from the club asking you to do a survey on your ‘match day experience’ ?
I would tell them what you had to put up with

 

[Insel affe]

Have you had one of those emails from the club asking you to do a survey on your ‘match day experience’ ?
I would tell them what you had to put up with

yep, a while ago though.

 

[1066familyman]

Interesting call to 606 on Radio 5 just now.

Liverpool fan with an Albion ST. Takes his mate and the mates young son, both Liverpool fans, to the game on Wednesday for the lads birthday.

Gets refused entry as the kid has a Liverpool shirt on. He then asks if they can be put in the away end

They have to go home as still refused entry by our head steward as well.
Sad for the kid, admittedly, but them's the rules. Perhaps the adults can learn the rules before going to another game. Or follow Rugby instead.

 

[BN41Albion]

Some plastic scouse fan on 606 having a right old moan about not being let in the home end the other night with his mate and son who was wearing a liverpool shirt. OK he was 11 but rules are rules - he talked about stewards showing common sense, but where was his common sense in not thinking maybe not a good idea to rock up with him openly wearing his Liverpool shirt!?