brighton_dave
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- Apr 13, 2016
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Requested thread is locked as this is being dealt with by the club. Thanks for sharing your comments.
UPDATE to share a number you can message if this happens near you in the future. "There is an Anti Social Hotline for reporting incidents - you text location, description and nature of issue to 07880 196442" thanks to @heavysoul for sharing this.
Took my 11 year old daughter to the game today in the South stand and felt dreadful for doing so given the vile language from behind.
A lad of perhaps 7 or 8 behind us was vile throughout the first half using language such as "F off blackies", "I'm going to rap* your mum up the arse", "I'm going to rap* you in your arse", with "you wanke*s" probably being the most mild of trash talk for which there were too many to remember.
Not a word of correction was said by the adults he was with and the language continued for the entire half. I did say to my daughter about moving but she didn't want to miss any of the game.
Spoke with the stewards at half term who moved us and placed someone in our place to monitor the language. We were asked to stick around to speak with the Police after the game. On speaking with the police they advised due to age etc there is nothing that can be done but that it had been recorded. The adults he was with were friends of family and the boy apparently has complex needs - autism. The guy he wad with was actually not of white origin himself which surprised me more. Perhaps he didn't feel comfortable correcting a friends child.
Apparently no such language was heard in the 2nd half and the lad was allowed to remain in the stadium.
I'm absolutely disgusted as this has not been dealt with by either the responsible (wrong choice of word) adults or the club. It seems to be have allowed to go because the lad had autism. I myself have another child with ADHD and would have taken her out of the ground, not that she would know or use that language.
Hearing that for 45 minutes is awful and my daughter could of course not understand why it was tolerated. I didn't say anything at the time and did not want confrontation in front of her.
I get there is bad language, I was a season ticket holder on the North for years, but to hear this is something you don't expect. I also took both my daughter and wife to the Liverpool cup game in the North and there was nothing at this level. She's massively into football and started to get her dad's love for the Albion, but I feel ashamed that she's had to hear that.
Also felt sorry for the Japanese lad next to me who had to hear such racist language.
Not sure we will return anytime soon.
Would appreciate admin correcting the title as noticed the misspelling!
UPDATE to share a number you can message if this happens near you in the future. "There is an Anti Social Hotline for reporting incidents - you text location, description and nature of issue to 07880 196442" thanks to @heavysoul for sharing this.
Took my 11 year old daughter to the game today in the South stand and felt dreadful for doing so given the vile language from behind.
A lad of perhaps 7 or 8 behind us was vile throughout the first half using language such as "F off blackies", "I'm going to rap* your mum up the arse", "I'm going to rap* you in your arse", with "you wanke*s" probably being the most mild of trash talk for which there were too many to remember.
Not a word of correction was said by the adults he was with and the language continued for the entire half. I did say to my daughter about moving but she didn't want to miss any of the game.
Spoke with the stewards at half term who moved us and placed someone in our place to monitor the language. We were asked to stick around to speak with the Police after the game. On speaking with the police they advised due to age etc there is nothing that can be done but that it had been recorded. The adults he was with were friends of family and the boy apparently has complex needs - autism. The guy he wad with was actually not of white origin himself which surprised me more. Perhaps he didn't feel comfortable correcting a friends child.
Apparently no such language was heard in the 2nd half and the lad was allowed to remain in the stadium.
I'm absolutely disgusted as this has not been dealt with by either the responsible (wrong choice of word) adults or the club. It seems to be have allowed to go because the lad had autism. I myself have another child with ADHD and would have taken her out of the ground, not that she would know or use that language.
Hearing that for 45 minutes is awful and my daughter could of course not understand why it was tolerated. I didn't say anything at the time and did not want confrontation in front of her.
I get there is bad language, I was a season ticket holder on the North for years, but to hear this is something you don't expect. I also took both my daughter and wife to the Liverpool cup game in the North and there was nothing at this level. She's massively into football and started to get her dad's love for the Albion, but I feel ashamed that she's had to hear that.
Also felt sorry for the Japanese lad next to me who had to hear such racist language.
Not sure we will return anytime soon.
Would appreciate admin correcting the title as noticed the misspelling!
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