14 Aug 2017 18:54:13
What the hell is wrong with the people of England Scotland& Wales. There must be something in the air or in the water .
Yesterday, Sunday I and over 72,000 others attended a hurling match in Croke Park, as at every GAA match there was no segaration of fans who sat and stood side by side fervently supporting their teams which were in fact playing in a local derby .
Fans entered and left the stadium side by side and no trouble just a bit of banter greeted by a laugh and a quick witted retort. Wait to I tell you right round the stadium behind stands were fast food outlets and even more bars, selling pints and some shorts before match at half time and I think full time and believe it or not although the bars were really busy , fans acted like adults . The only stewards I noticed were two young fellows chatting at half time and I saw one young policeman directing the flow of fans to where they were going after the game .
Why in England Scotland and Wales stewards and policemen look as they have been on a special body building programme for 30 yrs before they can take up their duty putting fans down and in their place . None of these people have publicly smiled for 25 yrs .
Maybe if fans at football match were treated with some respect and as adults, mixing together and with their peers nipping any bit of over boisterous behaviour in the bud the game of football could be enjoyed to the full. Current measures don't seem to work.
14 Aug 2017 19:43:57
Unfortunately there a morons at every club that ruin it for the majority of good fans.
I work with Rangers fans that know finishing 2nd would be an achievement and live 5 mins from an orange lodge where morons spew there bigoted pish all over and believe 55 is coming or is it 4 😂😂
Football will never be like other sports and it's across the lands not just the UK.
14 Aug 2017 20:37:45
It's more like 1 as lower league titles don't count and this team playing out of ibrox have never won't the top division. And before any zombie comes on. why didn't rangers fc play in Europe in 2012-13?
14 Aug 2017 20:40:46
The major reason for our modern trouble is heavy handed stewarding and policing on top of crowd segregation.
Treat fans like mature adults and have them controlled by peers who can prevent trouble from escalating by timely word .
It appears police forces use football matches as guaranteed overtime.
14 Aug 2017 20:57:31
Not really the same though Chris, is it? Hard to compare the rivalry between intercounty GAA teams to that of Celtic v Continuity Rangers, for example. Segregation isn't required because there is no threat of trouble. Drink is sold at Croker for the same reason. well that and the fact that they can charge upwards of a fiver for a pint of pish in a plastic cup.
14 Aug 2017 21:23:39
Tyrone would be the rangers of the GAA world . ðŸ˜.
15 Aug 2017 07:02:21
Chris were u not on here warning travelling fans going to Dublin for the shamrock rovers game. Maybe it's a football problem.
15 Aug 2017 11:54:45
real sport chris, no big girls blouses rolling about when they get tackled.
15 Aug 2017 12:36:18
Omc. isn't eire the place where you statistically are 6 times more likely to get shot than anywhere else in UK. drunken verbals / punch up at a football game a bigger problem?
15 Aug 2017 13:39:09
Of course it is a football problem . For over 50 years I have seen blundering police arrive at football matches on horse back . Police treating fans like criminals . It is time that football club boards told police to **** off and get their overtime chasing after the real criminals inc . White collar crime and tax evaders .
Treating fans like dirt gets a reaction and deservedly so.
Only Ibrox and the young five year old club need the police patrolling on horse back and swinging batons.
All normal clubs should work together to make matches an enjoyable experience.
15 Aug 2017 13:40:46
Deep river bhoy, I don't understand the term Eire or if ut is a place where it is.
15 Aug 2017 14:07:34
Omc? Could you let me know what you mean by not understanding the term eire (genuine question not an argument starter on my behalf) . and I didn't realise I'd written anywhere ELSE in UK until I read it back . if I've offended you with that association as part of the UK it wasn't my intention.