[Closed] Football supporters - cavemen?

Kryton57 · 2019-04-18T08:43:26Z

Is this just me being oversensitive? For many years I find myself disgusted with the apparent feral and tribal actions brought out in people whilst watching football that I see on TV. Well, my 10yo likes football a bit, so last night Spurs were playing on the big screen - at Center Parcs. Families had gathered, but as each goal was scored the celebrations got more and more threatening, with people leaping out of thier chairs at the top of thier voices, fists branded at the screen, screaming at it. Then the language started, the words fucking prick being shouted at the ref many time. I came very close to challenging a guy about his language near my son, but was worried about stating a ruckus over behaviour. im sitting there watching this increasingly violent and abusive activity in a family environment I cannot believe others find it acceptable for thier children. In my 47 years, I’ve never experienced a crowd of 60 or so people become so feral and animalistic I started to get nervous enough to want to move me and Jnr out of there. Frankly I think it’s disgusting, and I’ve vowed never to take him to a football match as a result.

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Watty

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Football’s not what it was though. At the Bridge in the 70s it was nearly always Sir Richard Attenborough starting the trouble! 😉

Posted : 18/04/2019 6:26 pm

tonyg2003

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Nope not all cavemen. I watched the game last night with 3 Spurs fans in a pub. One a Prof from Oxford, one a Prof from Yale and the other a from Harvard. Still all shouting at the TV when the last goal from City went to VAR.

Posted : 18/04/2019 9:51 pm

senorj

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@ kryton- I forgot to add the smiling wink. Obviously I do not think all centre park folk are chavs . Sweeping statements and all that eh? Get it? 🙂
Sorry if you were offended.
Fwiw I am also a sensible follower of football and am the one in our house that wouldn’t allow little j to go to the pub to watch a game with his mother for exactly the concerns you raised in you o.p.

Posted : 19/04/2019 11:43 am

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