Salieri Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 You are embarrassing yourself now. Although union didn't turn professional until 1995, not 1987, the RFU has been in existence since 1871. That does not mean that top level egg chasers do not deserve any credit before the game turned professional, in fact it warrants the opposite, as many top international players had full time jobs as well. Even at amateur level today, I would like to see you up against some of these guys.Tiggers were formed before City (1880), so it could be argued that the city is a rugby one, and not a football town, if you want to be pedantic. Blimey, I wouldn't wanna get on the wrong side of you!
BlueSi13 Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 You are embarrassing yourself now. Although union didn't turn professional until 1995, not 1987, the RFU has been in existence since 1871. That does not mean that top level egg chasers do not deserve any credit before the game turned professional, in fact it warrants the opposite, as many top international players had full time jobs as well. Even at amateur level today, I would like to see you up against some of these guys.Tiggers were formed before City (1880), so it could be argued that the city is a rugby one, and not a football town, if you want to be pedantic. Nah we're not a rugby town, Leicestershire County Cricket Club was founded in 1879, we are quite clearly a Cricket town!!!
Guest Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 Isn't football great? Quite! It's bloomin' marvellous
Guest Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 Blimey, I wouldn't wanna get on the wrong side of you! I'm an ickle fluffy kitten in real life. Nah we're not a rugby town, Leicestershire County Cricket Club was founded in 1879, we are quite clearly a Cricket town!!!
Lillehamring Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 I'm just proffering a viewpoint. I have actually posted in the past that I am 'lucky' enough to know a few Tiggers fans who actually do look for our results and actually do want City to do well, as it's good for the city etc. yeah, no worries, i was including you in that
Lillehamring Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 Nah we're not a rugby town, Leicestershire County Cricket Club was founded in 1879, we are quite clearly a Cricket town!!! which one of those highlighted words indicates to you the geographic region 'town'.... keep trying
Guest Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 yeah, no worries, i was including you in that To be honest, I've seen the best and worst that Tiggers fans have to offer, just as I have seen the best and worst that City have.
BlueSi13 Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 which one of those highlighted words indicates to you the geographic region 'town'....keep trying Yeesh! it was just a joke Anyways, there was a lot more controversy in the stands at this game than i thought there would be! its all good fun really! can't believe there won't be another home game for around 3-4 months now Champions!
Corky Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 If I knew I'd made every effort ot see my team as much as possible, I wouldn't be offended by that chant. Only you can tell and judge whether you'd made the effort. If you had, I wouldn't let it get you down and ignore it.
Munzie Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 I still maintain I'm a better fan than you. You'll always be a better fan than me! Our club need more bunnies.
Guest Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 You'll always be a better fan than me! Our club need more bunnies. We had one for a few games this season
leftsideoverhere Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 Having read the whole of this thread (no, I don't know why, either), I'm nervous about prolonging it any, but Lisa, Hullfox and Nick, you're all pretty much spot on, and Daggers, Greg and I will happily find you a couple of seats with us in SK3 for next season if you like. I didn't hear any dickbrained chanting on Friday, although partly that's cos some of the people around me were very quiet. I almost started singing "just like a library", so would that have made me as bad as the L1 folks singing "where were you"? L1 looked great on Friday, and it does, of course, tend to have the best atmosphere. But part of the reason for that is it's proximity to the visiting supporters, and that inevitably means it is attractive to the knuckledraggers who feel they've missed out on the fist fighting hooliganism that their fathers enjoyed. At the Leeds game, three lads stood behind me in the first half kept looking over to L1 and saying "we should go over there, that's where the action with the Leeds fans is". They didn't, of course. I'd prefer it if we didn't waste time singing about how much we hate Nottingham or Derby, and concentrated on supporting our team (some of whom, of course, have played for the teams we supposedly "hate") but I can put up with the odd bit of anti-Forest chanting. I'm a cricket and football person, never got rugby, although I will watch it on the TV if there's no snooker, skiing or pro-celebrity paint-drying on. The bottom line is that there are dickbrains at all three - some who are loudmouth racists or homophobes, some who are just stupidly superior to followers of other sports. None of the above makes any sense. I have a particular prejudice against the Tigers, just because most rich land-owner types seem to favour rugby when they're not slapping their mistresses around or hounding a defenceless wild animal. Me being a class warrior and everything, that guarantees that I feel hostility to rugby crowds, although I've never had a problem sitting with the landed gentry at Grace Road, so I recognise it's mostly a prejudice on my part. BlueSi, it sounds like you need to come to terms with this, too. Perhaps it's odd, but watching cricket I am a deckchair and scorebook kind of supporter, and have no interest in chanting or getting pissed in the cheap seats, whereas at the City I relish the kop and prefer standing in a surging crowd to sitting. The sports seem to bring out different sides of me, I guess. Funny story time, which I missed out on Friday, not having noticed it, but apparently at one point in the second half Greg gave the ref some abuse, including some words which his grandmother didn't know he knew! She said a chap a couple of rows in front of us turned round and she was just getting ready to apologise for her foul-mouthed grandson when the bloke said "you tell him, son" and turned back to the game. I think the Kop isn't really my mum's cup of tea to be honest. She was the one person in there clapping the S****horpe players.
leftsideoverhere Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 Oh, and Lisa, I think "Tigger's fans" and "Tigers fans" are different. I'm definitely a Tigger fan. He'd be the first to start "jump up for the champions" I reckon...
Guest Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 Oh, and Lisa, I think "Tigger's fans" and "Tigers fans" are different. I'm definitely a Tigger fan. He'd be the first to start "jump up for the champions" I reckon...
john_lcfc Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 The Tigers do live in our shadow though. For all their sucess and European adventures they play second fiddle to a 3rd tier football team. Radio Leicester choose our 3rd tier matches over their top of the table Prem matches. The Mercury always have post match reaction with us dominating the back page. East Midlands Today, Central News have us on before them (central news often just ignore rugby alltogether). If this is'nt living in our shadows I'm not sure what is, considering how "great" they are and how "average" we are in our respective sports. Maybe this is why they are so bitter towards us. "One team in Leicester"
blueharmie Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 nobody forces anybody to sit anywhere! L1 is near the away fans- lads will go there for banter and what not. If you dont like this dont sit there its not hard to work out is it. why sit here moaning if you dont want to hear the chants then move to another part of the ground thats what i would do but it wouldnt bother me in the slightest.
C-man Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 The Tigers do live in our shadow though. For all their sucess and European adventures they play second fiddle to a 3rd tier football team. Radio Leicester choose our 3rd tier matches over their top of the table Prem matches. The Mercury always have post match reaction with us dominating the back page. East Midlands Today, Central News have us on before them (central news often just ignore rugby alltogether). If this is'nt living in our shadows I'm not sure what is, considering how "great" they are and how "average" we are in our respective sports. Maybe this is why they are so bitter towards us."One team in Leicester" If you have heard the Tigers commentator commentate, you'd understand why Stringer + guest is preferred. The main reason for more press coverage is the fact that football is the national sport, not rugby, so any argument about 'living in our shadow' is completely pointless. Quite frankly, I'd be embarrassed if Tigers consistently got bigger crowds than us. EDIT: By the way, if anyone questions my allegiance to either City or Tigers... I rejected a guaranteed ticket for the European semi-final in Cardiff to go Crewe and have friends (off here) round for the night. City till I die.
lcfcadam Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 And the song about the RAF, was there any need for that aswel? I thought that song sounded brilliant and we did really well to keep it going! What's wrong with it exactly? and as for the IRA shit, dear god, is that even relevant to LCFC and football, do most people even know why they are singing it. What was 'the IRA shit' - I don't remember anything like that...
Matt Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 The Tigers do live in our shadow though. For all their sucess and European adventures they play second fiddle to a 3rd tier football team. Radio Leicester choose our 3rd tier matches over their top of the table Prem matches. The Mercury always have post match reaction with us dominating the back page. East Midlands Today, Central News have us on before them (central news often just ignore rugby alltogether). If this is'nt living in our shadows I'm not sure what is, considering how "great" they are and how "average" we are in our respective sports. Maybe this is why they are so bitter towards us."One team in Leicester" I think opposite to that tbh, I used to watch Central News over Midlands Today (In my area on BBC it's Midlands today - Birmingham, Stoke, Wolves, Covscum) but I now go through Sky and watch East Midlands Today because I got sick a the lack of coverage we got on Central News, and they often shown Tigers over Leicester City Football Club, I can't remember what but I remember watching Central News one night and something significant had happened to Leicester during in they day, Not a word was said about it on Central News yet they reported on Tigers. That was a while ago and maybe Central News has changed abit and report on Leicester abit more now, but ITV fail yet again IMO.
davieG Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 The Tigers do live in our shadow though. For all their sucess and European adventures they play second fiddle to a 3rd tier football team. Radio Leicester choose our 3rd tier matches over their top of the table Prem matches. The Mercury always have post match reaction with us dominating the back page. East Midlands Today, Central News have us on before them (central news often just ignore rugby alltogether). If this is'nt living in our shadows I'm not sure what is, considering how "great" they are and how "average" we are in our respective sports. Maybe this is why they are so bitter towards us."One team in Leicester" Even Leicester City Council recognises that with their latest marketing campaign.
BlueSi13 Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 Even Leicester City Council recognises that with their latest marketing campaign. thats brilliant!! In response to leftsideoverhere, excellent post i see your saw through me and spotted my "leftness"
Fosse Boy Posted 27 April 2009 Posted 27 April 2009 I thought that song sounded brilliant and we did really well to keep it going! What's wrong with it exactly? Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrm, the fact that it has fuck all to do with Leicester and is pretty xenophobic?
Jace Posted 27 April 2009 Posted 27 April 2009 I went friday night and its just over 550 miles for me to travel to a leicester home match, theres no way i can do that week in week out for every home match
Ultra Posted 27 April 2009 Posted 27 April 2009 The Tigers do live in our shadow though. Yeah, look at all the Euro semis we've been in, eh? For all their sucess and European adventures they play second fiddle to a 3rd tier football team. Radio Leicester choose our 3rd tier matches over their top of the table Prem matches. They have a contract to broadcast our matches, therefore they don't have the choice. The Mercury always have post match reaction with us dominating the back page. Err, no they don't. On the Monday after European games (and sometimes after Premiership ones too) the lead story will generally be Tigers-related East Midlands Today, Central News have us on before them (central news often just ignore rugby alltogether). If this is'nt living in our shadows I'm not sure what is, considering how "great" they are and how "average" we are in our respective sports. Maybe this is why they are so bitter towards us. Regardless of TV coverage, the reality is when their new stand is opened next season we will be struggling to attract higher gates than them. If we do, it will only be because the Chamionship has far greater numbers of away fans than the Guinness Premiership does. The main source of "bitterness" stems from those on this thread who have an inferiority complex. "One team in Leicester" I see numeracy skills are not your strong point. Never mind, I'll see you at the Way on 25th July. Are you taking part?
Ultra Posted 27 April 2009 Posted 27 April 2009 What a nonsense merchant you can be. Why? For taking issue with a false, ludicrously-outdated and offensive stereotype? If you want to bang on about how amazing Tigers are, go to General Football and Sport. If you're happy to see fcukwits embarass themselves, their club and their city, go to Waccoe.
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