Leicester City Away Fans

[Nick]

I had not been to an away match for some time due to my health and as a result I was excited to be going to the Hawthorns. I had a great journey up with a couple of lads off the boards who plied me with beer, then I went to the most amazing pub with six other people from here and drank and laughed and had fun. It was the stuff away days are all about.......

Then I got to the game.

The bloke behind me clearly needed some help. He had his arms in the air, two fingers on each hand pressed up to each of his temples and was dancing to the chant of "Leicester Leicester Leicester" which made me slightly concerned for his serotonergic disposition. (Getting 'pilled up' for the footy can't be healthy)

Forgetting about this poor fella for a moment (I'll call him "Mr. E" for arguments sake) the Stewarding Team came up the steps to stop people standing on the stairs and move them in the general direction of their seat...... Of course this wasn't going to be done easily, despite standing in the wrong place and knowing it, the conversations were rude and confrontational and of course ended up in our fans moving away (only to move back again when the stewards reached the bottom of the stairs!) so I have to ask, why the need for aggression?

I did however very much enjoy the chants directed at Mr. Mattock, "You're going down"; "He only hits women" and "You're gonna get mugged by Marlon King" were particularly appropriate.

Walking in at half time being 2-0 down, I reckon the crowd looked a bit like a bunch of puppies being sent to their baskets for chewing the furniture, ears back, heads down - kinda knowing what we did wrong but feeling the basket was a very harsh punishment. I thought the referee should have been going in at half time looking like this too considering his performance.

Walking in to the toilets, some fella came in shouting that we were "F'in Rubbish" which sparked anger from the urinal dwellers who told him to get behind the team and that the performance wasn't bad in the first half and that he should be singing "1-0 down and we're having a laugh"....... I murmured that this should perhaps now be changed to "2-0" but not very loudly as I did not fancy being drowned in the urinal by men angrier than me.

Leaving the confrontation of the toilets behind I went out into the smoking area. There were a bunch of guys arguing and having handbags with a steward who they were accusing of antagonising them and winding them up. Depressed, I then paid £4 quid for a burger (Which didn't lighten my mood much more) and went back into the ground passing another confrontation with the Stewards at the kiosks as I returned to the stadium.

I decided to sit down during the second half as my health was suggesting this would be a beneficial move, so I found a seat near the front and parked myself there. I was then filmed by the Police for the entire second half as the geezer behind me shouted, stood and swore in a heavily populated area of children and had to be warned by the Police four times about his behaviour- only then to boast about his antics to his own young children who were already aware that 'Vocal Daddy' was the cleverest man in the midlands.

Upon leaving the ground to get the tram there was more conflict/handbags with fans and Police outside. I then got off the Tram at Snow Hill and saw Sainsbury's open across the road where I bought newspapers and supplies for the train ride home. Well I bought them, the other two Leicester fans who went in with me just put the bottles of wine in their jackets and walked out again.

I just felt a bit embarrassed by it, that's all.

None of this was about football. I understand frustration at getting beaten - hell, I wasn't stupid enough to go to West Brom, 'expecting' a win.

I'm sure I'll get told that this is football, blah blah blah and that usually I sit in the comfort of the Weller at Home matches which has less plonkers by ratio etc etc......

In truth, I was far more uncomfortable with the dicks at the match than my teams performance.

N.

[maddog]

I had not been to an away match for some time due to my health and as a result I was excited to be going to the Hawthorns. I had a great journey up with a couple of lads off the boards who plied me with beer, then I went to the most amazing pub with six other people from here and drank and laughed and had fun. It was the stuff away days are all about.......

Then I got to the game.

The bloke behind me clearly needed some help. He had his arms in the air, two fingers on each hand pressed up to each of his temples and was dancing to the chant of "Leicester Leicester Leicester" which made me slightly concerned for his serotonergic disposition. (Getting 'pilled up' for the footy can't be healthy)

Forgetting about this poor fella for a moment (I'll call him "Mr. E" for arguments sake) the Stewarding Team came up the steps to stop people standing on the stairs and move them in the general direction of their seat...... Of course this wasn't going to be done easily, despite standing in the wrong place and knowing it, the conversations were rude and confrontational and of course ended up in our fans moving away (only to move back again when the stewards reached the bottom of the stairs!) so I have to ask, why the need for aggression?

I did however very much enjoy the chants directed at Mr. Mattock, "You're going down"; "He only hits women" and "You're gonna get mugged by Marlon King" were particularly appropriate.

Walking in at half time being 2-0 down, I reckon the crowd looked a bit like a bunch of puppies being sent to their baskets for chewing the furniture, ears back, heads down - kinda knowing what we did wrong but feeling the basket was a very harsh punishment. I thought the referee should have been going in at half time looking like this too considering his performance.

Walking in to the toilets, some fella came in shouting that we were "F'in Rubbish" which sparked anger from the urinal dwellers who told him to get behind the team and that the performance wasn't bad in the first half and that he should be singing "1-0 down and we're having a laugh"....... I murmured that this should perhaps now be changed to "2-0" but not very loudly as I did not fancy being drowned in the urinal by men angrier than me.

Leaving the confrontation of the toilets behind I went out into the smoking area. There were a bunch of guys arguing and having handbags with a steward who they were accusing of antagonising them and winding them up. Depressed, I then paid £4 quid for a burger (Which didn't lighten my mood much more) and went back into the ground passing another confrontation with the Stewards at the kiosks as I returned to the stadium.

I decided to sit down during the second half as my health was suggesting this would be a beneficial move, so I found a seat near the front and parked myself there. I was then filmed by the Police for the entire second half as the geezer behind me shouted, stood and swore in a heavily populated area of children and had to be warned by the Police four times about his behaviour- only then to boast about his antics to his own young children who were already aware that 'Vocal Daddy' was the cleverest man in the midlands.

Upon leaving the ground to get the tram there was more conflict/handbags with fans and Police outside. I then got off the Tram at Snow Hill and saw Sainsbury's open across the road where I bought newspapers and supplies for the train ride home. Well I bought them, the other two Leicester fans who went in with me just put the bottles of wine in their jackets and walked out again.

I just felt a bit embarrassed by it, that's all.

None of this was about football. I understand frustration at getting beaten - hell, I wasn't stupid enough to go to West Brom, 'expecting' a win.

I'm sure I'll get told that this is football, blah blah blah and that usually I sit in the comfort of the Weller at Home matches which has less plonkers by ratio etc etc......

In truth, I was far more uncomfortable with the dicks at the match than my teams performance.

N.

I believe it was you're going to get bummed/fooked by Marlon King

[Ford Super Sunday]

In truth, I was far more uncomfortable with the dicks at the match than my teams performance.

N.

I agree with this sentiment entierly

[marbelladave]

I had not been to an away match for some time due to my health and as a result I was excited to be going to the Hawthorns. I had a great journey up with a couple of lads off the boards who plied me with beer, then I went to the most amazing pub with six other people from here and drank and laughed and had fun. It was the stuff away days are all about.......

Then I got to the game.

The bloke behind me clearly needed some help. He had his arms in the air, two fingers on each hand pressed up to each of his temples and was dancing to the chant of "Leicester Leicester Leicester" which made me slightly concerned for his serotonergic disposition. (Getting 'pilled up' for the footy can't be healthy)

Forgetting about this poor fella for a moment (I'll call him "Mr. E" for arguments sake) the Stewarding Team came up the steps to stop people standing on the stairs and move them in the general direction of their seat...... Of course this wasn't going to be done easily, despite standing in the wrong place and knowing it, the conversations were rude and confrontational and of course ended up in our fans moving away (only to move back again when the stewards reached the bottom of the stairs!) so I have to ask, why the need for aggression?

I did however very much enjoy the chants directed at Mr. Mattock, "You're going down"; "He only hits women" and "You're gonna get mugged by Marlon King" were particularly appropriate.

Walking in at half time being 2-0 down, I reckon the crowd looked a bit like a bunch of puppies being sent to their baskets for chewing the furniture, ears back, heads down - kinda knowing what we did wrong but feeling the basket was a very harsh punishment. I thought the referee should have been going in at half time looking like this too considering his performance.

Walking in to the toilets, some fella came in shouting that we were "F'in Rubbish" which sparked anger from the urinal dwellers who told him to get behind the team and that the performance wasn't bad in the first half and that he should be singing "1-0 down and we're having a laugh"....... I murmured that this should perhaps now be changed to "2-0" but not very loudly as I did not fancy being drowned in the urinal by men angrier than me.

Leaving the confrontation of the toilets behind I went out into the smoking area. There were a bunch of guys arguing and having handbags with a steward who they were accusing of antagonising them and winding them up. Depressed, I then paid £4 quid for a burger (Which didn't lighten my mood much more) and went back into the ground passing another confrontation with the Stewards at the kiosks as I returned to the stadium.

I decided to sit down during the second half as my health was suggesting this would be a beneficial move, so I found a seat near the front and parked myself there. I was then filmed by the Police for the entire second half as the geezer behind me shouted, stood and swore in a heavily populated area of children and had to be warned by the Police four times about his behaviour- only then to boast about his antics to his own young children who were already aware that 'Vocal Daddy' was the cleverest man in the midlands.

Upon leaving the ground to get the tram there was more conflict/handbags with fans and Police outside. I then got off the Tram at Snow Hill and saw Sainsbury's open across the road where I bought newspapers and supplies for the train ride home. Well I bought them, the other two Leicester fans who went in with me just put the bottles of wine in their jackets and walked out again.

I just felt a bit embarrassed by it, that's all.

None of this was about football. I understand frustration at getting beaten - hell, I wasn't stupid enough to go to West Brom, 'expecting' a win.

I'm sure I'll get told that this is football, blah blah blah and that usually I sit in the comfort of the Weller at Home matches which has less plonkers by ratio etc etc......

In truth, I was far more uncomfortable with the dicks at the match than my teams performance.

N.

As succinct an explanation of why I rarely sit with our fans at away games as I could have written.

I travel (from my current abode in north London) independently and usually arrange for decent seats even if that means sitting with the home fans. Occasionally I make my allegiances known and chat amiably to some of the opposition fans, sometimes, as yesterday, I keep fairly quiet and watch the game, which is for me very much the point.

Sure I miss a pre-match pint with like minded supporters but I also miss being stuck (more often than not) in some wretched corner with poor views and getting herded about by police and stewards like some kind of degenerate.

Still, you pay your money........

[Simi]

It was always going to happen for a late kick off when people had been drinking all day.

Seems a bit of an over reaction to me, I thought our support was pretty good today atmosphere wise, especially with the result.

[marbelladave]

It was always going to happen for a late kick off when people had been drinking all day.

Seems a bit of an over reaction to me, I thought our support was pretty good today atmosphere wise, especially with the result.

From a distance I agree, in any case despite the '******' our traveling support is usually pretty good and because of my location I get to as many away games as I get to the Walkers.

Those of you who kept the support going yesterday, despite the result... :appl:

[Shrenchel]

Football fans in getting drunk, being non-compliant with stewards and swearing a lot shocker!

Not sure I really get the point of the thread ?! Been going on for decades. It's definitely no 'worse' now than it's been before, if anything it's much much more civilised. Not that that's a good thing. The day our away support completely turns into perfectly behaved family friendly happy clappers is the day I fvck it off for good.

[Guest]

Football fans in getting drunk, being non-compliant with stewards and swearing a lot shocker!

Not sure I really get the point of the thread ?! Been going on for decades. It's definitely no 'worse' now than it's been before, if anything it's much much more civilised. Not that that's a good thing. The day our away support completely turns into perfectly behaved family friendly happy clappers is the day I fvck it off for good.

I'm guessing the point is you can go out, have a few beers, and have a good time at the football, without having to turn into a complete dick in order to do so.

[Nick]

I'm guessing the point is you can go out, have a few beers, and have a good time at the football, without having to turn into a complete dick in order to do so.

In a nutshell, yes.

[lcfcadam]

Really terrific away end yesterday, kept going right until the end. The whole upper section stood throughout the game with no problems from stewards or police - as far as I could tell the stewards actually seemed pretty okay and willing to try and actually sort out any problems as opposed to inflaming them.

You have obviously been unlucky and managed to come across all of the small minority of arses yesterday.

And as for the moaning about the guy standing and swearing down near the front, well I know how I'd have felt if I'd ended up stuck down there with the theatre-goers (it didn't look as if you could just walk between the upper and lower bit, though I might be wrong?)..

[Shrenchel]

I'm guessing the point is you can go out, have a few beers, and have a good time at the football, without having to turn into a complete dick in order to do so.

I wouldn't say telling a steward to do one or swearing (even when there are some precious, fragile children around) makes you a complete dick. Id say sitting down the front in silence for the whole game, only ever stretching your vocal chords to boo one of our players makes you more of a dick and we've got hundreds of those.

Horses for course though I guess.

[unreachable]

I wouldn't say telling a steward to do one or swearing (even when there are some precious, fragile children around) makes you a complete dick. Id say sitting down the front in silence for the whole game, only ever stretching your vocal chords to boo one of our players makes you more of a dick and we've got hundreds of those.

Horses for course though I guess.

The wisdom of youth! Wait until you get older and may be don't find it comfortable to stand and be jostled and then you might take a different view! The content of the match provides my enjoyment.

Standing is unfair to those who can't or are unwilling to stand.

[Guest]

I wouldn't say telling a steward to do one or swearing (even when there are some precious, fragile children around) makes you a complete dick.

Then people wonder why stewards treat football fans like shit.

[Shrenchel]

The wisdom of youth! Wait until you get older and may be don't find it comfortable to stand and be jostled and then you might take a different view! The content of the match provides my enjoyment.

Standing is unfair to those who can't or are unwilling to stand.

I have absolutely no problem with anyone that wants to sit down, just wish you fvckers would bloody sing a bit whilst you're doing it. Im not saying no one in the sit down army ever joins in but it's pretty fvcking eerie down there every single game.

[OzFox]

The wisdom of youth! Wait until you get older and may be don't find it comfortable to stand and be jostled and then you might take a different view! The content of the match provides my enjoyment.

Standing is unfair to those who can't or are unwilling to stand.

Agreed. I don't see why I should have to stand because someone wants to demonstrate their "loyalty"

I haven't been able to stomach our away matches since the Palace cup game, when I had the misfortune to be in front of an abusive twat banging on about Palestine.

[Shrenchel]

Then people wonder why stewards treat football fans like shit.

Because they were bullied at school and have small cocks.

[Guest claude_leic]

There was a decent section standing yesterday. Many lads are put off going to are away games due to the large percentage of ****** who ruin it for everyone. I dont see why they dont just go and follow Tigers, thats very family friendly. Its not like they are passionate about football they sit in silence all game, they just go because its the only thing in their sad life.

[Shrenchel]

Agreed. I don't see why I should have to stand because someone wants to demonstrate their "loyalty"

I haven't been able to stomach our away matches since the Palace cup game, when I had the misfortune to be in front of an abusive twat banging on about Palestine.

behave.

That nutter was about as representative of Leicester fans as I am of devout buddhists. More fool you if you let one **** put you off watching your team.

[Nick]

Because they were bullied at school and have small cocks.

Hmm, I'm sure the female steward had an extremely small penis.

I know this is going to sound crazy but maybe stewarding is an occupation that is chosen out of necessity in a poor economic climate to support families. I didn't see many of the "cockless, bullied" individuals in orange jackets having the time of their life. Maybe they were there, doing a job they are paid to do for reasons other than to disrupt the away sections day out?

[unreachable]

There was a decent section standing yesterday. Many lads are put off going to are away games due to the large percentage of ****** who ruin it for everyone. I dont see why they dont just go and follow Tigers, thats very family friendly. Its not like they are passionate about football they sit in silence all game, they just go because its the only thing in their sad life.

A very immature and selfish reply. You can shout and sing sitting down as well. May be letting off red smoke flares as at Crystal Palace is "good fun" and having the match disrupted by stewards and police etc..

[Shrenchel]

A very immature and selfish reply. You can shout and sing sitting down as well.

Can but don't apparently. Apologies if you're one of the ones that does sit but still sings (loads of people on here claim to be them, must just be doing it proper quiet like.)

I do think telling another city fan to go support the tigers is fvcked up though. People make choices about how they want to support follow the team and however tediously shit those choices may be, they're still Leicester fans. Even if they're goons, we're all Leicester.

[OzFox]

behave.

That nutter was about as representative of Leicester fans as I am of devout buddhists. More fool you if you let one **** put you off watching your team.

Bullshit. I've seen and heard that type of pointless abuse many times over the years.

That's one reason I avoid games, the other is boring football.

[unreachable]

Can but don't apparently. Apologies if you're one of the ones that does sit but still sings (loads of people on here claim to be them, must just be doing it proper quiet like.)

I do think telling another city fan to go support the tigers is fvcked up though. People make choices about how they want to support follow the team and however tediously shit those choices may be, they're still Leicester fans. Even if they're goons, we're all Leicester.

Apologies accepted. We all love Leicester in our different ways!

[Nick]

Can but don't apparently. Apologies if you're one of the ones that does sit but still sings (loads of people on here claim to be them, must just be doing it proper quiet like.)

I do think telling another city fan to go support the tigers is fvcked up though. People make choices about how they want to support follow the team and however tediously shit those choices may be, they're still Leicester fans. Even if they're goons, we're all Leicester.

You can't cross out support and accuse people of being merely followers due to lack of public vocality. Support is as much about money as it is about cheering the team. And they paid too.

It's all about you isn't it!

[Guest]

Because they were bullied at school and have small cocks.

Great response there.

Has someone pissed on your fry up this morning?