Older aged away support than most?

[1964FOX]

If I pay so much to go to the cinema, why should I have my film ruined by some fat coont behind me stuffing his face with popcorn and sweets because he can't go 2 hours without eating?

Sorry I can't help it.

[Bluetintedspecs]

I think the likes of Stu (and others) come across as frustrated younger fans.

Football 'fanism' in the UK has massively changed.

It's not only about seating, it's also the composition of the fan base. Making football a 'family thing' has widened it's appeal. However, it's also made the atmosphere completely different. Along with Health and Safety of course.

Whichever camp you wish to agree with, (Football as a family centred, neutered phenomenon, or not) I consider myself fortunate that I followed City as a kid at Filbert St. THEN atmosphere really was atmosphere. Believe me, now it's pretty dull by comparison.

I wonder whether the likes of Stu et al are simply dreaming for something they just cannot have anymore. Age IS important IMO. Simply because I'm old enough to have been brought up in the Spion Kop. The young uns these days have missed out.

Great post mate and totally agree, Filbert Street was very special in both memories and atmosphere! The game and demographics of supporters has changed massively, mainly due to economical reasons but also all seating..I don't think theres a lack of passion or vocal support in the KP it's just fragmented due to the sheer size of the ground and the anal" our section is better than yours" Too many prissy songs and not enough old fashioned rousing songs that reverberate round the terraces!

[DANGEROUS TIGER]

Back then the police were always prepared to lend a little support to my Doris when she was on one of her jaunts .

Ah! Happy days! That's Erica Rowe at Twickenham.

I have a very good memory for faces! lol

[DANGEROUS TIGER]

I don't think either of the 2 PCs are looking at her mouth somehow ???!! At least the one on the left has the good grace to do it with some discretion .... unlike the muppet on the right !!

He's no muppet. He is looking for the missing rugby ball that Erica nicked. :rolleyes:

[SouthLondonFox]

Fukin old cnuts

Never once have i mentioned age on this thread. I was referring to strictly sandwiches which i stand by

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[Guest Col city fan]

Ah! Happy days! That's Erica Rowe at Twickenham.

I have a very good memory for faces! lol

Nice one DT!

[It's A Knockeart!]

If I pay the substantial cost it takes to follow Leicester these days I'll bloody well face the wall if I want to.

Don't anybody dare try and tell me or others how to watch a football match, or a gig, or anything. If someone wants to sing and dance, fine; likewise, if someone wants to analyse the game with their mate, or enjoy themselves with their kids, fine. But don't get off on assuming because you've a bigger mouth than others that they support the team any less than you do; by being at the match they prove this isn't the case. You may think that yours in the first voice the players hear when the team is doing well, but sure as hell it'll be the one they resent ringing the loudest when things aren't so rosy.

Sing on; it adds to the atmosphere, but so does everybody else. And I love that Leicester has a great and varied support, like the population of the praised multi-cultural city itself. If that's not for you, well, football is changing and it's you who will be left behind.

[The Year Of The Fox]

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Give over, that was banter for want of a better word

[foxaholic]

If I pay the substantial cost it takes to follow Leicester these days I'll bloody well face the wall if I want to.

Don't anybody dare try and tell me or others how to watch a football match, or a gig, or anything. If someone wants to sing and dance, fine; likewise, if someone wants to analyse the game with their mate, or enjoy themselves with their kids, fine. But don't get off on assuming because you've a bigger mouth than others that they support the team any less than you do; by being at the match they prove this isn't the case. You may think that yours in the first voice the players hear when the team is doing well, but sure as hell it'll be the one they resent ringing the loudest when things aren't so rosy.

Sing on; it adds to the atmosphere, but so does everybody else. And I love that Leicester has a great and varied support, like the population of the praised multi-cultural city itself. If that's not for you, well, football is changing and it's you who will be left behind.

This is only true at home if you go away and dont make a sound your money goes to the home team and in some cases stopped someone else getting a ticket and I am saying this as a OAP.

[5waller5]

Or finding your crombie has been slashed, did you ever go to The twin towers for a big match ? If you had you would know what was wrong "back in the day" and what's wrong with eating at a match, if you bring your own to a away game you anit giving them extra money

Rant over

Yeah a few ... what do you mean?/ The toilets? Being treated like a pack of dogs by the police?? The queueing for everything or the terror of taking a wrong turn and ending up in away fans!?

The Old Den was worse!!!

Eating's Cheating anyway!!!

[It's A Knockeart!]

This is only true at home if you go away and dont make a sound your money goes to the home team and in some cases stopped someone else getting a ticket and I am saying this as a OAP.

If you've got a ticket you've got it because you're supporting the team, whether loudly or not. Everyone potentially stops somebody else getting a ticket every time they go to a match; loudness doesn't equate more deserving. Money goes to the home team either way so that point doesn't really stand.

[indierich06]

If I pay the substantial cost it takes to follow Leicester these days I'll bloody well face the wall if I want to.

Don't anybody dare try and tell me or others how to watch a football match, or a gig, or anything. If someone wants to sing and dance, fine; likewise, if someone wants to analyse the game with their mate, or enjoy themselves with their kids, fine. But don't get off on assuming because you've a bigger mouth than others that they support the team any less than you do; by being at the match they prove this isn't the case. You may think that yours in the first voice the players hear when the team is doing well, but sure as hell it'll be the one they resent ringing the loudest when things aren't so rosy.

Sing on; it adds to the atmosphere, but so does everybody else. And I love that Leicester has a great and varied support, like the population of the praised multi-cultural city itself. If that's not for you, well, football is changing and it's you who will be left behind.

Bang on the money.

[5waller5]

If I pay the substantial cost it takes to follow Leicester these days I'll bloody well face the wall if I want to.

Don't anybody dare try and tell me or others how to watch a football match, or a gig, or anything. If someone wants to sing and dance, fine; likewise, if someone wants to analyse the game with their mate, or enjoy themselves with their kids, fine. But don't get off on assuming because you've a bigger mouth than others that they support the team any less than you do; by being at the match they prove this isn't the case. You may think that yours in the first voice the players hear when the team is doing well, but sure as hell it'll be the one they resent ringing the loudest when things aren't so rosy.

Sing on; it adds to the atmosphere, but so does everybody else. And I love that Leicester has a great and varied support, like the population of the praised multi-cultural city itself. If that's not for you, well, football is changing and it's you who will be left behind.

Can't disagree with that!!

[Adster]

You sound like a ****.

Why is it your right to decide how people support their team? For all you know they've followed us for 50 years. Get over yourself.-

Absolutely agree Haydos.

Fans pay the money, they can do whatever the fvck they want.

Get off your high horse, lcfcstu.

[indierich06]

My point is virtually everyone knows what away days are for abd what they're going to be like (should be like perhaps is more relevant to oyr away atmospheres)

Away days are for watching your football team play away from home, end of. Anything else is secondary, if you want to make a noise, good for you, if someone wants to sit down and watch the game, don't accuse them of not supporting the team - they've already shown their support by making the effort and shelling out their hard earned cash to get there in the first place.

[Adster]

My point is virtually everyone knows what away days are for abd what they're going to be like (should be like perhaps is more relevant to oyr away atmospheres)

lol

You really are a moron, aren't you.

[absolutelegend]

But likewise when i pay handsomely i dont expect to have my day ruined by being made to sit.

Obviously someone has to give way. At home games its easier you know where you buy your seat determines whether you sit or stand.

All seater stadiums nowadays Stu. The rules are that everyone sits down in all parts of the ground whether you like it or not.

[The Year Of The Fox]

All seater stadiums nowadays Stu. The rules are that everyone sits down in all parts of the ground whether you like it or not.

Which are strictly enforced alll over the country

[Leicester_Numan]

It aint a soddin picnic

People who takes sandwiches to football are hardly going to be the fans who vocally back their team.

And if you don't vocally back your team you shouldn't be anywhete near a football ground

There used to be 7 in my group of various ages that used to go to every game home and away. We never took sandwiches to home games as we'd had time to eat but for the away games we were on the road early so we were parked up and in the pub for about 11. The only real time we got to eat was at half time, so it was sandwiches for us. Firstly, it saved us a shit load of money over a season. Secondly, eating sandwiches at half time does not and never will stop you supporting the team vocally and the very same people that you're having a moan at are the ones that were creating a better atmosphere at Filbo with much lower gates then any of the younger mob have managed at the KP. Thirdly, when your money is stretched a bit tighter, maybe you'll start seeing the wisdom of taking your own food instead of paying rip off prices for rubber crap and tasteless coffee. More money than sense springs to mind

[The Year Of The Fox]

Mate ive got more debt than greece, i just don't eatcat games full stop

[Leicester_Numan]

Mate ive got more debt than greece, i just don't eatcat games full stop

Well that's entirely up to you. Just saying that there are reasons that people take their own food to away games. It's primarily financial, but quite often it's because they just don't have time to eat due to travelling and pubbing it etc. I would assume that anyone who brings food to home games has had to travel a fair distance first. If they live in Leicester and bring their own food to games then that's just a bit sad

[indierich06]

Know what you're saying.

But likewise when i pay handsomely i dont expect to have my day ruined by being made to sit.

Obviously someone has to give way. At home games its easier you know where you buy your seat determines whether you sit or stand.

Away games though you should be there for one thing only, to make a bloody loud noise

Yeah, the person who is standing. At the end of the day, you're paying for a seat. If you're stood up in front of someone who wants to sit down during the game for whatever reason, and you're blocking their view, you're obliged to either sit down or move somewhere else if possible - they're not obliged to stand up, just because you want to.

EDIT: Also, your view of the game won't be ruined by someone making you sit down - someone's view of the game WILL be ruined if you stand in front of them, which is out of order IMO.

[Mark_w]

If you want to sit buy a ticket at the front of the stand, if you want to stand get one at the back. If the person behind you wants you to sit down, swap seats or move somewhere else. Crisis averted.

[The Year Of The Fox]

Yeah, the person who is standing. At the end of the day, you're paying for a seat. If you're stood up in front of someone who wants to sit down during the game for whatever reason, and you're blocking their view, you're obliged to either sit down or move somewhere else if possible - they're not obliged to stand up, just because you want to.

EDIT: Also, your view of the game won't be ruined by someone making you sit down - someone's view of the game WILL be ruined if you stand in front of them, which is out of order IMO.

If i knew i wasn't able to stand at a game id rather not go

[marbelladave]

It's all about fooking control........

The authorities love reserved seating because it helps stop like minded supporters gathering together and helps identify offenders in our compliance obsessed society.

Unreserved seating would be a boon for the fans, allowing them to gather in suitable areas with their friends, sitters in one area (the front..... ) standers further back and no one in inappropriate areas wanting to sit where the rest are standing or vice versa. Common sense will sort it out in due course.

Sadly this gives the authorities less control and they are frightened of fans getting together and causing 'trouble', so fans have to but up with all the stewarding shit which spoils the experience for many.

The reality is that the rules are oppressive and restrictive, deliberately so to make it easy for the stewards/police to exercise control when and as they wish. As usual the enforcement of these rules are completely random, standing is tolerated, particularly when carried out 'en mass' proving that the safety and comfort of the fans is not the issue..........