RedEd73

Star Boy is quite something

Bloody typical of us 

3 minutes ago, Superjack said:

@RedEd73 Thanks for the update.

The cynic in me wonders if the club have given him a warning and he has kicked off and told them he's never coming back.

Hopefully the case is rather that he is suitably embarrassed by his own behaviour.

Either way, a good result and I hope that you and the kids can continue to enjoy being part of the Ashton Gate family. 

All the best.

Thanks mate.

3 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

The right outcome has been reached, whether through the right method I don't know.

Hopefully @RedEd73 and his children continue to attend, not that it should be needed but hopefully this sends a message that it isn't acceptable- although bawling out children like that isn't acceptable verbatim in any case!

Jumped before pushed is a good shout too.

A ban or appropriate disciplinary measures held over in effect.

I must say the Club has been absolutely fantastic throughout 

49 minutes ago, phantom said:

Good of him but I am intrigued to know whether the club are still going to take action?

It would be nice if they could offer an apology to those involved, verbally or a worst written

I think that as the individual has voluntarily agreed to stay away, there's not much the club could or should do (I agree). My understanding is that if the position changed, and he wanted to attend in the future, the club would take further appropriate action. 

What a great result. Superb performance 

Painful for Joe

12 minutes ago, ProfitInMyPocket said:

They're gunna come right at us from the start of the second half, still plenty to go. 

Two really nice goals after pinching the ball fairly high up.

Hope we don't go into our shells too early and invite too much pressure as we all know we've got individual errors in us, need to keep the threat at the other end.

COYR.

I'm hoping tonight Individual Errors is an unused sub

Have that!

Jooooooeeeeeee

26 minutes ago, RED LAND MAN said:

HI REDEd73 , i was one of the guys who stopped to witness his outburst and to my embarrassment called him by exactly the same outdated and inappropriate name (apologies)....in my defense i did come a bit late to his outburst and all i could see was a quite intimidating (Tim from the office lookalike ) man  shouting at you and your children . Although im a bit disappointed with myself for my misjudged retort i came away thinking how amazing it was that so many of us stepped in to point out just how out of order he was .At the time  he came across to me as a man who gets his own way no matter what ,and didn't seem inebriated in any way . As you have pointed out we dont know his story ..but yes it was inexcusable behavior and lets hope he gets someone to officially warn him so .

regards to you and the kids 

Thank you so much for stepping in. I'm really grateful to you and everyone who did. 

No apology necessary mate, we're only human. He chose his words as far as I'm concerned anyone repeating then to him was just challenging him in a like manner. 

The kids aren't wholly innocent, they're familiar with the best and worst the English language can offer - usually to their amusement - it's just not usually directed at them!

Thanks again. 

6 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

No matter what anyone may be dealing with in their life, there’s no excuse for abusing 2 kids. 

What the **** is wrong with some people? 

Hope your kids are fine and this hasn’t permanently put them off coming back.

Completely agree.

To be clear I'm not trying to make any excuse for him (his actions were inexcusable). Would just like to understand why!

16 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said:

Sounds like the bloke has serious anger issues - and if he reads this thread he'll have serious fear issues too, as there are a bunch of supporters who'd happily burst his mouth for bullying children in that way.

@RedEd73all I can say is your City supporter friends (ie: all of us, bar the idiot involved) stand with you. We hope your kids continue to enjoy games, and you have my admiration giving your youngest their best possible life.   All the best, mate. 

Thanks RR.

I have tried not to be too critical of this man as I know nothing about him, and he may have his own mental health issues, which caused him to behave the way he did on Saturday.

I'm hoping it was an isolated incident and that he now feels thoroughly ashamed.

Wishful thinking perhaps.

7 hours ago, WessexPest said:

A gallon of scrumpy and a bag of Colombian marching powder, I’d wager.

Young kids sometimes get a bit restless at games and most of us have been there, either as parents or sat in front of a bored child who decides to make their own entertainment.

His behaviour sounds utterly irrational and completely unacceptable. Hopefully he is identified and the club tell him any repeat and he’s Barred of Avonmouth.

He didn't appear to be intoxicated at any stage. Just enraged. 

7 minutes ago, Taz said:

Can you keep us updated if/when you get a response @RedEd73? Pretty sure that something like this will be dealt with fairly quickly.

I get that people get annoyed when we play badly/lose/drop points, but to stand there in front of two children and have a go like that is totally uncalled for and just cowardly. I hope that the bloke woke up this morning, realised what he had done, and is absolutely disgusted with himself. 

I'd also suggest that if he's not banned, then anybody who recognises him next time points him out to the stewards and let's them know what happened yesterday.

Glad to hear the kids are fine, but that could quite easily have gone in a  completely different direction with 2 different kids. That could have scarred, and scared them to the point where they not only never want to go to the football again, but could also end up playing on their minds.

@JerrySLO, any chance of the club sorting some hospitality tickets/merchandise/something for the family? Hopefully the kids wont think that this is something that happens all the time and is "normal".

 

Thank you for your kind words but no hospitality needed. @JerrySLO this isn't the club's fault whatsoever and no kind of compensation is required.

The kids have been a few times and they've never had a bad experience. I don't think it will put them off. In fact my eldest son mentioned it this morning and said that the man who had a go at him just have an awful life if that's how he behaves! 

I've been going for 35 years and if some of the stuff I've watched during that time hasn't put me off, this bloke won't!

19 minutes ago, BigAl&Toby said:

@RedEd73 we’ve got 3 season tickets in the South Stand. I know others around us who have season tickets too.

We rarely use all 3. In the past I’ve offered them up in return for a donation to CHSW.

If you and your kids ever fancy them then get in touch. You’d be welcome to use them. 

Alistair and Toby. 

Thank you so much.

In fact thank you to everyone who has replied with messages of support. You're all bloody wonderful. 

Just now, Davefevs said:

And for others who don’t know about the hospice and the great work it does:

https://www.chsw.org.uk

There’s a donate button too if anyone feel inclined to support them!

It's a truly fantastic place. 

They weren't big enough for us on Saturday!

3 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

As you may know, we use CHSW so to hear this happened on a day where they’ve given you tickets is crap, hope the kids are ok and hope the knobhead who had a go at your kids is identified.

Thanks Fevs, much appreciated

12 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

What the **** is wrong with some people?

We all get disappointed but it’s a game, for goodness sake.

@RedEd73 your life is clearly tough enough reading this without having to deal with plankton like you had to on Saturday.

My lad has it tougher than me mate! He's life limited but doesn't present as such  and doesn't appear to have any serious medical conditions. But I couldn't help but wonder about his use of certain language. The seats I occupied are most likely to be occupied by families of life limited children, or people who care for them. 

I've given the club the seat numbers he was in during the first half. Hopefully they'll investigate 

4 minutes ago, BasSavage88 said:

Jesus ******* Christ that's awful. Are the kids ok? 

Thanks Bas. They were quite shaken up at the time but are fairly "robust" thankfully. 

Not sure what got into the bloke. As I mentioned we had spoken before the match and during the first half and no hint of any animosity until right before half time. I'd venture that it was the millwall goal that set him off.

Interestingly he had been sitting with a lady who went to leave just as Millwall got the penalty. I had a chat with her as she left and it was all very friendly with no hint of what was to follow. 

44 minutes ago, Superjack said:

Maybe email the club. They might be able to publish a CCTV image of him.

39 minutes ago, Feral Williams said:

Good shout, I’ll do that tomorrow 

Thanks both. I emailed the club on Saturday night after I'd calmed down a tad! Hopefully will get a response.

Not sure if the guys involved are on here, but I wanted to say thank you to the chaps who protected my children today in the Lansdown concourse after the match whilst I took my youngest child to the toilet.

A man who had been sitting in W17 chose this moment to verbally assault the other 2 children whilst I was briefly absent. 

Anyway, thanks again for placing my children before your own safety and for staying with us until the man finally left. I am very grateful to you.

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