ChippenhamRobin Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Just got back and i can safely say i will never sit in the home end again when city play away,never realised it would be so hard to hide my emotions when city were on the attack,not that they were very often!! getting some nasty looks from near by fans as were many other city fans dotted about,not the most enjoyable of away games.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Of The Dolman Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 suppose you had to get up and clap when they scored as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Been in the home end many times and the last thing I do is stand up let alone clap when they score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRobin Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 Think us not clapping there goals and staying sat down is what got us noticed there's no way i could ever clap a team for scoring against city!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingsdownred Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Just got back and i can safely say i will never sit in the home end again when city play away,never realised it would be so hard to hide my emotions when city were on the attack,not that they were very often!! getting some nasty looks from near by fans as were many other city fans dotted about,not the most enjoyable of away games.. second that mate, one of the hardest things ive ever gone through today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bristoliain Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 suppose you had to get up and clap when they scored as well? i just stood up and watched didnt clap, ginger kid next to me thought i was a neutral thank go cos i didnt seem to get so exited when we got close for fear of gettin thrown out especially when id spent £24 to get in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider11 Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Thats been about 11th game i've now sat in the home ends when city away. Felt it harder to do at Cardiff this season and Millwall last season. Far more intimidating than today. Easiest had to be Yeovil and Swansea last season, West brom wasnt too bad only had to try and not look to glum when they were 4 goals up. Done it at Cambridge and Peterborough quite a few times over the years going back a few now from about 96-04, as with my mum being cambridge and my dad posh just went with them into home ends. Did manage to give there goal a slight clap and stand up. So not too neutral, did same at cardiff and millwall aswell, somehow bought myself to make some attempt to acknowledge it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRobin Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 On another note what did you think of the city support today? i thought sounded loud in parts from where i was,would of been even better if they had something to sing about.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Saint Matty Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 There was quite a few City fans kicked out near me in the Saints end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezo Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 suppose you had to get up and clap when they scored as well? I was in the home end and although we didnt say anything to say we were city fans all game when we didnt cheer for there first goal a few of there supporters realised we wer'nt saints fans and had a little hissy fit insisting that "if we didnt leave they wouldnt be responsable for what was going to happen" and few other more direct threats. guess what? we stayed there and nothing happened and to be honest everyone else around us looked like they were just about ready for a coffin anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SuperCityFan Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 I understand wanting to be there and see the game, but I don't think I could sit with opposing fans, either having everyone around you celebrating and not being able to be outwardly thoroughly miserable, or try and sing to cheer on City, whichever you prefer, or you have City winning and wanting to celebrate but having to pretend like you're not bothered, I don't think I could do it!!!!! I don't think I could have coped sitting the the Southampton fans today!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman-is-god Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I too had to bite the bullet and go in the home end. It was incredibly depressing, couldn't even shout my anger at anyone. Towards the end i became far more outspoken as we were 2-0 down I didn't really care whether we got kicked out. All-round, an awful day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLYMRED Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Just got back and i can safely say i will never sit in the home end again when city play away,never realised it would be so hard to hide my emotions when city were on the attack,not that they were very often!! getting some nasty looks from near by fans as were many other city fans dotted about,not the most enjoyable of away games.. Agree totally. First and last time for us. 4 of us sat directly opposite to the away end (chapel stand). It is very much a family stand and I think it was fairly obvious we were city - may have been that me and one of my sons had started in the Giddy bridge at 10.00 in the morning!! By that I mean with the best intentions in the world you cant always be 100% discreet . On a side note why did the police deem it necessary to remove the Trowbridge flag outisde that pub? Had a pint in the bevios (sp?) castle where I was amazed to find a couple of pompey supporters cheering there team on!! And to the couple of city supporters from Swansea if your reading this nice to meet you. Met up with saints supporting family at ground and got in after I was asked to help fill out a survey about the club - was I a season ticket holder/how many games did I get to etc. Final question was "what is your post code?" - fortunately mine is not a BS one otherwise that may have caught me out!!. Home end facilities very good though a bit miffed to have to pay £3 for what was effectively a tin. Well not quite the truth as I persuaded someone else it was there round. I'm sure there are shed loads of reports about the game in other threads but two points from me. The first one was I hope you get to see the 2 saves Basso did second half on tv. I was sat directly behind them and couldn't believe he kept them out - absolutely outstanding. The second point is a bit more negative I'm afraid. The incident that occurred in our away supporters end looked very unsavoury from where we were sat. As for my reason never to go a home end again - I had to listen to a bloke sat directly behind me whose advice to his players was simple. Every time a City player got the ball break his legs. You can all summon up your own images of this intellectual man but needless to say he was sat on his own. It got more than a little frustrating when I couldn't reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilnin Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 it was bloody hard, we were sat just to the left of city fans. at times i wanted to just tell the locals around us to shut up and join in with the (rare) city songs. why city fans don't just stand up and SUPPORT their team i'll never know. looked so much better the occasional times city fans were stood getting behind the team, and believe it or not, from where i was it looked to spur our players on as the tempo seemed to rise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh_red Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Just got back and i can safely say i will never sit in the home end again when city play away,never realised it would be so hard to hide my emotions when city were on the attack,not that they were very often!! getting some nasty looks from near by fans as were many other city fans dotted about,not the most enjoyable of away games.. try doing it for an Away game against the Gas.........I nearly got murdered a few years back when Phillips saved that Pen! never again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Squirrel Kingdom Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Considered going in the home end but after doing it twice (Birmingham City in 1998 and Brighton last season) it seemed like a bad idea...especially when we scored first at Birmingham and Scott Murray wound the crowd up and when I had to feign disbelief at the foul on Basso that got the Brighton player sent off. Would consider doing it again but depends on the circumstances. After reading the posts elsewhere I'm glad I didn't go full stop. Had to turn Radio Bristol off after the second goal which was bl**dy annoying as I'd just had Comply Or Die win in the Grand National and was feeling chuffed. Ah well. We're still alive but we cannot afford ANY more screw ups this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I think I must have been on a different planet and match to you lot. I was with about 5 other city fans and we had a ball. The saints fans were great. You lot seem to think that because someone supports the opposition they are going to bite you! You gotta get with the programme, talk to them, get some banter going, why,.. even compliment them.. lordy law is that too much to ask?; people are allowed to support another team and have a view. Why we even sang 'when the saints go marching in' and got them all going because they were so quiet.. they loved us for that and afterwhich we sang all the city songs in our repertoire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest XBOXMAN69 Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 I sat with the home fans, but never again. What a bunch of inbreads! Was glad to get out when the full time whistle went Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fodbarmyarmy Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 I think I must have been on a different planet and match to you lot. I was with about 5 other city fans and we had a ball. The saints fans were great. You lot seem to think that because someone supports the opposition they are going to bite you! You gotta get with the programme, talk to them, get some banter going, why,.. even compliment them.. lordy law is that too much to ask?; people are allowed to support another team and have a view. Why we even sang 'when the saints go marching in' and got them all going because they were so quiet.. they loved us for that and afterwhich we sang all the city songs in our repertoire. You are living in a dream world You are also quite right of course - why shouldn't opposing fans mix - maybe clubs should have an area where this can happen in an attempt to get fans together again (like they have in Ireland with mix religion schools etc) But you are still living in a dream world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balhambcfc Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 The worst experience I have ever had is sitting amongst the Swansea fans during the 7-1 drubbing, a particular low point of many being forced to stand up during a version of stand up if you hate the English! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 I had the misfortune to be stood on the paddock at Twerton when we lost 3-2 and also sat at the back at the grandstand (sic) when we got drubbed 4-0. Maintained radio silence for pretty much all of both games, not that the 4-0 had much cheer to offer anyway. The former was made even worse by having to stand in the sponsor's lounge (sic) after the match and watch the Gas squad get presented with a christmas turkey each (got the ticket through a mate of my dad's who's company was a shirt or match sponsor). Also recall Charlton away years ago, when I was sat on my own in the home end: forgot where i was, cheered our opener and then got abuse for the rest of the game as charlton went on to win, I think, 2-1 with a late winner. Worse than that, not related to City, was being stood in the home end with my idiot dad at the Old Den for a Millwall v Liverpool FA Cup game, only to watch dad sportingly applaud Liverpool's 2 goals. And worst of all was being in the home end at Old Trafford, getting walked around the pitch by a copper to the away end to get in with the Spurs fans (with a Spurs supporter from Uni), to the delightful sound of gas hissing noises from the home supporters, only to be told the away end was full, and sent back to the home paddock. Stood pressed up against the railings in full view of the copper, sh1tting myself, until kindly steward dragged us out and through a back corridor to the away end. Sat in near silence in the away end at Rangers v Hibs, with two other English lads, amongst the anti-English vitriol of the Hibs fans was also interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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