just been watching australia vrs lions. all the fans sit together and just enjoy the game together. if that was a football game it would be a blood bath. just shows how imature the game of football is. rugby for me every time. its still a family game full of good sportsmen
im gonna hold my tonge here and just say i agree lol
98% of footy fans are fine and could sit with each other and still have a good time............but if you look at an average attendence of say 30k, then that 2% that are n*bs still equals 600 people that can't have a good time without having a scrap. I will say one thing though, if you compare it to a town center on a fri/sat night, then there's a LOT less trouble lol
id say more than 2%. prob more like 75% for local derbys.
Graeme, I know you're from the NE and Newcastle hate Sunderland and vice versa, but down here Blackburn and Burnley fans love each other. We marry each other, and our kids can be the opposite to us, but when it comes to match days, it is pure hatred. Therefore, I do agree with your perspective on this subject above.
With the exception of derby matches (to be fair you are probably right there) I would have to disagree with saying mixed football fans would be a bloodbath. I go to every Swansea home game as I've got a season ticket and I also go to some Wales international games too. Rugby certainly looks more family friendly in general, but there's not a massive difference in my experience. I generally always meet in the same place right outside the stadium for a couple of pints before Swansea matches. Its mainly Swans fan there but there are always loads of away fans standing around having a pint or two before heading into the stadium. Away fans sometimes ask us to take photos of their group Before and after the game the fans are always mixed. During the game there is plenty of banter between home and away fans and the segregation of fans does make for a better atmosphere in my opinion. Where I sat (until the end of last season, I've moved now) was 5 seats away from the visiting fans, and while there is always a lot of banter its never anything serious and there is plenty of hand shaking over the small barrier after games. After the game once again all fans are mixed as they exit the stadium. Week in, week out tens of thousands of fans mix very well before and after the matches (with 90 minutes or so of banter in between over a very small barrier which would not stop anyone getting over if they wanted to!). The small percentage who would fight opposing fans would probably just as quickly fight their own fans given half the chance.
[QUOTE=LiamT4;623199]98% of footy fans are fine and could sit with each other and still have a good time............but if you look at an average attendence of say 30k, then that 2% that are n*bs still equals 600 people that can't have a good time without having a scrap. I will say one thing though, if you compare it to a town center on a fri/sat night, then there's a LOT less trouble lol[/QUOTE] My opinion is just that. I've been to Liverpool Derbys against Everton with my old man & worn my Liverpool shirt in the home end at goodison park & no1 would dare throw a punch. Yeah you get banter for it & there are a few nastys but they'd get lynched by a mob if they did anything. Saying that I wouldn't wear my wrexham top at diva roads home end where Chester play. Football violence is a load of hype nowerdays, if anything happens it occurs well away from the grounds & CCTV.