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Norwich City vs Sheffield Utd(away) Saturday 16th September.

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morty

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Seems that when Yorkshire police said yesterday the only arrests were two people from Norwich they actually meant two people from Sheffield.

Great stuff dibble.
 
hogesar

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Fans need to be streetwise to a degree but I disagree with doing things to make everything easier. Ill never not wear my colours away. Of course you might get some mouth walking around but the real streetwise aspect is not to antagonise people if youre unwilling to deal with the result.

I think some clubs fans think they have some reputation etc and not wearing colours just boosts their ego a little bit more.
 
morty

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hogesar said:
Fans need to be streetwise to a degree but I disagree with doing things to make everything easier. Ill never not wear my colours away. Of course you might get some mouth walking around but the real streetwise aspect is not to antagonise people if youre unwilling to deal with the result.

I think some clubs fans think they have some reputation etc and not wearing colours just boosts their ego a little bit more.
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Its personal choice, you and me grew up in different football eras, plus, quite often, I have had my kids with me (when they were younger anyway) so would rather not draw undue attention. So its not about boosting anyones ego, its just about personal safety. 

Indeed, the "not antagonising people" bit is key here. We are pretty lucky as Norwich fans as most other clubs see us as what we are, a decent family club with good fans. And as  we have both said, whilst there is absolutely excuse for violence, if you swan about like some sort of Green street hooligan, you have to accept there may be consequences of your actions.

Thankfully the days of getting an unprovoked battering just for the colour of shirt you are wearing, are mostly gone.
 
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Canaryboy

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I didn't wear colours yesterday, because I used to live in a fourth floor studio flat next to the ground and used to see violence almost every match day from the window. Then again, I never wear colours to be honest. 

Mate wore an away shirt, I got him to zip his jacket up after the game. Those two big hooligans didn't seem to mind trying to get a reaction from fans wearing colours. 
 
Canaryboy

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The "two people arrested", now wondering whether those are the same two people offering it out to everybody. Will have to wait for the mugshots in the paper to find out. 
 
OldRobert

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Wonder if they managed to arrest anybody at all, or will they be calling them Dereham fans this time. :wub:
 
hogesar

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I suppose you've also got to take into account the average intelligence of your everyday football fan. If two big guys are waiting outside trying to provoke a reaction, you'd like to think most of us could just laugh it off in the knowledge they're only hanging about because they don't want to go back to their 1 bed flat with 8 children, 6 of which have been addicted to crack cocaine since birth, who undermine every single thing they do as parents, and when friends ask their children "what does your daddy do?" their response is "let me down".

But too many people seem to get so angry and wound up by it and thus problems ensue.
 
morty

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hogesar said:
I suppose you've also got to take into account the average intelligence of your everyday football fan. If two big guys are waiting outside trying to provoke a reaction, you'd like to think most of us could just laugh it off in the knowledge they're only hanging about because they don't want to go back to their 1 bed flat with 8 children, 6 of which have been addicted to crack cocaine since birth, who undermine every single thing they do as parents, and when friends ask their children "what does your daddy do?" their response is "let me down".

But too many people seem to get so angry and wound up by it and thus problems ensue.
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Its a weird thing, and I'm not getting at our own fans, because like I have said, no one deserves to end the day in hospital.

I'm a passionate fan, I'll sing, get wound up, shout, swear, the whole nine yards. But sometimes when I look around, and this is just as much at home as it is away, you see folks really shouting venom at the opposing fans, barely paying any attention to whats happening on the pitch, spit running down their chins, veins popping out of their foreheads and it really does make you wonder about them.
 
OldRobert

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morty said:
Its a weird thing, and I'm not getting at our own fans, because like I have said, no one deserves to end the day in hospital.

I'm a passionate fan, I'll sing, get wound up, shout, swear, the whole nine yards. But sometimes when I look around, and this is just as much at home as it is away, you see folks really shouting venom at the opposing fans, barely paying any attention to whats happening on the pitch, spit running down their chins, veins popping out of their foreheads and it really does make you wonder about them.
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Have you been reading my mail again?! :D
 
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They've banned seven supporters this year already!
 
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Of course, that'll be fun, can't just escort them to the station, must get a bit hairy!
 
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