Reclaim The Kop

[Mumsafan]

good post mums - wtf is with clapping before YNWA ends, it happens every week.

have to disagree with one thing you say tho, I don't mind the women who get dressed up

A few years ago we palyed on New Years Day - feckin freezing it was. Three women and a kid were using the HSS Hire Centre tickets - None of the women had proper coats on, all had short skirts on, and were clutching huge handbags! They sat frozen solid for the first 20 mins then buggered off to the bar, came back 20 mins before the end. What a waste of tickets.They also stared at me (well glared) when I joined in the singing - don't think they liked the swearing - especially as the Stevie G song got sang a few times! **** em! It's a football match not a company outing!

[Mumsafan]

i think women should be banned from anfield

**** off yer Welsh nob

[brikkis]

i think women should be banned from anfield

What PTP said

[Rocket]

**** off yer Welsh nob

just because seat22 has to explain the offside rule to you every game.

[Neil Young]

Lots of those things annoy me yes. But frankly, I'd accept that some things irritate in life and can tolerate it.

So lets talk about dealbreakers, and for me it comes down to leaving the outside world where it belongs - outside the ground.

Surely we can all agree to do just that? Surely nobody should be at the ground treating the match as a visual backdrop to their office escapades or on a lengthy conversation on their mobile phone about something else.

If I can get that at least then great.

I can understand why someone may bugger off with 2 minutes to go even if I never do and it gets on me nerves a bit. I can understand why someone may want to take a pic (although I think the success of the team should be the primary focus of any fan and you should keep the phone in your pocket if its a pen or a corner).

What I can't understand is what anyone gets out of the match if they spend the whole first half discussing stock orders and office politics and all that crap. Yes we all get different things out of it. But what can ANYONE get out of the mundane unrelated conversation while the match is on??

I understand what you're saying and I sympathise but don't you see that's just your "dealbreaker"? It doesn't bother me as much. Why can't people talk about what they like? Maybe they've got things on their minds and when they relax at a game they can talk about them more easily, just like maybe the people who leave early have got a long journey or have an urgent commitment and can't afford to get stuck in traffic.

The point about tolerating things is you have to tolerate the things you don't like.

Certainly I'd encourage people to sing and stay to the end and support the team and pay attention and all the same things you would but I don't want the culture police laying down the law.

[JRG]

I know the kind of woman mums is talking about, one sat next to me late last season, she looked like a mannequin - dolled up to the nines. When she wasn't on the 'phone she was winging at her boyfriend asking how much longer. In the end the bloke behind leaned over and said to her boyfriend that it would be better if he took the 'phone off her before he shoved it up her arse. The boyfriend (from Ireland as was she incidentally) agreed with this bloke, took the phone off her and told her in no uncertain terms what a waste of a ticket it was bring her to the holy ground of Anfield.


Incidentally I have noticed an increase in singing in the main stand where I sit - I think this is due to an influx of retired Kopites, but their influnece has spread albeit not very far.

[PTP]

A few years ago we palyed on New Years Day - feckin freezing it was. Three women and a kid were using the HSS Hire Centre tickets - None of the women had proper coats on, all had short skirts on, and were clutching huge handbags! They sat frozen solid for the first 20 mins then buggered off to the bar, came back 20 mins before the end. What a waste of tickets.They also stared at me (well glared) when I joined in the singing - don't think they liked the swearing - especially as the Stevie G song got sang a few times! **** em! It's a football match not a company outing!

Fair enough most women go over the top and get in the way at the match - but from a male point of view there is nothing better than a few pints before the game, a good blimp at some of the women jumping on the bandwagon before watching the match, having a pie and continuing the drinking.

[brikkis]

The boyfriend (from Ireland as was she incidentally) agreed with this bloke, took the phone off her and told her in no uncertain terms what a waste of a ticket it was bring her to the holy ground of Anfield.

That was me. I've since left the bitch

[Mumsafan]

That was me. I've since left the bitch

[Charlie_B]

Well dodged

It wasn't dodged at all. I refuse to accept that if a player is taking a penalty, with 40,000 pairs of eyes on him, a couple of 1000 away fans doing their utmost to distract him, that a few camera flashes are a problem.

If it is such a problem, then the next time the opposition get a pen at the Kop, they should pull out their cameras and take photos rather than jeer and whistle. Scary stuff./

[JRG]

That was me. I've since left the bitch

If it was you well done. She was fit as **** BTW.

[Redspin]

good post mums - wtf is with clapping before YNWA ends, it happens every week.

have to disagree with one thing you say tho, I don't mind the women who get dressed up

Clapping before the end of YNWA has been going on for at least the 40-odd years I've been attending. It's nothing to do with the current fans

[Mumsafan]

Clapping before the end of YNWA has been going on for at least the 40-odd years I've been attending. It's nothing to do with the current fans

I know it isn't. It's been going on in all the years I've been going - it still annoys me though

[Craig_H]

You should, everyone should be able to.
What I said was it sounded to me like thats what the original poster was implying. Not what my view was.

Yeah, i got that, albeit after i'd replied, to be fair.

It's a bit silly, the whole 'blame game'. Not that you were doing that.

Fundamentally, i'd like to try and investiage WHY those people do all those annoying things and dont sing.

[Bob]

What load of bollox.

I agree with some of what he says in regard to getting back to traditions but some people just can't get over as often as people who live in England.

So what,they get a bit excited and take picture,blow it out your ****ing arse.
Cause thats where the club with be without all the OOT's on it's arse!!

I get over once mabye twice a season if I'm lucky, between flights,accomadtion and the conversion rate from euro magic beans to sterling it costs a ****ing mint.

Personally I don't take photos,but i did my 1st time and I not gonna listen to some **** rant on that someone who spends an arm and a leg to get to see their beloved reds is ruining it for all the locals because of a few ****ing photos!

Kiss the back end of my bollox!

(Apoligies but I'm a bit pissed off,trying to calm down before I kill someone in work)

People that don't get laid, can be volitile creatures (see above).