I was attacked by a load of football fans today

[Fassa Albrecht]

For anyone who doesn't follow British football (the real game with a ROUND ball and a set of goalposts) it was one of the biggest matches of the North here in Newcastle today- Newcastle against their rivals, Sunderland.


Anyway, the game finished just as I was heading to band around 3pm. Now my house is near to the stadium and a lot of fans use it as a shortcut to the ground.
Bearing in mind I had a bass on my back, this large group of football fans (drunk) decided to give me hassle and I ended up getting knocked around.

Once I got onto Haymarket (the main street in Newcastle) there were police everywhere- vans, dogs, cars, even the motorcycle.

After band I came back through Haymarket and the same thing happened again- several large gangs if fans were hanging around, drinking and being really noisy. I escaped this time.

Why do people have to be so over-the-top?

[Asa Samuel]

Thats why i hate football, rugby fans (as far as i have ever known) arent violent at all, even when drunk out of their skulls.

Can you remember any of them, or recognise any of them?

Sorry to hear about this fassa, you seem to be out of luck at the moment, at least look forward to the gig!

[Fassa Albrecht]

Originally Posted by Bass Junkie

Thats why i hate football, rugby fans (as far as i have ever known) arent violent at all, even when drunk out of their skulls.

Can you remember any of them, or recognise any of them?

Sorry to hear about this fassa, you seem to be out of luck at the moment, at least look forward to the gig!

It isn't normally like this at all but because of this being the 'big match' then people started getting overexcited

[Asa Samuel]

Originally Posted by Fassa Albrecht

It isn't normally like this at all but because of this being the 'big match' then people started getting overexcited

I dont see the point in all the rivalry between football supporters, its only a game.

[Fassa Albrecht]

Tell that to all the Newcastle supporters.....you'd be ripped apart.

[Asa Samuel]

Originally Posted by Fassa Albrecht

Tell that to all the Newcastle supporters.....you'd be ripped apart.

Thats why i do it from the saftey of my computer

[Fassa Albrecht]

Originally Posted by Bass Junkie

Thats why i do it from the saftey of my computer

That's no use....

[Asa Samuel]

Originally Posted by Fassa Albrecht

That's no use....

Well, you can spread the word for me, with a big plaque saying "football sucks" on it.

[Fassa Albrecht]

Originally Posted by Bass Junkie

Well, you can spread the word for me, with a big plaque saying "football sucks" on it.

Want to take bets on how long I'd stay alive

[Jereth]

Originally Posted by Bass Junkie

Thats why i hate football, rugby fans (as far as i have ever known) arent violent at all, even when drunk out of their skulls.

Gotta agree with that man. Nothing like a good day of rugby in my rugby club. Everyone's a laugh and there's no fighting what-so-ever. And since I play with them everyone seems to like ya

Seriously though, I just watched Green Street earlier(Americans or people not from the UK-ish area should see that film and it'll give a better understanding of a football mobs mentality) and although it's a great film, it's still a stupid mentality they have. The message of the whole film portray's that well...

[Asa Samuel]

No, i wouldn't be able to guess a short enough ammount of time.

[Jereth]

Originally Posted by Bass Junkie

Well, you can spread the word for me, with a big plaque saying "football sucks" on it.

Say 'Soccer Sucks...' instead They'll love that...

[Fassa Albrecht]

"Football is a gentleman's sport played by thugs, rugby a thug's sport played by gentlemen"

[Fassa Albrecht]

Originally Posted by Jereth

Say 'Soccer Sucks...' instead They'll love that...

In Newcastle that's about as wise as swimming with pirhanas.

[Asa Samuel]

Originally Posted by Fassa Albrecht

In Newcastle that's about as wise as swimming with pirhanas.

Doesn't matter much, unless you are bleeding.

[Fassa Albrecht]

I was never one for biology.....

[theshadow2001]

Football fans are a bunch of dumb asses.

Thats why there's no violence in rugby the dumbasses stick to a more simplistic game.

[Techmonkey]

if the jacks manage to keep up the good work, they'll be singlehandedly changing the way people see football, guaranteed

seriously though. I'm much more of a rugby fan myself. 3/5ths of my band play for the county, so we always end up having a throwabout, and if there's a big game going on at the local grounds I'll pop down.

Rugby fans definitely tend to be less hooliganistic than football fans

[MakiSupaStar]

Perhaps they know how you feel about the Olympics.

[Tsal]

I have no idea why, but the soccer fan rowdyness thing has spreaded to Finland, too. There are some minor scuffles amongst ice hockey fans sometimes, but soccer fans make the headlines few times per season even when it's a small sport around here.