Sitting in the home end for an away game

[efctom20]

I've seen a few people mention on here that they sit in the home end for league games if they can't get a ticket in the away end. What I'm wondering is, how? If Everton go and score after ten seconds, what do you do? I've never even tried it but the very thought leads to scenes of being escorted from the building....!

 

[Deggo]

Done it at a few over the years and never been ejected

Expect abuse it comes with the territory and do expect to be ejected or sit on your hands it's up to you

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

Just hope for an injury timer like when I did it at City and Sir Tim of Cahill nodded one in right in front of me and my lad with seconds to go.

 

[Matthew mcdonnell]

About 300 of us did it at hull last season, was f'ing class

 

[Minimeister]

Done it for United in the Stretford End. Didn't enjoy it that much to be honest. Half the fun is being able to shout and scream with fellow blues.

 

[1966efc]

Doing it tomorrow. Smile sweetly, keep calm & remember it isn't their fault.

 

[EireBlue]

Done it for the 2009 cup final. Me and the old man were told it a neutral part just on the half way line but of course it was over the Chelsea side. They werent letting us in with our Everton tops naturally so we went to the Wembley shop and bought 2 white tshirts. Sure enough Saha scored after 27 seconds and we gave it limbs, there was about 50 blues behind us so they couldnt throw us all out but that Chelsea crowd are horrible and heard there was trouble behind the goal. Said i'd never sit in the other teams end again.

 

[Woolly Blue]

Used to do it regularly at Bolton and Wigan when I was going with Wool mates. They'd explain I was a Blue and I got some funny looks, but it was fine. Wouldn't like to do it incognito in this country though.

Used to stand in the kop for derbies many years ago too. There were normally a few hundred of us congregated and it was accepted behaviour back then. Sadly things have changed a lot over the last 30 years.

 

[degsy]

Me and a lad called Tommy Owens from Sunlight St. Blue and White scarves front and centre on the kop on New Years Eve 68-69(?) was a real 0-0 dogs of war game, they were not best pleased at the way our lads had got stuck into them ( whingers, like to give it out but can't take it as per usual ) as we were walking/shuffling out to the exit a big space opened up around us and some 'wag' shouted 'wave yer blue and white scarves now then'. As we affected a nonchalant, not a care in the world, hands in pockets stroll, I replied 'nah, yer alright, ( won't bother )' and just walked into the crowd which parted to let us through for our cheek...must admit to a Internal teeny brown trouser moment, but the show no fear tactic worked.

 

[JimEFC]

It's fine if you don't wind people up by cheering the goals etc. Helps you you just pretend you're a neutral on a day out and don't know anything about either team.
I've done it at Villa about 4 times, Sheff Wed, Blackburn, City etc. Lots really. I don't have the accent so it's easier for me, and I just say I'm a Macc Town fan if anyone asks. It usually ends there cos nobody knows anything about them!

The best one was at Maine Road once when I was a kid, we'd won 2-0, kept quiet all game. Walking out through Moss Side at the front of the stream of City fans, heads down keeping quiet. Then two scrotty lads came up on bikes and asked the score, my dad said 2-0 to Everton. They then unzipped their jackets and had United shirts on underneath and started doing circles round us singing some Manc nonsense.
My dad waited a couple of minutes til they'd really got going, and then just said, "But we're Everton fans lads". About 50 City fans around us wet themselves and we chatted all the way back to the train station.

 

[Davidefc123]

About 300 of us did it at hull last season, was f'ing class

I was there, I did celebrate the goals, but not over the top. Got chatting to some Hull fans around us, all sound.

Hull let people in Everton shirts in the Hull end, which I was surprised at, we just wore neutral colours.

 

[Durham Toffee]

I'd do an appalling job of hiding it...

I'd be up for strong tackles, corners, throw-ins, shirt pulling...never mind a ruddy goal!!

 

[Andy McGurk]

Sat at the holte end for villa with a villa fan and kopite, quite close to the goal. Everton took the lead through a Lescott header and they really hated him at that point, Lescott was giving it the big'un right where I was sitting and not going mental was the hardest thing I think I've ever done

 

[Durham Toffee]

Sat at the holte end for villa with a villa fan and kopite, quite close to the goal. Everton took the lead through a Lescott header and they really hated him at that point, Lescott was giving it the big'un right where I was sitting and not going mental was the hardest thing I think I've ever done

Seriously, the urge would be appalling...

I'd have to sit on my hands and bite my tongue to the point it bled.


I think I'd actually rather not go.

 

[Andy McGurk]

Seriously, the urge would be appalling...

I'd have to sit on my hands and bite my tongue to the point it bled.


I think I'd actually rather not go.

Pretty much what I did, it was a cold night though so it kept my hands warm. Best away performance I've seen Everton play that day, but that was the first half, Villa bossed the second and equalised through Gabby, I think I stood out more at that point.