Do you drink in The Brick with all the other scruffy ASBOs?

[jinkyali]

People in todays society Malfosse will often choose to be offended when and where it suits them.

Tens of thousands of EFC fans be it in person or online will laugh at LFC's local season ticket numbers being low and point towards them being "out of towners" is that prejudicial ?

Many of us have at one point called the RS "Norwegians" or "Scandinavians" is that not xenophobic in nature ?

I have often viewed retweeted imagery on social media and on GOT of the Kop on match day being full of Chinese fans recording the game on their Ipads, we all know the undertone intended with that right ?

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."

From what I had seen earlier, my judgement of the situation for what its worth is that this man or woman is of the outdated belief of football clubs solely serving its local community.

In essence, the tweet is born not from racism, but from the nostalgic view held by many local football fans of how football is, i.e. for the local, working class labour voting man who sits in the same seat that his dad and grandad both sat in.

I dont think that makes it racist, anti middle class or anti tory/lib dem - its just the football equivalent of the older generation who harp on about the "good old days" in sadness as they witness how society changes/evolves.

Football is currently evolving and often local fans feel cut off from the club they grew up supporting.

You have clubs like Fulham building a swimming pool into their stand to attract wealthy tourists, clubs like Utd, Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool are essentially tourist attractions these days. Many Man City fans who once laughed at Utd for having tons of supporters from down South now are in the same boat as local fans start to feel the pinch with increased games/ticket prices.

We should therefore not jump to dangerous and potentially libellous conclusions and allow for further evidence to be collated before we exercise judgement on the author of the tweet.

The author does however (in my opinion) need to remove the picture and apologise to the supporter involved.

Can you honestly deep down admit you actually believe what you have wrote here?

Football has been global for decades.

Brick travel will have celebrated Muslims, Asians, Africans, Americans etc representing us as players and he's supposedly only now waking up to the prospect football is no longer for the local man?

Behave.

 

[BlueStevie35]

i did mate who is being racist?

FB92 using whataboutism to defend that tweet from Brick Travel

 

[Efcjake]

Honestly if they were having a go at some plastic white yank identified by their accent and clobber I'd maybe say fair enough maybe you have a fair point about the local support bit but anyone paying to see us isn't really stealing a ticket from someone else local are they?

We're crap and we are lucky anyone is traveling at all.

When you factor all that in and see the language used it's plain as day this was only about being a racist toe rag on Twitter. There's no defending it.

 

[jinkyali]

So, erm, what club did she get?

Not her fault tho.

 

[RAFUH]

I dont think that makes it racist, anti middle class or anti tory/lib dem - its just the football equivalent of the older generation who harp on about the "good old days" in sadness as they witness how society changes/evolves.

Football is currently evolving and often local fans feel cut off from the club they grew up supporting.

You have clubs like Fulham building a swimming pool into their stand to attract wealthy tourists, clubs like Utd, Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool are essentially tourist attractions these days. Many Man City fans who once laughed at Utd for having tons of supporters from down South now are in the same boat as local fans start to feel the pinch with increased games/ticket prices.

We should therefore not jump to dangerous and potentially libellous conclusions and allow for further evidence to be collated before we exercise judgement on the author of the tweet.

The author does however (in my opinion) need to remove the picture and apologise to the supporter involved.

You think wrong. Even I, an American, get that rhyming slang.
And I have perm banned some one for using that word.

You are walking an incredibly tight line with this post.

 

[EDINHO1]

Taking my Wife to Burnley on Saturday, she HATES football and mocks me when Everton get beat.

Nobody tell the Super Bloos.

Can she play upfront?

 

[blue to the bone]

You think wrong. Even I, an American, get that rhyming slang.
And I have perm banned some one for using that word.

You are walking an incredibly tight line with this post.

Do it Raf! It can be your belated birthday present !

 

[BlueStevie35]

You think wrong. Even I, an American, get that rhyming slang.
And I have perm banned some one for using that word.

You are walking an incredibly tight line with this post.

He’s been walking it for years let’s be honest, i haven’t engaged his posts because I’ll end up saying something that will get me banned, and quite frankly the little dork isn’t worth a banning over

 

[tommye]

You think wrong. Even I, an American, get that rhyming slang.
And I have perm banned some one for using that word.

You are walking an incredibly tight line with this post.

 

[LucBesson]

For a city that identifies as left wing / socialist, there is an awful, awful lot of individuals who hold the most disgusting right-wing / fascist views of the world. If you've purchased a ticket and made the effort to travel to the game, you're deserving of your seat, end of story.

Glad this crap is being called out. One of the reasons I gave up my ST in the Gwladys was because of the views of some that sat around me. I didn't relate to their view on the world (and bear in mind this was just what they were comfortable saying publicly) and alienated me.

 

[DanB90]

ForeverBarton up to his usual antics?

 

[Zezti]

To be honest its not uncommon sentiment even here. There was recently a picture of some people that appeared Asian at Anfield and plenty of blues jumped on pointing fingers at them not being local or whatever and using that as a stick to beat the reds with.
Next time any of you bemoan the wools, do be mindful where you draw the line on who should be at the games and what kind of narrative you're reinforcing.

 

[Rita_Poon]

To be honest its not uncommon sentiment even here. There was recently a picture of some people that appeared Asian at Anfield and plenty of blues jumped on pointing fingers at them not being local or whatever and using that as a stick to beat the reds with.
Next time any of you bemoan the wools, do be mindful where you draw the line on who should be at the games and what kind of narrative you're reinforcing.

Did that not get lambasted?

 

[irishblue11]

Glad to see this is being called out by 99% of the fan base. Some poor shouts on twitter over the weekend, some of the fan base seem to feel they're more entitled than others, if you're not in certain clique you're somehow less of a blue.
Anyone that spends the money and travels (home or away) is as much as entitled to be there as anyone else, no matter of postcode or anything else.

 

[Stefc]

Tickets should be digital. People wouldn’t buy them and lend their phone to a person who bought the ticket from them. Would help ensure credits go against people who attend the games