john68 wrote:Eoin,
You are right mate.
Sadly violent rivalries between communities have been going on since history began and I doubt it will ever be eradicated.
The idiot kids of tomorrow will be doing the same thing as the idiot kids of yesteryear mate...nothing seems to change.
Football is only a newer means and a more modern excuse to commit violence against each other. The Jack Collison link tonight just seems to make it all the more poignant.
Our own club was formed from an idea to stop the West Gorton kids from fighting the kids from Openshawe over 100 years ago.
john68 wrote:Eoin,
You are right mate.
Sadly violent rivalries between communities have been going on since history began and I doubt it will ever be eradicated.
The idiot kids of tomorrow will be doing the same thing as the idiot kids of yesteryear mate...nothing seems to change.
Football is only a newer means and a more modern excuse to commit violence against each other. The Jack Collison link tonight just seems to make it all the more poignant.
Our own club was formed from an idea to stop the West Gorton kids from fighting the kids from Openshawe over 100 years ago.
Wonderwall wrote:well put ctk, the millwall thugs deserve to be locked up, I dread the day they get into the prem league
Colin the King wrote:Just wanted to give a shout out to this lad, himself only 19, who lost his father on Sunday night in a motorbike crash. Apparently his dad was on the way to Upton Park to see his lad play against Spurs. Anyway, somehow he dusted himself down despite I'm sure being completely distraught and went out and played tonight against Millwall. When fans started pouring onto the pitch, he was composed enough to have a quiet word and ask them to leave so the game could continue- it did and he played his part in getting them a 3-1 win.
It's a remarkable story and I think in an era where footballers are seen as completely detached from reality and human emotion, this proves otherwise- in the end he left the pitch in tears having done his utmost for the cause but to fight through nonetheless is amazing. The guys in their 40s turning up with the sole intention of knocking seven shades of shit out of each other should look at Jack Collisson, only still a kid, and his maturity and reassess what the fuck they're doing with their lives and as for Jack himself, he must be wondering why it's his caring dad Ian whose life has ended and not one of these scumbags.
Colin the King wrote:Just wanted to give a shout out to this lad, himself only 19, who lost his father on Sunday night in a motorbike crash. Apparently his dad was on the way to Upton Park to see his lad play against Spurs. Anyway, somehow he dusted himself down despite I'm sure being completely distraught and went out and played tonight against Millwall. When fans started pouring onto the pitch, he was composed enough to have a quiet word and ask them to leave so the game could continue- it did and he played his part in getting them a 3-1 win.
It's a remarkable story and I think in an era where footballers are seen as completely detached from reality and human emotion, this proves otherwise- in the end he left the pitch in tears having done his utmost for the cause but to fight through nonetheless is amazing. The guys in their 40s turning up with the sole intention of knocking seven shades of shit out of each other should look at Jack Collisson, only still a kid, and his maturity and reassess what the fuck they're doing with their lives and as for Jack himself, he must be wondering why it's his caring dad Ian whose life has ended and not one of these scumbags.
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