Relegation/Promotion

[jayohaitchenn]

After that game a youngish Torquay fan walked past me and Si Pie crying. We obviously pointed and laughed and she said, "Fuck off you cunts, you've relegated us!" Cue much enjoyment.

[herthab]

I like seeing other teams supporters crying. Is that wrong?

[Batch]

Nope. Not wrong.. It's football not the special Olympics.

[suttonred]

Anyone who cries at football should be shot, same goes for the lame arses who sit with their heads in their hands, long after every sane person is back in the pub.

[Abrahammer]

I can't imagine any scenario at game that would cause me to shed a tear and I'm a modern man in touch with my feelings  :gay:

[Tails]

I cried when we lost to Wrexham 4-3 in 1995. But I was about 6 and that was the first time I'd ever seen us lose!

Pretty sure I shed a tear when we got relegated at Ashton Gate.. But I was smashed so it doesn't count. Besides, I've been drinking bear, shagging birds, eating hot curries, changing car tyres and doing DIY every single day since then so I'm still a man or whatever the code is these days.

[kerry red]

I cried when Oxford got relegated to the Conference.

I didn't realise how much laughing was needed before it turned to tears

[kerry red]

I cried when we lost to Wrexham 4-3 in 1995. But I was about 6 and that was the first time I'd ever seen us lose!

Pretty sure I shed a tear when we got relegated at Ashton Gate.. But I was smashed so it doesn't count. Besides, I've been drinking bear, shagging birds, eating hot curries, changing car tyres and doing DIY every single day since then so I'm still a man or whatever the code is these days.

Yeah, that bear is strong stuff!!

Was it Hofmeister?

[Peter Venkman]

Yeah, that bear is strong stuff!!

Was it Hofmeister?

The way the Hoffmiester bear walks is how I imagine Steve Evans walks. Smug.

[Reg Smeeton]

Sums up football: a short moment of ecstasy/relief/jubilation, followed by crushing disappointment.

I never thought I'd see football being compared so accurately to DMR's sex life.

Tears are entirely the wrong emotion for football, resignation with perhaps a dash of short lived anger is what's required, when the shit hits the fan.

It's the sort of thing which distinguishes us from this

[Tails]

Yeah, that bear is strong stuff!!

Was it Hofmeister?

That was deliberate. Real men drink bears.

[chalkies_shorts]

I defy any Town fan not to roll around with laughter watching those Scummers in tears when they went back to their natural position after a brief flirt with the league. The fact there were Town connections - Ling, Alexander, easton made it even better. 
Thats what football is all about. Its not only about your own team - its about finding joy in the ineptness of your rivals.

[Batch]

A little known fact :If you cried every time we lost, there are seasons where you'd be dead from dehydration by Christmas.

[Posh Red]

I must admit that Charlie Henry's goal against the Pikeys in the PO Final second leg at the CG brought  a tear to my eye.

I think it was the sheer relief/joy of the fact that it was one of those games where it looked like we were never going to score, and that despite finishing the season well clear in third that we would fuck up in the (first ever) play-offs.

Never been close to crying at defeat/relegation, it happens with us far too often & usually is fairly obvious it's going to happen

[Bogus Dave]

I got a bit of moisture in my eyes when we played swansea 6 or 7 years ago, played with ten men for about 70 minutes. Swansea scored after about 75 minutes, and the whole ground got up and urged the team on, Simon Cox ended up scoring a 98th minute penalty.

I put it down to a hangover