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« Reply #330 on: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 15:52:32 »

Think you need to be careful when making generalisations.  You're talking about a few isolated incidents in the present day, and comparing them to what went on 'in the main' some years ago.  I'm no expert, but I'm quite sure that isolated incidents where innocent folk were on the receiving end of violence also occurred in the 1980s and 1990s.  But you won't remember them now because it was a long time ago.  Was there ever a golden age of hooliganism where safety of the general public was the overriding consideration?  I'm not so sure.

The Inn on the Green incident is a good example.  Having been caught up in it myself that day (thankfully, escaping unhurt), it's clear to me that - in the main - the perpetrators were kids out looking for trouble.  I did hear some time afterwards that the group knew each other not so much through Bristol Rovers but because most of them went to school together locally.  If that's true, I'm not sure that a pack of 20 or 30 feral schoolchavs getting together to inflict violence on an unsuspecting group of football fans says anything really about 'football' violence.  Just my take.
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« Reply #331 on: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 16:18:53 »

A subtle dagger through chalkie's heart there. That reads senile old git to me Wink
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« Reply #332 on: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 16:58:47 »

Guilty as charged but the point was that Town fans would not have allowed such incidents to happen or if they did justice would be served very quickly. There was a code of conduct that actually was there to protect the general public. This seems to have gone down the shitter.
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« Reply #333 on: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 17:25:59 »

What about dart chucking? Havnt seen much of that since the early 80s, thank god.

The code of conduct thing is a load of bullshit.

This is worth a watch. Swindon Rovers 1982. 29 Arrests.

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« Reply #334 on: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 17:37:20 »

For what its worth. We should have put Rovers all on the bank anyway. Would have looked better on the TV. Would have looked like they had actually brought an away following as well.

Seems daft to keep complaining about the behaviour of away fans in the Arkells. Stick em on the bank!
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« Reply #335 on: Thursday, October 14, 2010, 11:27:18 »

Looking over the back of the bank and not seeing Tesco's is weird.
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« Reply #336 on: Thursday, October 14, 2010, 17:22:23 »

What about dart chucking? Havnt seen much of that since the early 80s, thank god.

The code of conduct thing is a load of bullshit.

This is worth a watch. Swindon Rovers 1982. 29 Arrests.



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« Reply #337 on: Thursday, October 14, 2010, 19:02:19 »

Bobby Gould is a Helmet!
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« Reply #338 on: Thursday, October 14, 2010, 19:17:27 »

What about dart chucking? Havnt seen much of that since the early 80s, thank god.

The code of conduct thing is a load of bullshit.

This is worth a watch. Swindon Rovers 1982. 29 Arrests.



That game was proper nawty.....it wasn't just kicking off, in the away pen, but all over the place.

 Rovers kicked out the back the stand and were trying to get into the South Side by a kicking it in from the outside.....bit like some medieval siege. You see in the clip, that was the crush barriers being carried out...they were used like battering rams.

 Classic Stratton Bank....the true Banker, would go to their spot, even though it was pissing with rain.

 Their was a big hole in the stand, I walked past pissed afterwards and climbed through to soak up the vibe of a dark and empty CG....very strange.
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« Reply #339 on: Thursday, October 14, 2010, 21:04:23 »

they had quite a big part of the stand as the away end then i see.before my time though. it was significantly less by the time i was a regular in there.
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