Good morning.
A novelty item and so straight to our friends psychological case studies down the road in Woolwich.
Two brothers have been banned for eight years, yes eight years from the Emptycrates after an altercation over ‘standing up’ escalated into an incident where the pair were restrained by coppers HERE.
The charges ranged from abusive behaviour to causing fear of violence and in addition to the bans the dastardly duo picked up fines totalling a little over a grand.
Was this harsh? Well, I’m not privy to the specifics of just how they instilled a fear of violence. Making threats to kill can land you in jail, so presumably it was less nasty than that. Something between, ‘You’re bally well heading for a bunch of fives!’ and, ‘You’re gonna get striped right up the wrong un you slag!’
Now I get get being told to sit down. I like everyone sat down. I’d go to more games if there were comfy chairs or at least cushions provided. My will to live drains when the, ‘Stand up if you hate Arsenal’ gets an airing. I’ve heard the argument/excuse it’s a way of outfoxing the stewards – but to what purpose?
That song has all the wit and imagination of Jeremy Kyle’s haircut.
Standing up when the action reaches fever pitch is of course natural, good honest and right. But otherwise it’s completely selfish. I can just about and I mean just about cope with some idiot insisting travelling to a football ground and buying a seat next to me in order to noisely slug back a tuna bagel, but I draw the line at paying to watch a football match and only getting to see bits of it thanks to some pilchard with an attention deficit disorder.
I don’t believe that several thousand people all on their feet as Azza cuts into the penalty area and weaves past a defender is the nub of the matter.
It’s the thoughtlessness and arrogance of the few that believe that rules don’t apply to them ‘cos they’re at a football match. Like they’ve entered some magic kingdom where it’s somehow alright to do as they please.
Bless ’em.
like it bob!
nice!like it Bob =)
I feel all Arsenal fans should get life time bans from all football grounds
I want an 8 year ban from this Blog…Im standing right now whilst typing this, actually my PA is typing this whilst I fondle her breasts and dictate my superb thoughts…And lets be honest why do any of you care if its standing or not, non of you ever go to the games anyway…Keyboard dweebs….You can all stand up in your Lounge whilst pretending to support my team…Harry make me a T shirt saying Jeffrey Pleat is fucking sweet…That is all
When you say her breasts,I assume you mean his cock.
In this case you are correct but for future reference never assume anything, it makes an ASS out of U and Me…See what I did there…Smart as fuck me…I will agree for the first time with Captain Keyboard that the stand up if you hate Arsenal song is just shit..I like to stand through out the whole game though just to annoy the pilchard sat behind me at his one game a season..
Nice one :-D
and balls…..
Oh my, I am so in agreement with you……those were the days!
This won’t make me popular with some. The whole subject of standing is topical with me at the moment following a frustrating and maddening episode in the first half on Sunday.
Officious stewarding gets my goat. And we saw plenty in the Park Lane end on Sunday.
Sit down for the sake of it and then in the second half let everyone stand without a word.
It’s a power and authority thing…
Prove you can make the crowd sit at your command and then ignore it during the second half.
Sitting down ruins the atmosphere in the “singing” areas and has a detrimental on the whole game.
No atmosphere no passion.
If I wanted to sit down I would buy a ticket in the West or North Stand. I want to sing a bit. Shout a bit and generally immerse myself in atmosphere and banter.
I’m a short arse. I stood behind two 6+ footers and got bruises on my knees from the seatback in front of me.
The singing stopped when we sat down.
Why do you think they call the emptycrates the library?
Go and sit in your armchair, HH! I stay at home and watch it on TV if I feel geriatric! :whistle:
It really used to wind me up when the stewards used to try to make us sit down, even though we were on the back row of the Shelf, with a steel wall behind us…
…one used to go on about fire regulations!
I mean, seriously: which is more of a hazard in the event of a fire: a row of people sitting down or a row standing up… hmmm… let me think…
Speak for yourself