Hatred towards fans of other clubs

[Jacopo]

The thing is that there is plenty of people who call the opposite side of the city, all sort of names, claim to be better than the other side, and look to rubbish the other side of city, but deep down we are all friends and neighbours in the same city, so there has to be a limit. I grew up in a Wednesday stronghold when they was the dominant team in the city, and i kopped grief off them every day, but it was par for the course and its only a handful of their supporters who i dislike, i've got plenty of Wednesdayite friends, and they give me stick, and i give them stick back, but at the end of the day i don't hate them, and quite happily have a beer with them, its just the football team they have chosen to support is the one dislike by proxy of being a Blade.

It's not the majority who are the problem, as it the majority who know where to draw the line, know where the banter starts and stops, and know how to enjoy the banter without it being anything else sinister. It's just the minority who by seem unable to grow up, and seem to thrive on creating trouble and acting like kids rather than adults.

My thoughts exactly. Well said Brownie (and I feel your pain for growing up in a Wednesday area!!)

 

[Ballinpigpubs13]

Its not as bad as it used to be , they once had acid thrown at em , i have also seen a sawn off shotgun at a Blades match 40 years ago .

I once saw somebody pull out an air pistol on the standing part of the old John street stand- circa 1985 ish. Cannot remember who we were playing.
Don't think they'd let you in with that sort of thing nowdays.

 

[silverfox]

I saw a policeman in the early 70's with a small hatchet taken from a Newcastle fan. I also remember darts being thrown a lot in those days.

It is safer now. I've not read this full thread but I don't hate Wendy fans.

They are just misguided fools!

 

[bricktop]

After the 2005/06 win at Hillsborough, i ended up drinking up town and then going for a drink in Chapeltown with a couple of mates. I saw a kid who i had been through school with, who i had always thought was a bit of a knob but i'd always been on speaking terms with in one of the pubs. I went up to say hello and ask him if he went to the match. He turned round and threatened to smash my teeth, i asked him why, and he just repeated it, and i've chosen not to spoke to him since that since he chose to behave like that because of a football match, and since with the rise of Facebook, i see a lot of his football comments as we have a lot of mutual friends, and most of it stuff more suitable to a 13 year old that a 33 year old. One of the more memorable ones was 'i hope all the Blades fans catch cancer'.

Well Sunday Morning i started boozing at 9am in the Spoons on the bottom of Ecclesall Road, and guess who i saw with one his mate, the same kid, but i chose not to say or do anything, as i'm a bit more grown up that juvenile threats and intimidation like that, but i was secretly hoping that someone else who give the game away.

 

[yorkshirecoast]

I have a number of friends who support the pigs - and as individuals they are absolutely fine. However, as a club and as a group of fans I still hate them. Something happens when they get together - full of themselves (but fck knows why), annoying and not the brightest. UTB FTO

 

[broomhillblade]

After the 2005/06 win at Hillsborough, i ended up drinking up town and then going for a drink in Chapeltown with a couple of mates. I saw a kid who i had been through school with, who i had always thought was a bit of a knob but i'd always been on speaking terms with in one of the pubs. I went up to say hello and ask him if he went to the match. He turned round and threatened to smash my teeth, i asked him why, and he just repeated it, and i've chosen not to spoke to him since that since he chose to behave like that because of a football match, and since with the rise of Facebook, i see a lot of his football comments as we have a lot of mutual friends, and most of it stuff more suitable to a 13 year old that a 33 year old. One of the more memorable ones was 'i hope all the Blades fans catch cancer'.

So cancer is an infectious disease?

First I've heard of it.

 

[Tuns]

We may 'hate' each other but we'd be lost without each other.

United are at least partly defined by the pigs and same for them.

When it boils down to it we are both pathetic under-achieving clubs on the field and, at least for us, we probably will be fora long time yet.

Without our rivalry to sustain us over the years we'd probably be in an even worse state.

They will always have delusions of grandeur, they will always believe they have the best fans in the country, the hardest done to fans in the country, the best songs, the best away support, the best looking fans, the funniest fans.....

For those of us who are enlightened to the truth (not the media obviously) it is comedy gold. So enjoy it. Laughing at them is much better all round than punching them.

 

[broomhillblade]

If Wednesday did not exist then Leeds would probably be public enemy no.1

 

[Darren]

If Wednesday did not exist then Leeds would probably be public enemy no.1

As Voltaire might have said, if Wednesday did not exist, it would be necessary to invent them....

 

[Muttley]

If wednesday didn't exist, the week would be a day shorter!

 

[stannyblade]

If wednesday didn't exist, the week would be a day shorter!

A four day working week. I like that idea

 

[alcoblade]

We may 'hate' each other but we'd be lost without each other.

United are at least partly defined by the pigs and same for them.

When it boils down to it we are both pathetic under-achieving clubs on the field and, at least for us, we probably will be fora long time yet.

Without our rivalry to sustain us over the years we'd probably be in an even worse state.

They will always have delusions of grandeur, they will always believe they have the best fans in the country, the hardest done to fans in the country, the best songs, the best away support, the best looking fans, the funniest fans.....

For those of us who are enlightened to the truth (not the media obviously) it is comedy gold. So enjoy it. Laughing at them is much better all round than punching them.

Though I gree with your sentiment, if one or the other didn't exist (from the off) then a single Sheffield club would potentially be a footballing giant. Together, neither will break the (real) big time again.

UTB

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

I saw a policeman in the early 70's with a small hatchet taken from a Newcastle fan. I also remember darts being thrown a lot in those days.

My mates dad had a bottle of piss smashed over his head at a Man City match in the 70s.

 

[judge]

My mates dad had a bottle of piss smashed over his head at a Man City match in the 70s.

i rmemeber my dad chucking me and my brother over the pie counter in the south stand when leeds scum came in mob handed
have to admire the bloke he stood his ground against over 100 neanderthals

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

i rmemeber my dad chucking me and my brother over the pie counter in the south stand when leeds scum came in mob handed
have to admire the bloke he stood his ground against over 100 neanderthals

Ha ha. You should have filled your pockets with pies while everybody was distracted by the mayhem.

 

[Kenilworth]

My mates dad had a bottle of piss smashed over his head at a Man City match in the 70s.

Some kind of naming ceremony, I guess?

Prefer to use Champers myself.