Stoke fans in disguise, howling with fury at every decision that doesn't go their way.
Could be a tough visit every year.
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Stoke fans in disguise, howling with fury at every decision that doesn't go their way.
Could be a tough visit every year.
Have you ever been to Burnley, a? I'd be raging if I had to live there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
The tendency of a team's fans to 'rage' is in direct proportion to how unpleasant their town, city or area is imo.
Raging for ages over a perfectly timed tackle by Xhaka. From what I saw and read on Twitter, Mason was letting Burnley players get away with everythingQuote:
Originally Posted by Ash
I can't stand them and love beating them this way every time. :cloud9:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Been twice, the infamous 2-0 FA Cup win with the big kick-off afterwards was particularly good fun :-\Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
The weirdest one was just before half time.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Ramsey gets waffled mid air and he gives Burnley a free kick.
I've been to Bury, and that was rather grim. I expect they are more or less the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Yes. Shītty Lancastrian mill towns that begin with 'B' do tend to merge into one. Bury, Burnley, Bolton, Blackburn...all shítholes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Someone wrote an interesting article in the early 2000s about how nasty it was going up there for a football match; something to do with the culture being founded in bitterness and resentment left over from the miners' strike.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
I'm ot sure if it was about Burnley, Bradford, Barnsley or Blackburn, but I suppose they're all much of a muchness.
I expect Mason was correctly interpreting the rule that Arsenal don't like it up 'em on a cold wet afternoon in Lancashire.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Of the four, probably Barnsley. Yorkshire was more coaly than Lancashire (apart from places like Wigan).Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Barnsley, at a guess. Don't go to Oakwell if you're a Notts Forest / County fan imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I was watching that Dominic Sandbrook thing about the 80s a while ago and he talked about how games between Mansfield and Chesterfield used to kick off over the whole 'scab' thing. Who knew, eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
I used to work here in Dublin with a lad from Burnley of all places and he was very much of the opinion that you would be fúcking mad to go there as a visiting football supporter, one basically because it was simply a total shíthouse and the other because quite simply certain elements of the local support would take huge personal joy from kicking fúck out of you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
He then elaborated to say this piece of advice would apply to all the towns in that general area, Blackburn being another I recall he specified.
By all accounts when those two meet it is feisty x 100.