Last year on the way out of the KC some chavs went past in a car spouting abuse, throwing things and threatening us. Unfortunately, they hadn't looked ahead and seen that the lights were on red, there was queuing traffic and they were boxed in.

I ran after the car and caught it up while they hurriedly tried to wind the window up. They didn't manage it and I managed to smack one right on the end of the nose. I was well pleased with myself as the rest of them did absolutely nothing in response.

Cowards when confronted.

When I had my fleeting 15 minutes of fame a few years back, between takes, I got chatting with some of the crew in the studio. As the token Northerner, I was happy to play on my RL links.

I got chatting to one of the camera crew and they told me that they'd previously worked for Sky Sports and spent a fair amount of time working on their RL coverage.

When enquiring what made him move on, the main reason he said was the hassle and abuse at a particular ground for the mere 'crime' of running up & down the touchline capturing the action.

I'll leave you to guess where the he cited straightaway (and let's face it, with no club loyalties or axes to grind) as by far the worst place he had to work....

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Hull… it was Hull wasn’t it, he was talking about Hull.

I bet it was Hull.

Nah don`t be daft they have got their problems sorted.
I bet it was Widnes the scourge of Rugby League.

Ban the singing and the chanting .
That will stop all the rude stuff and the banter that goes on between two sets of opposing fans .
That will kill the atmosphere .
Ban anything that could be thrown and cause injury .
Ban team colours .
Ban the beer and breathalyse people before they enter a 5 mile exclusion zone around grounds on match days .
Ban coaches and mini bus . They are too tempting a target for the wound-up home fans .
Ban Sky from filming and broadcasting . It encourages foul language in the home .

FFS.. Grow up . Sh1t happens . If you ain't happy vote with your feet , and stay at home .
There is always going to be problems with fans . It's just human nature to want your tribe to win everything and get a bit excited if they lose .

I would love to know how many of the fans that shout the hate songs at games are the very same people who shout down other people for been racist .
The two are very close when compared .

'I love my country' v 'I love my team' .
'I hate Johnny Foreigner' v 'I hate (insert team name)' .
Is it not racist to shout that you hate somebody just because their beliefs differ from yours , or because they come from a different place ?

Thankfully the majority of the shouting at games is just high-spirited banter , and post-match drinks are usually the order of the day with very little trouble .

For most people, yes.

The problems occur with a special breed of person who is not yet mature enough to accept your explanations, age doesn't really come into it but there are people out there who simply could not comprehend what you have said, those people, bereft of wit, know only how to respond with violent gestures and ultimately violent behaviour.

You have to feel sorry for them really for they will never gain the maturity that the rest of us find and will spend the rest of their lives living with violence.

Yes but come on, some Hull fans need teaching a lesson.

Er, why are you proud of that? It makes you as bad as them. The bigger person would have just ignored them.

Because they needed teaching a lesson.



No. A soft lad would have ignored them and allowed them to get away with it.

Next time they might think twice.

It doesn't work like that unfortunetly.

You might feel better for youself, even if you did risk getting yourself arrested, but the kids in question are far more likely to carry on and get worst through shear bitterness. Cowards, as you rightfully call them, can also be bullies, so its more likely you just moved your act of voilence down the chain to somebody else, who will probably be weaker.

Again, how?

How would you sort it? Give me a pratical solution.

Maybe if you can we can put it forward via one of the fan groups.

BTW, those nasty South Standers upset me as well. I'm very sensitve to been called "The scum of Rugby League", can you have them all moved next time I come to your ground please?

Ah yes, the paradise of Headingley and Leeds Rhinos. Were you have no chavs, no idiots, no problems. Butter wouldn't melt.

Whats that phrase about stones and glass houses?