interesting post from another thread

Sorry but sod the Leeds fans (no offense) but did you see the behaviour of the Barrow fans, absolutely disgusting some of them.

To start with, their players come out - we clap, we come out - they boo, well then I saw me bum....................
Our Kyle gets injured, what happens - some of the Barrow supporters cheer and so does one of their board members who's sat up in the stands (the one with the baldy head if you wanna know who it is) thought that behaviour was absolutely disgusting. Not wanting to gloat at the end of the match and still seething because of their behaviour, me and my friend decided to blow a kiss towards the folically (wrong spelling I think) challenged gentleman in the stand, just as a bit of devilement really and he told us to 'f**k off'. So if he acts like that, doesn't say much for the fans does it???? One of their so called fans who was sat in the stand got ejected @ half time for the rants he was throwing out at us.

Surely we can't tar them all with the same brush????

I'd have told you to f**k off too. You asked for it

allthough i was quoting someone elses post, i witnessed the event.the guy in question was sat in the barrow directors box and at the end of the game was on the pitch congratulating the barrow players.i expect better from people in that position.

Oops, sorry i missed that - use the quotes !!!!!

I think the bald chap would have been their outspoken Chairman - Des Johnson. Colourful character to say the least.

cheers

Please don't tar all Barrow fans with the same brush, unfortunatly all clubs have some numptys! Us fans had a cracking day out as you could tell with all the noise we made, can't speak about any trouble as I was concentrating on the game. When Eastmond went down, the Barrow cheer wasnt meant in a nasty way, as the applause showed when he left the field, no one wants to see any player injured.

And i've just replied to that post:

I thought the same thing when a group at the side of me, on the 40 metre line in the popular side, were jumping up and down shouting 'Get In' when Eastmond got injured. Now i realise that fans cheer when a player get injured, and every club has a majority of fans that does this, however, usually when they realise that it's a bad injury and they struggle to get up, they then keep quiet and clap the player going off the field, not this group of Barrow fans. They continued to shout 'Get In' as Eastmond is lay on the floor struggling to get up. I say a group, it was more one bloke who was shouting and swearing all game, but the group did join in when Eastmond was injured.

How can you cheer when a player gets hurt, and not mean it in a nasty way? I realise that many fans cheer when a player is hurt, but a lot of fans then realise it may be a serious injury and then clap the player off the field. Some Barrow fans did clap Eastmond off, but quite a bit group of Barrow fans on the popular side continued to shout 'Get In' as Eastmond struggled off the field, and there was one person in that group who was screaming and swearing all game for no apparent reason. However, i was under the impression that, that person didn't go often, as all the others in 'his' group had Barrow gear on, apart from him.

Barrow brought a lot of fans and great credit to them for that, however, the only thing they did was cheer every tackle they made, which surely must be quite patronising for the players? The first 20 minutes, they seemed amazed that they were able to make a single tackle, never mind compete in the game. Also, they might have been loud, but i bet the Barrow players were bored less of the constant drone of Barrow, Barrow, Barrow because thats all they sung!

Saints fans cheered at an injury to a Wigan player during the derby and many laughed heartily to Newton falling all over the show against HKR after getting a crack to the head, and that's just this season without thinking too hard.

Both times I seem to remember the cheering being defended on here.

I know what your saying, and i agree. However, i also know that fans cheer when a player gets injured, however, 9/10 people when they realise its a serious injury, then they shut up, and clap the player of the field. Its not right to cheer when a player gets injured, but i think a lot of people get caught up in the game and are glad that a team may be missing a big player due to them getting injured, but when they realise that player is seriously injured, most people then clap the player from the field. Thats what its all about, IMO.

Although most cheered when Eastmond went down, as the majority of all fans do when an opposition 'star' player looks to be injured, almost every Barrow fan applauded when he got up and left the field.

As for the comment about the Barrow fans - "the only thing they did was cheer every tackle they made", well that made me laugh. That's called SUPPORT. And I'm 100% positive it was just what the players wanted to hear along with the 'Barrow' chant for 80 minutes.

Less than 3,000 Saints fans there today. There's no excuse for such poor support - especially when you have a superb team to follow every week. You just don't know how good you've got it.

Cheering every tackle would be very patronising, it was almost as if the Barrow fans didn't expect them to make a single tackle, it made me and quite a few other Saints laugh anyway. I admitted your support was good, but it was your cup final it should have been! There was a fair few stood in the popular side, and most of them were fine, in-fact a lot were embarrassed by the few idiots near me that were shouting and swearing all game, well the one particular bloke that was much worse than the others.