Was on a freebie from work last night so was sat in the Wire end (North stand towards the home end).

In the 44th minute a wire kick goes into touch just in front of us and the end entrance to the concourse. Charnley chases it but see's it out, just at the point of a wire 'fan' returning to his seat through the entrance. He procedes to hurl a torrent of abuse at Charnley who is only a couple of yards from him.

If you look at the replay on the TV you can atually see charnley talking to him (you can't see the bloke though).

Now I'm all for giving the opposition a hard time but this was personal abuse and reminded me of when footballers take a corner and get hurled abuse at.

The bloke made his way back to his seat. A minute later, 3 stewards escorted said fan from the ground and he continued to hurl abuse at them.

Well done the stewards for ejecting the moron. Not what we need in our game.

Another point, the stand was eerily quiet, not just because of the result but all the way through the game. The only noises seemed to be odd outbursts at Myler :S

I agree with Rogues. Why should expect to behave in a stadium in a different way to that in the street ? After all, we expect the players to have a certain amount of discipline and respect for officials. Why should spectators be allowed to be abusive ?

To my mind this is part of the reason that football is such a mess. They happily condone behaviours that would rightly be condoned if it happened elsewhere.

i feel terribly guilty now, i shouted loudly towards westwood that he was an "ugly cretin" a minute or two into the 2nd half

You and your compliments...

We played London this year, until you go you can't imagine how close you are to the players.

I shouted to the London lads behind the sticks
"We're putting 50 on you today lads" after every try
and
"Scott I'm going to the bar, what'd you want mate, but remember to get a taxi home"

Not particularly funny or offensive and I was slightly inebriated so my creative juices were lacking but it's all part of the fun of the live event surely.

I'm with you. Nick Hornby writes about this in 'Fever Pitch', where he says that football is the only passtime where it is deemed suitable to yell "Gould - you're a w@nker" at the the top of your voice. You wouldn't walk into a book shop pick up a book you don't rate and yell "Hornby - you're a w@nker" at the top of your voice!

It may be understandable to yell at your own team if they aren't playing well - but it certainly doesn't help anyone. As for yelling at the opposition, I was at Leeds when they started booing Sam in the Exiles game and was disgusted. I suppose you can't stop morons being moronic, so well done to the Wire steward.