Home is Where the Heart Is (21 Viewers)

[Sky Blue Kid]

And the last time you sat in the family zone was?

Nobody is saying there is a filter, but it's a respect thing and it is an allocated place for families to sit.

Never had to sit in the Family zone. My girls being Welsh prefer to watch our local Rugby team (Caerphilly) and never had the slightest inclination to watch Football. Hence I used to sit with my brother after my journey up to Coventry in the old "Telegraph Stand". as for respect, you're delusional if you think "Away Fans" or even CCFC fans think about "Not swearing" because there are kids in the crowd. They will/are going to swear, so I think people will have to live with that fact.

 

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[hutch1972]

As much as I like your stance you make regarding SISU e.c.t, let's get one thing straight, this is a football forum, you won't find many at all caring about what a rugby game atmosphere is like. I can't stand the sport, it's full of chest pumping, I'm hard Bruce Lee type of people, it's major boring shit. That's why it's friendly atmospheres, because it's boring, you need to entertain yourself.

Football is what it is, children don't need sugar coating, the whole world is tribal, every country right now and it's leaders are tribal, it's reality.

Can take your children to watch skillful players do things amazing with a football, or take them to watch men smack the shit out of each other legally on a pitch.

Catch my drift?

Couldn't have put it better myself , maybe rugby should be the chosen sport for the liberal leftie luvvies.

 

[Nick]

Never had to sit in the Family zone. My girls being Welsh prefer to watch our local Rugby team (Caerphilly) and never had the slightest inclination to watch Football. Hence I used to sit with my brother after my journey up to Coventry in the old "Telegraph Stand". as for respect, you're delusional if you think "Away Fans" or even CCFC fans think about "Not swearing" because there are kids in the crowd. They will/are going to swear, so I think people will have to live with that fact.

You are still completely missing the point.

If people go to games and love to give it the "come on then you wankers" to their fans and the old wanker signs they tend to sit closest to the away fans. Nobody is saying people can't swear, just that it's generally block 15/16 by the scoreboard that has that sort of thing.

The family zone is furthest away from the away fans also.

 

[fernandopartridge]

Is language and attitudes any different to the last 100 years ? I would say that today's football experience is far more comfortable and safer than at anytime in my life.
Anyone who has a complaint about watching today obviously weren't around in the 60s 70s and 80s, when going to any game was a lesson in battlefield tactics.
Regarding the language , if you follow social media, watch TV or just listen to today's kids in the street you will find they could teach us a thing or two about being foul mouthed. I hear more bad language in most films today than on a football match day.
Football has always been the most passionate sport on the planet and always will be, regardless of how big the crowd is.
If anyone wants a nice family day out in a completely sanitised atmosphere then try a wasps rugby game , at least there the kids can wave their little plastic flags while the adults discuss the next week's business meetings.
This is not a rant aimed at anybody , it's just my opinion . Maybe people should use the areas designated for parents and children! Every ground in the country has them.

When I was a kid, it was the shouting and banter from the crowd (which is gradually disappearing as the general age of the crowd increases) which made the game attractive.

Then again, in today's corporate world it is no longer people going along to support their team, they just see themselves as paying customers (plenty on here admit as much)

 

[Sky Blue Kid]

You are still completely missing the point.

If people go to games and love to give it the "come on then you wankers" to their fans and the old wanker signs they tend to sit closest to the away fans. Nobody is saying people can't swear, just that it's generally block 15/16 by the scoreboard that has that sort of thing.

The family zone is furthest away from the away fans also.

Yes!... And it used to be Telegraph Stand before that!

 

[fernandopartridge]

So people don't swear at rugby matches ? To me rugby is a passionate sport on the pitch , it's a pity that is where it ends. A crowd which was double the average on boxing day created less atmosphere than you would find on the moon.

That's because most of the attendees are just going along for their latest 'entertainment' experience. Football crowds are sometimes the same in the Premier League in my experience.

 

[Captain Dart]

While maybe not extreme abuse, I do like a bit of slating and bickering. Not to the extent of telling kids to kick their heads in, more like "boooooooooooo the other team, boo" and "us" and "them" while the game is on.

Not really a fan of all of the shakey hand lovey dovey stuff with other teams fans, it annoys me they get "welcomed" etc.

Bring back away mascots and the wrestling between them too!

Old skool...

 

[hutch1972]

That's because most of the attendees are just going along for their latest 'entertainment' experience. Football crowds are sometimes the same in the Premier League in my experience.

For me you can keep any pre-match circus entertainment and shove it. Give me back the days of a couple of pints and a wander up for kick off.
People do realise all the razzmatazz is not there for people's entertainment, it's purely to get you to purchase overpriced refreshments.

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

We had season tickets in the East Stand for the last few top flight seasons. Two "fan" related incidents that I remember. On one occasion we were playing Villa and as usual Dwight Yorke scored for them. Some Villa fans were in that central area ( was it the Premier Club?) and stood up cheering when the goal went in. The guy next to me stood up and started spitting at them. Now I know they shouldn't have been there but there are lots of instances of City fans in the home areas at away games who would cheer if we scored. I asked him why he did that and initially got a bit of abuse.A while later he actually apologised and said he'd had too much to drink before the game. Now you can be annoyed they were in our end but to actually spit on them? On another occasion I was called a Ni**er loving c*** by the guy who sat behind me as I asked him why he was calling some of the opposing players black b*stards. We had Paul Williams and George Boatang playing that day but they didn't get the same abuse (presumably they were okay as they were our black players).
It's great that you don't have to be so careful nowadays with regards to wearing sky blue. However out of habit I would rarely wear a City scarf away. At Port Vale this season as we were working back to the car, my son who was wearing a scarf was called a called a Coventry C**t by a very nice potteries boy. Lots of police around so went no further but still not want you want to experience for simply going to football.
I think lots of people are put off by the tribalistic nature of football when it goes too far. Before the rise of hooliganism in the sixties fans would mingle with no loss of atmosphere. I remember my Dad disagreeing with a Black Country chap over the way Maurice Setters was "handling" Jeff Astle in a game against Albion. No name calling, aggression or anything, just agreed to disagree. You can be partisan even tribal, create a great atmosphere without being abusive.

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

Old skool...

However, that is very funny!

 

[Nick]

Old skool...

Used to love that!

I cant remember the last time teams took their mascot to away games for us?

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

For me you can keep any pre-match circus entertainment and shove it. Give me back the days of a couple of pints and a wander up for kick off.
People do realise all the razzmatazz is not there for people's entertainment, it's purely to get you to purchase overpriced refreshments.

From your name on here you would presumably like me go back a long way. You will remember that gates at Highfield Road woulid open at about 12.30 for. 3 pm. ( or 3.15pm ) kick off. The place would be heaving well before kick off with Radio Sky Blue entertaining people but other stuff going on too. Marching bands, trampolining, dog display teams, motor cycle display teams, celebrities who were visiting the Hippodrome , all were theire on various occasions. I don't see any razzmatazz these days which I think is a shame as again it might attract more fans.

 

[letsallsingtogether]

As much as I like your stance you make regarding SISU e.c.t, let's get one thing straight, this is a football forum, you won't find many at all caring about what a rugby game atmosphere is like. I can't stand the sport, it's full of chest pumping, I'm hard Bruce Lee type of people, it's major boring shit. That's why it's friendly atmospheres, because it's boring, you need to entertain yourself.

Football is what it is, children don't need sugar coating, the whole world is tribal, every country right now and it's leaders are tribal, it's reality.

Can take your children to watch skillful players do things amazing with a football, or take them to watch men smack the shit out of each other legally on a pitch.

Catch my drift?

When is the last time you want to a Rugby match of ever.
Went to watch Cov play the other week there are a lot more children and women then at the City and no segregation.
At half time all the kids are given balls to kick around on the pitch.
As for snacking the shit out of each other that was banned reasons ago.
There is a lot of skill factor involved TBF if you want to see some skill you wouldn't go to a City match at present.

 

[Astute]

From your name on here you would presumably like me go back a long way. You will remember that gates at Highfield Road woulid open at about 12.30 for. 3 pm. ( or 3.15pm ) kick off. The place would be heaving well before kick off with Radio Sky Blue entertaining people but other stuff going on too. Marching bands, trampolining, dog display teams, motor cycle display teams, celebrities who were visiting the Hippodrome , all were theire on various occasions. I don't see any razzmatazz these days which I think is a shame as again it might attract more fans.

All I want is a beer or few before the game. Catch up with people I haven't seen for a while. Bit of banter with our opponents.

If I wanted to watch a marching band I would go to see one. If I wanted to watch dancing dogs I'd go to a nightclub.

 

[ceetee]

And as if by magic, a "Sound filter" appears and the kids can't hear any swearing, or the sight of "SISU OUT Banners" and fighting are replaced by Unicorns sparkling in their place, and everything on planet SISU is love and harmony.... No! I'm not disrespecting the use of "Kids Zones" and long may they last. I'm just bringing you all into the real world.

I think most of us know about the real world, It's just that some people can express themselves without using foul language all the while.
Unfortunately others can't
People now use language in front of their families and in front of strangers that I didn't hear as an apprentice on the factory floor in 1959.
There's nothing clever about that and I'm sure it does put some families off going to football matches.

 

[idm1975]

I think most of us know about the real world, It's just that some people can express themselves without using foul language all the while.
Unfortunately others can't
People now use language in front of their families and in front of strangers that I didn't hear as an apprentice on the factory floor in 1959.
There's nothing clever about that and I'm sure it does put some families off going to football matches.

1959 you could go out and leave your house unlocked and all sorts who wouldnt want to go back to them days.

 

[letsallsingtogether]

All I want is a beer or few before the game. Catch up with people I haven't seen for a while. Bit of banter with our opponents.

If I wanted to watch a marching band I would go to see one. If I wanted to watch dancing dogs I'd go to a nightclub.

Well as I don't drink like many others who go to football maybe some prematch entertainment, could have a bar for the drinkers food etc works well at the Rugby whether you like the game or not they do know how to make the most of it.
Gets people down there early and makes the club a few bob.
I have been to Twickenham and Wembley for internationals and have to admit that Twickenham is by far the better experience.

 

[letsallsingtogether]

1959 you could go out and leave your house unlocked and all sorts who wouldnt want to go back to them days.

Bet he lived in a cardboard box in middle of Road.

 

[idm1975]

Just think people show their passion for the club in different ways. I go with my family, more often than not, to home games and am much more reserved in how i react to situations. However when i manage to drag a friend along, not a cov supporter none of them are, i am a lot more animated and the f's and c's do tend to come out....especially this season!

 

[lifeskyblue]

Unfortunately it is not just kids with families in the family zone. On a number of occasions after h/t and sometimes from the start pairs of 20yr + olds have sat near us because there are seats...reeking of booze and some terrible language. I'm no prude and my lad doesn't use or copy the language but it may be an issue for some. I do think they should monitor the family seating area more


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[idm1975]

Unfortunately it is not just kids with families in the family zone. On a number of occasions after h/t and sometimes from the start pairs of 20yr + olds have sat near us because there are seats...reeking of booze and some terrible language. I'm no prude and my lad doesn't use or copy the language but it may be an issue for some. I do think tithes should monitor the family seating area more


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Have sat in the family enclosure a few times and thats a place where you wind your neck in, if your otherwise inclined, and turn off the swearing bit of your brain that should be a no brainer.

 

[henry the wasp]

Home is where the hatred is
Home is filled with pain and it,
Might not be such a bad idea if I never,
Never went home again.

 

[Captain Dart]

Bet he lived in a cardboard box in middle of Road.

Luxury!