Fans fearfull of travelling to Scunthorpe game with kids in tow

[drfchound]

It's good to talk.

[sheffield exile1]

I was in at the start of the Hooliganism (though not in any direct action kind of way) in the 60s when there were no replica Shirts and when you were wary of wearing a Scarf or even speaking for fear of giving yourself away. It quite quickly grew into the Tribal war some of you will remember but the younger ones wont where violence was commonplace and was met with retribution once your Team played the next time against the Team that had "done you" at their place

Shop windows broken - Coaches bricked etc etc and take it from me it was not the least bit pleasant expecially going away when you maybe travelled by Train knowing you had to run the gauntlet of the home fans when you were going to and coming from the Ground as well as around and in the Ground. Coach travel was equally problematic and you knew it was going to get "bricked" and probably have windows broken. So you could be injured or face a cold journey home in December back to Donny from wherever

Spot on mate. Did you ever go to Darlo? That f*cking cricket pitch when you meet at the opening. Some of these "hard cases" would have had  brown underpants on if they went through we did.. no soft escort option.. I agree it was brutal in the 70/80's belive me. Ask them who were on Jock and Palo's buses  and I ws with my mates,,,

[dickos1]

Interesting story from this years World Cup. In Kaliningrad for the Eng v Belgium game we were actually on the 2nd row, stood as usual. In front of us were two blokes who wanted to sit and around them of course everybody else was stood. For the best part of 20 minutes this argument raged about not being able to see or having to stand etc etc. In the end I tapped the bloke on the shoulder who wanted to sit and said that I sympathised with his position, but you've spent thousands of pounds travelling the world to acquire the points needed to apply for tickets for this game and now having spent many hours travelling you're here and have decided to argue with the bloke next to you instead of watching the game!!

The penny dropped, he agreed with me and spent the rest of the game chatting away to the bloke at the side of him instead of arguing.

That’s ok, but if you’ve young children then what are you supposed to do if people in front of you are stood?

[Barmby Rover]

Interesting story from this years World Cup. In Kaliningrad for the Eng v Belgium game we were actually on the 2nd row, stood as usual. In front of us were two blokes who wanted to sit and around them of course everybody else was stood. For the best part of 20 minutes this argument raged about not being able to see or having to stand etc etc. In the end I tapped the bloke on the shoulder who wanted to sit and said that I sympathised with his position, but you've spent thousands of pounds travelling the world to acquire the points needed to apply for tickets for this game and now having spent many hours travelling you're here and have decided to argue with the bloke next to you instead of watching the game!!

The penny dropped, he agreed with me and spent the rest of the game chatting away to the bloke at the side of him instead of arguing.

That’s ok, but if you’ve young children then what are you supposed to do if people in front of you are stood?

So was I, or at least I was an unwilling spectator of it for about 15 years, then I got sick of it and stopped going to football from 1976 to 2003 when I was bought a ticket to the play-off final. If we allow idiots to contaminate the club I will immediately give it up again and let the moron element keep it as their play pen.

[silent majority]

Interesting story from this years World Cup. In Kaliningrad for the Eng v Belgium game we were actually on the 2nd row, stood as usual. In front of us were two blokes who wanted to sit and around them of course everybody else was stood. For the best part of 20 minutes this argument raged about not being able to see or having to stand etc etc. In the end I tapped the bloke on the shoulder who wanted to sit and said that I sympathised with his position, but you've spent thousands of pounds travelling the world to acquire the points needed to apply for tickets for this game and now having spent many hours travelling you're here and have decided to argue with the bloke next to you instead of watching the game!!

The penny dropped, he agreed with me and spent the rest of the game chatting away to the bloke at the side of him instead of arguing.

That’s ok, but if you’ve young children then what are you supposed to do if people in front of you are stood?

I was telling a story rather than making a point. However we have taken my two nephews around the world watching England for the last 10 years or so, probably since they were 8 or 9, and we've never had any issues.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

It's a concern and if more clubs adopt a family or ambient area it might help however, not sure if it will help with the root cause. Plus, if we are to have a successful season, which looks likely, then the away numbers will swell, and so will the numbers of spotty youths giving it large "We'll do what we want" even if it's at the expense of fellow Rovers fans.

In my day, at least we had respect, especially for our own, but these muppetts don't seem capable. Those that cross the line from being boisterous to down right thuggish to our own fans need dealing with.  Maybe banning a few might get the message across.

[Jimmydee]

o know we should stop them but if we keep banning fans we won't have way one there to watch the games.



If you ban one idiot fan that is often troublesome, then the likelihood is that you would get 2 previously put off fans coming back because they would feel more safer

[Padge_DRFC]

Let’s be honest we are lucky Doncaster Rovers in terms of fans wanting a scrap. Behaving badly , vandalising other towns and cities is probably one of the lowest in the country.
Those that want a scrap leave them to it.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Let’s be honest we are lucky Doncaster Rovers in terms of fans wanting a scrap. Behaving badly , vandalising other towns and cities is probably one of the lowest in the country.
Those that want a scrap leave them to it.

I get that, but it's not about the scrapping, it's about the innocent bystanders, families getting caught up in it. The muppets not caring who they effect as long as they make it look like they can do what that want. At Rotherham last year, I saw mums and daughters being run over, pushed out the way, so these idiots can make a point... Or rather make pillocks of themselves trying to look hard!

What sort of a man pushes women about without batting an eyelid? These are not men at all, and we all know it, and it wouldn't be a great loss if they were to vanish. We should be leaving this sort of stuff to those up the road in West Yorkshire!

It's a minority, there are some lads who go out for a good time but also know when to stop or, at least be respectful to other fellow fans.

[SydneyRover]

So there are problems that need to be worked on, I'm sure that management take an interest in the VSC posts so do we wait for them to act or make representations to them? I would hate to see an escalation where we get back to the bad old days, and further we dont want to see the club/team sanctioned because of nutjobs that are associated with DR.

[Axholme Lion]

Do the allocated seat numbers actually count for away games?
I thought you could sit wherever you wanted to? That way you could move away from any idiots.

Does that mean you think its down to the old and infirm to have to schlepp themselves round the ground every time some arsehole wants to stand up in front of them? Haven't they paid just as much to have a decent view of the game as everybody else?

No, not at all. But if there's a crowd of idiots being annoying and the stewards won't do anything about it then I can't see what else can be done.
There's nothing the old bill like better than dealing with normal people who take the law into their own hands.

[Herbert Anchovy]

On the train home from Rotherham last season there was a group of the Stone Island brigade acting up, swearing and shouting and generally being as annoying and offensive as possible. My brother and his mate who’d also been to the match asked them to curb their language to which they received a volley of abuse. Unfortunately for 2 of the scrotes their mates all jumped off at Conisborough at which point my brother pointed out that it was now even numbers so when they got off at Donny they could ‘sort it out’ like men, out of the way of everyone else. These 2 boys suddenly lost all their bravado and spent the rest of the journey bricking it. When the train got to Donny they jumped off and stood beside a group of policemen on the platform for safety. Pathetic.

[BanksyDRFC]

Looked handbags from what I saw on Berkley roundabout heading back to the train station after the game. As someone said above police had it under control from what I saw