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It is a hard one, everyone including myself is disgusted by the bad publicity the incident has attracted to the club, and there is no excusing the terrible act itself, 99.999% of our supporters not even having thoughts of doing such a thing entering their head. But a lifetime ban, that's a bit over the top for me, but that seems to be the norm for football fans compared to other sports.
Can you suggest,what we as supporters and the club can do, to control, and deal with this small number of badly behaved idiots that attend the away games?Grants initial response was spot on and reflects the majority of views on this forum.
If, as has been said, Alfie May knows who the spitter was, then he or she must be a regular follower of the Rovers.Could it be possible then that someone else (from on here perhaps) also saw who it was and is in a position to offer that information to the club.
Wonder what the parents think of their son who carried out this dispicable act.
Quote from: Alickismyhero on December 09, 2018, 01:35:55 pmCan you suggest,what we as supporters and the club can do, to control, and deal with this small number of badly behaved idiots that attend the away games?Grants initial response was spot on and reflects the majority of views on this forum.Hi Alick,As far as the FSF is concerned we do not condone behaviour of this sort and are very active at stamping out violence, racism, homophobia and all behaviours that spoil the game that we as supporters love to contribute to. We would never defend anyone who perpetrated behaviours of this sort.We're also active in working against the current system of banning orders that are currently used as the default position to punish or eradicate certain individuals or behaviours that exist. We do have to be clear on banning orders though, there are those that are imposed by clubs, which is their prerogative, but will only apply to home games, (this case is a typical example), compared to the banning orders which are imposed by the courts following a request from the Police. It's our belief that they achieve very little and can be draconian in their execution.But to answer your question, i.e. what can we do as supporters and as a club, then the answer is to be vocal about what we dislike and then to act. Behaviours that need to be stamped out must be Policed by the majority of fans. The responsibility is ours, as the responsible adults that we claim to be, we must ensure that the small minority of supporters who blacken our name and misbehave, either morally, racially or otherwise, need to be isolated by the majority. The authorities can only do so much, its our responsibility to ensure that the behaviours we see that are not appropriate are highlighted. It's our responsibility to eradicate those that carry out these acts, and we do that by not defending those behaviours, we do that by being vocal where necessary, and we do that by identifying the individuals that are behaving illegally or dangerously. It's our responsibility to Police ourselves.And from what I've read so far this weekend that's exactly what we've done.
The last away game I went to was against Arsenal last year and after the behaviour of our fans at that game I swore I would never attend another away game again.I used to love going to away games but I feel nothing but anxiety going now just waiting for something to kick off, either between our fans and opposition supporters or between our own fans...there is simply no enjoyment in it anymore.In regards to this specific incident, I can honestly say I am not surprised...there is a disturbing and disgraceful number of youths around the Doncaster area these days that are just totally unruly and without any respect or decency...for example I was in the Frenchgate centre yesterday and in the space of 1 hour I saw 3 different lots of kids be chucked out by what seemed like an army of Frenchgate security guards (when I was a kid I think I was surprised to see more than 2 or 3 throughout the shopping centre)...society in Donny is an absolute mess...
Quote from: rtid88 on December 10, 2018, 12:26:16 pmThe last away game I went to was against Arsenal last year and after the behaviour of our fans at that game I swore I would never attend another away game again.I used to love going to away games but I feel nothing but anxiety going now just waiting for something to kick off, either between our fans and opposition supporters or between our own fans...there is simply no enjoyment in it anymore.In regards to this specific incident, I can honestly say I am not surprised...there is a disturbing and disgraceful number of youths around the Doncaster area these days that are just totally unruly and without any respect or decency...for example I was in the Frenchgate centre yesterday and in the space of 1 hour I saw 3 different lots of kids be chucked out by what seemed like an army of Frenchgate security guards (when I was a kid I think I was surprised to see more than 2 or 3 throughout the shopping centre)...society in Donny is an absolute mess...It's not just a Donny thing, it's a society thing. Parenting, education discipline and insufficient consequences. In our day, days past there was always someone to administer a proverbial clip around the ear!