Brollies at Football

***Winston Ingram*** · 09-11-2014 10:47 AM

Conditions were crap yesterday but at least there was the consolation that I could watch the game.

Then people started putting brollies up and I could only see the parts of the pitch which weren't obscured by brollies.

I get the weather was crap and there's no roof to keep us dry but surely people must realise the impact they are having on other supporters when they put one up.

It's incredibly selfish if you ask me and surely if you are making the decision to take a brollie, it's just as easy to choose to wear clothes that will keep you dry.

**Future17** · 09-11-2014 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by Winston Ingram

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Conditions were crap yesterday but at least there was the consolation that I could watch the game.

Then people started putting brollies up and I could only see the parts of the pitch which weren't obscured by brollies.

I get the weather was crap and there's no roof to keep us dry but surely people must realise the impact they are having on other supporters when they put one up.

It's incredibly selfish if you ask me and surely if you are making the decision to take a brollie, it's just as easy to choose to wear clothes that will keep you dry.

Agree 100%.

Brollies are annoying enough in the street, as they are basically weapons in the hands of (some) people who have little control over them and the spikes which are being waved at eye level. I can't understand anyone putting up a umbrella when it must be obvious to them that they will be blocking a fellow supporter's view.

**NAE NOOKIE** · 09-11-2014 10:59 AM

Slightly off topic ..... During the hugely entertaining and exciting Hibs v Dundee Utd match when Hibs got into the box shooting towards the FF I couldn't help getting off my seat in what I can only describe as excitement, only to constantly be told to 'sit doon' by the two guys behind me.

All I can say is ................. yer no at the pictures FFS.

**NAE NOOKIE** · 09-11-2014 11:02 AM

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Agree 100%.

Brollies are annoying enough in the street, as they are basically weapons in the hands of (some) people who have little control over them and the spikes which are being waved at eye level. I can't understand anyone putting up a umbrella when it must be obvious to them that they will be blocking a fellow supporter's view.

When you are 5'6" walking down the street on a rainy day requires safety goggles

***Allant1981*** · 09-11-2014 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by Winston Ingram

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Conditions were crap yesterday but at least there was the consolation that I could watch the game.

Then people started putting brollies up and I could only see the parts of the pitch which weren't obscured by brollies.

I get the weather was crap and there's no roof to keep us dry but surely people must realise the impact they are having on other supporters when they put one up.

It's incredibly selfish if you ask me and surely if you are making the decision to take a brollie, it's just as easy to choose to wear clothes that will keep you dry.

Are you seriously moaning about folk wanting to keep dry

**Pretty Boy** · 09-11-2014 11:06 AM

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Are you seriously moaning about folk wanting to keep dry

He's got a point.

I understand folk wanting to keep dry but a bit respect for those of us who wanted to see the game would have been nice. I got stuck behind some guy with a Titleist golf umbrella the size of a parachute who seemed determined I should see none of the game and maybe remove 1 or both my eyes just to be sure.

***Allant1981*** · 09-11-2014 11:08 AM

I get folk wanting to see the game but this must be an all time low, moaning now about a brolly

***Winston Ingram*** · 09-11-2014 11:09 AM

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Are you seriously moaning about folk wanting to keep dry

Not at all. I knew it was going to rain yesterday so wore something that would keep me dry.

I didn't take a brollie as I knew it would block the view of people behind me.

***greenlex*** · 09-11-2014 11:12 AM

I had my golf brolly with me. Stood behind the goal where there was no terrace so as not to block anyone's view. Dry apart from feet. For the avoidance of doubt mine was a Footjoy Brolly.

**Chibs** · 09-11-2014 11:25 AM

back in my day(the seventies)if you took a brolly to a game you would be called a poof.

**Taz_hibee** · 09-11-2014 11:33 AM

Wanted to take my brolly from car but decided against for the reasons stated, it's just ignorance as you must know you are blocking other people's view, either don't take one or stand where no one is behind you, Simples

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***sleeping giant*** · 09-11-2014 11:43 AM

I do not know how anyone could stand at the fitba and put up a brolly when there are folk behind them. It's just not the done thing surely .

***Keith_M*** · 09-11-2014 11:58 AM

The olden days. Did people complain in them days?

***sleeping giant*** · 09-11-2014 12:06 PM

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The olden days. Did people complain in them days?

that's mental

***lord bunberry*** · 09-11-2014 12:10 PM

If you want toput up a brollie you should stand at the back so you don't block people's view.

***lord bunberry*** · 09-11-2014 12:12 PM

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The olden days. Did people complain in them days?

That picture must have been taken at half time

**itslegaltender** · 09-11-2014 12:14 PM

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If you want toput up a brollie you should stand at the back so you don't block people's view.

Grabbed myself a cheeky spot up the very back of the South Stand under some branches. Was spot on until a older couple decided to stand in front of us (same level)and the woman put up an umbrella. Couple of loud swears as the game got started and she soon moved!

***whiskyhibby*** · 09-11-2014 12:22 PM

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Agree 100%.

Brollies are annoying enough in the street, as they are basically weapons in the hands of (some) people who have little control over them and the spikes which are being waved at eye level. I can't understand anyone putting up a umbrella when it must be obvious to them that they will be blocking a fellow supporter's view.

It depends how big it is and how many fellow fans can shelter under it! :-))

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***basehibby*** · 09-11-2014 12:31 PM

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I get folk wanting to see the game but this must be an all time low, moaning now about a brolly

Not at all - if folk are paying £18 to watch a game of football it is the height of ignorant selfishness to go and stand in front of them with a brolly up - if you want to keep dry on terraces in the rain then you wear an anorak with a hood - or if you must use a brolly then stand somewhere that you're not blocking other folks' view.

**~~Iggy Pope~~** · 09-11-2014 12:52 PM

There was plenty of space to avoid brollies.
My Mrs and her mum (71) stood under one the full 90 and no-one objected.
I wouldn't have welcomed an objection either.

Possibly the most churlish thread this season.

**~~Iggy Pope~~** · 09-11-2014 12:55 PM

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Grabbed myself a cheeky spot up the very back of the South Stand under some branches. Was spot on until a older couple decided to stand in front of us (same level)and the woman put up an umbrella. Couple of loud swears as the game got started and she soon moved!

Swearing at an old wummin. Bravo. Lucky it wasnae my Mother in Law. You'd have had a job swearing with the pointy end up yer arse.

***Sylar*** · 09-11-2014 01:00 PM

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Swearing at an old wummin. Bravo. Lucky it wasnae my Mother in Law. You'd have had a job swearing with the pointy end up yer arse.

I took it to mean that loud swears at the game put said person off standing in proximity in fairness, not that he was calling said woman all the ****s under the sun

Wearing a waterproof jacket with a hood is the answer, surely?

**green&left** · 09-11-2014 01:02 PM

Dunno if this thread is a wind-up or not!!?

***Don Giovanni*** · 09-11-2014 01:06 PM

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It depends how big it is and how many fellow fans can shelter under it! :-))

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Are we still talking about umbrellas here...?

**~~Iggy Pope~~** · 09-11-2014 01:21 PM

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I took it to mean that loud swears at the game put said person off standing in proximity in fairness, not that he was calling said woman all the ****s under the sun

Wearing a waterproof jacket with a hood is the answer, surely?

Not sure what you're quoting there. The post I quoted reads to me like loud swearing made an old woman move, not what anyone was calling her. You think this swearing around the elderly is a good idea too?
Because she had a brolly????

A brolly is the answer for some. Not for me, but for some. I even seen a couple of Hibs ones.
There was plenty of room to avoid brollies. I managed easily.

Like I said. Churlish.

***lord bunberry*** · 09-11-2014 01:29 PM

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Not sure what you're quoting there. The post I quoted reads to me like loud swearing made an old woman move, not what anyone was calling her. You think this swearing around the elderly is a good idea too?
Because she had a brolly????

A brolly is the answer for some. Not for me, but for some. I even seen a couple of Hibs ones.
There was plenty of room to avoid brollies. I managed easily.

Like I said. Churlish.

You're post suggested he was swearing at the old women when he wasn't. How do you know that when he started swearing it was with the intention of making the old women with the brollie move. You're jumping to conclusions and getting on your high horse without knowing the facts imo. People swear at the football all the time.

***Sylar*** · 09-11-2014 01:32 PM

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Not sure what you're quoting there. The post I quoted reads to me like loud swearing made an old woman move, not what anyone was calling her. You think this swearing around the elderly is a good idea too?
Because she had a brolly????

A brolly is the answer for some. Not for me, but for some. I even seen a couple of Hibs ones.
There was plenty of room to avoid brollies. I managed easily.

Like I said. Churlish.

Your original post said 'swearing AT an old wummin' - I quoted you because I interpreted it slightly differently.

'[Do I think] swearing around the elderly is a good idea...?' - I've no idea what age said woman actually was - an 'older' couple to me would be in their 40s

- whilst that's flippant though, swearing at the football is par for the course really.

For what it's worth, I've stood under a brolly at football before (behind the goals at Recreation Park against Alloa when it pissed down, start to finish). So long as it's considerate and not obstructive...

If they're avoidable, I don't see the problem but if someone came and stood right in front of me and put a brolly up, I'd be annoyed if there was so much in the way of space to avoid doing that.