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Keith_M
14-10-2013, 11:54 AM
I was just reading that there was some trouble (http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/football-fan-trouble-mars-scottish-cup-replay-1-3140402) at the Preston Athletic v Queens Park (http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/local-football/flair-but-not-the-result-preston-athletic-wanted-1-3140555) game at the weekend. On this ocassion, it amounted to a large number of local youths throwing smoke bombs onto the pitch and then having a pitch invasion. The players had to be taken off the field until police restored order.

Add this to the recent Celtic/The Rangers youth cup tie, the disruption at the juniors game at the weekend and recents incidents at Hibs, Hearts, Motherwell, etc, does anyone think this is the beginning of a new trend of bother at matches or is it just some isolated incidents that will come to nothing?


To me, it appears to be youths trying to imitate what they have seen on the continent, with flares, smoke bombs etc, and maybe wishing to have some notoriety of their own. As I said, it may be a storm in a teacup but the situation in many countries where Ultras and the like are now well established is actually getting out of hand. I'd hate to see it going this way in Scotland.

ZS DOOM
14-10-2013, 12:06 PM
Majority of the folk causing trouble at the preston game were hibs fans. Embarrassing

Viva_Palmeiras
14-10-2013, 12:08 PM
We shouldn't become complacent but I'd hope this was just an isolated incident.

Just because use it may be easier to execute than at a typically policed match I think the chances of being caught are probably a bit higher esp if censure of the clubs are such that the regulars identify those responsible for fear of further damage to the club.

Viva_Palmeiras
14-10-2013, 12:09 PM
Majority of the folk causing trouble at the preston game were hibs fans. Embarrassing

I presume you'll be letting the officials and EEN know then?

ZS DOOM
14-10-2013, 12:13 PM
I presume you'll be letting the officials and EEN know then?

Yeah. Sold the story to the paper for a couple of quid and a chomp

Keith_M
14-10-2013, 12:16 PM
Majority of the folk causing trouble at the preston game were hibs fans. Embarrassing



Just out of interest, how do you know?

ZS DOOM
14-10-2013, 12:19 PM
Just out of interest, how do you know?

Because wee laddies these days cant help but brag about their antics on social networks

Keith_M
14-10-2013, 12:20 PM
Because wee laddies these days cant help but brag about their antics on social networks


OK, cheers.

B.H.F.C
14-10-2013, 12:31 PM
Folk going on the pitch etc shouldn't happen. At the Preston game I'd imagine it was just all young laddies all tanked up that never actually go to Preston games.

The other side of things just opens up the whole flare debate again. Some folk don't mind them and some do. Personally they don't bother me but I could see why other folk would be against them.

The OP is right, I think it's just folk trying to copy the ultra scene from abroad. Atmosphere is renowned as being better overseas, which it is in my experience. I think people want to replicate some of that here instead of sitting in our soulless stadiums. That doesn't go for the Preston game, I mean what the likes of the Motherwell fans do and what we frequently see at away games.

Centre Hawf
14-10-2013, 01:00 PM
Folk going on the pitch etc shouldn't happen. At the Preston game I'd imagine it was just all young laddies all tanked up that never actually go to Preston games.


You'd be surprised.

Geo_1875
14-10-2013, 01:18 PM
Watched an amateur cup game on Saturday and young Hibs fans were at it with the smoke bombs. I blame FIFA and EUFA. Weekend Internationals and the domestic breaks they cause have no place in football.

Brightside
14-10-2013, 01:29 PM
You'd be surprised.

I was there... its was daft wee ladies. The oldest would have been 16 if yer lucky. There was really nothing to it and no need for the game to be stopped at anytime. They were about 20 yds from the Queens fans and didnt try to start any trouble. Just daft banter from silly wee boys. Also the Queens fans ran on the field when they scored...and they were in the 30s!

Oh and they are not Preston fans according to the locals that watch the team every week. David Gold played for Queens btw and was probably the best player on the park.

paul_hfc3
14-10-2013, 01:30 PM
My dad said he was at a game and in the stand where Celtic fans chunted tear gas at hibs fans at Easter Road. I can't remember when he said it happened.

Peevemor
14-10-2013, 01:34 PM
My dad said he was at a game and in the stand where Celtic fans chunted tear gas at hibs fans at Easter Road. I can't remember when he said it happened.


http://www.hibs.net/showthread.php?186750-CS-Gas-incident-at-Easter-Road

Dashing Bob S
14-10-2013, 02:36 PM
I think we should be overreacting to those incidents with tougher laws, more draconian policing and sentencing, tighter security measures, and the much higher taxes that follow this privilege of living in a police state.

joe breezy
14-10-2013, 02:45 PM
I think we should be overreacting to those incidents with tougher laws, more draconian policing and sentencing, tighter security measures, and the much higher taxes that follow this privilege of living in a police state.

Thankfully that's already happening Bob

Yours
D. Lee Mail Reeder

brianmc
14-10-2013, 03:04 PM
One of the culprits has just been jailed for 140 days according to Police Scotland's twitter feed :0

CB_NO3
14-10-2013, 03:20 PM
One of the culprits has just been jailed for 140 days according to Police Scotland's twitter feed :0

Took them a while but am glad they got they dirty Celtic fans eventually ;-)

Keith_M
14-10-2013, 03:37 PM
I was there... its was daft wee ladies. The oldest would have been 16 if yer lucky.


"Steven Moffat, aged 21, from Prestonpans, pleaded guilty to breaking the peace, resisting arrest and drinking in public.
Two other men, aged 21 and 17, have been charged in relation to other incidents associated with the match at Pennypit."

Evening News (http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/man-jailed-over-prestonpans-scottish-cup-trouble-1-3140402)

Killiehibbie
14-10-2013, 03:40 PM
"Steven Moffat, aged 21, from Prestonpans, pleaded guilty to breaking the peace, resisting arrest and drinking in public.
Two other men, aged 21 and 17, have been charged in relation to other incidents associated with the match at Pennypit."

Evening News (http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/man-jailed-over-prestonpans-scottish-cup-trouble-1-3140402)
Good reporting:rolleyes:

The match referee temporarily abandoned the game

Keith_M
14-10-2013, 03:46 PM
Good reporting:rolleyes:

The match referee temporarily abandoned the game





'Breaking the peace'

Good old Evening News. :greengrin

hibbysam
14-10-2013, 04:29 PM
"Steven Moffat, aged 21, from Prestonpans, pleaded guilty to breaking the peace, resisting arrest and drinking in public.
Two other men, aged 21 and 17, have been charged in relation to other incidents associated with the match at Pennypit."

Evening News (http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/man-jailed-over-prestonpans-scottish-cup-trouble-1-3140402)

Those were nothing to do with the young lads at the end of the pitch though.. Totally different incidents, these three are the dafties o the town looking to cause trouble, the 50 or so youngsters were aged between 12 and 16 and there was no need at all for the game to be stopped, nor for the overreacting of the media!!

Brightside
14-10-2013, 04:37 PM
Those were nothing to do with the young lads at the end of the pitch though.. Totally different incidents, these three are the dafties o the town looking to cause trouble, the 50 or so youngsters were aged between 12 and 16 and there was no need at all for the game to be stopped, nor for the overreacting of the media!!

Exactly... some other people ran on to the pitch at the end to have a go at the ref...I'm assuming it was them.

Argylehibby
14-10-2013, 06:30 PM
Incredible reporting. "The match referee temporarily abandoned the game after a group of 10 fans invaded the pitch at half time" Why would a game be stopped for something that happened at half time?? The game was stopped when Preston scored 5 minutes into the 2nd half and it wasn't the invasion of the 10 x 10 year olds that caused the ref to call a halt it either. It was the adult Muppets that were ushered from the ground for the fireworks / smoke bombs they threw.

.Sean.
14-10-2013, 06:37 PM
Imagine letting off a smokebomb and having a sly bevvy at a Juniors park during a huge game in your hometown. Disgusting, hang them. :rolleyes:

McLeod1875
14-10-2013, 06:52 PM
The 'incidents' on Saturday were totally blown out the water, just a group of young laddies having a laugh at a football game.

Those arrests were nout to do with the group of young ones.

The 'pitch invasion' was about 15 young lads running about the 18 yard box having a laugh, one even ran up to the goalie for a bit banter and he laughed it off. No need for the game to be stopped at any time! It was the police that walked on to the park and forced the ref to stop the game so they could escort the 'hooligans' out.

Probably the best atmosphere a Preston game has ever seen and all the locals/officials do is moan...

Brightside
14-10-2013, 08:08 PM
The 'incidents' on Saturday were totally blown out the water, just a group of young laddies having a laugh at a football game.

Those arrests were nout to do with the group of young ones.

The 'pitch invasion' was about 15 young lads running about the 18 yard box having a laugh, one even ran up to the goalie for a bit banter and he laughed it off. No need for the game to be stopped at any time! It was the police that walked on to the park and forced the ref to stop the game so they could escort the 'hooligans' out.

Probably the best atmosphere a Preston game has ever seen and all the locals/officials do is moan...

Just a minor point. It was the ref that stopped the game and asked the Preston official to go and get the Police... Up and till that point it was all under control.

Hibby Cam
14-10-2013, 08:31 PM
Just a minor point. It was the ref that stopped the game and asked the Preston official to go and get the Police... Up and till that point it was all under control.

100% correct, some of the flares/bangers were thrown from the house behind the goals where the young ones were congregated, once the young ones were ejected the trouble stopped, except for the flare thrown over the wall in the second half, one of those involved was arrested and quickly grassed up his other mates.

I feel sorry for the club who will possibly be hit with large fines eliminating any revenue made as result of having such a glamour tie on their own patch

fatbloke
14-10-2013, 09:23 PM
Because wee laddies these days cant help but brag about their antics on social networks

Lots o wee laddies daein the bragging werny there. It was like every Celtic fan in the world claimed they were at Seville. At Pennypit on Saturday every wee daftie claimed to have been there, I was speaking to some in Port Seton on Saturday night and I know they were not there because I was I was it was nothing more than daft wee eejits being daft wee eejits. I must point out I was well behaved.

Funniest thing of the day was - Panners etc singing - Oh Prestonpans is wonderful Oh Prestonpans is wonderful it's full of smackheids and junkies Oh Prestonpans is wonderful. Followed seconds later by a chorus of You are a weegie a smelly weegie...... absolutely priceless.

UltrasHibernian
14-10-2013, 11:44 PM
You'd get none of this in Tranent, moan the belters.

on serious notes 140 days in jail for next to nothing, and boys supporting there local team for the day whilst hibs/hearts or whatever old firm they support arnt playing. Bevvy with your pals and a wee singsong is how football should be.

hibbysam
15-10-2013, 01:02 AM
Exactly... some other people ran on to the pitch at the end to have a go at the ref...I'm assuming it was them.

No.. The bam that has been locked up has previous and is in and out of prison... As I said today he must have been on bail, and started on the police at the game so got locked up again, but he was nowhere near the group of young lads...

Can't believe some of the reporting I've seen... I can assure anyone that it was 12 to 17 year olds that were involved in the singing, pyro and atmosphere at the game, maybe over the top at times but there young lads having a laugh... No need at all for the heavy handed ness and the ref being a total *****bag by taking the players off... Can you imagine him at a top junior match through the west or a big derby in the leagues!!

I do feel sorry for the club as the OTT reporting and the ref feeling the need to take the players off may just go against them..

Dashing Bob S
15-10-2013, 01:08 AM
Imagine letting off a smokebomb and having a sly bevvy at a Juniors park during a huge game in your hometown. Disgusting, hang them. :rolleyes:

That's easy for you to say, but what if some sensitive soul like myself had left their computer and desk, and wandered along, looking for a game of association football? I could have been traumatised for life witnessing such incidents. Nothing short of a full SFA inquiry and police action with dawn raids and the incarceration of the yob element in a Guantanomo-type facility will satiate the understandable bloodlust of the ordinary fan, who is rightly sick to his back teeth of such nonsense.

StarMan10
15-10-2013, 02:42 AM
Scottish football needs to move along in tandem with the increase in young football fans looking to imitate crowd scenes abroad. Whilst some of their methods (smokebombs,flares etc) may not be everyone's taste, things need to be done to help stop the negative association fans in this country get. Safe standing areas would be a step in the right direction imo.

Gatecrasher
15-10-2013, 06:15 AM
That's easy for you to say, but what if some sensitive soul like myself had left their computer and desk, and wandered along, looking for a game of association football? I could have been traumatised for life witnessing such incidents. Nothing short of a full SFA inquiry and police action with dawn raids and the incarceration of the yob element in a Guantanomo-type facility will satiate the understandable bloodlust of the ordinary fan, who is rightly sick to his back teeth of such nonsense.

:hilarious

Viva_Palmeiras
15-10-2013, 07:44 AM
Scottish football needs to move along in tandem with the increase in young football fans looking to imitate crowd scenes abroad. Whilst some of their methods (smokebombs,flares etc) may not be everyone's taste, things need to be done to help stop the negative association fans in this country get. Safe standing areas would be a step in the right direction imo.

Sheep

tamig
15-10-2013, 10:15 AM
100% correct, some of the flares/bangers were thrown from the house behind the goals where the young ones were congregated, once the young ones were ejected the trouble stopped, except for the flare thrown over the wall in the second half, one of those involved was arrested and quickly grassed up his other mates.

I feel sorry for the club who will possibly be hit with large fines eliminating any revenue made as result of having such a glamour tie on their own patch
Exactly. Preston have done some great work since leaving the Juniors and joining the East Seniors. They've lost out a couple of times in applications to join the SFL (as was). These stupid actions won't help their cause in the future.

HH81
15-10-2013, 10:37 AM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2456277/Violence-erupts-FA-Cup-qualifier-Atherstone-Barrow-supporters-clash.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

See there was also trouble in England last weekend. Clowns.

Viva_Palmeiras
15-10-2013, 12:07 PM
No.. The bam that has been locked up has previous and is in and out of prison... As I said today he must have been on bail, and started on the police at the game so got locked up again, but he was nowhere near the group of young lads...

Can't believe some of the reporting I've seen... I can assure anyone that it was 12 to 17 year olds that were involved in the singing, pyro and atmosphere at the game, maybe over the top at times but there young lads having a laugh... No need at all for the heavy handed ness and the ref being a total *****bag by taking the players off... Can you imagine him at a top junior match through the west or a big derby in the leagues!!

I do feel sorry for the club as the OTT reporting and the ref feeling the need to take the players off may just go against them..

I can't say since I was not there however he must have assessed the situation and deemed it to be necessary - he has a duty of care of the safety of the players and surely would be called into question should one of the players got hit as had been said flares getting thrown. Who'd be a ref? Lawyers typically - maybe just as well... :)

Jones28
15-10-2013, 01:35 PM
With the amount of bad press football gets in this country it's a wonder people go to games at all.

B.H.F.C
15-10-2013, 01:52 PM
With the amount of bad press football gets in this country it's a wonder people go to games at all.

Thing is, that's all a lot of it is, bad press. I'm pretty sure that it's a lot safer to go to football than it was 20 or 30 years ago. How often do we ever see any trouble at the football these days?

silverhibee
15-10-2013, 02:19 PM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2456277/Violence-erupts-FA-Cup-qualifier-Atherstone-Barrow-supporters-clash.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

See there was also trouble in England last weekend. Clowns.


Sure there will be plenty more trouble tonight in London.

18,000 Polish fans inside Wembley tonight, should be a good watch, will be better than the Scotland game that's for sure. :agree::greengrin


The pre-match battles should be getting under way pretty soon.

LancashireHibby
15-10-2013, 02:34 PM
Sure there will be plenty more trouble tonight in London.

18,000 Polish fans inside Wembley tonight, should be a good watch, will be better than the Scotland game that's for sure. :agree::greengrin


The pre-match battles should be getting under way pretty soon.

Been a lot of talk down here that the last time the Poles played England, they actually applauded both anthems. Given a lot of the Polish support will be based in England, I think that will dilute it somewhat from the nutters who turn out when England are in Warsaw etc.

JimBHibees
15-10-2013, 02:49 PM
Been a lot of talk down here that the last time the Poles played England, they actually applauded both anthems. Given a lot of the Polish support will be based in England, I think that will dilute it somewhat from the nutters who turn out when England are in Warsaw etc.

I agree think the atmosphere will be very good with a Lewandowski double making it even better. :greengrin

hibbysam
15-10-2013, 04:00 PM
I can't say since I was not there however he must have assessed the situation and deemed it to be necessary - he has a duty of care of the safety of the players and surely would be called into question should one of the players got hit as had been said flares getting thrown. Who'd be a ref? Lawyers typically - maybe just as well... :)

There was no flares!!!

The objects mentioned are smokebombs and completely different from Flares... The players safety was never in doubt... As I said many times the ref was obviously looking to make a name for himself, couple with a boy there analysing him... OTT reaction, and showed when he also sent Preston player off for next to nothing... How many times does a ref take spl players off if a smoke bomb gets launched onto the pitch?

CropleyWasGod
15-10-2013, 04:20 PM
There was no flares!!!

The objects mentioned are smokebombs and completely different from Flares... The players safety was never in doubt... As I said many times the ref was obviously looking to make a name for himself, couple with a boy there analysing him... OTT reaction, and showed when he also sent Preston player off for next to nothing... How many times does a ref take spl players off if a smoke bomb gets launched onto the pitch?

I think most people would struggle to tell the difference between smoke-bombs and flares, especially when they've just been thrown and especially when one's attention is on other things, as the ref's should be. IMO, the ref has to make an immediate decision, with the players' safety uppermost.

ZS DOOM
15-10-2013, 04:26 PM
I think most people would struggle to tell the difference between smoke-bombs and flares, especially when they've just been thrown and especially when one's attention is on other things, as the ref's should be. IMO, the ref has to make an immediate decision, with the players' safety uppermost.

Only an idiot wouldn't know the difference

CropleyWasGod
15-10-2013, 04:37 PM
Only an idiot wouldn't know the difference

Well, that makes me an idiot then.

Pretty Boy
15-10-2013, 04:49 PM
There was no flares!!!

The objects mentioned are smokebombs and completely different from Flares... The players safety was never in doubt... As I said many times the ref was obviously looking to make a name for himself, couple with a boy there analysing him... OTT reaction, and showed when he also sent Preston player off for next to nothing... How many times does a ref take spl players off if a smoke bomb gets launched onto the pitch?

Has it occurred that the ref in question hasn't encountered behaviour like that at the level he is used to refereeing at and perhaps panicked?

Or that at most games where smokebombs etc are used there is a far larger Police and Steward presence to deal with it than the one at Pennypit the weekend past?

I'm sure with stories about guys running into the penalty area and approaching the goalkeeper etc that plenty players on both sides will have been ****ed off at the interruptions to one of the biggest games of their season.

CropleyWasGod
15-10-2013, 06:07 PM
Has it occurred that the ref in question hasn't encountered behaviour like that at the level he is used to refereeing at and perhaps panicked?

Or that at most games where smokebombs etc are used there is a far larger Police and Steward presence to deal with it than the one at Pennypit the weekend past?

I'm sure with stories about guys running into the penalty area and approaching the goalkeeper etc that plenty players on both sides will have been ****ed off at the interruptions to one of the biggest games of their season.

That's partly the point I was trying to make.

I don't know who the ref was, and how experienced he was, but if he hadn't encountered that kind of stuff before he is bound to revert to instinct.

Argylehibby
15-10-2013, 08:02 PM
One of the Preston players was moaning post match about the game being stopped and how it took the momentum away from them just after they scored. His comments were all directed at the nutters in the crowd and not at the ref. I'm not sure why the ref stood at the tunnel waiting on Plod walking across the pitch to speak to him though rather than go to meet him half way.

On the flares / smoke bomb debate. I thought smoke bombs had no flame and were just smoke? If that's correct then some were not smoke bombs such as the one the keeper picked up and threw off the pitch.

Brightside
16-10-2013, 08:33 AM
One of the Preston players was moaning post match about the game being stopped and how it took the momentum away from them just after they scored. His comments were all directed at the nutters in the crowd and not at the ref. I'm not sure why the ref stood at the tunnel waiting on Plod walking across the pitch to speak to him though rather than go to meet him half way.

On the flares / smoke bomb debate. I thought smoke bombs had no flame and were just smoke? If that's correct then some were not smoke bombs such as the one the keeper picked up and threw off the pitch.

The orange one the keeper picked up was a flare.

jgl07
16-10-2013, 12:03 PM
There was no flares!!!

The objects mentioned are smokebombs and completely different from Flares.

I thought Flares went out of fashion in the 1980s!

ZS DOOM
16-10-2013, 12:05 PM
I thought Flares went out of fashion in the 1980s!

Ha. Not heard that one before...

joe breezy
16-10-2013, 12:07 PM
Well, that makes me an idiot then.

A shipping flare could do you serious harm - they were fired in a number of confrontations in the 80s. It is like a huge, powerful firework that should be projected into the sky rather than aimed at an opposing gang.

A smoke bomb is like an indoor firework by comparison. It lets off smoke but is harmless unless someone goes out of their way to be harmed by it. It just lets of smoke.

Keith_M
16-10-2013, 12:11 PM
Only an idiot wouldn't know the difference


That's an idiotic statement.


As others have said, the guy's job is to referee the game, which he was concentrating on. Seeing an object or objects being thrown on the pitch from a distance away, with smoke trailing out of it, is probalby not something he's used to at this level of football.

Maybe he panicked, so what, the fault lies with the people that went solely to disrupt the game.

ZS DOOM
16-10-2013, 12:17 PM
That's an idiotic statement.


As others have said, the guy's job is to referee the game, which he was concentrating on. Seeing an object or objects being thrown on the pitch from a distance away, with smoke trailing out of it, is probalby not something he's used to at this level of football.

Maybe he panicked, so what, the fault lies with the people that went solely to disrupt the game.

Eh? Where did I say anything about the referee's decision. The made the correct decision regardless of what was thrown on the park.

Keith_M
16-10-2013, 12:26 PM
Eh? Where did I say anything about the referee's decision. The made the correct decision regardless of what was thrown on the park.


I didn't say you did. However, you managed to use that to evade the point I was making.

Are you trying to live up to your user name?

CropleyWasGod
16-10-2013, 12:29 PM
A shipping flare could do you serious harm - they were fired in a number of confrontations in the 80s. It is like a huge, powerful firework that should be projected into the sky rather than aimed at an opposing gang.

A smoke bomb is like an indoor firework by comparison. It lets off smoke but is harmless unless someone goes out of their way to be harmed by it. It just lets of smoke.

Cheers for the tutorial :greengrin

Brightside
16-10-2013, 12:30 PM
That's an idiotic statement.


As others have said, the guy's job is to referee the game, which he was concentrating on. Seeing an object or objects being thrown on the pitch from a distance away, with smoke trailing out of it, is probalby not something he's used to at this level of football.

Maybe he panicked, so what, the fault lies with the people that went solely to disrupt the game.

The ref didnt stop the game for the fireworks. I was 2 yrds from him when he told the policeman "Safety of players is paramount I cannot allow fans to be running on the pitch. Please remove them from the ground"

ZS DOOM
16-10-2013, 12:31 PM
I didn't say you did. However, you managed to use that to evade the point I was making.

Are you trying to live up to your user name?

I'm not evading anything. If the referee has eyes (which im sure is a requirement for the job) then he would have been able to tell the difference

Chuck Rhoades
16-10-2013, 06:12 PM
A shipping flare could do you serious harm - they were fired in a number of confrontations in the 80s. It is like a huge, powerful firework that should be projected into the sky rather than aimed at an opposing gang.

A smoke bomb is like an indoor firework by comparison. It lets off smoke but is harmless unless someone goes out of their way to be harmed by it. It just lets of smoke.

**** sake. Flares at football matches aren't the same as shipping flares. You dont ****ing take off with the flare into the clouds!

Typical OTT post on here.

GoldenEagle
16-10-2013, 06:49 PM
**** sake. Flares at football matches aren't the same as shipping flares. You dont ****ing take off with the flare into the clouds!

Typical OTT post on here.

Did you read the post from Joe?

SaulGoodman
17-10-2013, 09:52 AM
**** sake. Flares at football matches aren't the same as shipping flares. You dont ****ing take off with the flare into the clouds!

Typical OTT post on here.

Oh the irony of this post.

ZS DOOM
17-10-2013, 10:45 AM
Oh the irony of this post.

I think you need to look up what irony means

SaulGoodman
17-10-2013, 10:46 AM
I think you need to look up what irony means

I know what Irony means, thanks.

ZS DOOM
17-10-2013, 11:12 AM
I know what Irony means, thanks.

Ok

Leishy1995
17-10-2013, 08:27 PM
Just back from Hibs girls under 17s vs rangers

A group of 12-14 year old boys sang IRA chants, Hibs songs and set off two "bangers" one of which was thrown on the pitch as Hibs scored and landed in the 18 yard box beside the Hibs goalkeeper in the first half.

Was more embarrassing than anything else. Ira stuff more annoying than the bangers though. They were soon asked to leave the pitch side so stood behind a fence and sang.