Back home for a couple of weeks and have been handed a couple of tickets for the Brighton game, sitting among the home fans. Haven't been to an away game since moving abroad back in the '80s, so unsure of expected behavior. Should we score, is it a case of polite applause or stripping down to my leopard skin jockstrap?
I would respect the home fans by not being there. Otherwise it's coat and mouth buttoned for the duration.
a small fist pump out of sight is best , or if like me which i did in the past when you stand and shout yesss, remember to quick revert to the yess you useess bunch of idiots just let them bloody score and sit back down quick
Sit on your hands and keep your mouth shut, just keep thinking COYW
I would settle for biting your clenched fist, with me I would I take my teeth out first.
Have to say the place is an excellent stadium. I went there for the game when they got promoted and we absolutely played them off the park and lost 2-1.
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Haven't sat in the home end since an uncomfortable afternoon at Northampton Town. Keep your head down & if anyone strikes up a conversation claim to be a neutral in town on business.
I sat with the Spurs fans last week. Just keep queit, definitely don't cheer if we score
Best to keep quiet and give no indication that you support Fulham - hard though it may be.
Forget polite applause and leapard skin jockstrap, a silent yessss given the opportunity to celebrate will do, then try and go into their supporters lounge afterwards with a broad grin and ask for a pint of London Pride and accept the Harveys they will give you.
I think it is a poor stadium for away fans. Most seats give a good view but other than that not for me. Away fans area does not have much depth and is spread across the width of the field making an atmosphere difficult. They suggest staying behind to let queues at station reduce then run out of beer. Train service to/from Brighton is poor,, took 90mins once and missed first 20 minutes.
PS - my brother in law is a massive Seagulls fan so my view is highly biased.
See you there, from the other end - one of the Sussex Whites
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As someone who has sat among both WHU & Millwall albeit in good seats, I recommend either putting on a bloody good act or not attending at all.
Just say as loud as you can in an extremely Camp accent " I knew that tw@t Mitrovic would score a Hat trick"
Had this problem when we beat Bentford 2-0 away. Forgot to get a ticket, so got one on the day but sadly behind the Bentford goal! Bloody difficult to keep still when we scored the first (mega jumping up and down in my head!), but when we scored the second right at the end and the Bentford fans started singing 'you only sing when you're winning', I joined in at the top of my voice with 'We love to sing when we're winning'. Obviously nobody noticed, but it felt great celebrating surrounded by their totally gutted fans.
Quote from: FFCpmd on August 28, 2018, 12:48:24 PM
Had this problem when we beat Bentford 2-0 away. Forgot to get a ticket, so got one on the day but sadly behind the Bentford goal! Bloody difficult to keep still when we scored the first (mega jumping up and down in my head!), but when we scored the second right at the end and the Bentford fans started singing 'you only sing when you're winning', I joined in at the top of my voice with 'We love to sing when we're winning'. Obviously nobody noticed, but it felt great celebrating surrounded by their totally gutted fans.
So it was just you and 3 others in the Bentford end then?
Ended up in the away end for the famous Fulham vs Lincoln game. Just kept quiet. Ruined the spectacle though.
Last time I was in the home end for one of our away games was when we lost 10-0 at Anfield. I was with my best mate, who was (and still is) a scouse, and it was a spur-of-the-moment, pay-on-the-gate thing as we were meant to be doing something else entirely!
I kept quiet about it for most of the match, but by the end most people around me knew, and given the scoreline were very sympathetic to my plight! As well as complementary about how much we had "had a go", and how great the away support was (by the time the 6th or 7th had flown in, there was a conga weaving it's way around the away end).
My general rule is that we don't like it when an away supporter turns up in home territory, so out of respect keep it low profile and quiet...
Done it loads of times in the past (including Matthew Harding stand Chelsea - when i nearly gave myself away, and Millwall East (Dockers) stand when Kit scored that last seconds winner).
You simply keep your mouth shut, act like a neutral, and although the rush inside when you score is brilliant, with everyone else extremely p****d off around you, do not show ANY outward signs of happiness if we score.
If you do, expect to get a clump, as most clubs' fans will not simply scream for the nearest steward screaming Out Out Out! like they do at Fulham.
It's up to you, but those are the 'rules'
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I remember standing in the Shed when we lost 4-0 to Chelsea back in the 80's.
I kept very quiet.
Was stood amongst the home fans at Millwall for the beautiful 3-0 win last season. Actually quite enjoyed it... the atmosphere was toxic but the Fulham away fans to my right sounded fantastic all night. Couldn't help but smile when Kev's goal sailed through.
Happened once at a friendly at Celtic of all places.Even travelled on the Celtic bus wearing my Fulham scarf. In fairness they did tell me that if I'd have been a Chelscum fan I would have got a good kicking for which I thanked them gratefully!!!
Quote from: Vinnieffc on August 28, 2018, 10:05:20 AM
I would respect the home fans by not being there. Otherwise it's coat and mouth buttoned for the duration.
As I said. We don't like away fans in our end. Disrespectful to do otherwise. No advice other than it's just bloody plain wrong. End of.
The late Peter Cook, of Pete and Dud fame, was a Spurs fan, and also an alcoholic, and probably quite arrogant.
Anyway, he stood with a mate in a notorious home end at Old Trafford when Spurs were there, wearing his Spurs scarf, and drunkenly shouting for Spurs.
At the end of the match, he and his mate got a good kicking. He lost his front teeth, and his mate was more seriously hurt.
Done it at Chelsea in the East Stand and the benches and
celebrated modestly...stood on the half way line at the Old Den nearly 4 decades ago and was very quiet...almost mute like.
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Try and show no emotion however difficult. Last game of season at Portsmouth when we had to win to avoid relegation ticket office mucked up and in the end borrowed a mates spare Portsmouth season ticket. When Murphy scored I was half up to celebrate,realised where I was and managed to stop myself.
I sat at the home end at Anfield when we drew 0 0.
Also at White Hart Lane when we lost 1 0.
As well as London Road Peterborough when we won 2 1 I think the score was.
But in all three for some unknown reason, and I did not particularly enjoy it.
I found it quite easy to keep my powder dry and not give away my identity. I surprised myself in all three.
I was in a home end at West Ham in a Second Division game, which we unexpectedly won.
I couldn't contain myself when we went in front, and the police told me I had to leave or they would have to take me into protective custody. I didn't have any choice- I left.
In the home section ar the Amex too, right next to our fans, know quite a few others in home sections as well. They maybe looking out for away fans in home sections, it happens quite a lot at Brighton so best keep a low profile, though may e hard ask...!!!
i sat with arsenal supporters at the emirates, we lost 3 1 but did equalise.... it was hard work keeping quiet but did it. the people around me were quite the most moronic bunch of foul mouthed bigots I have had to endure, and these were very good and not at all cheap seats, since gillingham all those horrible years ago. so advice is supporters nowadays do not tolerate opposition supporters in their midst, so take care and tell us on sunday how you stayed calm after we won 4 1!
Bit of a weird, to me, discussion on 5 Live today.
The presenter, Nihal, was saying about taking his 10 years old son to Old Trafford, as a Spurs fan the other day,
They were in the Spurs end, but a fellow Spurs fan behind was using language that Nihal found offensive, which wasn't racist or homophobic, but obscenities, because he was with his son. 'What should I have done about it?' he asked.
All I could think was 'surely fans should be allowed to swear at a football match, as they have done since I first began going as a ten year old myself'- to Palace with my mum and dad, then to Fulham with my dad, and then on my own or with mates.
Swearing was just something I was used to hearing at school and in the street, and, particularly at a football game - where it was accepted that you could be emotional and give vent to your feelings, in way that you wouldn't normally do, though I didn't use such language myself, and my dad didn't swear at home.
Nihal's son will surely hear worse at school, if he hasn't already, anyway.
Ok, so this bloke was being particularly coarse, but where do you stop if you start stopping people from swearing at a football match, just because you are with your young son? leave your son at home if it bothers you, some would say.
I take my 8 year old to Fulham. He knows that people swear, and knows he can't. But when we sing "Stick your blue flag up your ***" he happily sings along but replaces the last word with bum.
My wife swears like a trooper when watching football, but does it in Greek so that's ok.... "Malaka" is her favourite, meaning an onanist.
I can remember having to be in the Putney end in an F.A Cup tie against Watford back in the day, I took a mate who was trying to get into football but did not understand the terrace rules (like not celebrating when surrounded by Watford supporters). Well we scored and he celebrated, the next minute we are getting threats and things thrown at us, we made a quick escape to the Eric Miller Stand and got let threw a gate to the Hammersmith end by steward after explaining we were going to get our heads kicked in.
He never came to another game.
The other Away End experience was at Kettering in the Cup again, couldn't get tickets for our section but knew a Kettering ST holder and he got my son and I in. Well we won that game (luckily in my opinion) and by the end of it we had been sussed out, but we never celebrated once. The only way we got sussed was because my Kettering mate kept turning round and smiling at us when they scored!!! Any way the worst comment we got was "Lucky Bar stewards", and we spoke with their fans on the way stating how crap we had been and how unlucky they were.
But it is hard to keep your mouth shut, but you do need to!!!
Sat with Qpr supporters at Loftus Road a couple of seasons ago, steward told me to take my woolly Fulham hat off, just in case. Reasonable supporters around me, one wondered why my hat was on inside out.
Does anyone remember the night (I think it was a Tuesday night) we won 1-0 at Hulls Boothferry park? There was about 40 of us there and well before the end the police had to smuggle us all out around the back of the home stand to put us on a train at Boothferry park station and get us away before the game ended. I think Hull was going down with that defeat but the memory isn't what it once was.
As recommended, kept a low and respectful profile. Brighton fans around me guessed early on and were fine. Showed no response to Schurrle goal but screamed, head down, into a clenched fist for Mitrovic goal. Excellent stadium the AMEX. Can't tell you how good the Fulham fans were in away section. They were fantastic all game, creating all the noise.
On reflection, I wouldn't do it again. I agree with VinnieFFC. I think it is disrespectful to the home fans. Plus it's not enjoyable to watch Fuham having to keep all emotion in check.
I had seats in there 1901 Club with my son through
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I find it very hard to not show my emotions .
And i do find it disrespectful to home fans to show your hand.
So tried so hard and really expected them to score the penalty.
But the save just sent something to my brain and let out a big YES.
A few gave me the glare and some commented so apologised but was
never going to redeem myself . But stayed stony silent for the duration,
But i suppose they had the last laugh.
It's possible that I'll be in England early next year and may have the opportunity to extend the trip over a weekend. So, there is the possibility that my trip coincides with an away match. I doubt very much I'd purchase a ticket in any supporter section that isn't associated with Fulham ( I am not putting myself in a situation where I can't cheer on The Mighty Whites in some way). So, would be looking for an extra via a Fulham supporter or buying a ticket from a ticket reseller in the sideline stands.
having explained all that, are there any unwritten rules for visiting supporters sitting in the stands down the sidelines?
lots of excuses now to why you are cheering.
He is in my fantasy team on triple captain points.
he was in my bet265 to score any time and won £500 pounds.
