Vs. Sligo Rovers

[Student Mullet]

a seasons ban from ye're home games...very harsh!

I don't agree. If you travel to a game you have to bring a basic level of cop-on with you, which he didn't. There's no point in waiting for something more serious to happen before taking action.

Also, I don't think the ban will run out at the end of the season.

[feo123]

just curious, do UCD fans follow UCD even after they leave college?

[Aberdonian Stu]

Yes. Indeed some of us end up hanging around the college itself several years after we "leave" college.

I'm a firm believer in punishments that are harsh enough to act as deterrents so a season long ban isn't a big deal and he should know better afterwards.

Again how anyone can defend throwing a bottle just because it's not as bad as the 'good aul days' is beyond me.

[bomber82290]

ucd fans broke 3 ground regulations in the first 5 mins they were there and they continued to abuse people for the rest of the game fulled by th e bag of cans they were drinking during the game.They have to remember were football fans not hooligans.

[DmanDmythDledge]

ucd fans broke 3 ground regulations in the first 5 mins they were there and they continued to abuse people for the rest of the game fulled by th e bag of cans they were drinking during the game.They have to remember were football fans not hooligans.

Were you the steward with the cap by any chance?

[John83]

ucd fans broke 3 ground regulations in the first 5 mins they were there and they continued to abuse people for the rest of the game fulled by th e bag of cans they were drinking during the game.They have to remember were football fans not hooligans.

Which three would these be? Was one swearing? Please let it be ****ing swearing.

There was no bag of cans. One lad had a pair of cans, which were taken off him. That's it.

[Student Mullet]

Which three would these be? Was one swearing? Please let it be ****ing swearing.

Number 2 is presumably standing in a seated area.

[pineapple stu]

ucd fans broke 3 ground regulations in the first 5 mins they were there and they continued to abuse people for the rest of the game fulled by th e bag of cans they were drinking during the game.They have to remember were football fans not hooligans.

I'm sorry, you're talking nonsense.

One person had cans. They were taken off him. There was no bag of cans. None of the confiscated cans were in a bag. Also, he wasn't drinking in the first five minutes.

Continued to abuse people for the rest of the game? If you count "Paul Doolin, you're a ******, you're a ******", then yes, you may have a case. Otherwise, there was nothing more than you should really expect from football fans, despite the stewards' protestations to the contrary ("Won't somebody pleeeeease think of the children!")

Your last sentence doesn't make any sense, even with correct grammar.

What were these three regulations then?

[Poor Student]

ucd fans broke 3 ground regulations in the first 5 mins they were there and they continued to abuse people for the rest of the game fulled by th e bag of cans they were drinking during the game.They have to remember were football fans not hooligans.

Oh dear. Sure myself and John83 don't drink and two of the others who do drink weren't drinking on the trip as a whole at all as they were driving home.

[John83]

There was no bag of cans. None of the confiscated cans were in a bag.

Actually, one of the more entertaining actions of the (plainly inept) stewards was to search Poor Student's bag for cans. They found a book on Roman history, and no cans.

[pineapple stu]

That's right!

Course, if they'd done their job properly at the turnstiles, the cans wouldn't have been an issue in the first place. My bag wasn't searched on the way in for one.

[SligoBrewer]

How immature do you have to be to get riled up by something like that? Wouldn't expect anything more from a 15-year-old though, to be honest.


While, as Aberdonian Stu and schumi have pointed out, the fact that there wasn't any harm intended is utterly irrelevant, yer man has actually acknowledged this point. He said he didn't mind the first one - he just tossed it back - but the second one was full, nearly hit him and was thrown by someone who'd been over looking to start trouble during half-time.


Well, I gave yer man a lift home after the match and he was quite adamant that it was a full Lucozade bottle which had been flung, not lobbed, at him. Given that he'd have more reason to be keeping an eye out on it than you, I'd go with his version of events.

And yes, the season long ban may be a bit harsh, but than I'd be much happier with my club's handling of the issue than yours. Why that scumbag with the Celtic top was allowed in the ground after trying to start trouble at half-time and then throwing a bottle is beyond me. Not to mention the fact that your head steward was very unhappy with the stewarding, and another chief steward apologised for the excessively rough handling yer man got from the stewards.

im sorry lads but have to agree with all that pineapple said..
the full lucozade bottle was way over the line...

[kkontour]

im sorry lads but have to agree with all that pineapple said..
the full lucozade bottle was way over the line...

33% further FACT

[John83]

Very good.

It seems that the Sligo mods don't like us very much. Anyway, the quest continues to get more than one Sligo fan admit that pathetic stewarding and a couple of their own fans were also at play yesterday.

[Bald Student]

I think we're over reacting here.

1 or 2 UCD fans acted out of turn and have received the appropriate punishment. 1 or 2 Sligo fans acted out of turn and I presume Sligo will deal with the issue. I agree it soured the game a little but in the grand scheme of things taking off your shirt or throwing a plastic bottle aren't that big a deal.