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Last night i decided to be brave and stand on the east terrace in lansdown (not quiet brave enough to venture on the the north terrace again, had a bad experience a few years ago at the norway friendly).
first of all i need to comment on the clientele present.in general they weren't as bad as i had previously experienced on the north terrace. generally well behaved but there were a few undesireables. close to where i was there was a gang (or possy as their probably known as in their hood) of about 30 youngsters. (14-16 years old, probably called anto chriso davo davey tommo steveo jimmo paulo tracy sharon jacinta natalie.....). the lads tried to act hard by throwing a roll of bus tickets on to the pitch. the young wans were well impressed. they tried to act sophisticated by talkin about robbie keanes leggs and smokin. they had no intrest in the match and were using the occasion as some form of junior disco.
other undesireables present were wearing BIG HATS which i believe should be banned from stadiums not just the terraces. they are an absolute nuscence and their sole purpose seems to be to irritate fans behind them and to look good in pictures in the star the next day. these hats make the entire match experience very unpleasent for those of us stuck behind them especially for the more vertically chalanged among us.
in summary, i won't be goin back on the terraces again. i'll be shellin out the extra few €'s and goin back to the stand. i did it for experimental purposes and proved my point the terraces are dangerous places to be and were banned for a reason. at least i can say i gathered my evidence first hand (unlike some people) and came to my own conclusion based on experimental evidence( unlike some people again)
thank you for reading and please feel free to post replys. maybe if there enough of us out there we can set up some form of support group
