Language ban!

[Jerry The Saint]

There's a sign at the last match pinned to the stand saying, iirc, "Family is the only F word".

You should have told them to family off. Stupid familyers.

[Bluebeard]

AFAIK, something similar is being undertaken at the Carlisle. There's a sign at the last match pinned to the stand saying, iirc, "Family is the only F word".

Looks like Bray aren't expecting any high scoring games this year...

[Ash]

Careful now ... Down with that sort of thing

[alltogethernow]

Remember a gaurd trying to enforce it in the Carlise last season........he wasnt helped when every Bohs fan there started singing ''we f**king hate Rovers''

[bellavistaman]

silent protest! if i were ye id organise a loud curing protest let them kick the hole stadium out see how they survive then, within a week the rule would be forgotten about,

[Bluebeard]

silent protest! if i were ye id organise a loud curing protest let them kick the hole stadium out see how they survive then, within a week the rule would be forgotten about,

Something like this?

[Battery Rover]

silent protest! if i were ye id organise a loud curing protest let them kick the hole stadium out see how they survive then, within a week the rule would be forgotten about,

All Athlone Town flags were hung upside down and the silent protest went ahead with the Cootes going sshhhhh everytime someone in the ground made a noise

[galwayhoop]

All Athlone Town flags were hung upside down and the silent protest went ahead with the Cootes going sshhhhh everytime someone in the ground made a noise

problem with that is it will last a week or two and then people forget about it.

i think the loud swearing protest would be far more effective. let them throw out all of their regular supporters and see just how many of these family types they are protecting from these obsenities.... answer: fcuk all!

we have to lose this PC bullsh1t from our game. stand up and curse & spit & shout to your hearts content. we are not the premiersh1t we are the EL, home to real football culture - not sanitised merchandising fancy dans!

here's a song i made up to get you going:
fcuk, sh1t, b@stard,
w@nk, w@nk
fcuk, sh1t, b@stard
w@nk, w@nk

imagine the stewards trying to throw out a couple hundred fans for singing that

[L37Ultra]

problem with that is it will last a week or two and then people forget about it.

i think the loud swearing protest would be far more effective. let them throw out all of their regular supporters and see just how many of these family types they are protecting from these obsenities.... answer: fcuk all!

we have to lose this PC bullsh1t from our game. stand up and curse & spit & shout to your hearts content. we are not the premiersh1t we are the EL, home to real football culture - not sanitised merchandising fancy dans!

here's a song i made up to get you going:
fcuk, sh1t, b@stard,
w@nk, w@nk
fcuk, sh1t, b@stard
w@nk, w@nk

imagine the stewards trying to throw out a couple hundred fans for singing that

Well said boys!! the FAI are trying make the Eircom League attractive to the Prawn sandwhich type and I dont like that!! so stick with the real fans and lets say F.U.C.K all we want!!

[Needtoknow]

Well said boys!! the FAI are trying make the Eircom League attractive to the Prawn sandwhich type and I dont like that!! so stick with the real fans and lets say F.U.C.K all we want!!

Ah yes the new organisation against the Family element

F.U.C.K = Fans United Cursing Kids.

[Partizan]

Away, you bottle-ale rascal, you filthy bung, away!

heres one for Hilda -

Thou misbegotten folly-fallen barnacle!

[peterc1992]

The fact that there was no atmosphere last night,we all got to hear,what came out of the amnagers and players mouth.....in teh case of the new"law" he sud have been ****ed out!along wit the whole squad!How can anyone be ****ed off if we shout something on teh pitch if the players are actually at it themselves!

[GuisaSaigon]

It's more of this family friendly, PC, create a rugby style atmosphere bullsh!t that's attempting to "clean up the league". They are fining clubs for smoke bombs FFS. They'd be better off concentrating on the schooligans throwing rocks at buses than pulling people up on "foul language" It seems some people will never stop in their missions to eliminate atmosphere at LOI games.
Its time to reclaim the game!.......... before its too late!

[Jerry The Saint]

Remember the testimony of the Crystal Palace fan on the receiving end of Cantona's Kung Fu assault when he was explaining what he shouted at him.

"Off! Off! It's an early bath for you, Cantona!"

[NavanBohs]

Its stupid the whole LOI will end up like that picnic in father fed

Ya fuppin' gr*******, this is my fuppin' seat!

[The Sheliban]

The use of certain "foul and abusive" words can be humorous in certain contexts. However, the fan who just bellows out a constant stream of filth can be odious in the extreme. I imagine this is what the powers that be are trying to cut out.
I'm no psychologist but I would imagine the (predominantly) male need to use bad language at matches could be interpreted as some kind of basic herd aggression thing and aggression on the terraces should be discouraged (I'm just trying to work out the reasoning for it)
Was it Brian Clough who tried to implement something similar at Forest years ago and the fans sung "What the flipping hell was that?" in response?

[feo123]

fare play to athlone, there should be no fcuking cursing at matches

[superfrank]

I'm no psychologist but I would imagine the (predominantly) male need to use bad language at matches could be interpreted as some kind of basic herd aggression thing and aggression on the terraces should be discouraged (I'm just trying to work out the reasoning for it)

I know in my case it's just that I curse an awful lot in my everyday life, not just at football matches. A lot of the people I know that curse heavily at matches are ones that curse a lot in their everyday life also.

People shouldn't be punished for the way they live their lives.

[The Sheliban]

We used to have a song that said "We're not Barcelona but at least we're not Pats"
This, over time, got altered to "We're not Barcelona, thank fcuk we're not Pats"
Why? The word change added nothing to the sentiments but it was perceived as being more laddish, I presume.
I curse a fair bit too but I would curb it when talking to a priest, or my granny, as I would imagine, would most people. What I'm saying is that its not instinctive.

[sniffa]

" The referees independent ".