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Watching the game at the pub

mooks

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mooks

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I watched the Cup final at a pub in Vancouver. We outnumbered the Hammers about 4 to 1, but at about 80 minutes they started singing 'Sign on".

 

The Reds fans in the pub didn't respond ... which wasn't surprising given that 95% of us aren't Scouse, it was 9 am and no alcohol had been served. But I was wondering what would have happened in a similar scenario in England? Would something have kicked off? Or would the more abusive songs even be sung in a mixed pub?

 

Cheers

 

Oh, and may I add, West Ham are such a no-mark team we wouldn't have known how to ridicule 'em. 'Forever Blowing Bubbles?' Yeah, there's a song known around the world

anny road

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I watched the Cup final at a pub in Vancouver. We outnumbered the Hammers about 4 to 1, but at about 80 minutes they started singing 'Sign on".

 

The Reds fans in the pub didn't respond ... which wasn't surprising given that 95% of us aren't Scouse, it was 9 am and no alcohol had been served. But I was wondering what would have happened in a similar scenario in England? Would something have kicked off? Or would the more abusive songs even be sung in a mixed pub?

 

Cheers

 

Oh, and may I add, West Ham are such a no-mark team we wouldn't have known how to ridicule 'em. 'Forever Blowing Bubbles?' Yeah, there's a song known around the world

 

 

it was sang to us on Sat night by some WHU

 

we retorted with "Thank you very much for paying our giro's"

 

and fwiw I'm forever blowing bubbles sounds fantastic when sung by them

 

esp the Chitty Citty Bang Bang version which was hilarious

Sara

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Walking through Cardiff after the game an Hammer said we didn't look like we'd won the cup. So i said "Well all our pubs are shut for another half hour but your lots are all open" He replied " That's cos we actually have money and you lot don't" Then they started singing that Di Canio/you nicked our stereo song.

 

Our mate said "Too right! Why pay for something when you can just take it. d****ead!" :D

Rich Gobey

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Watched the game in a pub with about 12 reds fans, and a table of three hammers who i'd never seen before. When they scored their first goal one of the hammers stands up and faces us and screams "f*** off" at us. We just laughed at him but when Cisse scored he started makng monkey noises and singing some vile "banana boots" song. When asked if he really meant to be so offensive he stated that all non-white, non-British people should leave the country.

 

We repeatly pulled him up on his behaviour and he got increasingly aggresssive. During the match he and his mate started stashing bottles under his table in readness no doubt for what he imagined was an up and coming scrap. I just reached under the table and collected the glasses and bottles and returned them to the bar without any resistance.

 

We didn't rise to his bait but continued to let him know he was out of order. As the match went on and he realised he was not as intimidating as he must have thought and tried to shake hands with us but was told in no uncertain terms where to go.

 

It ruined the day for me as I have never encountered such blatent racism before. The main antagonist mst have been in his 50's and would have offered no problem to us if it did kick off. Maybe he felt cornered by his own bigotry and when challenged could only enforce his foul opinions.

 

I'm glad that everyone who went to the game got on well with the west ham fans, just a shame that the three pricks in our pub couldn't be as cool.

mooks

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Neat responses, gentlemen.

 

I'd have thought the Hammers would be delirious just at being in the Cup final ... but there's me assuming that a lack of success on the field leads to some humility and class off it.

Hus

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Thats terrible Gobez - unbelievable some people :(

 

I was also in a bar rammed full of West Ham fans and though there was about 5 of us (who were all asian) and about 100 of them we had no trouble.

Rich Gobey

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Thats terrible Gobez - unbelievable some people :(

 

As only one of our party is not white he might have thought he was preaching to a like minded crowd, he seemed geniunly suprised by our reaction.

Hus

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As only one of our party is not white he might have thought he was preaching to a like minded crowd, he seemed geniunly suprised by our reaction.

 

What a t*** - towards the end of the game a good few of them were pointing and singing at us...but then gerrard scored and they were pretty quiet after that!

 

Where were you watching the game? I was in Liverpool Street - bar called Baracuda.

Andythered

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Funny you should post that. I watched the game in a pub in Helsinki. Same thing happens with abotu 5 mins left. Some knob from Derby and others started signing sign on. I lose it, call them all the names under the sun, offer them out - they are all apologetic - Stevie G scores - I go mental. SOme c*ck of the highest orfer starts giving it all this we English should stick together overseas s****, fecin knob from Bristol who was also singing it, rugby fan.

 

I f***ing hate watching footie in boozers with pricks who know nothing about footie. Even the Finnish reds there didnt know the words to the fields of anfield road. Shocking.

 

So I get the train home, fall asleep. Wake up, notice there at my stop, uneccessarily dive through the door and wack hit the deck.....

 

Top day all round. :D

RP

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Funny you should post that. I watched the game in a pub in Helsinki. Same thing happens with abotu 5 mins left. Some knob from Derby and others started signing sign on. I lose it, call them all the names under the sun, offer them out

 

 

Why would you do that then?

RP

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Got to add that the West ham fans we were having a laugh, a drink and a sing-song with were not what you would call 'politically correct'.

 

In fact they were as outspoken and racist in their opinions as you can possibly imagine.

Hus

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Got to add that the West ham fans we were having a laugh, a drink and a sing-song with were not what you would call 'politically correct'.

 

In fact they were as outspoken and racist in their opinions as you can possibly imagine.

 

Nice.

RP

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Not really.

 

But it was just one element to their characters - quite common to most of them though.

RP

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LOL (but I'm not really laughing. Not actually out loud)

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Redwire

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Got to add that the West ham fans we were having a laugh, a drink and a sing-song with were not what you would call 'politically correct'.

 

In fact they were as outspoken and racist in their opinions as you can possibly imagine.

 

Luckily the West Ham fans we were having a laugh and a drink with in Cardiff weren't like that at all. Then again, if they were anything like those you describe we wouldn't have been laughing and drinking with them.

anny road

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Luckily the West Ham fans we were having a laugh and a drink with in Cardiff weren't like that at all. Then again, if they were anything like those you describe we wouldn't have been laughing and drinking with them.

 

 

sorry but I think people are taking what Paul says slightly too seriosuly

 

i know everyone on here likes to come across all pc, but you have to accept that certain people are not as pc

 

I was with the same people and what paul is refering to is the odd comment or song, nothing too bad, but not exactly pc.....

 

We all have mates who say things you fundamentally disagree with, i know I have..my mate fod who i met before the game is a nightmare, but it is the way he is...i put up with it whilst fundamentally disagreeing with some of the things he says

 

chill people

smithdown

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The West Ham in the pub in Dubai were sound enough, they had a hanger-on who was Sunderland (I think) who kept having a pop at me for wearing a t-shirt with the Turkey flag on it (of course) - a nice bright red number with the crescent and five stars and a Liver bird. Lovely. He thought it 'disgusting that an englishman would wear that' and I should be ashamed of myself or something - he seemed to sink further and further into his own bitter little world over it to the point where he wasn't even watching the game anymore but just wanted to stare me and the t-shirt out. Each time he muttered something and his face got redder and redder I had to laugh more and more. Good comedy.

 

Poor c*nt. About 5' 4" he was.

Guest ynwa77

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'he seemed to sink further and further into his own bitter little world over it to the point where he wasn't even watching the game anymore but just wanted to stare me and the t-shirt out. '

 

who flinched 1st, him or the t-shirt?

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