last wednesday evening

[badtodabone]

for an hour and a half in the cold,payed at the turnstiles ,and had a cup of bovril.

 

it was almost like being back in the 70's only there was no streams of p1ss running down the steps

[New York Red]

So what do you think? Do you miss the past?

[badtodabone]

sometimes, things were simpler (and a lot cheaper) then ,you got to the match early queued up went in.

but thinking back to how we were treated like cattle and really how dangerous it was ,its better now.

[New York Red]

I agree totally.

 

Those who are nostaligic about the way things were forget about this:

 

The bitter cold

The damp

The stench of p*ss

The rust and rot

The filthy bogs

The cr*p food and drink

The violence

 

Build it new and bigger and better. No question.

[badtodabone]

The bitter cold -- well thats the same it was freezing on wednesday

The damp ---better

The stench of p*ss ---now is definatly better at least your trousers stay dry

The rust and rot ----- much better now

The filthy bogs ---- again much better now

The cr*p food and drink ---- nah its still cr@p just expensive cr@p

The violence ------ much much better

 

i think the only things that were better was the prices and probably the atmosphere

[psl]

i think the only things that were better was the prices and probably the atmosphere

 

And the team.

[John am Rhein]

it was almost like being back in the 70's only there was no streams of p1ss running down the steps

 

So, you could have corrected that....

[kop205]

And the team.

 

So, apart from:

 

the team

the prices

the atmosphere

 

football is much better now.

 

(By the way, I quite agree with your comment in the other thread about how ridiculous it is that there are people who seem to think that killing the current owners is actually something meriting serious discussion. I've not posted in there cos I don't want to dignfiy them with a direct response, and I've got half the protagonists on Ignore anyway).

[Guest PaulMcC]

The team, price and atmosphere is what i care most about.

 

Sounds liek football was far better back then.

[kop205]

The team, price and atmosphere is what i care most about.

 

Sounds liek football was far better back then.

 

Kind of the point I was making.

[Guest PaulMcC]

Kind of the point I was making.

 

I know. Mine was more in response to posts furtehr up the page.

[kop205]

I know. Mine was more in response to posts furtehr up the page.

 

We're both wrong though because the toliets are better now. Or something.

[Guest PaulMcC]

We're both wrong though because the toliets are better now. Or something.

 

Stadiums are shinier and bigger and sell food.

[badtodabone]

the most important thing that has changed is that fans are safer now

[badtodabone]

The team, price and atmosphere is what i care most about.

 

Sounds liek football was far better back then.

 

the atmosphere will never be as good as it was with a standing kop ,but would anyone really consider going back to it

[Tommy Cockles]

the atmosphere will never be as good as it was with a standing kop ,but would anyone really consider going back to it

 

without a moment's hesitation

[Coyler]

Was it Keegan that had the "in x number of years they'll realize they're after making a huge mistake and they'll tear down the stands and build safer terraces"? Is that a runner at all?

[Molby]

So, apart from:

 

the team

the prices

the atmosphere

 

football is much better now.

 

(By the way, I quite agree with your comment in the other thread about how ridiculous it is that there are people who seem to think that killing the current owners is actually something meriting serious discussion. I've not posted in there cos I don't want to dignfiy them with a direct response, and I've got half the protagonists on Ignore anyway).

 

 

and yet you did post

 

couldn't help yourself could you?

pompous oaf

[badtodabone]

without a moment's hesitation

 

im not sure i would ,i look at old films of the standing kop and think s*** did i use to be inside all that .

 

however if it was possible to have standing in safety id love it but cant see it ever happening

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

the most important thing that has changed is that fans are safer now

 

that's true, of course.

 

I still think that safe terraces could be built.

[Molby]

that's true, of course.

 

I still think that safe terraces could be built.

 

 

no 'think' about it - of course they could

 

 

the notion has become a kind of intellectual conceptual paraiah, understandably so

it's in there with the legalisation of drugs debate as regards the chances of rational debate - it's become almost taboo