The Crowd Behaviour

[Gets!]

Okay so me and my mates like being vocal at the footy, however we never swear or anything as I wouldnt want my kids to be exposed to that and whatnot, and we NEVER have cracks at individual supporters, never anything personal.

However me and my mates were hit with so much abuse, and full on swearing, especially when I stood up everytime Thommo kicked a goal in that second quarter and was going off. Three guys behind us were calling us "Fing tossers all night", one other guy "We're gonna knock you off like dominos after the game", and one woman told my mate she would knock his teeth out. And of course these same people were cheering when Huddo was injured and calling him soft etc. This went on throughout the game, people grabbing my guernsey and pulling it back and ********.

I have been to games all over Australia and seen every team play at least twice over this time, and I have to say tonight was the worst I have ever seen, full stop. And what was with those flares after the game???

Don't get me wrong I'm lapping up the win, but just wanted to get this off my chest, meh.

Some Port supporters tonight were a disgrace, an absolute disgrace. Key word being 'some' Port boys, we had some lovely people behind us and were chatting and so on but man some were shocking.

Have a good night people.

 

[Markthirtytwo]

Okay so me and my mates like being vocal at the footy, however we never swear or anything as I wouldnt want my kids to be exposed to that and whatnot, and we NEVER have cracks at individual supporters, never anything personal.

However me and my mates were hit with so much abuse, and full on swearing, especially when I stood up everytime Thommo kicked a goal in that second quarter and was going off. Three guys behind us were calling us "Fing tossers all night", one other guy "We're gonna knock you off like dominos after the game", and one woman told my mate she would knock his teeth out. And of course these same people were cheering when Huddo was injured and calling him soft etc. This went on throughout the game, people grabbing my guernsey and pulling it back and ********.

I have been to games all over Australia and seen every team play at least twice over this time, and I have to say tonight was the worst I have ever seen, full stop. And what was with those flares after the game???

Don't get me wrong I'm lapping up the win, but just wanted to get this off my chest, meh.

Some Port supporters tonight were a disgrace, an absolute disgrace. Key word being 'some' Port boys, we had some lovely people behind us and were chatting and so on but man some were shocking.

Have a good night people.

Every club has them unfortunately. Ferals from feralville.

 

[Gets!]

Very true sir, very true.

Unfortunately I was in the middle of the most feral tonight.

 

[crowie]

Okay so me and my mates like being vocal at the footy, however we never swear or anything as I wouldnt want my kids to be exposed to that and whatnot, and we NEVER have cracks at individual supporters, never anything personal.

However me and my mates were hit with so much abuse, and full on swearing, especially when I stood up everytime Thommo kicked a goal in that second quarter and was going off. Three guys behind us were calling us "Fing tossers all night", one other guy "We're gonna knock you off like dominos after the game", and one woman told my mate she would knock his teeth out. And of course these same people were cheering when Huddo was injured and calling him soft etc. This went on throughout the game, people grabbing my guernsey and pulling it back and ********.

I have been to games all over Australia and seen every team play at least twice over this time, and I have to say tonight was the worst I have ever seen, full stop. And what was with those flares after the game???

Don't get me wrong I'm lapping up the win, but just wanted to get this off my chest, meh.

Some Port supporters tonight were a disgrace, an absolute disgrace. Key word being 'some' Port boys, we had some lovely people behind us and were chatting and so on but man some were shocking.

Have a good night people.

You had your kids with you?

It doesn't matter what team they support, some people have no right to be called human.

 

[Gets!]

No that was a hypothetical if I had kids, Sorry a bit tired, had awards night at work Friday, big one.

But yeah no kids, however if I was a parent I would have been ropeable at what they could have been exposed to. Such is life.

 

[Snowball 2]

Very true sir, very true.

Unfortunately I was in the middle of the most feral tonight.

Very low to jeer an injured player, very low.

I am sorry that you got stuck next to scum supporters. They are the type that are most talked about, and that give us a bad name.

As you quite rightly pointed out, they unfortunately exist in all club supporter groups. Being a sell out, you probably didn't have the luxury of moving from your seats either

 

[tribey]

Very low to jeer an injured player, very low.

I am sorry that you got stuck next to scum supporters. They are the type that are most talked about, and that give us a bad name.

As you quite rightly pointed out, they unfortunately exist in all club supporter groups.

Well said. As a kid watching us play at the Bay (vs. Glenelg) and at Footy Park (vs. Centrals) I had opposition fans around me jeering and baying for even more blood when one of our boys went off on a stretcher.

The stereotypes have it that only Collingwood and Port have this breed of d#ckhead, but every club has 'em - it's just unfortunate when you're caught amongst this minority that not only offends others but also tarnishes the very club they claim to support.

 

[Mr Magoo]

Well said. As a kid watching us play at the Bay (vs. Glenelg) and at Footy Park (vs. Centrals) I had opposition fans around me jeering and baying for even more blood when one of our boys went off on a stretcher.

The stereotypes have it that only Collingwood and Port have this breed of d#ckhead, but every club has 'em - it's just unfortunate when you're caught amongst this minority that not only offends others but also tarnishes the very club they claim to support.

I can tell you of two incidents involving AFC fans at the showdown earlier this year. An elderly woman (approximately 80 years old) who was a Port Adelaide supporter was assaulted in the toilets by some really gutless coward.
The second one involved a young girl of about 8-11 years old walking outside the ground & one of your supporters lit her flag on fire which unfortunately ended up burning her hair. (this incident was brought up on 5AA after the match and KG & Cornesy didn't want to hear about it).

Now i don't care who you support but if i would've seen/been at either of those incidents i would've stepped in straight away with no second thoughts.

Every team has a few moronic supporters but to have a guy basically burn a flag of another supporter & someone who hits the elderly i have absolutely no respect for at all.

I'm not saying that all your supporters are bad or good or supporters of any afl club in general but's it just the few who will tarnish your club's name by doing things such as those mentioned.

 

[JohnK]

...However me and my mates were hit with so much abuse, and full on swearing, especially when I stood up everytime Thommo kicked a goal in that second quarter and was going off. ...

I'm an Adelaide supporter and I've been to every Showdown, both home and away.

In fact, I go to every AAMI match. My girlfriend is a Port supporter and I like football and her enough to enjoy even Port games in her company.

So I go with her to her games and, most times, quietly barrack for the visitors... unless, of course, I lay a bet on a Port margin. Over the last few years, I have had great success backing Port wins and getting the margin right. Thus, in the last ten miuntes of the game, Port supprters go YESS!!! with each goal and I do too, because that goal gets me into the margin and I am close to winning good money.

Perverse? You betcha. It's been the only way to make those Port games tolerable. And strangely, I've had more success backing Port than my own team.

Except this year of course.

My girlfriend comes to the Adelaide home Showdown and sits amongst my Adelaide friends on an extra season ticket that I have bought and make sure that it is available for her for this one game. She makes a great racket and I often tell her to shut up, because she is a respected guest for the day.

At her Port Showdowns, I lay my bets, and sit and watch quietly. I respect the fact that this is her home game. I do not get up and scream loudly everytime Adelaide kicks a goal. Maybe you think I should, but I don't.

I sit quietly and watch the game. Under my breath occasionally, I might say, YES! YES! YES! but I am conscious of the fact that every little thing I will celebrate will be extreme pain for her and vice a versa.

In fact, the quieter I can be, as Adelaide wins or loses these games, the more enjoyment I have and the longer our relationship will continue.

When you say that you got off everytime Adelaide kicked a goal last night, no wonder the people around you hated you.

At the Adelaide showdowns, those Port supporters who stand up and make a big noise at each moment of gain, also get themselves hated by the solid Adelaide core who have been sitting there enjoying their team in the outer with their season tickets, not only for that whole season, but sometimes for five or ten years before that match.

It's a comfort zone, I guess. You go to the footy every fortnight and enjoy losses and wins... and then suddenly, for the biggest match of the year, there is some big ugly thug in front of you, wearing the opposing colours, screaming hatred and bile against your own people, totally destroying one of the highlights of your expensive season ticket.

My point here is to respect the home town crowd and their right to enjoy their game.This is the nature of our two team SA competition. If you attend an away Showdown, let them have their big night out. Don't goad the opposition. Sit and enjoy the game quietly. Especially if you are winning.

As I say, I have been to nearly all of them. Port are always noisier. Port supporters, in fact, are nearly always angrier about everything.. even their own players. The myth is that Adelaide supporters are too quiet at AAMI Stadium. I don't subscribe to that. Adelaide supporters think, feel and have a wider and deeper range of emotions than most Port supporters. If our team is losing, we starting telling stories in the outer, start making jokes, start making ourselves laugh a little in our misery. We reach for our thermos and pass biscuits up and down the aisles... or we talk about the cricket or something.

When Port suppoorters are watching their tream losing, they boo, hiss, sneer, complain, whinge, lash themsleves with whips. They make damn sure their entire night is a complete negative experience. They forget, of course, that they paid good monmey to be there. They forget how to make football an enjoybale experience, win loss or draw.

As, for example, tonight, when after an honourable seven point loss, deeply undermanned, they slunk off to their bunker, before the medals were presented. And they werfe the hosts of this event!

That was disgraceful, actually. Somebody had to run down the players' race into the Port bunker and extract S Burgoyne so that he could come back to mother earth and receive his medal for being joint BOG. Where was the grace in that?

But, on the other hand, as I say, there is little grace in Adelaide supporters jumping up triumphantly with every Adelaide goal, rubbing our host's nose into the backside of their misery. Don't do that next time.

Just sit quietly in your seat and enter the name of your goalkicker and the time of the goal into your budget. And whether it was a 10 metre, 30 metre or 55 metre goal.

At those Port home games, I find it incredibly useful to have a radio with earplugs tuned into ABCFM classical music.

At Adelaide home showdowns? Of course, make as much noise as you want. Go completely mad. And, if there is a feral rogue stray Port supporter in your midst, rubbing his or her every little moment of success in your face, please try as hard as you can to not think that he or she is deliberately trying to provoke you into actions which you may later regret.

Like throwing a left hook.

 

[eastaugh36]

I know every club has them but Port just have more of them. They are one of a kind. I went and saw Essendon play both Port and Adelaide this season and there was not a problem with crows fans except the odd 2 or 3 but at the Port game the abuse was disgraceful and so nasty. At least the crows fans sort of make it in jest whereas the neanderthals from Port are full on serious and nasty. Was there last night and was funny to see the idiots who were so vocal and abusive early on, slink out of the stadium at the end, not a peep from them!

 

[relapse]

That is the reason why I dont buy tickets when its Port's home game anymore. I cheer loud and yell, but its only at the field and I am sick and tired of the pathetic jibes and attacks that happen between supporters and I have copped plenty just for being there and cheering for Adelaide. The people that do this they have no lives and the need to justify their lives by the football is pretty pathetic and speaks volumes about about them.

Its a game, yeah its great to win and it hurts to lose, but for people that go to the football and winning isnt enough and they also have to get enjoyment out of abusing opposition supporters go to the football for the wrong reasons and need help.

 

[Leaping Lindner]

Okay so me and my mates like being vocal at the footy, however we never swear or anything as I wouldnt want my kids to be exposed to that and whatnot, and we NEVER have cracks at individual supporters, never anything personal.

However me and my mates were hit with so much abuse, and full on swearing, especially when I stood up everytime Thommo kicked a goal in that second quarter and was going off. Three guys behind us were calling us "Fing tossers all night", one other guy "We're gonna knock you off like dominos after the game", and one woman told my mate she would knock his teeth out. And of course these same people were cheering when Huddo was injured and calling him soft etc. This went on throughout the game, people grabbing my guernsey and pulling it back and ********.

I have been to games all over Australia and seen every team play at least twice over this time, and I have to say tonight was the worst I have ever seen, full stop. And what was with those flares after the game???

Don't get me wrong I'm lapping up the win, but just wanted to get this off my chest, meh.

Some Port supporters tonight were a disgrace, an absolute disgrace. Key word being 'some' Port boys, we had some lovely people behind us and were chatting and so on but man some were shocking.

Have a good night people.

That's pretty disgraceful.
You'd think that the Rucci Family would have their own corporate box.

 

[5107power]

Okay so me and my mates like being vocal at the footy, however we never swear or anything as I wouldnt want my kids to be exposed to that and whatnot, and we NEVER have cracks at individual supporters, never anything personal.

However me and my mates were hit with so much abuse, and full on swearing, especially when I stood up everytime Thommo kicked a goal in that second quarter and was going off. Three guys behind us were calling us "Fing tossers all night", one other guy "We're gonna knock you off like dominos after the game", and one woman told my mate she would knock his teeth out. And of course these same people were cheering when Huddo was injured and calling him soft etc. This went on throughout the game, people grabbing my guernsey and pulling it back and ********.

I have been to games all over Australia and seen every team play at least twice over this time, and I have to say tonight was the worst I have ever seen, full stop. And what was with those flares after the game???

Don't get me wrong I'm lapping up the win, but just wanted to get this off my chest, meh.

Some Port supporters tonight were a disgrace, an absolute disgrace. Key word being 'some' Port boys, we had some lovely people behind us and were chatting and so on but man some were shocking.

Have a good night people.

Cry me a river! Whinge, Moan, Complain! Get a LIFE!

 

[relapse]

Cry me a river! Whinge, Moan, Complain! Get a LIFE!

get over yourself, its not our problem you havent evolved enough to be a civilised football supporter yet.

 

[noddy]

As has been said you will get the ugly element in all clubs supporters but i still rate the Collingwood version the worst by far.

On another point about the crowd there seemed to be a large percentage of Crow supporters there going by the noise level of when we kicked a goal.

 

[Sheeds]

The problem is a minority cause dramas and the rest of us get a bad rep.

That being said I will put my hand up and say I had a minor run in with a couple of Crows supporters after the game.

I will also thank the other Crows supporters who were in the vicinity and when the security guy was there collabarated my story and had the two crows supporters removed.

During the game I had no dramas in my area, quite a friendly interaction between supporters I must say.

 

[relapse]

The bad crowd element usually always comes from the low social economic areas. The people that in most cases have the unemployed nowhere life that need the football and their team to win to brag to opposition supporters to justify themselves in society. The team that has a large group of supporters from areas like that always seem to have far more crowd problems that the teams that dont. Success and people from low income areas arent always a good mix and Centrals are re-proving this theory again now.

 

[pablos]

My girlfriend comes to the Adelaide home Showdown and sits amongst my Adelaide friends on an extra season ticket that I have bought and make sure that it is available for her for this one game. She makes a great racket and I often tell her to shut up, because she is a respected guest for the day.

When you say that you got off everytime Adelaide kicked a goal last night, no wonder the people around you hated you.

Sit and enjoy the game quietly. Especially if you are winning.

You have got to be joking! No wonder Adelaide supporters have a reputation as "theatre goers"

Gets! has the right idea, support your team with passion and even engage in friendly jibes with opposition supporters, but always show respect and don't swear as it's a family environment.

There's many a great thing about the national competition, but one negative is that the so-called "interstate" teams have very one sided crowds that can lead to a lack of atmosphere. The Showdowns are the only time when we get to have the "old school" atmosphere reminiscent of SANFL games of the past. After all, the rivalry between the Crows and Port stems from the SANFL (if you don't go for Port- you hate 'em!) and it's fantastic to be able to extend that tradition into the AFL.

You tell your girlfriend to shut up when she barracks for her own team? It's your relationship, but I don't think that's a particularly good way to ensure its longevity as you suggest.

As for you telling the rest of Adelaide supporters how they should barrack and behave... well as long as they are good natured they can be as loud as they want.

The day when you can't gloat over beating Port Adelaide is the day I stop watching football.

 

[crowie]

The bad crowd element usually always comes from the low social economic areas. The people that in most cases have the unemployed nowhere life that need the football and their team to win to brag to opposition supporters to justify themselves in society. The team that has a large group of supporters from areas like that always seem to have far more crowd problems that the teams that dont. Success and people from low income areas arent always a good mix and Centrals are re-proving this theory again now.

What suburb are you from? Unless you come from a low social economic area, you have no right to make judgement on these people as you would have no idea.

 

[noddy]

What suburb are you from? Unless you come from a low social economic area, you have no right to make judgement on these people as you would have no idea.

Agree entirely & thought that that particular post from relapse suggest he comes across as an upper class snob.


Unless he meant that in jest & forgot to put in a chuckle.

 

[Gets!]

Did anyone else see/smell those flares after the game?

Looking back it was quite funny I guess, but I kept praying to the Showdown gods for a Crows win, or I would been absolutely caned by the ferals haha.

 

[roostersgal4eva]

You suprised?????

I took my dad to the only pre-season showdown the teams had & when rehny did his knee (what is it with crows, ruckman and knees ) the ferals couldnt be more delighted even if they tried - even as a lions fan i thought that was below the belt!!!!

So im not suprised

 

[dA Crow]

Cry me a river! Whinge, Moan, Complain! Get a LIFE!

Thank you for proving the point.

 

[Macca19]

There is a line where banter gets taken too far...some people get easily offended, others are just complete hot heads who fly off the handle and cant take a bit of ribbing. Every club has its element of idiot supporters who take things too far, extremely abusive, threaten violence etc. No club is void of this, and the Crows have their fair share as well. Theres plenty of ********wit upper class people in society as well.

 

[ches_a_legend]

The bad crowd element usually always comes from the low social economic areas. The people that in most cases have the unemployed nowhere life that need the football and their team to win to brag to opposition supporters to justify themselves in society. The team that has a large group of supporters from areas like that always seem to have far more crowd problems that the teams that dont. Success and people from low income areas arent always a good mix and Centrals are re-proving this theory again now.

who are you to say that every team has a bunch of idiots that cant controll themselves but thats not to say their from low social economic areas and i wouldnt say majority of them are unelployed and have a nowhere life. you can sit there up there on ur high horse but ur not better than anyone else