Re: Trip to Northampton
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2021 8:07 am
Trouble with rival supporters experiences:
I mind back to a Toulouse game at le stadium. We were sat up in a relatively empty stand and me mucker says, "Don't be turning round or making a fuss, but those ST fans beind us are thrown stuff at us!"
I wasn't really prepared for this level of discourtesy at a rugby match, but when i got a chance glanced around to see a group of 7 or 8 lads in their 20s sitting about 7 or 8 empty rows behind us. Me oppo says, "There they go again!" and you see and hear them laughing at us. We werent seeing the joke and certainly we werent going to be intimidated into moving - Not an Inch! Again we heard a slap of something hitting his leather jacket and the gang of hooligans behind laughing. Something was going to have to be said. Again there was a slap and as we turned around to confront them this time we saw the pigeon in the rafters shïting on my mates shoulders and the group of lads pointing at it and laughing at the bunch of drunk paddies too stupid to move out of its way. Time for a gallic shrug of the shïtey shoulders, and a mutual laugh before moving a couple of seats out of the way.
Same game and the final whistle blows heralding Ulster's greatest result on French soil as a last minute goal levelled the scores. ST supporter makes his way around from another area of the stand towards us. Nice bloke coming over to engage with the travelling support thinks I. But, no my 3rd year french eventually recognised that he was angrily enquiring as to how much we had paid the ref. As he got closer to our group he became more aggressive and no amount of difusing body language was helping. There was 1 of him and 7 of us, but then a group his mates came running down the steps, They grabed him and walked him in the other direction, one coming over to shake my hand, apologise and clarify that their friend had whatever the french for a wee want is.
Off hand, I can't thing of any other trouble in the stands of Toulouse
I mind back to a Toulouse game at le stadium. We were sat up in a relatively empty stand and me mucker says, "Don't be turning round or making a fuss, but those ST fans beind us are thrown stuff at us!"
I wasn't really prepared for this level of discourtesy at a rugby match, but when i got a chance glanced around to see a group of 7 or 8 lads in their 20s sitting about 7 or 8 empty rows behind us. Me oppo says, "There they go again!" and you see and hear them laughing at us. We werent seeing the joke and certainly we werent going to be intimidated into moving - Not an Inch! Again we heard a slap of something hitting his leather jacket and the gang of hooligans behind laughing. Something was going to have to be said. Again there was a slap and as we turned around to confront them this time we saw the pigeon in the rafters shïting on my mates shoulders and the group of lads pointing at it and laughing at the bunch of drunk paddies too stupid to move out of its way. Time for a gallic shrug of the shïtey shoulders, and a mutual laugh before moving a couple of seats out of the way.
Same game and the final whistle blows heralding Ulster's greatest result on French soil as a last minute goal levelled the scores. ST supporter makes his way around from another area of the stand towards us. Nice bloke coming over to engage with the travelling support thinks I. But, no my 3rd year french eventually recognised that he was angrily enquiring as to how much we had paid the ref. As he got closer to our group he became more aggressive and no amount of difusing body language was helping. There was 1 of him and 7 of us, but then a group his mates came running down the steps, They grabed him and walked him in the other direction, one coming over to shake my hand, apologise and clarify that their friend had whatever the french for a wee want is.
Off hand, I can't thing of any other trouble in the stands of Toulouse