Topic: Our fantastic away support

[KiNki]

they are still trying to get the xmas eve game sorted, the prem league need to be told to fuck right off.

[Shanklygates]

Bastards!! You just know that will be us or another long distance one so people don't get home until late.

Should be a local match only if they MUST show a Xmas Eve game but hoping they decide against it. Would be good PR....though I still hate them!

[So… Howard Philips]

Bastards!! You just know that will be us or another long distance one so people don't get home until late.

Should be a local match only if they MUST show a Xmas Eve game but hoping they decide against it. Would be good PR....though I still hate them!

Actually a local match is a good sensible suggestion.

So that's not going gto happen is it?

[thisyearisouryear]

This popped up on my twitter feed yesterday -

Ap Singh Deol‏ @ApDeol8  8h8 hours ago
Never experienced this, not even in Moscow, not even after 8 years of following the reds in Europe . Our own fans start kicking me,

Any of the traveling fans know what happened?

[Poet]

This popped up on my twitter feed yesterday -

Ap Singh Deol‏ @ApDeol8  8h8 hours ago
Never experienced this, not even in Moscow, not even after 8 years of following the reds in Europe . Our own fans start kicking me,

Any of the traveling fans know what happened?

Saw it on Twitter as well, lad doesn't go into specifics. Looks like the club's already involved.

[thisyearisouryear]

Saw it on Twitter as well, lad doesn't go into specifics. Looks like the club's already involved.

Yeah. Unfortunately, on the face of it, sounds like the last thing I would expect from Liverpool fans, that too those going for away games.

Harinder Singh‏ @Harinder1977  9h9 hours ago
Replying to @markbrucerevell @PeterMooreLFC @TonyBarrett
It’s about idiots who just cannot accept diversity by sounds of things. Saddening

Harinder Singh‏ @Harinder1977  8h8 hours ago
Replying to @bullyred @ApDeol8
Just glad you’re both ok. No-one deserves to be singled out at a match because of someone’s warped belief of what we should look like

But good job by Peter Moore to get involved almost immediately.

[DangerScouse]

Ffs, that's shocking.  A small minority of shit houses follow us away unfortunately. c*nts.

[Gus 1855]

Ffs, that's shocking.  A small minority of shit houses follow us away unfortunately. c*nts.

True. But in my experiences they come out of the woodwork for aways in and around London. Never seen anything like this in European always...that I can recall.

Worst i’ve seen were aways in the League Cup at Reading a few years back and Chelsea away (though that’s enough to bring the worst out in me even.)

[Chakan]

Hope they find the scum and kick them out of the club! No place for that!

[scouse neapolitan]

Sickening stuff. Good to see that the club got straight on the case but it's a symtomatic of the sad sad world that we live in.

[bornandbRED]

We do have a few c*nts that follow us unfortunately. Met a few in a boozer near Anfield a few months back - just a bunch of weird fat brexiteer lads from down south who seemed to think they were a firm.

[Crimson_Tank]

Horrible stuff, glad the lad is physically ok and not hurt. I can't believe our fans did this to someone who looked different than what they believe a football fan should look like,, let alone to a fellow red. 

Good on the club for responding quickly.

[dudleyred]

As others have said good on the club getting involved and not only that someone with some real clout to get it sorted all being well

Glad the fella is safe and well. Let’s hope they find the culprits and bin them off from the club.

[MKB]

Doesn't have to be about race.  I'm white and I've been on the receiving end of grief from other white fans in our away end more than once.  I've seen things kick off between others several times at aways, but never seen it happen over a racial issue, but I daresay things are different in Slovenia.  Common denominator is always the presence of a few bellends in our end and the absence of any decent stewarding/policing.

[firing squad]

Doesn't have to be about race.  I'm white and I've been on the receiving end of grief from other white fans in our away end more than once.  I've seen things kick off between others several times at aways, but never seen it happen over a racial issue, but I daresay things are different in Slovenia.  Common denominator is always the presence of a few bellends in our end and the absence of any decent stewarding/policing.

How so?

[Dench57]

Arsenal v Liverpool will not be moved to Christmas Eve after fan backlash
• Match is switched by Sky to the evening of Friday 22 December instead

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/oct/19/arsenal-liverpool-christmas-eve-sky

[Toshack_Keegan_One_Nil]

Not sure when you are talking about but we haven't played later than Dec 23rd since 1992. Personally I would ban games on Xmas Eve and NYE due to all the problems it causes, as SoS list above, but given we played on NYE last year....

In fact 1966 was the last time we played on Christmas Eve.

[kriss]

In fact 1966 was the last time we played on Christmas Eve.

And that was the first time I ever saw a Liverpool team play live. I still have the programme and ticket. The ticket was 15 shillings (seventy-five pence)!

[Theoldkopite]

In fact 1966 was the last time we played on Christmas Eve.

Was that Chelsea? Missed the coach after the game. Mate's dad sorted out the train from Euston for three of us. Got home about 3 am Christmas morning. Two points so Merry Xmas😄

[kriss]

Was that Chelsea? Missed the coach after the game. Mate's dad sorted out the train from Euston for three of us. Got home about 3 am Christmas morning. Two points so Merry Xmas😄

Yes, it was Chelsea away. And we also played them at Anfield on Boxing Day. And won both matches 2-1.

[only6times]

Yes, it was Chelsea away. And we also played them at Anfield on Boxing Day. And won both matches 2-1.

Did your rickets trouble you?

[meady1981]

And that was the first time I ever saw a Liverpool team play live. I still have the programme and ticket. The ticket was 15 shillings (seventy-five pence)!

What was the street food like back then

[Chivasino]

Not the best yesterday. The ground doesn't help. The performance didn't help. Arguments amongst ourselves in the ground doesn't help.

[monkeyharris]

There was zero atmosphere on the concourse too pre match
So big isn't it..everyone so spread out

[cheshiremike]

Complete waste of money and time yesterday.

Everything about it was shite.

Fighting among our own fans again.......

[Poet]

Complete waste of money and time yesterday.

Everything about it was shite.

Fighting among our own fans again.......

Vocal or actual scraps?

[Shanklygates]

I didn't see any. We just said it was more like Arsenal, whereas at WHL you used to get a bit of atmosphere. Full of daytrippers taking selfies at "Wemberlee" and outside. There was even a bloke a couple f rows in front of us filming it on a camcorder with a boom mic attached!!! wtf?!

But, I agree the performance and shape of our bit didn't help. Hope the new WHL is better - I know we are in a corner and that they have made it quite upright so that should help. I saw it part-built in August and it did look high and steep so hopefully. But then next season we will get loads of daytrippers/corporates/sponsors etc wanting selfies at the new ground and contributing nothing....   

[Buck Pete]

Couple of young really trendy looking Brazilian lads stood in front of me.  They were conversing with an Irish guy and I caught the gist of the convo. They were mates of either Bobby or Phil.

They looked as pissed off as the rest of us tbf.

[Welshred]

Some absolute embarrassments around yesterday. One guy started taking photos at 2-0 down, a group of people came back from the concourse with about 20 hot dogs 20 minutes into the game, hundreds streaming out in the 70th minute and not much noise at all.

[wewonit5timesinistanbul]

shocking away support yesterday. didnt help conceding in first few mins but would expect a lot better playing a top 4 rival, hopefully a 530 Saturday kick off at West Ham will help even though its another crap ground

[weebroalan]

Looking forward to West Ham away...sort of...need to find a decent away pub for a bit of a sing song

[redgriffin73]

Looking forward to West Ham away...sort of...need to find a decent away pub for a bit of a sing song

It was good in the lower last year, although obviously the sunshine and the performance helped. It did feel a bit cut off from the upper though.

[epsomred]

Went last year, saw a few pissed up middle aged WHFC fans outside the ground embarrassing themselves trying to goad total strangers into fighting with them just because they support a different club to us. Similar provocation inside the ground. It felt like going back in time to the 1980s. Needless to say no takers from our side. Lots of people openly laughing at them mind.   

[Redsnappa]

Went last year, saw a few pissed up middle aged WHFC fans outside the ground embarrassing themselves trying to goad total strangers into fighting with them just because they support a different club to us. Similar provocation inside the ground. It felt like going back in time to the 1980s. Needless to say no takers from our side. Lots of people openly laughing at them mind.   

Football Factory/Green Street nerd copycats. London clubs are snooing with them.

[epsomred]

The London stadium is a bit odd though Big bowl, not much atmosphere and you are a llong way from the pitch. The old Upton Park was much better. Proper old school atmosphere.

[Alan_X]

Excellent away today. Only thing that spoiled it was the young lads starting YNWA all over the shop. Sounded dreadful.

[Alan_X]

The London stadium is a bit odd though Big bowl, not much atmosphere and you are a llong way from the pitch. The old Upton Park was much better. Proper old school atmosphere.

We were in the lower tier at the front. Went off after every goal.

[quinny]

I thought it was dreadful until we got the 4th. I was lower tier on the divide by the corner flag. It felt like a flat, mid-table end of season match for 75 mins.

[gregorio]

Excellent away today. Only thing that spoiled it was the young lads starting YNWA all over the shop. Sounded dreadful.

Thought it was quiet until the goal

And yes, it’s a problem with acoustics, hard for the whole end to sing in time together

Will hopefully be a problem for championship away fans next season

[andy07]

Missed today, sounded a dead atmosphere throughout, seemed like the mikes were turned down.   Could hear our fans in a muffled TV sort of way but nothing from the home fans.