Quote Originally Posted by Robertomac View Post
I'm pretty sure I saw Stockport fans jostling the Halifax players after their win on Sunday. As with a lot of things, it's the brainless minority that spoil it for everyone else.

As a general question, does anyone else ever wonder why football, as a sport, attracts the morons and brain dead? I don't just mean spectators at professional football. My two boys play at the weekends and some of the parents and 'managers' are disgraceful in the way they behave.
I manage an U11’s team and I totally agree.
My players are not allowed to question the ref and neither am I. They all go and thank him after every game and congratulate the opposition regardless of how the games gone. The priority of my team is to work hard and enjoy it. Winning is hopefully the result of that. I don’t care if they make mistakes as long as they’re honest and they’re putting in the effort. Unfortunately that isn’t the norm. I’ve nearly come to blows with opposition managers because they’re berating their own players and a 15 year old ref. And then there’s the parents. Some of them are an absolute disgrace. Berating refs and players. That bad attitude then feeds into these kids.
More often than not if we play a team with bad parents/coaches, then the players have the same bad attitude. Cheat, foul, argue, basically anything to win. It’s inherent in the game from the moment they start playing at 7 years of age.
So to go to a game and hurl abuse at anyone/everyone is totally acceptable. So why not run on the pitch and abuse/assault the opposition?
It’s probably why I’m quite vocal on here about supporting and encouraging Notts.
Negativity towards someone on a football pitch contributes nothing, regardless of age.