Swearing at the match

[Chewit]

Why should I have to monitor my language at football just because someone wants to drag their offspring along?

doooohhh

I swear more when I’m playing golf than I do at the match

Ditto

true, but alot of people dont want to sit with kids as its too mild for them

there should be far more areas where extreme language is banned. At provide the psychos with areas they can vent their sad spleen. I maintain that they are all down trodden men who do it anyway. When they get home they are cowering insignificants.
Respect holds society together.

 

[phil]

annoys me when people cannot go five minutes without swearing.

You must be in the posh part, it's 5 words without swearing that gets to me.

 

[chriswallace85]

I know alot of people do it (myself included on occassion) however..... do you curb your language in respect to those around you or carry on regardless?

We take our 2 young daughters to the match and the people who sit behind us can't say a full sentance without the F word being present every other word, plus the odd C word thrown in for good measure too too.

What are your thoughts?

As someone who has very few qualms about using the C word, I do find it a bit much for football. As a result I don't use it.

I've used just about everything else in my outbursts of frustration though. Football innit.

 

[I'm Spartacus]

I know alot of people do it (myself included on occassion) however..... do you curb your language in respect to those around you or carry on regardless?

We take our 2 young daughters to the match and the people who sit behind us can't say a full sentance without the F word being present every other word, plus the odd C word thrown in for good measure too too.

What are your thoughts?

I wish I had a quid for every for every “for fucks sake” I’ve muttered over the years.

 

[Kent_Mackem]

I know alot of people do it (myself included on occassion) however..... do you curb your language in respect to those around you or carry on regardless?

We take our 2 young daughters to the match and the people who sit behind us can't say a full sentance without the F word being present every other word, plus the odd C word thrown in for good measure too too.

What are your thoughts?

I had this the last few times I've taken my boys (8 and 10). They've heard all the words before and they know it is not big and clever to repeat them (unlike the chavs sat behind us). To their credit my two just ignored it all. Actually they weren't bad lads sat behind us, they were teenagers and I felt quite sad to hear it. I'm not prude and my language is colourful when I am out with my mates having a beer, but I'm sure at about 19 years old I would have appreciated kids sat in the very next row and modified the language.

 

[19FTM73]

My wife hates the c word and in the 32 years I’ve known her I’ve never heard her use it until this season .

None of the kids were with us but we sit with our best mates and they were as shocked as I was.

I'd like to hear my wife say the C word. Dont think ive ever heard her say it either.

 

[peachy]

I want to call you a dinosaur, but frankly there was many areas of Roker Park you could sit without being bombarded by ignorant f..kers Families et al should be able to reasonably sit in most areas of the ground without fear of extreme abusive language. It’s the context in which it is used which is as important as anything else.

Feel free. Not sure what was old fashioned about my post though.

 

[Biffo The Bear]

There’s an old bloke that sits behind us, never usually says a a word during the game, he quiet as a church mouse. After Gooch hit the post and Wyke missed the rebound he leapt from his seat and shouted “Wyke you useless F....”

Had similar in front of me for years at SJP. Lovely old bloke, a properly gent. He would clap an opposing goal (even you lot) if it was deserved. Always very complimentary of decent performances by the opposition. Just loved football in general.
The exception to the rule was Shola. Never had a good word to say about the lad. I am sure my son thought his full name was Fuck Me Shola.

 

[Quinnymelad]

Just not nice for a 4 year old innocent girl to hear the word C*** or F*** constantly . But call us snowflakes if you wish, To**er.

Surely you meant wanker?
Maybe we should just have a swearing end. I am sure that kids under a certain age are not allowed in the RE, yet lots of little uns are there with their parents at most games, while there are ,lots of seats in the family end and the north stand is sparsely populated.

 

[Zig81]

doooohhh


Ditto


there should be far more areas where extreme language is banned. At provide the psychos with areas they can vent their sad spleen. I maintain that they are all down trodden men who do it anyway. When they get home they are cowering insignificants.
Respect holds society together.

The normal for me, simply can’t help myself!

 

[Skandhaless]

Surely you meant wanker?
Maybe we should just have a swearing end. I am sure that kids under a certain age are not allowed in the RE, yet lots of little uns are there with their parents at most games, while there are ,lots of seats in the family end and the north stand is sparsely populated.

South stand is 12 isn't it?

 

[becs]

I've sat in the family section for years. The language isn't too bad where I am. You hear the odd words being shouted out but I've never heard a tirade of F and C words as others have on here.

Just brought mine up to understand that they may hear bad words at the match, but they're not to repeat them.

 

[I am a reindeer]

Had similar in front of me for years at SJP. Lovely old bloke, a properly gent. He would clap an opposing goal (even you lot) if it was deserved. Always very complimentary of decent performances by the opposition. Just loved football in general.
The exception to the rule was Shola. Never had a good word to say about the lad. I am sure my son thought his full name was Fuck Me Shola.

 

[Q_Ball]

I sometimes take my 5 year old to the match. I take him where I sit in the north stand and tell him that he'll hear bad language and isn't to repeat it. I think it's canny bad if people swear in the family enclosure (the odd word can't be helped but if it was constant it would be out of order) but I'm not going to take my son into a normal home end and expect everyone else to change their behaviour for him. I still see the match as a place where people can meet up, have a few drinks, and aye maybe swear a bit. Tbh the bairn will hear worse at school within a couple of years, no need to try and shelter him from the inevitable, I'd rather just make sure he knows what he can and can't say

Same thoughts as me. I took my son from 4 years old and he's been a season ticket holder for 11 years now. In the family enclosure now and I do seem to hear less swearing.

 

[I am a reindeer]

Surely you meant wanker?
Maybe we should just have a swearing end. I am sure that kids under a certain age are not allowed in the RE, yet lots of little uns are there with their parents at most games, while there are ,lots of seats in the family end and the north stand is sparsely populated.

As said earlier in the thread, we got moved out of the family section because we were right next to the singing section and the choice language from there. The club put us just round next to it into the East stand as there weren't enough seats all together in the family section. So we cant just sit there to avoid bad language. I get that the game is passionate and things will be said, but when every other word is a swear word, in conversation not always related to football, then I find it awful that people think its ok to talk like that around small kids.

 

[matt228]

Swearing will always happen . Family enclosure your best option

Swearing will always happen, but I've been in the family corner this season and can confirm there is just as much swearing there as there was when I sat in the West Stand. The women two rows behind me have been warned about 6 times to mind their language but one of them in particular can't help herself, effing and jeffing at a minimum noise level I'd describe as "screaming like a Banshee".

 

[scott934]

I sit in the family corner, have done since long before it was the family corner, probably swear a bit in reaction to things. To be honest, the people around me have hardly changed since it became the family end, there's certainly no more kids sit around us than there used to be.

 

[Tony_in_London]

Still remember my dad telling me to “stop swearing yer little bastad” at a match

He seemed to have a code - all swear words beginning with b seemed to be ok

F’s raised objection

C’s would lead to a swift and painful physical admonishment

Best place to learn to swear though was the old Fulwell End - nothing like a chorus of “flop right off you black and white barcodes” to set the tone

 

[Bob Fleming]

I would love to say I totally regulate my language but it'll slip out in heated moments.

But, if you are sitting around kids and just swearing every few minutes then there's something wrang with you.

 

[MEEKLANGLEYFTM]

I sit in the family zone with my two lads 15+8 right at the back where we are getting a gathering of kids who think that's where to be to be part of the atmosphere, they are f'ing and c'ing every other word and most of the time the aren't concentrating if the footy, I've had a word a few times when it's unnecessary, however I can't claim to be whiter than white little bits come out at the ref or some poor play (mostly at wyke) I do then apologise for it and those around just laugh it off