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Gazelle. At the time of the Southport FA Cup tie there was an ongoing argument with Pinky, his keystone cops and a group of Alty fans, some of whom were more regular at OT and Maine Road. We would go to the Moss Hotel before the match and I would be the first of us to enter the ground at exactly 2.59pm via the chequers turnstile as I wanted to see the kick-off. The other snails would enter a few minutes later and would be confronted by Pinky. His argument was that we should stop drinking before 'last orders' (2.50pm) and enter via the Golf Road End turnstiles at least 10 mins before kick-off and he would be ready to supervise any 'change of ends' for the first half. Our take on the matter was 'away fans can F.O'. So on that particular FA Cup tie we had some 'guests' from Salford (United did not have a game), whose loud view was that' the only good thing that ever came out of Merseyside was the East Lancs Road'. As we entered the chequers turnstile Pinky and his mates had allowed Southport fans in the Golf Road End and a row of cops blocked us from entering Golf Road End via the Paddock. At half time (when I think we were 3-0 down) Pinky decided that Southport fans could change ends, knowing very well they would be met with resistance. It was only Alty fans that got ejected and a couple got charged with hooliganism. Pinky followed me to live in South Africa and we discussed this incident over a pint in the Randburg Sundowner bar. His complaint was that he hated watching Alty as he thought we were rubbish, so a bit of heated action was always welcome!!!!

That incident after the Runcorn FA Trophy match would have resulted in my mate going down, as he already had a conviction for GBH before the Man U FA Cup Final with Liverpool. Pinky had gone into his cell and told him so. Fortunately for our mate (you knew him well) a couple of young Punk Rockers saw the incident on Stamford Park where the Scouse were ambushed, and witnessed the Scouse frame our mate, whose crime that day was helping a cop who was kicked in the head by Scousers.

Quote from: Romeo 48 on April 03, 2015, 09:15:15 PM

Quote from: Sybil Crowther on April 03, 2015, 08:49:49 PM

Since when have Southport been Scousers?

Since the 1976 Local Government Act lumped them into Merseyside. However, any decent Sandgrounder will tell you that, just as we are in Cheshire, THEY belong to Lancashire. They do, after all, have a Preston postcode.

Southport aren't Scousers - I was born in Altrincham and most certainly not a Manc  

With that logic, we have the postcode of a town that was then in Lancashire and now in Cheshire. So whichever way you want to twist it we are not in the same county as Warrington - which is half way to Merseydive

This is a very old problem.
We get treated like sh*t at away grounds, and in return away supporters are treated like VIP's at Moss Lane by our stewards and police, at the same time this is detrimental and inconvenient to our own fans.
Why cant the Scouse get wet?
Sadly it is looking like they may be back next season - if they dont go bust!

Torquay's recent forward is awfull the fact they lost a 2 goal lead makes things worse

I hope it stays that way after Easter as I have delayed our short Easter break to take in the match.

Quote from: Figgy Pudding on March 16, 2015, 09:01:38 PM

Quote from: Timperley The Best on March 16, 2015, 08:20:29 PM

Make the family stand an away stand if possible to segregate somehow ?

I've often thought this, put the families on the first rows of the main stand nearest the away dugouts, problem solved, there's minimal bad language in the main stand.that way the away sides have 100+ seats

They won't want to move the sponsers. They could easy use the away turnstiles to access seats in family stand they would just have to find a way to put
a secure segregation in.

How about fencing off next to the front door of the sponsors lounge, giving the away supporters seats nearest the away end, charging them extra for sitting once inside the ground. The other seats could be used for the sponsors and families could be put in the front rows of the main stand as already suggested.
Having said this, why have we got to be so accommodating to away fans,  particularly those from clubs who treat us badly?

The answer is to make all away fans enter through the away turnstiles, the charge them a lot extra if they want to sit. This happens at many away games we go to.

Maybe the questions are as simple as the referendum - Are you Scottish or are you English? 

So their tails will be up to prove a point in front of the cameras on Sunday.