MarcdeV
Youth Team
- Joined
- Feb 11, 2007
- Messages
- 136
As a member of that Facebook group I'd just like to try and clarify a few things. Firstly it was mainly created for a laugh last year when the crowd started boo-ing our own team early in the season. The group was made to take a satirical view of the situation and show how fickle the roots hall crowd seems to be. We never really intended anyone else to join the group other than the people we knew who would get the joke.
We've all been following southend for some time, and attend as many home and away matches as we possibly can. It seems that some people have got misconceptions about us as a group however.
None of us started, or joined in with, the “GlasgowShrimper” chant at Carlisle everyone is ranting about. We just heard it and from behind us and it became a memorable moment in the trip, we thought it was one mate signing it to another and thought it was funny in that kind of setting, so it was quoted at some point in the group.
We fully support the team through thick and thin and it’s quite upsetting that people have now seen the group and started chastising us for something that was just meant to be a laugh between mates and not at all sinister. Perhaps our sarcastic criticism of Southend’s fickle fans isn’t as easily recognisable in text as it could be, but all I can do is apologise for that on the group’s behalf.
I tried to get this statement in before the other thread got locked, but I just wanted to make sure people see it before jumping to conclusions. If anyone wants to discuss it, feel free to PM me as I'm sure nobody on the zone wants another thread to turn into a cascade of abuse.
We've all been following southend for some time, and attend as many home and away matches as we possibly can. It seems that some people have got misconceptions about us as a group however.
None of us started, or joined in with, the “GlasgowShrimper” chant at Carlisle everyone is ranting about. We just heard it and from behind us and it became a memorable moment in the trip, we thought it was one mate signing it to another and thought it was funny in that kind of setting, so it was quoted at some point in the group.
We fully support the team through thick and thin and it’s quite upsetting that people have now seen the group and started chastising us for something that was just meant to be a laugh between mates and not at all sinister. Perhaps our sarcastic criticism of Southend’s fickle fans isn’t as easily recognisable in text as it could be, but all I can do is apologise for that on the group’s behalf.
I tried to get this statement in before the other thread got locked, but I just wanted to make sure people see it before jumping to conclusions. If anyone wants to discuss it, feel free to PM me as I'm sure nobody on the zone wants another thread to turn into a cascade of abuse.