Thorpe Groyney
Open your mind
An unbelievable 80 minutes at the Stoop this afternoon.
Broncos ahead after 5 minutes then fall to bits. Opponents Salford City Reds hammer in six tries before half time, albeit with only two converted, one of them comically way wide from in front of the posts. Half time, Broncos 6, City Reds 28.
A large group of moronic Salford supporters, who were demonstrating that Shameless was actually a documentary series, took it upon themselves to sit in amongst the Broncos supporters at the start of the second half, with a tirade of foul mouthed abuse and threats aimed at anyone they thought were a bit weak, with women and children copping it too.
They were left hugely embarrassed, though, as the Broncos refused to lie down and die for a change. A couple of early second half tries pulled it back to 16-28. Then, to the delight of the home fans and utter humiliation of the Shameless mob, Salford simply imploded under relentless Broncos pressure. Five tries in the last 13 minutes and the Broncos had somehow won 40-28. It was a record comeback since the inception of the Super League in 1996.
The Shameless mob's ire was turned on their own team, and it all got too much for one of them when confronted with a Broncos fan who laughed and said a la Partridge "the atmosphere has turned rather sour." A non stop volley of abuse and threats came his way. My son shrugged it off, again a la Partridge, still laughing, and all I did was suggest he come up to the press box if he wished to discuss it further.
He wandered away, angry, confused, bemused, and utterly humiliated. Just like his team.
A cracking day.
Broncos ahead after 5 minutes then fall to bits. Opponents Salford City Reds hammer in six tries before half time, albeit with only two converted, one of them comically way wide from in front of the posts. Half time, Broncos 6, City Reds 28.
A large group of moronic Salford supporters, who were demonstrating that Shameless was actually a documentary series, took it upon themselves to sit in amongst the Broncos supporters at the start of the second half, with a tirade of foul mouthed abuse and threats aimed at anyone they thought were a bit weak, with women and children copping it too.
They were left hugely embarrassed, though, as the Broncos refused to lie down and die for a change. A couple of early second half tries pulled it back to 16-28. Then, to the delight of the home fans and utter humiliation of the Shameless mob, Salford simply imploded under relentless Broncos pressure. Five tries in the last 13 minutes and the Broncos had somehow won 40-28. It was a record comeback since the inception of the Super League in 1996.
The Shameless mob's ire was turned on their own team, and it all got too much for one of them when confronted with a Broncos fan who laughed and said a la Partridge "the atmosphere has turned rather sour." A non stop volley of abuse and threats came his way. My son shrugged it off, again a la Partridge, still laughing, and all I did was suggest he come up to the press box if he wished to discuss it further.
He wandered away, angry, confused, bemused, and utterly humiliated. Just like his team.
A cracking day.