Ron Manager
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This has been touched on in the 'Racism' thread and is something I feel strongly about. I get 99.9% of my swearing out of the way whilst at football and swear very rarely the rest of the time (anyone who's sat near me at games may find this hard to believe, but it is true).
I feel that swearing at the ref, the opposition and (occasionally) your own players is part and parcel of what is a working class sport. Of course, there are family stands to take your children if you don't want them to hear this sort of language. However from my memory I used to learn far more 'new' words on the playground than I ever did from my trips to Roots Hall on a Friday night. In fact I seem to remember my early trips to football being the first time I ever saw adults swear like that - I just found it amusing.
So, what are your thoughts?
I feel that swearing at the ref, the opposition and (occasionally) your own players is part and parcel of what is a working class sport. Of course, there are family stands to take your children if you don't want them to hear this sort of language. However from my memory I used to learn far more 'new' words on the playground than I ever did from my trips to Roots Hall on a Friday night. In fact I seem to remember my early trips to football being the first time I ever saw adults swear like that - I just found it amusing.
So, what are your thoughts?