Poor old Tio was clearly on the way out.Doubt if he would have lasted another night)or even the 3 hour trip back to SC from Cebazan).It wasn't just the cost of putting him down but also the cost of incineration.Remember saying to my wife that had I known what the cost would have been I would have been quite happy to bury him in the garden in Cebazan.She was horrified at the idea.
On the way back from Peterbrough this season there was Northumbria Police on our train. The carriage was full of SAFC fans bar one small Hen-Do (the bride had a mag top on) who must have been on their way back from London (I presume). Train sets off, everyones happy drunk despite the draw, a few loud talkers etc. Northumbria Police go up to each person and tell them to shut up or they'll stop the train and kick them off no matter where the train is. 'There's other people sharing this train with you who don't want to hear you be disruptive'. One of them made the mistake of telling someone 'not another word'. This sent the entire carriage off into humming 'woop woop is the sound of the police' including the hen party. Eventually, the songs started being sung, bar the swear words as we were threatened about them. 'F**k' was replaced with 'Heck' etc. The whole journey back was loud singing. The police were fuming. One lad got told off for getting up to go to the toilet, and another for having some crisps.
I understand that paragraph might be abit difficult to read due to it being all over, but in all honesty the journey back is abit difficult to remember.
Normally as you know after a drunken away day, you tend to be loud and jeery on the way back but quickly turn into a deep sleep. Due to the arrogance of these coppers they didn't get any peace for the entire 3 hour journey.
Compare this with Met Police. Both times this season at Wembley I couldn't be more complimentary. Their 'stand-off unless needed' approach is brilliant. They give respect to the fans and rightfully earn their respect back. One that stands out to me was a copper in Trafalgar who was bouncing around with the fans during one of our songs while he was walking through the crowd. I spoke to one outside Wembley before the Play-Offs who says he loves managing football games because its not really a job, he just gets to talk to fans about football - it's very rare he's needed to stop violence etc.
There is always coppers at KX after games who always greet us with the usual "unlucky lads, safe journey home". You'd just get stared out and made to feel intimidated by the police up here. They fail to realise that not every football fan is a d̶r̶u̶n̶k̶e̶n̶ hooligan.
Northumberland plod sound like West Midlands plod. They used to be complete arseholes as well.On the way back from Peterbrough this season there was Northumbria Police on our train. The carriage was full of SAFC fans bar one small Hen-Do (the bride had a mag top on) who must have been on their way back from London (I presume). Train sets off, everyones happy drunk despite the draw, a few loud talkers etc. Northumbria Police go up to each person and tell them to shut up or they'll stop the train and kick them off no matter where the train is. 'There's other people sharing this train with you who don't want to hear you be disruptive'. One of them made the mistake of telling someone 'not another word'. This sent the entire carriage off into humming 'woop woop is the sound of the police' including the hen party. Eventually, the songs started being sung, bar the swear words as we were threatened about them. 'F**k' was replaced with 'Heck' etc. The whole journey back was loud singing. The police were fuming. One lad got told off for getting up to go to the toilet, and another for having some crisps.
I understand that paragraph might be abit difficult to read due to it being all over, but in all honesty the journey back is abit difficult to remember.
Normally as you know after a drunken away day, you tend to be loud and jeery on the way back but quickly turn into a deep sleep. Due to the arrogance of these coppers they didn't get any peace for the entire 3 hour journey.
Compare this with Met Police. Both times this season at Wembley I couldn't be more complimentary. Their 'stand-off unless needed' approach is brilliant. They give respect to the fans and rightfully earn their respect back. One that stands out to me was a copper in Trafalgar who was bouncing around with the fans during one of our songs while he was walking through the crowd. I spoke to one outside Wembley before the Play-Offs who says he loves managing football games because its not really a job, he just gets to talk to fans about football - it's very rare he's needed to stop violence etc.
There is always coppers at KX after games who always greet us with the usual "unlucky lads, safe journey home". You'd just get stared out and made to feel intimidated by the police up here. They fail to realise that not every football fan is a d̶r̶u̶n̶k̶e̶n̶ hooligan.
