To think ds will be eaten alive if he wears his team scarf to the match?

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We live near Blue Town. Ds (15) supports Red City FC but has never been to a premiership match. For Christmas we got ds and the whole family tickets to see the match between Blue Town and Red City when the reds play here.

Ds is insistent that he will wear his Red City scarf and cheer loudly for the reds despite us being seated right in the middle of the Blue Town stands. He thinks because he's only 15 and cute the blue fans won't mind.

I haven't been to a match since 1986 for a while, so have no idea what to expect. Will we actually get out with all our limbs intact if ds does this? Should I ban him from wearing anything red or is football now family-friendly entertainment where the home crowd ruffle the young lad's head and congratulate him when his team thrash the home team?

(For context Blue Town is fairly well known as 'rough' and there were no options to get tickets in family friendly seats.)

Tips, advice and sneering derision constructive comment welcome.

in my defence I was thinking of the competition rather than the countries as a whole IYSWIM.

I'd love to see some southern hemisphere league live.

Try and get to a local derby if you can - great passion and fabulous matches!

Maryz My nanna took me to watch a rugby match. It was her local Irish team. My nanna turned into a monster! Rugby changes her.

My dad doesn't really watch Rugby. Only ever watches Ireland. When him, grandparents and great grandma are in a room watching it, its like been in the stadium

Great grandma is 92. She is the worst offender when watching the rugby. She can jump amd shout better than the rest

Maryz - the only time I have ever failed to be civil at a rugby match is when a helpful gentleman asked me if I understood offside being a "gal" (sic) and all. Prat.

I've been to rugby matches where supporters were not permitted to change ends at half-time - but the stewards were very clear it was only due to logistics and not any worry over behaviour at all.

I'm a life long rugby league fan. Certainly lots of passion amongst the fans and I did laugh at the implication that football fans were unique in the sense of being an extra man - far from it any sports crowd has the ability to do that!

Sirzy – I've been to plenty of all the major sports in the UK. No crowd compares to an up for it football crowd.

Rubbish!

But up for what?
Isn't it possible for a crowd to be passionate and animated without translating it into wanting to physically attack the other side?
And why football, rather than other sports that attract crowds?
In the same way that some junior Saturday clubs are having to warn and ban parents of players for aggressive behaviour.

Slightly off topic. Yesterday two cardiff and one arsenal supporter jumped onto the track to help a little child who had fallen on to it. Well done those men.

maryz, I can't let this comment go unchallenged.

"Glasgow is a great example of this. As is the way the Celtic/Rangers hatred has become somehow acceptable (and spread horribly to this side of the Irish sea). It is "acceptable" for a Rangers supporter to express hatred, disgust, contempt for a Celtic supporter (and vice versa) in the way it would never now be acceptable for a random Protestant to express similar feelings for a random Catholic (and vice versa)."

for a start, what do you mean it has spread horribly to this side of the Irish sea? ...where do you think it originated???

and its isnt acceptable for an supporter to express hatred and disgust for another supporter, it certainly happens, in some circles more than others, but it isnt acceptable here anymore than anywhere else

My father's a catholic Scot, and some of the experiences he's had with sectarianism, violence and football beggar belief.

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Lots of the people where i live have never been to football. Their distain is expressed while watching a game on a sofa or in a pub.

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I have to agree with maltese and all fall down

well some of us dont put up with it (even though many here seem to think I do ), we know its wrong and we dont just sigh and do nothing.....my kids support a team, love them, wear a scarf to the games, play with other pals wearing the opposite colours, read books on sectarianism, get taught whats right and wrong at home, go to a school where religion isnt important, love football and enjoy their team, whilst knowing there are idiots out there that love the bigotry more than the game....as flowery said earlier, because someone might love the game and support a club, doesnt mean they shrug and accept the downside of it, we're actually a lot smarter than that, believe it or not....even if we dont like rugby

On tbe original issue, your son needs to told that he goes dressed in neutral colours or not at all and if he starts supporting his team in the away end, you will either take him out yourself or ask the stewards to remove him. His being a dick could jeopardise the safety of all of the party.

'because someone might love the game and support a club, doesnt mean they shrug and accept the downside of it'

But you're the one who repeatedly posted 'That's the way it is' with no further comment.
Which indicates acceptance of aggression in football as the status quo to me.