• JCabral91@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Classy move City. I would want my club to take the same action if the situation was reversed.

    • raysofdavies@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      I feel like the existence of Hillsborough and Munich chants create something that cuts through our rivalry, we share that utter hatred for them. Which makes it additionally awful when the worst fans do it to each other.

      • Candlestick_Park@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        The thing about Munich chants by City fans is it reveals how stupid and ignorant they are, because Frank Swift, who was covering the game for the News of the World, died in the crash.

        That’s Frank Swift, who played his entire professional career for Manchester City as a goalkeeper, won the FA Cup in 1934 and the League in 1937, and won 19 caps for England.

        So you’re joking about the death of one of the very best players in the history of your club. Stupid.

        • Independent-Green383@alien.topB
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          1 year ago

          “Even” if he would be worst athlete the world has ever seen, don´t joke about their death or mock or be gleeful. Pull that shit with the likes of Prince Andrew, not someone who´s worst crime was playing football.

    • vitalmtg@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      American Manchester United fan calling his rival team classy. This hits all the bingo spots

    • JonRoberts87@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      And so it should be, Franny Lee died the other week (with sadly much less fanfare it seems) and I’d be angry hearing United fans singing songs about his death

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        1 year ago

        This is what baffles me about these twats

        We just had Lee pass away and we’d be gutted if we saw united fans mocking that, so how these bellends got the gall to do it about bobby is beyond me

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    1 year ago

    This should set a good standard. Football or not in general mocking the death of another human being should never be tolerated.

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    1 year ago

    I know its a different culture, but banning someone for insulting a dead man doesn’t make any sense here lol. Are the football chants respectful over there? I know people here will say that we are racists, which is true for all of our countries, but at least we are not constantly solemn.

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      I know people here will say that we are racists, which is true for all of our countries, but at least we are not constantly solemn.

      If you’d rather be racist than “solemn”, I don’t know what to tell you.

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        1 year ago

        I didn’t say that, but be sure that racism in your country (whatever it is) racism is not less than here. You’re just more boring.

  • Maleficent_Dust_7462@alien.topB
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    Sports are full of trash talk but it is just a game at the end of the day. When the talk goes beyond simple insults and instead is directed at the dead or violence, it should not be tolerated.

    I think City is right to ban them as it is clear these people are incapable of keeping their heads on straight and understanding the limits of this game. We have too many man children in todays age

    • DerpJungler@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Yeah I’m watching the Beckham docu with my girlfriend and she was like “why are they so mad at him” after he got sent off against Argentina and I was like “football fan culture is the most toxic out there”.

      I’ve been attending games since I was 5 (in multiple different countries) and fans everywhere are toxic, racist, insulting, provoking, violent.

      I love football but the toxicity has been getting worse and worse and its now all over social media as well. That’s my rant.

  • Aggressive-Theory609@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Why would they do that tho? Aside from being idiotic dumb fks like if ur English why on earth would u talk crap about england arguably greatest talent ever

  • New_Archer_7539@alien.topB
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    I think they should be named and shamed once identified. Show these young POS the hard way that their actions do bear consequences and make them rethink if it was worth screwing up the rest of their lives now that no one will want to hire the disrespectful twats because they mocked someone who just passed.

  • torontoeduardo@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    In their defense, City is the definition of Nouveau Riche… club legends are not something they’re familiar with, so they just don’t know how to act in relation to the concept