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Verbal abuse in children's football

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Submitted by ANTKB on Thu, 17/03/2016 - 23:56

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Has anyone else noticed how bad it is and experienced verbal abuse? I saw a game called off 2 weeks ago after the father of a player, who was sent off rightly for stamping on an opponents ankle, called the ref a fat c**t twice. Why should a ref take that sort of abuse and what is the father teaching his son and those around him? This week I was asked to be linesman for a cup tie and I couldn't believe my ears, as the women were worse than the men! I had a woman standing at the fence around the pitch calling me every name under the sun just because they were losing, and I deplore any sort of cheating and officiate straight down the middle regardless if I'm the referee or doing the line. After the game the other team players started shouting out and one of them called me an effing w****r for missing a push in the box and not flagging for a penalty??? I walked over to protect the referee at half time as I could see the assistant manager stomping over to have a word, to which he thanked me as he realised what I had done. So why is it so common these days and is anyone else noticing/experiencing this type of unacceptable behaviour? These kids are 12/13!!!

Increase To 60,000 Nowhere Near Enough!

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Submitted by nevillenixon on Thu, 17/03/2016 - 17:41

News that permission has been granted for West Ham United to increase the capacity at the Olympic Stadium from 54,000 to 60,000 in time for the new Barclays Premier League season has gone down well with the 'huge' amount of people who have paid £10.00 each to be on the massively over subscribed waiting list. At the beginning of this season all the talk was about whether Hammers had made a big mistake by parting company with Sam 'safe as houses' Allardyce ahead of the big move to the new stadium, Premiership survival was a paramount requisite and the doom sayers were quoting "be careful what you wish for" out of every orifice! There were doubts as to club's ability to sell out the new stadium on a regular basis and that 54,000 was an optimistic amount, games would be played that were only half full and that attending them would be akin to going to the highbury library. Fast forward to the first few weeks of the season and suddenly West Ham are playing exciting innovative football and achieving great success, the clamour for season tickets is intense, however many fans had already committed to signing up for an Olympic Stadium season ticket well before the Slaven Billic revolution began to take pace, but even with the extra 6,000 seats available the 'waiting list' which fans paid £10.00 each to be placed on is apparently five times over subscribed, and so there are going to be a lot of very disappointed supporters, particularly the youngsters who were hoping to be able to see matches for the 'bargain' price advertised. The club have not currently communicated exactly where people are or will be on the waiting list, a bit of clarity would be in order, and if there is no chance of getting a season ticket fans should be informed as soon as possible, it is just a matter of mutual respect between club and supporters! Of course the current situation would never have occurred had it not been for the amazing results and performances of Billic's team, and in all honesty no one, owners fans or pundits alike expected such a meteoric rise from such a 'lesser' club.
The Olympic Stadium has a 'draft' capacity of 65,000 for football events, and it is to be hoped the board can look to raise the capacity to that level in order to satisfy the demand for the season tickets that they encouraged everyone to buy before success on the field made the tickets sell themselves! - Ed

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Submitted by andycarrollstyle on Thu, 17/03/2016 - 12:08

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Like a few topics in the past, thought I would create this one for the discussion and recommendation of music, bands and albums... inspired by my late discovery of the band 'Porcupine Tree'. I'd been pretty much oblivious to the group who have been around for years and years and the creative force Steven Wilson... Really incredible band and musician, definitely recommend to anyone with an ear for Prog-Rock!

Fixture pile up! what's the solution?

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Submitted by Bondsy on Wed, 16/03/2016 - 09:35

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A very interesting time for us Hammers supporters as we may well be involved in an FA Cup semi final, fighting for a Champions League place or both in the next few weeks.
How many of us thought we would be doing this at the beginning of the season?
It's great for the club and us fans but with our relatively small first team the run in will test Slaven Bilic's management skills to the limit!
Some thought he should have played Carroll as an impact sub against Manure and brought on Valencia sooner taking off Emineka who was flagging in the second half but he has got to get all of the squad involved now as we are bound to get more injuries as we look to play two games a week towards the end of April and through May.
If we are to play at Wembley in the FA Cup final and qualify for the Champions League at the same time, each and every player who comes into the first eleven has to be able to fit in and be fully fit straight away. Carroll always takes weeks as does Moses and even Reid can take several games, players are coming back from injury thankfully and I for one am keeping my fingers crossed we can keep this fantastic run going and Slaven can juggle the players putting out a strong team regardless of who is or is not available!
Thoughts! can our small squad do it?

Martinez Thugs The Reward Awaiting Replay Victors!

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Submitted by nevillenixon on Tue, 15/03/2016 - 09:53

A date between April 11th and April 17th is currently being scheduled for the West Ham United v Manchester United FA Cup quarter final replay at the Boleyn Ground. The match, which will be the last ever Cup tie at the Boleyn, is destined be another sell out many many times over despite being televised! However, the reward for the victors will be a semi final at Wembley against those paragons of 'pure' football Everton FC, after all, their manager Roberto Martinez is not the sort of manager who would send any of his players out on the field with instructions to deliberately take out the opposition's flair players would he? No of course not, in fact he feels players like James McCarthy are 'misunderstood' and that his midfield hatchet man is actually a really nice person, hmmm perhaps Martinez kidnaps McCarthy's family before each match and threatens to harm them unless McCarthy harms the opposition? What ever the case, Everton do have an appalling record of 'accidentally damaging' opponents, it is to be hoped that if West Ham manage to beat Manchester Utd, and it is a big if, that the ginger pele will be available to 'remind' a certain Everton player what it feels like to be in a 'physical' game, but with someone of their own size! - Ed

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Time for the FA to Stand Up?

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Submitted by moore2come on Tue, 15/03/2016 - 00:20

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Ok, so with the replay now to be arranged on top of already re-arranged fixtures due to our run in the cup, we're facing a bit of a fixture pile up due to dates being unavailable. Unavailable? That's right. Due to UEFA rules that domestic games inc cup games are not to be played on night's when Champion's League and Europa League games are on, more fixtures have to be squeezed in to a shrinking schedule due to the insistence that all games finish on the same day in the PL.
Surely it's time the FA did something here, after all the Champions League only looks after the so called "Elite' clubs and really has no care for the also rans so why shouldn't these games be played at the same time. I have no interest in watching CL games. Don't care about the team's involved, results or the attitude amongst these teams that they're better than everyone else and therefore have the right to do as they pease at the expense of everyone else!
In forcing fans to watch the"fare" on offer rather than the excitement of the domestic campaign shows how little fans are regarded and with successful fan showing's recently in getting ticket prices reduced surely holding us all hostage to Euro games is yet another example of the powers that be pissing on the little man.
I'd much rather watch Leicester v Stoke rather than real Madrid v Genk as it has a bearing on where West Ham end up.

Should domestic leagues take a stand and demand that with the ever increasing number of Internationals and expanding European competitions that they're allowed to run their business to the best of their ability rather than be hindered by Euro bearucrats who cater only for the super rich to be honest?

Some of our supporters

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Submitted by Jenningsthehero on Mon, 14/03/2016 - 16:29

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Do not contribute much but do like reading the issues and the passion of our supporters, well done Nev, just a bugbear I have with some of our supporters at the recent Sunderland game, I took my 6 year old grandson for one of his first games at our beloved ground, we were having a great day in the Trevor Brooking lower, until a small group decided at half time to come and stand near us and the Sunderland fans and proceeded to abuse in the most vilest terms the Sunderland fans, woman and children included, im no angel, born and bred in custom house but to listen to these t**** non stop was hard to take, I did ask them to tone it down a bit as I had a 6year with me and there were families all around, which of course led them to give me a mouthful, this group also never watched the game but put all their energy just into baiting the Sunderland fans, I have been going to Upton Park for over 50 years and im proud to be a Hammers and East End boy ,these blokes were an absolute disgrace to themselves and our club

video evidence yes or no?

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Submitted by mcbikeman on Mon, 14/03/2016 - 06:33

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So after yesterdays match and video evidence showing we should of had a penalty and martials goal should of been disallowed because of a foul on Randolph are you for or against its use? me personally I am against it because I feel it will take something from the game by making it sterile and boring...football lives and dies on controversy the feeling of being wronged wanting to put right the decision next time you play the team it happens against..it creates debate in pubs and homes for the decisions and against them as well...this it what creates the atmosphere at grounds...it could be years before you get the chance again but its always there in your head next time next time we play this mob we will put it right and for those who the decision goes in favour of well the chance to wind up the opposition and constantly remind you about it is all part of football...video evidence may well solve this problem once and for all but to me like I said it would take something away from the game.

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