stewrat

Well it is nice to know that I share a football club with such self centred, nasty, foul-mouthed, self opiniated, mindless holligans, spoiling for a fight in thei drunken stupor. Am I being fair? Probably not but I was not able to attend Saturday's match because I lay on my sickbed hoping the anti-biotics worked. Thanks for asking but they have not worked yet and I am getting bed sores. I can only go off your rants on here. The above although I am sure it is grossly wrong is what you sound like. Take the trouble to read back and see just how over the top you have gone and the poor quality of arguments you have made. Let me illustrate a few. You all claim to be the lifeblood of the club. It would surely cease to be if you where not their. The truth is that you probably are the section of the fans that costs them money in extra stewarding. If every fan did sit down and not swear or wind up the opposition crowd the money saved would probably equate to everything you pay to the club. You cannot see why your own behaviour should be modified so it does not impinge on the enjoyment of others. These people may well be paying the same or more than you, but obviously you are far more important. One has to ask whether you have come to watch the match at all, or merely to live out some Rambo fantasy. If you did come to watch the match you would be aware that the Chaddy End has sight lines that should make every seat carry a "restricted view" warning. Of course anyone moving from the Lookers Upper who has in the past tried the Chaddy would not wish to return there if their ambition was to watch a football match. "Why did they pick seats in that area if they did not want to take part in swearing and throwing things?" Well perhaps they thought these seats are central in the stand and likely to have the best view of the football match I have come to WATCH. Your attitude to stewards is amazing They apparently manage to be over officious jobs worth whilst at the same time cowardly idle gets. Now I have no desire to justify the individual actions of any steward but these are minimum wage people trying to make enough money to see them through the week. The pay and conditions are horrific and few people would do it out of choice. They are not and never will be an adequate replacement for real policemen. No lower league football club can afford real police so they have to employ them. You are all big men in a large group but ask yourself honestly whether in a dispute you don't care about you would on your own like to go up to a large group of drunken yobs and confront them. Ask yourself whether you would do this if you knew you were being filmed and you had to let the yobs hit you first before you fought back. Ask yourself if you would confront them when if you get too injured to work the next day you would lose wages that are vital just to keep your head above water. It is not looking such a good job anymore. Can you blame the club really for doing what they have to do to retain their safety certificate? Obviously you can and also th row in unsubstantiated claptrap at Allan Hardy. He does not deserve the vitriol you are throwing his way. He has given far more to the club than a mindless hooligan could ever contemplate. No, he has not always been right and I am sure you have all never made a single mistake, but to doubt his committment to the success of the club flys in the face of all the evidence. What you did on Saturday is not something to be proud of. It did not help the team. It means that in future the ability to make money will be severely reduced. We have been today drawn against Burnley in the Carling Cup. It could be our last appearance in the Carling this season. Had that match been a home match without your efforts we would possibly have been able to sell out the whole RRE. After your efforts we would have been forced to lose 500 seats. and have extra stewarding and policing costs. I leave you to get your calculator out to see exactly how much that would mean. You will note that I managed the whole of this without a swear word. I mostly do. That way when you use one it has an impact. Lastly and this will really annoy you. As I said I am on my sick bed and can only rely on an internet effects microphone, but for much of the match you were outsung by the Millwall fans. Perhaps if you had taken less notice of them and more of your own team I would not be able to say that. Diatribe over get ready for incoming flack.

When he came at first he stayed with Les Chapman,s mum in Royton. I lived on the same street at the time. Nearly everyday after training he would go out jogging in the afternoon. I say jogging but it would be a sprint for most of us. He was the finest dribbler I have ever seen. The reason he did not play at an higher level was the lack of quality on his crosses. He would get 30 or 40 over in a match regularly but find a blue shirt perhaps once a match. He also made no secret that he was winding the full back up so referees rarely booked the full back. He even got sent of in one match for running at a full back with intent to kill. He stopped just in time and back-heeled the ball away from the stunned full back without contact but the ref had lost patience and he got the early bath. I think his best game was against Internationale. The South Americans tried 6 different full backs in a friendly none of which could get near enough even to foul him. Unfortunately although he seemed to spend 90 minutes crossing from the byline he failed to hit an Oldham player. I seem to remember their coach commenting that he was glad he couldn't cross or they would have got their worst ever beating. As it was their centre forward scored from near the half way line and they won 1-0. It was a real surprise when he died as he had never smoked or drank and spent so much time keeping fit.

Also this kit will clash with everybody so we will mostly have to play in Tangerine

I am looking forward to a better summer than last though. I developed rust sat in the ocean that was Old Trafford last summer.

Name?Stewrat Location?Shaw How Long Supporting the Tics?53 years Best away match you've been to?Liverpool in the cup All Time Greatest Player?Bobby Johnstone Biggest Rivals (in your eyes)?Oldham Council