Connor Ripley (again)

Great coming from one of the footballers this. They're hardly paragons of virtue. I've not known a bigger bunch of cheating barstewards than those playing the game today. I'm sure there's some choice words exchanged between them too and their treatment of referees is beyond a joke.
 
Corcaigh_the_Cat said:
Great coming from one of the footballers this. They're hardly paragons of virtue. I've not known a bigger bunch of cheating barstewards than those playing the game today. I'm sure there's some choice words exchanged between them too and their treatment of referees is beyond a joke.
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It’s not as if Ripley represents the entire global cohort of professional footballers though. And if he himself has told a referee to hang himself then, of course, he would be a huge hypocrite. But we don’t actually have any anecdotes about that.
 
atypical_boro said:
It’s not as if Ripley represents the entire global cohort of professional footballers though. And if he himself has told a referee to hang himself then, of course, he would be a huge hypocrite. But we don’t actually have any anecdotes about that.
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That's true, and what happened was wrong.

I can also remember a large section of the Boro crowd singing about an opponent being hit on the head with a baseball bat and his wife being stabbed with a carving knife. It's not that long ago and he, and possibly she, was in the stadium.
 
I remember as a young lad in the Holgate seeing a group of similar age lads spitting on Peter Shilton as he was taking a goal kick. I can still feel the sense of nausea at what I was seeing and feeling so sorry for goalkeepers who probably had to put up with this up and down the country. I hope it has gone the way of peeing on the terrace floor but I guess it has simply migrated to words.
 
Corcaigh_the_Cat said:
That's true, and what happened was wrong.

I can also remember a large section of the Boro crowd singing about an opponent being hit on the head with a baseball bat and his wife being stabbed with a carving knife. It's not that long ago and he, and possibly she, was in the stadium.
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No doubt we have these types of fans as well, I think all clubs do. Except maybe Fulham 😁

But my point was just that attending football matches seems to bring out some really ugly sides in people. I doubt if there’s another sport on the planet that does so with the same efficiency.
 
MoggasDog said:
F@king hell.

Imagine what goalkeepers and opposing players would have posted if social media had been available in the 70s and 80s after playing in front of the Holgate.

I'm not sure about this. I think he might be being a little bit over sensitive, if I am honest. Not a popular view, I understand.
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From my experience examples of historic behaviours and attitudes aren't usually the best examples too use when debating issues of morality in modern times.
 
There was a BT Sport documentary a couple of years ago on Goalkeepers and mental heath. Certainly eye opening. Definitely worth watching before anyone criticises any goalkeeper for a howler, or even more so before deciding to give them horrible harassment - be them opposition players or not.
 
Steer said:
There was a BT Sport documentary a couple of years ago on Goalkeepers and mental heath. Certainly eye opening. Definitely worth watching before anyone criticises any goalkeeper for a howler, or even more so before deciding to give them horrible harassment - be them opposition players or not.
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Also Aaron Ramsdale's article for The Player's Tribune.
 
Steer said:
There was a BT Sport documentary a couple of years ago on Goalkeepers and mental heath. Certainly eye opening. Definitely worth watching before anyone criticises any goalkeeper for a howler, or even more so before deciding to give them horrible harassment - be them opposition players or not.
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Ah yes, the Number Ones it was called I think? Great film.
 
On the subject of goalkeepers and "taking it from the crowd" much kudos to Coventry keeper Collins who, when he was hit on the head by a ball "returned" from the South Stand, laughed and applauded the accuracy of the thrower.
 
Corcaigh_the_Cat said:
That's true, and what happened was wrong.

I can also remember a large section of the Boro crowd singing about an opponent being hit on the head with a baseball bat and his wife being stabbed with a carving knife. It's not that long ago and he, and possibly she, was in the stadium.
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I used to hate that song, especially the latter part. I'm sure many Boro fans were aware that not long before his first stint as Newcastle manager, Keegan was actually attacked by someone by a baseball bat
 
Starbuck said:
I remember as a young lad in the Holgate seeing a group of similar age lads spitting on Peter Shilton as he was taking a goal kick. I can still feel the sense of nausea at what I was seeing and feeling so sorry for goalkeepers who probably had to put up with this up and down the country. I hope it has gone the way of peeing on the terrace floor but I guess it has simply migrated to words.
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I recall Kelham O'Hanlon returning to Boro with Rotherham in 1986-87 season, being pelted by dozens of coins from the Holgate. The Rotherham captain was very angry, I recall, and the box had to be cleared before they could kickoff the second half.
 
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