I was sat in the corner today near where they were giving Palmer abuse, whatever the initial event was that riled the fans up, it was a whole load of nothing, but I know it’s fun sometimes in the crowd to try and wind someone up and boo to put them off.
The amount of comments I was hearing around me about how much of a pr*ck he was but “they can’t say or shout anything because he’s black” was frightening. This was twenty minutes before Palmer got the ref and pointed out whoever was making racist remarks. The ref gave loads Coventry loads of decisions and I know how annoying that can feel but due to how Palmer looks it seemed they were desperate for him to be the focus and scapegoat. It was just a lot of little comments but made me feel quite uncomfortable.
I was a Boro season ticket holder for 30 years and never heard or saw anything like it before.
I live near Hillsborough and my young lad wanted to go for his 7th birthday. He’s grateful for seeing them score for the first time (in the three games he’s been) and hopefully never picked up on the vibe. He is getting a complex that they always seem to lose when he goes. Don’t worry, I’ve told him they’re just a bit crap.
The only excusing factor I can allow the Wednesday fans today is Fletchers performance up front was so terrible they were all pretty wound up before it all happened.