A lot of people didn't. Crowds much bigger now in general. That's only a part of it but

along with dangerous grounds and the threat of violence it was part and parcel of football at that time.

Football was a very different experience then. Not that there was fighting at every game or even that chant at every game, at FCR anyway.

It is true to an extent that you had to go looking for trouble then but I'm sure everyone who went then got caught up in some scary situations unwiliingly.

Posted By: jafski on November 3rd 2012 at 10:25:08

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Good Hughton article sorry if WW2.. (NCFC) - loz, Nov 3, 08:42:02
- God, the comments. Bloody hell. (NCFC) - APB, Nov 3, 09:59:37
  - sums up the Torygraph readership unfortunately imho (n/m) (NCFC) - Monty Peculiar, Nov 3, 10:33:10
    - Surely that's a red herring though? (NCFC) - Yellalee, Nov 3, 10:37:48
      - Probably. Though my guess is that readers have tendencies to drift towards ... (NCFC) - APB, Nov 3, 10:58:10
        
        Mind, I'm often surprised at some of the reactionary comments on Guardian articles (n/m) (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Nov 3, 11:09:28
        
        And the supposedly left wing BBC as well. (NCFC) - APB, Nov 3, 11:15:20
        
        I miss this (NCFC) - APB, Nov 3, 11:34:00
        
        Ha! That's brilliant! (n/m) (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Nov 3, 12:35:35
        
        Yep, that's fair. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Nov 3, 11:01:03
        
        What gets me is that people feel such a sense of injustice that they think they personally (NCFC) - APB, Nov 3, 11:04:52
        
        Yep 'what about white racism for us equally persecuted types, huh?' (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Nov 3, 11:14:19
      - Putting the article aside. I don't think NCFC has a racism problem (NCFC) - UtterlyHuckerby, Nov 3, 10:51:28
        
        I agree to a certain extent. I've bawled a couple out who have been racist near me (NCFC) - Yellalee, Nov 3, 10:55:51
- Considered and articulate. I think we have a good manager and a good man (n/m) (NCFC) - UtterlyHuckerby, Nov 3, 09:58:25
- lovely article about Mr Chris, thanks for posting (NCFC) - dr fanta, Nov 3, 08:55:01
- Depressing comments. Sort of sums up the problem really. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Nov 3, 08:50:38
  - Clarkson hosting hignfy yesterday too. Doesn't help anything really (NCFC) - pants, Nov 3, 11:52:30
  - The problem has been blown out of all proportion (NCFC) - Jim, Nov 3, 09:58:36
    - There is a problem with racism in society still. Read those comments. (NCFC) - jafski, Nov 3, 10:04:44
      - And it's only occasionally because of social and legal restrictions. (NCFC) - APB, Nov 3, 10:07:58
        
        You could never quantify it but (NCFC) - Jim, Nov 3, 10:23:28
        
        I think it is declining, yes. (NCFC) - APB, Nov 3, 10:30:43
  - I was you plum. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Nov 3, 09:03:04
    - No, the comments underneath it I meant. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Nov 3, 09:03:28
      - Easy, tiger. Pub today? (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Nov 3, 09:44:42
        
        Not today, rushing hither and thither unfortunately. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Nov 3, 09:58:52
        
        Hither AND thither? Unlucky. (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Nov 3, 10:02:03
  - oh,i thought you were on about the article,. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 3, 09:01:21
  - Think of the progress that has been made since the 80s though,i know you're old enough to (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 3, 08:58:30
    - Oh agreed, it's socially unacceptable now to behave that way. (NCFC) - jafski, Nov 3, 09:02:43
      - Yes (NCFC) - Ladbroke, Nov 3, 10:12:00
        
        I can't imagine what that was like. I don't think I'd have gone to the football if it was (NCFC) - Only1Doherty, Nov 3, 10:14:57
        
        But if you don't go (NCFC) - Ladbroke, Nov 3, 10:26:05
        
        A lot of people didn't. Crowds much bigger now in general. That's only a part of it but (NCFC) - jafski, Nov 3, 10:25:08
      - yeah,you see it on the chatrooms while watching the games,it's embarrassing at times, (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 3, 09:09:15
  - Can't believe one of the comments referred to "coloureds" ! (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, Nov 3, 08:57:34
    - Shocking in this day and age. This one was gobsmacking aso: (NCFC) - jafski, Nov 3, 09:00:08
      - Sadly there are a lot of people still around who think like that. (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, Nov 3, 09:09:58
        
        Yep. So many morons. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Nov 3, 09:15:15

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