Gene_Clark

that's how it used to be. nowadays, many people take their family to games

so you'd prefer the underclass? if you've children, then they should be in care

"children begin by loving their parents. after a while they judge them. rarely if ever do they forgive them." i wanted to get away from the noise & dirt of felling; i used to sit on the 15 bus (wardley to marlborough cresecent via team valley) during the evenings when it was deserted, paying 5p each way, just because i could sit in silence & read "madame bovary" or "iron in the soul" back in 78 or 79.

who would you rather your kids associated with at the game? criminal thugs or the intelligensia?

para 2 - i feel that middle class people are as good at creating community spirit as working class; for example, walking buses to school, freecycle etc para 3 - that is so true & such a crying shame

it's far better; now it's easier to concentrate on the game

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by 92 i was 28 at least nufc's support is middle class nowadays

i i was the world's best nufc fan & incredibly hard. i should tell you the tale a glasgow social worker friend of mine told me....... nah, i'd best not

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i was born among the working class; my father was an electrician for the council & my mother a shop worker; we lived in a council estate (2 heatherwell green in felling if you are interested). i knew by my teens i was better than those i lived around; hence by the time i was 13, i was reading "the daily telegraph," which i filched from ralphie dixon's paper shop in felling (i had a morning & afternoon round there), while my dad read "the daily mirror." i watched bbc2, regardless of programme as they watched itv (other than when i watched football) & i listened to radio 3 while they listened to radio newcastle. i drank coffee while they drank tea. i was a vegetarian as they ate meat. while they came home tired & dirty from work, i read french & russian 19th century novels. while they paid rent, i bought property. yes, i left the working class behind

no need for language like that

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Hmmm - not sure about that. I know who most of them support & the vast majority aren't mackems McNally is celtic, but with mackem sympathies

there'll be more there than that, surely....

well, in most cases; thought this was about Tia Sharp

I would protect my son with my life; I think any decent, middle class parent would do the same. There are people out there you just wouldn't want your children to meet.

Looking forward to taking my cousin & his daughter (flew over from Bilbao last week & going back on Sunday just before Villa game) to the game now, along with my son. Brilliant that kids can see this game for £5

i remember living in LS6 a quarter of a century ago & seeing Sikh kids playing Muslim kids at cricket (India v Pakistan) at the end of terraced streets, illuminated only by streetlights, around November 1987 time.

Another one for Wronghun Lauf-Umbla