YELLOW Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Absolutely awful game tonight. Performance was poor, atmosphere on the terraces was diabolical especially in the first half when the banter between the home fans and Stanley threatened to turn nasty. Didn't enjoy it at all in fact the game was bloody depressing. Stanley looked OK and Paul Mullin who scored their two goals was a real handful. Hardly created any real chances. Duffers had an effort saved in the first half and in the second half Burton drove a couple of efforts wide and Crichton saved from Boylan but apart from that it was all pretty laboured. We had a great deal of the possesion but done absolutely nothing with it. MOM was probably Jon Keeling who looked our one real threat. Sedgy did OK at the back but quite frankly this was bordering on our worst performancve vof the season. Can't say I'm particularly looking forward to Friday now. The clubs' estimates of a crowd between 1500-2000 could prove rather embarassing after tonight's display. Sorry to be pessimistic but there is really nothing positive to be taken out of tonight. I will now go and slit my wrists!! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_W Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Where was everyone tonight - 525 was a low crowd - hope you bounce back on Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Yeh terrible performence tonight. But worse still was what me my wife and children witnessed, A low life so called canvey fan punching an inoscent Acrington fan for what? wanting to know where the burger bar was. If the low life reads this then how proud you must feel right now eh..your actions have made me come to the decision that until you are banned me and my family will never again watch another canvey game. As for the stewards who just watched him do it and never slung the twat out. your a discrace. Sorry to every other descent Canvey fan for having to read this and i'm sure there are other people here that witnessed this knob rot punch this guy who will be thinking and probaly doing exactly what I'm doing boycot, and at time when Jeff is trying to get supporters. the knob rot must be related to the prat that attended and was slung out at Gravesend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YELLOW Posted March 22, 2005 Author Share Posted March 22, 2005 Another thing. No way was there 525 there. There was about 60 Stanley and over 550 Canvey. Looked over 600 there but I might be wrong. Hard to tell with Park Lane as everybody tends to congregate at the bar end of the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YELLOW Posted March 22, 2005 Author Share Posted March 22, 2005 Quote: Anonymous said: Yeh terrible performence tonight. But worse still was what me my wife and children witnessed, A low life so called canvey fan punching an inoscent Acrington fan for what? wanting to know where the burger bar was. If the low life reads this then how proud you must feel right now eh..your actions have made me come to the decision that until you are banned me and my family will never again watch another canvey game. As for the stewards who just watched him do it and never slung the twat out. your a discrace. Sorry to every other descent Canvey fan for having to read this and i'm sure there are other people here that witnessed this knob rot punch this guy who will be thinking and probaly doing exactly what I'm doing boycot, and at time when Jeff is trying to get supporters. the knob rot must be related to the prat that attended and was slung out at Gravesend. Atmosphere was hardly the greatest. Think we respond too much to the opposition fans taunts and instead of getting behind the team we get into stupid slanging matches with the opposition fans. The same happened with Crawley and Woking and it's bloody depressing and all pretty juvenile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Excanveyfan Why did you not challenge the stewards who was there. This cannot be allowed to happen. I like a wind up especially if the other supporters bite but we cannot allow this to happen please do not boycott the game, but carry on coming. Next time if you see somthing like this kick up a stink and make the stewards do somthing 90% of use witnnesing that would back you up. Otherwise rthe thugs win and you have deprived your chioldren of a worthwhile experience. We need to support the club, I will be brining four adults and at least 12 kids, most of whom have never been to any match let alone Canvey. I have even managed to persuade one chap who has not been to a match since he saw a fight between spurs and Arsenal in the 80s. DO NOT LET THUGS TAKE OUR GAME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FleetFanatic Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 And you guys had the cheek to criticise our stewards on Saturday??? Whilst I realise that the majority of you guys are ok (bugger, have I really just said that?) it does smack of stones and glasshouses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 I agree! I cannot believe it! I have never seen anything like this at Canvey before, it makes us look stupid. I have just made a couple of calls and I have been told (I do not know how true this is yet, but I will find out) Ex Canvey fan is actually a Fleet fan who was hiding behind anon. I would challenge Ex Canvey fan to register. I would also ask did anyone else see this. Why did Ex Canvey fan not do anything. Where exactly in the ground did it happen. When did it happen. What did the perpertrator look like , how old, cloths etc. Who was he with, what did he say. If nothing else this might enable us to uncover the identity of the so called canvey Fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 glad you're not coming to the lane anymore, better off going to a night school and learning to spell. ... cant remember exactly but must have been 6/7 errors. ... concerning the northern twat that got whacked a few times , ... well he deserved it, he'd had a bit to drink and was abusive. ... dont like to see that kind of incident but he brought it on himself. ... as for the rest of the Stanley fans, well done for bringing the 60 or so and getting behind your team so well, hope you all had safe journey home and weren't all late for work this morning. Qne other point mr ex canvey fan, the chap that was thrown out at Gravesend was victimised by inadequate stewarding and the police only getting half the story, ... from where I was standing I could see 2/3 candidates on the Gravesend side of the mighty dividing line (sorry ribbon) that should have been spoken to but as home fans the police weren't interested and thought they would solve the situation by throwing one of ours out, who had done no more than throw a few insults along with half a dozen other Canvey fans which is par for the course in non-league football, after all there was enough abuse coming from the red side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canfan Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 MOB I did challenge the Stewards, 2 of them in fact, responce was I will do something, they grabbed the Acrington fan and sent him back to where he came from, I see a lady also challenge the Steward about the same incedent. challenge accepted, looged on.. happy. Yellowlad, who are you the spelling police?? its your sort that are not wanted at park lane, better to be a bad speller then a yob who will ruin any chance Canvey have in getting new supporters. Its a shame you worry more about bad spelling rather than support your local team when such yobbish behaviour is witnessed by families that wish to go and watch a game of football. spelling ok for you cuntstable yellow lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Quote: Anonymous said: Yeh terrible performence tonight. But worse still was what me my wife and children witnessed, A low life so called canvey fan punching an inoscent Acrington fan for what? wanting to know where the burger bar was. If the low life reads this then how proud you must feel right now eh..your actions have made me come to the decision that until you are banned me and my family will never again watch another canvey game. As for the stewards who just watched him do it and never slung the twat out. your a discrace. Sorry to every other descent Canvey fan for having to read this and i'm sure there are other people here that witnessed this knob rot punch this guy who will be thinking and probaly doing exactly what I'm doing boycot, and at time when Jeff is trying to get supporters. the knob rot must be related to the prat that attended and was slung out at Gravesend. ok time to clear some stuff up as people didn't have a clue what the hell was going on, I was the steward that sorted the problem out, the Stanly fan involved in the incident was drunk and abusive and starting abusing the canvey fans, one canvey fan threw a punch and it was then broken up by myself and a few other supporters. officially I should have chucked both the canvey fan and Stanley fan out, but when you are only 5 minutes into the game that would be a stupid thing to do and escalate allot more trouble. so the sensible thing was to separate the people and keep an eye on the situation. I don't know what ex- canvey fan would have done in such a situation, perhaps go in heavy handed and and cause more of a ruckus and involve more people, maybe that is what he wanted his wife and child to see. I still feel my way was the best thing to do and from the amount of praise I and the other stewards got from both Canvey and Stanley fans on the night, I stick by it. once again this is a very isolated incident that has been taken well out of hand, no one was hurt and none of the people involved requested that anybody was removed and were happy with the way the situation was dealt with. if excanveyfan is the person I am thinking off (the only people to mention the incident to me) I apologise for not explaining all this at the time, but was a little busy with other matters. I can assure you things like this very rarely happen at park lane and is no reason to stop attending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Nothing wrong with being able to spell and be reasonably well educated, are you saying its not our sort wanted at Canvey matches? ... do you just want the ground full of idiots who cant talk properly, cant write or even cant spell! Also I'm no yob, I'm just casting my opinion whether right or wrong on last nights and last saturdays incidents, and concerning supporting my local team, well I attend virtually every game home and away and have done so for probably 12/13 years now, ... I may even have sat next to you if you've ever travelled on the coach. I'll forgive your spelling of "constable" in your last message, anyway got to get off to work now so that for me is the end of the matter but just one thing before I go, dont be an ex Canvey fan, please come again because we really do need as much support as possible as our crowds are awful and incidents like last night are few and far between, thank goodness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Oh is that how you spell constable.. ok yellowlad Canvey do need better support, but how can you condone someone getting a smack in the face for being drunk, even if he was abusive, sorry but no excuse inside a football ground for that kind thing and that kind of support is not what we need. Ken you do a fantastic job and reacted how you felt best, as "for what would I have done", I dont know I'm not a steward. But at the very least he should not be allowed back into the ground. AS for you MOB , me a gravesend fan, thats a bit below the belt!! lol my apologies to the good fans of Canvey in having to read through my strong opinion of what I witnessed last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canfan Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 That was me that made the above comment, just for the record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Non E Mouse Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 I think being a steward at any club is a thankless task - especially if its voluntary. I've heard numerous fans having a dig at their stewards on away games this season. Exeter, Halifax and Burton spring to mind. Again, its easy to look back retrospectively at incidents. Personally I think our stewards have done a great job in "their first season" This is our first season in the Conf. and its a learning curve for the club and those that steward the games. I feel the club has "come of age" and must realise that it may attract the odd idiot, or provocation from other supporters will be greater - its how we react as fans and as a club. I presume the club is trying to keep policing costs down when there is no need, or when it may be seen as a provocation. As I said, next year segregation may become a must at more of the games - would not have expected any incidents against Accrington or Northwich - but it only takes the odd individual to invoke a reaction for whatever reason. Would urge people to continue with their support particularly when the club needs it most - you will find incidents at all grounds and all clubs to some degree unless you become an armchair supporter. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 It’s probably just a bit of frustration at being completely embarrassed on and off the pitch at Stonebridge Road last Saturday. I’m still laughing at the sight of a couple of dozen gobby Essex wide boys nervously eyeing the stewards for protection. Only thing funnier was when I returned to the terrace after half-time and seeing that Canvey’s entire support had moved even further away from the segregation and their numbers had diminished – “We can see you sneaking out!” [****!!****] off Canvey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 and that is the level of intelligence out there in the world, it is tw*ts like that which cause most of the problems. here we are having a discussion on key and important issues that involve every football club and along comes an anonymous poster and deliberately tries to provoke a negative response. it is simple minded fools like yourself that cause a majority of problems, may I suggest [****!!****] off unless you have something with an ounce of intelligence to say, then maybe register rather than hide behind the veil of anonymity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staying-up Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 I saw that incident and it was clearly the Accrington fan who baited the Canvey fans. The canvey fans involved were loyal fans who go every week home and away. The Accrington fan should have been thrown out for what he did. Maybe the club will have to look at having segregation for all games to stop this from happening again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Gravesend and Northfleet must be well proud of a p**t like you, ... pity it wasn't you that took a couple of blows to the head last night, may have knocked some sense into you. --- do you really believe what you have just written! I didnt see anyone looking for protection. ... Anyhow renew our friendships again next season if we manage to scrape the necessary points, which we should do. bye for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canfan Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 And the beauty of what you have just said Ken is that the real Gravesend fans would agree with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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