It's not clever to boo your team
 

I may get shouted down about this because I guess I am condemning people for expressing their opinion when that is precisely what I am doing by opening this thread but....
To those that boo the team - if you don't like what you are seeing then don't come to the games; particularly not the away ones. The team are doing their best at the moment but are not getting the rub of the green. When they hear you booing them off the pitch at half time it does nothing to boost their confidence so if you are not going to support them then don't waste your money coming through the turnstiles. Keep quiet by all means and maybe don't applaud them but don't boo them.

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To be honest never heard the booing at half time mate, but disgraceful if thats what happened.:(

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It was only one or mabe two people but I just feel it needs nipping in the bud. I, like everyone else, was disappointed in the half time scoreline but it just made me mad that a small element felt it necessary to boo. Most of us are staying true to the team and it is those supporters that the team need. I'm hoping not to see that small contingent when we travel to Plymouth.

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I didn't notice the booing.Even after the awful first half display,i wouldn't boo our team.We are struggling and need all the support we can get....If anyone wants to boo they can always support Man U from their armchair and boo at the tv like the rest of the plastic mancs

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People like that need slapping across the chops to me.:(

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If that's what happened, then it's disgraceful. Whinge in the pub or on here by all means, but you DO NOT boo your club on the field of play if you're a true fan.

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True but a knobhead is a knobhead simples.

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of course you should boo your team when they are losing - it is a known fact that this will get more effort out of the players and make them win

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Very funny Rob,:D:D:D:D But risky,a knobhead may believe yeh.;)

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Assuming they can read.

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[QUOTE=Bentley5;1075654]I may get shouted down about this because I guess I am condemning people for expressing their opinion when that is precisely what I am doing by opening this thread but....
To those that boo the team - if you don't like what you are seeing then don't come to the games; particularly not the away ones. The team are doing their best at the moment but are not getting the rub of the green. When they hear you booing them off the pitch at half time it does nothing to boost their confidence so if you are not going to support them then don't waste your money coming through the turnstiles. Keep quiet by all means and maybe don't applaud them but don't boo them.[/QUOTE


83 Stanleyites at the game. They are the diehards. We would like to think that the booing was more about frustration than intent.

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If you pay your money you are entitled to boo or cheer as much as you like.

Blindly supporting a rubbish performance is as bad if not worse than booing

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Bently5 never mentioned blindly supporting, nor did anyone else, but as usual yeh twist things to yer own way. yeh really are pathetic.:rolleyes:

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Cashman,
attacking other fans for booing.
Shameful.

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Of course you are correct DAV as usual! It is a free country in which we live and any person has a right to express their views.........but my view is this;
A TRUE supporter will NEVER boo their team even when their performances are rubbish!
A TRUE supporter will be there at the end of the last match of a relegation season still singing and cheering on their team!:jimbo:

Now you may think me naive but I simply consider myself to be a TRUE supporter like the large majority of our small but loyal band at Accrington.:alright:
Please, please join us and get totally behind JB and the boys in RED.
ON STANLEY ON:jimbo:
KEEP THE FAITH:jimbo:

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Ive only ever booed them once, it was away at Port Vale about 2-3 years ago when we where 0-4 down after about 30 minutes and the players simply gave up.

I felt bad about it after, but that performance simply wasnt acceptable that day, surely it couldent have been that bad yesterday???

As we all know, avoiding relegation is ALWAYS the target for us, and im confident that JB WILL turn it round :)

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It wasn't that bad,sure the first half was Hartlepools fair enough, But those that didn't go always seem to know better.

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If you pay your money you can boo or cheer as much as you like in my humble opinion.

However the question of whether you CAN do something and whether you SHOULD is a different one altogether.

Me....I'm against it and always have been. I don't like it...but I respect peoples rights to do so if they wish.

People react in different ways and we are too small a club to make pariahs of other supporters. Leave the infighting to Deadwood and Turd Moor. :)

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I have no doubt that everyone at the club is working their socks off to get our season on track. No result for hard work is dispiriting enough without listening to boos from people who obviously no nowt about football. Maybe the ticket money gives them the right BUT if used they forfeit the right to call themselves fans - plain and simple. I am very content with the structure and personel at Stanley and confident that James Beattie and co will turn results around but with limited support from those living in Accy it ain't going to happen at the click of the fingers. To those that boo I would say get real or get lost !

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Its not about infighting, Have yeh not understood the thread title?:rolleyes: A person that boos em on the pitch you may well respect em, I certainly do not, it will do nothing at all to boost a players confidence imho Thats not rocket science, like someone else said call em on here or in the pub if they been crap, that will not affect performance on the pitch, Booing may well do.so my view stays they are knobheads, but if a different opinion to yeh is infighting i despair.:rolleyes:

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Never said I respect them... quite the opposite. I said I respect they have the right to choose to do so if they wish, whilst adding I do not agree. :) :rolleyes:

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I know thats what yeh said Alvin,Yer sounding like one of the P.C. brigade, thats put Britain on its arse.:D

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Cashman -- Who are the PC brigade? And what have they done to put Britain "on its arse"?

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If yer not aware of that then that speaks fer itself.:rolleyes:

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Sorry you cannot have your utopia at a football ground, a football ground is not a pace for episcopacy, to survive Stanley need all the fans they can get good loyal fans, the fans that express their feelings in a way that others don’t like, the players are professionals and rightly or wrongly have grown up with abuse from the touch-line from a young age this is water of a ducks back
the abuse of match officials and players is prevalent within the game,
the booing at matches has become a universal instrument for expressing
disapproval of an individual’s or a team’s performance,
would you really want to ban the fans that boo and have a reduced attendance, then you may as well turn the lights off,

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I certainly do not wish em banned, just stating "knobheads" every teams got em.

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anyway cash are you sure the boo's weren't for Jeff Stellings cartwheels

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I know what some people are referring to when they talk about the 'PC brigade'.

Was just giving you an opportunity to make it clear what you mean. But if you don't want to that's fine.

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I said i never actually heard em, just i was disgusted if they were, n potter its as clear as daylight to those wi sense.

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I am disgusted at some of the language used on this thread. Come on guys we have young supporters on here that shouldn't be exposed to some of the words being used.

For example I've just read a post which contained the word episcopacy, I've seen a couple of prevalents and I'm sure I spotted a contingent earlier.

I know things are difficult at the moment but lets have a bit of respect for our fellow members: 2, or at most 3 syllables and some mild swearing is all thats required.


Keep The Faith

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Dear Cashman,

You might enjoy this.

Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle: Political Correctness gone mad!!! - YouTube

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Get real Frank
The last time I checked the word contingent only had 3 syllables and are you proposing we should ban our national anthem because it contains the word victorious

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Oh dear........:D

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By gum! WE could do with a STANLEY ANTHEM that includes the word "VICTORIOUS".:hothothot
Well lets have one on saturday after we beat The Dale at The Crown!:theband:

ON STANLEY ON:jimbo:

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I concur choirboy it would be great to get a victory over Dale
I see the Dale Trust are having a pre-match Sponsored Walk to Accy
I hope they are not expecting any charity from us on the pitch

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In a show of charitable solidarity I'm walking to the match too. Although I suppose the feat isn't as impressive from Queens Road West :D:)

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I'll pick you up halfway along :)