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Messymascot's faith in humanity and ginger safe haven

Val P said:
Either way it will be character building. Just wipe your feet on the way out and I hope for his sake it’s a decent performance.
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I have a ritual with my Uncle (sadly, a long-term RS ST holder) where he comes to an Everton pub before the Goodison fixture, and I go with him beforehand.

Usually, it's fine as I don't wear any Everton stuff and those he goes with are pleasant enough (to my face, at least), but my son expects to wear his Everton kit.

You'd hope they would be fine to a young child, but you never know with that shower of s....
 
Morning everyone.

I absolutely hate and dread Derby day especially at the pit. My firm used to have corporate at both Goodison and the pit and I regularly went . Had to be so careful not to get too pissed as the seats were in the Centenary stand amongst all the gobshites.

@PhilM - would I take my lad? Depends on his age. From memory yours is fairly young , to be honest if as I expect we get battered he could be scarred for life. In the other hand one of the greatest moments of my life was stood on the Kop seeing Sharpies volley past the clown. But then again we had a decent side then.

Ah the Derby. I will sort of watch it by going to the gym and working out whilst it's on. As soon as it starts to go against us I can stop the cardio and get on the weights to avoid it and ease my frustration.

For all those going good luck , hope you you're fully innoculated and avoid the Arkles.

Whatever you do have a lovely day everyone and try not to let the result ruin your weekend.
 
PhilM said:
I have a ritual with my Uncle (sadly, a long-term RS ST holder) where he comes to an Everton pub before the Goodison fixture, and I go with him beforehand.

Usually, it's fine as I don't wear any Everton stuff and those he goes with are pleasant enough (to my face, at least), but my son expects to wear his Everton kit.

You'd hope they would be fine to a young child, but you never know with that shower of s....
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I hope they would be but you’ll always get one wherever you go
 
Morning all, at least it’s stopped raining. Not much planned for today except for a walk which will probably take place around 12.30. I’ll record the match just in case but fully expect to delete it straightaway.
@PhilM I agree with Jazzy, it depends on his age. I would however explain that wearing full kit is probably not a good idea and maybe he could just wear his shirt under a jumper so it‘s not visible. We took our kids to Posh v Newcastle when they were about 10 years old and my daughter was wearing a Posh scarf. A lone Newcastle fan who had somehow found his way into the family enclosure, stuck a cigarette butt through her scarf. After that I never felt comfortable showing club colours with certain sets of supporters .
Have a good day, all💙
 

My Derby memories are of way back in the day getting to the ground two hours early and doing the ‘ Any tickets for sale? “ routine . I always managed to get one , sometimes a bit over the odds , and get to the pub in plentry of time. I didn’t always end up in the right end but it didn’t matter, you just gravitated downwards and formed a clique close to the goal. My abiding memories of those days was seeing black and white tv of Rangers v Celtic games. When a team scored in the wrong end nobody moved , just a solid grey mass. In our derbies back then there was always a small group of fans celebrating a goal wildly amongst a much larger group of opposition fans. The times they are a changing.
 
jazzy said:
Morning everyone.

I absolutely hate and dread Derby day especially at the pit. My firm used to have corporate at both Goodison and the pit and I regularly went . Had to be so careful not to get too pissed as the seats were in the Centenary stand amongst all the gobshites.

@PhilM - would I take my lad? Depends on his age. From memory yours is fairly young , to be honest if as I expect we get battered he could be scarred for life. In the other hand one of the greatest moments of my life was stood on the Kop seeing Sharpies volley past the clown. But then again we had a decent side then.
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He's only six, however he's had a ST for a few years now and has been to away games. If he hadn't pestered me constantly, I wouldn't even consider it.

It's just the whole potential for idiots to be their usual knuckle-dragging themselves, from both sides to be fair, that worries me a lot.
Gwladysover said:
@PhilM I agree with Jazzy, it depends on his age. I would however explain that wearing full kit is probably not a good idea and maybe he could just wear his shirt under a jumper so it‘s not visible. We took our kids to Posh v Newcastle when they were about 10 years old and my daughter was wearing a Posh scarf. A lone Newcastle fan who had somehow found his way into the family enclosure, stuck a cigarette butt through her scarf. After that I never felt comfortable showing club colours with certain sets of supporters .
Have a good day, all💙
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I spoke to my wife about this and in most cases it'd be the safest precaution to take, but I know he'd enquire, "Why?" When we've done always, he's work his kit.

The fact that he'd have to not wear it - or hide it - would signify that there's animosity and whatnot. In reality, him just not going would be the easiest option,

I've still got an hour and a bit to decide as he actually doesn't know he has a ticket, and because it's an adult one I can move it on quite quickly.
 
PhilM said:
He's only six, however he's had a ST for a few years now and has been to away games. If he hadn't pestered me constantly, I wouldn't even consider it.

It's just the whole potential for idiots to be their usual knuckle-dragging themselves, from both sides to be fair, that worries me a lot.

I spoke to my wife about this and in most cases it'd be the safest precaution to take, but I know he'd enquire, "Why?" When we've done always, he's work his kit.

The fact that he'd have to not wear it - or hide it - would signify that there's animosity and whatnot. In reality, him just not going would be the easiest option,

I've still got an hour and a bit to decide as he actually doesn't know he has a ticket, and because it's an adult one I can move it on quite quickly.
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I'm sure you'll make the right choice Phil.
In all honesty although I despise them I don't think any physical harm would come to your boy , at least I pray it wouldn't.
 
PhilM said:
Morning everyone. I'm meant to be taking my son to the big shed over the park to watch the game, but still unsure if it's worth taking him to experience it.

I keep thinking, "But what if we win?" and wouldn't want him to miss out on that experience, whereas my head knows this is my heart talking rubbish.

I've been there countless times since '99 (last time I saw it) and it's always miserable. I can only think of the Jags one recently (actually not recently) that's positive.
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Nervous wreck myself now. Hate this day.
 

PhilM said:
He's only six, however he's had a ST for a few years now and has been to away games. If he hadn't pestered me constantly, I wouldn't even consider it.

It's just the whole potential for idiots to be their usual knuckle-dragging themselves, from both sides to be fair, that worries me a lot.

I spoke to my wife about this and in most cases it'd be the safest precaution to take, but I know he'd enquire, "Why?" When we've done always, he's work his kit.

The fact that he'd have to not wear it - or hide it - would signify that there's animosity and whatnot. In reality, him just not going would be the easiest option,

I've still got an hour and a bit to decide as he actually doesn't know he has a ticket, and because it's an adult one I can move it on quite quickly.
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Only been to one Derby but the atmosphere was very very different than normal. Hostile atmosphere, tense and edgy. It really does mean more.
 

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