Have you ever been attacked at a game?

[Friday's Child]

In a counter-game to this, a friend of mine went to Coventry away dressed as Adolf Hitler a couple of years back and DIDN'T get a slap. Accompanied by Superman with accompanying wheelchair et al I'd have thought that would have been a good bet.

[bobbybottler]

This thread has given me a massive boner, tbh. Do you know what you don't get with Reading these days? A proper raucous away following. Ok, so we're never exactly an intimidating bunch but I can remember the days of random pitch invasions; was only remniscing the other day about a 2-2 draw at Watford (2-0 down at half time after McGhee tried some nonsense 3-5-2 formation), Reading fans in the Lower Rous spilled onto the pitch in jubilation at the equaliser. Lovely stuff, more of that kind of thing please. See you on the pitch Saturday

Thanks Floyd, it means a lot coming from you. In the video of the season (er....Record Breaking Royals ?) Gilkes can clearly be seen shouting at a fan who was about to embrace him after the equaliser.

[Ark Royal]

Brick through the window in front of me on the coach as we left Dean Court on Boxing Day 85. Got covered in glass, but nothing else.

Also fun dodging the shower of bricks from Cardiff at Barry Town in 84 when Trevor notched the winner in the last minute. Got out of there sharpish. Mad fu ckers were jumping in and on top of our coach as well!

Remember Fulham nutters beating the shit out of a copper inside Elm Park during a League Cup tie in the 70s. Reading Station was a war zone that night.

Away games at Gillingham were a bit naughty in the 70s as well. Those narrow lanes around Priestfield were fu cking scary!

[MeMeMe]

A m8 of mine used to sell sweets in the trays at Elm Park. He got kicked in the nuts by a Wolves fan when he was selling them in the away end.

That sounds hilarious, have a fantastic vision of sweets flying up in the air as your mate winces and his knees knock

I was involved in a pushing match with a chicken at Cardiff on Boxing day some years ago. Cardiff fans all dressed up, a chicken and me not moving as we crossed paths.... pushing match ensued leaving me a bit ruffled and some yellow feathers on the floor. No broken eggs and a good day, apart from Chris Casper breaking his leg in the game

[West_Reading]

A couple of my mates were at the home game against Wolves with me at the start of 2009. After the game they left from the wrong gate so ended up walking amongst some angry Wolves fans and in between some of their supporter coaches. They were close to getting into an altercation as they were constantly being racially abused with shouts of 'F***in Pak*s' etc.

[Ian Royal]

No, but I've seen a nobber get lamped by another Reading fan. And some nutter have a go at a steward.

As an adult I'm doing pretty well, I've only been deliberately* punched twice, both in the head. One was a really pathetic effort, and I managed to take the other with only moderate damage to my glasses. Which makes me feel much better about my comparative hardness.


*Whilst doing acting related things I've been smacked accidently more than that, and hit myself with various implements far far more often.

[Rev Algenon Stickleback H]

Nothing physical as such, but I went to a Galatasaray match once and bought a cheap scarf outside the ground and took a stroll round the ground. As I walked the other side of the street from a bar I was a tad surprised to find a flying beer bottle smash very near me, especially as I was wearing the Galatasaray scarf at the time.

IT was a surprisingly cold evening, so wrapped up with the scarf, only the top red and black half was showing. It just so happened that not knowing my bearings, I was walking towards the away end wearing the colours of the away team.


As it happens Galatasaray games, the run of the mill ones at least, aren't quite the "welcome to hell experience" you expect, and their fans were quite polite, even saying "excuse me" (in English) as they squeezed past me in the seats. They were even polite as I texted a mate to find the Reading score while some tuneless dirge played over the tannoy, which I later realised probably meant I'd sat, texting, during the Turkish national anthem.

[Big Foot]

In a counter-game to this, a friend of mine went to Coventry away dressed as Adolf Hitler a couple of years back and DIDN'T get a slap. Accompanied by Superman with accompanying wheelchair et al I'd have thought that would have been a good bet.

The year we lost 3-2 at Highfield Road? I think Owusu scored that day...remember seeing your mate dressed as Hitler and being 14 years old I found it hilarious

I've never been attacked or attacked anyone at a game, I don't know what some of you hooligans are like though with your fighting!

[Tony Le Mesmer]

Superman with accompanying wheelchair

I was at Stamford Bridge in the mid 80s for a game against Man Utd. Man U fans had just served a 2 year away ban i believe. I have never seen so many complete mentallists in a full on scrap at once. It looked more like something out of Zulu dawn, just no blacks.

[bobby m's syrup]

Stockport at home,Aug 1967, won 3-0. Hit by whirling football rattle when John Sainty scored.

[Once were Biscuitmen]

Rain of stones and bricks thrown at me during Independiente vs. Boca match 2002; although the crowd stampeding to get out of range was actually far more dangerous.

The Buenos Aires riot police don’t really mess around and tear gassed the Boca fans, then shot a few rounds of rubber bullets into them outside the ground to really labour the point.

[Z175]

I was coined by an Aston Villa fan at the Madejski which knocked out my two front teeth.

I was in the south stand a few seats from the away fans. We were jeering when they missed their penalty and I got a £1 flung at my face. It narrowly missed the head of a small child on my right and shot through my lip shattering my teeth.

Inevitably I sought immediate first aid, which was very helpful and the doc patched up my lip.

The police were appalling. They were too stupid to understand the incident. The kept saying how did I know it was an Aston Villa fan and could it have been a reading fan! And how could a coin do that? The RFC people said don't worry, we'll find them on CCTV.

A few weeks later I called around a bit, the CCTV had not picked it up. The police didn't even report the incident so i couldn't claim criminal compensation without reporting it myself again.

It cost me about £400 but I proudly took my two new front teeth to Villa Park last year. Interestingly, they seem to have had a few coining incidents since.

[Pardsme]

I had a lairy experience in the late 80's whilst away to Bristol Rovers, who at that time were playing their games at Bath. Must have been a cup game can't remember ended goalless. After the game we were stuck in traffic, and with it being a beautiful evening windows were down and scarves hanging out the windows, few cars in front of us were full of knuckledraggers, 2 of them got out and approached our car. 'Cos they were thick, they had to read our scarves and then penny dropped, started to mess about with the windscreen wipers and goaded us. In the end, they gave up and resorted to giving us the evil eye from their car. I thought sod this, windows up, locked door and squeezed through the traffic which was at a standstill and jumped the red lights. Needless to say, the same knuckledraggers chased after us, kicking the car, trying to open the doors. In the end, they gave up! Had just passed my driving test and was my 1st away game!

A year later, went back to Bristol Rovers and after the game a thug came up to me - asked me "what the time". Then started egging me on, just ignored him and no fisticuffs were exchanged.

Another time, away to Sheffield United was waiting for my mates outside the ground and a Blades fan went pass me and flicked my cap off as I went down to pick it up, another one went pass and discreetly headbutted me. All this happened whilst I was next to a Police horse! They obviously targetted me as I wasn't wearing colours and was a bit vocal during the game.

[Royal Lady]

I remember having to leg it after the FA Cup game against Barry Town as it started to get a bit "tasty".

Ferris' dad and uncle got run down some back alley by some Oxford Fans about 35 years ago and his dad broke his glasses I believe.

Managed to avoid the rocks/bricks thrown by Millwall/Cardiff/Swansea whoever it was early days of the Mad Stad and a steward dragged me and my kids back inside until the fighting had been stopped.

Schards got attacked by a lump of brick thrown by a 3 year old when we walking back to the station from a Millwall game a few years ago. ( I LOL'ed).

[Terminal Boardom]

Brick through the window in front of me on the coach as we left Dean Court on Boxing Day 85. Got covered in glass, but nothing else.

Also fun dodging the shower of bricks from Cardiff at Barry Town in 84 when Trevor notched the winner in the last minute. Got out of there sharpish. Mad fu ckers were jumping in and on top of our coach as well!

Remember them well. The return from Bournemouth was on an ancient Southern Counties Routemaster which was freezing and had a top speed of 28mph. The train journey back from Barry was hell.

Newport in 85/6 was funny. An o*ford fan I know went to the game and got battered by Newport thugs. He had a moan at me about it so I told him he was lucky. If the Reading fans knew he was an o*ford fan they would have battered him as well.

I took a bit of a kicking from Pompey in the South Bank back in the 80s. Very nasty. About 20 of us surrounded by old bill with a few hundred pond life wanting to tear into us. All of a sudden, the old bill vanished and we got battered. I escaped to the Tilehurst End only to be twatted by another pompey cnut!

[The Rouge]

I was coined by an Aston Villa fan at the Madejski which knocked out my two front teeth.

I was in the south stand a few seats from the away fans. We were jeering when they missed their penalty and I got a £1 flung at my face. It narrowly missed the head of a small child on my right and shot through my lip shattering my teeth.

It cost me about £400 but I proudly took my two new front teeth to Villa Park last year. Interestingly, they seem to have had a few coining incidents since.

That's all you want for Christmas!

[Ferris]

Ferris' dad and uncle got run down some back alley by some Oxford Fans about 35 years ago and his dad broke his glasses I believe.

I believe my Dad was ready for a ruck but my Uncle ran off...

[General B]

Several times, but I think being punched squarely in the face by a policeman at Swindon away in the mid-90s is my favourite.

*nostalgic semi*

[Vespa1871]

[quote="General B"]Several times, but I think being punched squarely in the face by a policeman at Swindon away in the mid-90s is my favourite.
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you were acting up at Swindon... what do you expect

[Vision]

Never.

But then I'm Nails obviously.