away supporters in the home end

[Jerry St Clair]

The Tango that searched me at the turnstiles had a Man Utd badge tattoed on his forearm.

Needless to say, I kicked his head in.

[Sharpy]

LOL!!

He got refused entry with the shirt on but just covered it with a jacket!!

Top stewarding once again from the Tango's.

ah mr boss...bowling into b18 with team burbs

[cmonurz]

The Forum has been closed for ages now, and it was never open for big games

Walkabout used to rarely be open on Saturday mornings for big games either, they only seemed to have opened the last 18 months or so. Both Wetherspoons used to all turn football fans away, so there was very little choice in where to drink. Theres never been a pub where fans could congregate in and chant/drink. The nearest to that was in The Monks before the trouble after the Brighton game in 2002 which caused them to ban football fans.

Strange really, as every other town/city centres pubs welcome fans and don't mind the odd broken window as they get 300 people buying beer non stop for 3 hours plus every other week.

Before people say what about the Rose & Thistle, that's not in the town centre.

Tell me about it Alad!

Annoys me every time in town, that no one pub is very welcoming of fans. The nearest I seem to have discovered is the walkabout, that insists on customers having a season ticket or membercard.

It'd be good to have one place where most people pack out every week before a game.

The monks retreat are oxf*rd. No shirts? Please! More fool them for turning down thousands of pounds in football-related beer buying

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Does it surprise you that pubs are not 'very welcoming' of the sort of fans like Alad who are irritated by the police presence. The number of groups of shaven-headed 'fans' I saw on Friar Street eyeing up other groups and the location of the bill was pathetic.

Cardiff play-off final, barely a copper in sight. THAT is a football-friendly atmosphere, not yesterday afternoon in Reading, which would have kicked off in 5 minutes but for the police presence.