Hooliganism at Reading

[Unphased Royal]

Now all that is left to do is for SJM to issue his own apology on behalf of the players for the "performance" on tuesday night...

[andrew1957]

Brilliantly handled by SJM and well done to the Chronicle for ending the issue quickly. You just have to wonder about the deluded mind of the idiot who wrote it - was he trying to be clever or funny?

Now all we need is a formal open letter from the players to the fans profusely apologising for Tuesday night's fiasco against Barnsley.

[Green]

Will the club be issuing an apology re the recent performances on the pitch, LOL

[multisync1830]

[quote="multisync1830]I expect the owner of the newspaper will have a chat with Chairman and there will be a number of family friendly RFC articles in the next few months. Both feed off eachother so neither will want this bad blood to run on too long.[/quote]


as I expected.

[Green]

What numbers do you have on the lottery this week, mults

[Niko]

Editor suspended

Confirmed where? That is marvellous.

Confirmed..http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-26767745

Among the claims made in the piece were that Reading fans made Nazi salutes, were drunk and fought with visiting supporters.

I can cope with the Nazi salutes and the fighting, but being drunk? at a football match? Outrageous.

[Ian Royal]

It's an outrage the Chronicle has had to apologise, at the very next home game after the edition in question the fans showed their rampant hooligan tendencies by repeatedly chanting in an abusive fashion.

I seem to recall it went like this:

The Chronicle,
is full of shit.
The Chronicle is full of shit,
it's full of shit, shit and more shit.
The Chronicle is full of shit.

Frankly, outrageous behaviour worthy of incarceration. It was symptomatic of the ineffectual stewarding complicit in our crowd trouble than none of the ring leaders were ejected.

[harry]

Editor suspended

Confirmed where? That is marvellous.

Confirmed..http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-26767745

It even made the local BBC TV news

[Royal Ginger]

I suspect that his suspension has very little to do with comments about Reading Football Club, and a lot more to do with the Attorney General's Office investigating complaints into the Hillsborough comments.

[harry]

I suspect that his suspension has very little to do with comments about Reading Football Club, and a lot more to do with the Attorney General's Office investigating complaints into the Hillsborough comments.

The Liverpool Echo are reporting that AG has looked into & won't take any further action as doesn't meet his test.

“In this case he has concluded that however ill-judged the remark may have been, he does not consider that the test is met in this case. He considers any juror reading the article would not be prejudiced from impartially assessing the evidence he or she hears at the inquest."

Subtext - any sane juror would recognise the article for the rubbish it is.

[multisync1830]

What numbers do you have on the lottery this week, mults

The wrong ones as usual...

[weybridgewanderer]

... Royals fans have a well-deserved reputation for excellent behaviour.

Unfortunately our article and the front page in particular did not make this clear.

What the article stated

"Drunken brawls, racist chanting and sickening Hillsborough slurs – we expose the horrifying hooliganism blighting Reading FC"

I an not really sure how much clearer the article could have been

[Cureton's Volley]

... Royals fans have a well-deserved reputation for excellent behaviour.

Unfortunately our article and the front page in particular did not make this clear.

What the article stated

"Drunken brawls, racist chanting and sickening Hillsborough slurs – we expose the horrifying hooliganism blighting Reading FC"

I an not really sure how much clearer the article could have been

Not forgetting the Nazi Salutes

[No Fixed Abode]

Does anyone remember the trouble after a Reading defeat at The Manor Ground? (probably one of RFCs last games there) Reading lads storming up the road where the crown green bowling club is, to be greeted by riot police on horses who came wading in........the pub at the top of the road, all the windows were smashed in.....

[leon]

Does anyone remember the trouble after a Reading defeat at The Manor Ground? (probably one of RFCs last games there) Reading lads storming up the road where the crown green bowling club is, to be greeted by riot police on horses who came wading in........the pub at the top of the road, all the windows were smashed in.....

yeah. Happy days, Kes, happy days.

Anyway enough reminiscing about football in the last century.

[soggy biscuit]

Anyone know if Gutteridge is looking for a new career yet?

[soggy biscuit]

Slough Observer journalist

John Dickens ‏@Johndickens87 Mar 20
@nick_gutteridge @rdgchronicle looks great fellas. Sterling example of local journalism at its best.

[Green]

Anyone know if Gutteridge is looking for a new career yet?

Nope, he's still publishing articles
http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/author/ngutteridge/

[Big Foot]

I walked past Nick Gutteridge on Tuesday night in town. Seeing him in the flesh made me actually quite sympathetic towards him, he's exactly the cowering loser you'd expect.

[wally bassoon]

Does anyone remember the trouble after a Reading defeat at The Manor Ground? (probably one of RFCs last games there) Reading lads storming up the road where the crown green bowling club is, to be greeted by riot police on horses who came wading in........the pub at the top of the road, all the windows were smashed in.....

After the 3-1 Victory?

I think there carnage was worse after the 2-0 defeat there, but yes Happy Days.

Which one was it where Barry Hunter delibretly took out the CCTV camera in the away end?