: Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:43 pm  

OmneFC wrote:

which as with the Hull match previously leaves me wondering why the police presence was so large, and why they insisted on it being an early kick off, i know they will see this as a success, but i believe that it is proof that it wasnt needed in the first place....

spot on!!

: Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:03 am  

I couldnt have made a 3pm kick off as started work at 6pm so was glad of the time change!!!

: Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:38 am  

OmneFC wrote:

which as with the Hull match previously leaves me wondering why the police presence was so large, and why they insisted on it being an early kick off, i know they will see this as a success, but i believe that it is proof that it wasnt needed in the first place....

When walking back to car there were about 20/30 HKR fans singing "shoot the Castleford scum" now even though that is a little banter to me and you if there were a group of cas fans that had been drinking you could easilily see why it kicked off at 12.

I think the game kicked off at 12 and saved a lot of potential trouble between 2 clubs that in this day and age aren't known for being too friendly anymore.

: Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:33 am  

Hi Folks

I just wanted to say that the reason the Mods are being more proactive about the use of terms like 'R****D' is that its not in this day and age an acceptable term to describe anyone, come on it is it.

As some of you might know I'm the Chair of the Rugby League Supporters Association and I'm in full support of an RFL campaign called 'You'll Never Watch Alone', this is intended to give those with learning disabilities the confidence to go watch Rugby League. It's been a big success and as a result some of people with learning difficulties with assistance and also independantly use Forums like this, so do thier families and it does cause distress and upsets people. When it does I get complaints and have to follow them up with the Mods and Admins here.

I'm just asking for support from you the RL family to help educate others who do use terms like this thats its not acceptable anymore. There are legitimate uses for it but you never get them used on these boards so please help me help others.


Thanks a lot everyone, good luck for the rest of the season and take care.

Gill

Chair RLDSA

: Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:14 am  

[quote="LewisJ23"]When walking back to car there were about 20/30 HKR fans singing "shoot the Castleford scum"


Oops............. If you listen very very carefully you would have heard a song ending "shoot the FC scum" bellowing out loud and clear across the early afternoon air. This is a traditional east Hull song sung during every game. It was sung at Cas last year and after our defeat a few years ago. Did you hear "We all hate Hull" sung as well after some of our tries?.

Reminds me of the Sun reporter who wrote that Brighton fans were chanting "seig heil" during a match and were therefore being racist. In fact they were chanting "sea gulls (Brighton's nickname)!!!!!

: Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:14 am  

JoshyyCas wrote:

Great team with a great set of fans.
Created a great atmosphere, only thing the day lacked was a Cas win
But...can't win em' all i guess

be nice if we could though

: Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:16 pm  

JoshyyCas wrote:

Great team with a great set of fans.
Created a great atmosphere, only thing the day lacked was a Cas win
But...can't win em' all i guess

We seam to have trouble winning any at HOME

: Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:07 am  

TomA wrote:

It was sung at Cas last year and after our defeat a few years ago. Did you hear "We all hate Hull" sung as well after some of our tries?.

I've never understood this one though, because you're Hull too...

: Wed Aug 05, 2009 2:43 pm  

Bonzo wrote:

I've never understood this one though, because you're Hull too...

We're Rovers, they're Hull. (still doesn't make sense in some ways admittedly but it's tradition now ).

: Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:24 pm  

Gates Hull Thunder Sharks is a bit of a mouth full.