Re: Leeds £40K fine coming? : Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:10 pm  

Leeds_Rhydon wrote:

It will be interesting to see how many letters there are in the League Express about a section of the Hull fans quite audibly singing 'Die Die Cookey F*cking Die' last night...

That is pretty horriffic, I wonder what if anything will be done about it?

Re: Leeds £40K fine coming? : Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:42 pm  

Dear Mr Solly
I am writing to complain about the abusive and expletive-littered chanting directed towards Hull FC player Paul Cooke during the above game.
Early in the game, Hull FC supporters could be clearly heard chanting; "Die, die, Cookie [Paul Cooke] f***ing die". This is in clear contradiction of the RFL's Respect policy which states that:
"RFL Respect Policy :Note - Clubs are responsible for the conduct of their players, parents/carers of players, coaches, officials,volunteers and spectators.
1 No person/s attending a match shall:
a. Use offensive or obscene language to any player, coach, referee, touch judge, official or other spectator;"

As the Complaince Manager with the RFL, I would urge you to investigate these abusive and offensive chants. I am beginning to re-consider attending further Super League games as I do not wish my young daughter to hear such offensive chanting. Likewise, I no longer feel confident watching Sky coverage of the Super League as, having watched a repeat of this game, the chanting is clearly audible on television.
Yours sincerely,

Time to see if the RFL will follow the precedent they have set.

Re: Leeds £40K fine coming? : Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:54 pm  

nottinghamtiger wrote:

Dear Mr Solly
I am writing to complain about the abusive and expletive-littered chanting directed towards Hull FC player Paul Cooke during the above game.
Early in the game, Hull FC supporters could be clearly heard chanting; "Die, die, Cookie [Paul Cooke] f***ing die". This is in clear contradiction of the RFL's Respect policy which states that:
"RFL Respect Policy :Note - Clubs are responsible for the conduct of their players, parents/carers of players, coaches, officials,volunteers and spectators.
1 No person/s attending a match shall:
a. Use offensive or obscene language to any player, coach, referee, touch judge, official or other spectator;"

As the Complaince Manager with the RFL, I would urge you to investigate these abusive and offensive chants. I am beginning to re-consider attending further Super League games as I do not wish my young daughter to hear such offensive chanting. Likewise, I no longer feel confident watching Sky coverage of the Super League as, having watched a repeat of this game, the chanting is clearly audible on television.
Yours sincerely,

Time to see if the RFL will follow the precedent they have set.

I sent a very similar correspondence to the RFL a couple of years ago regarding the self same chant. I received a reply agreeing that it was out of order and a promise that ' it would investigated thoroughly'.
Whether in view of your clubs recent fine anything will be done remains to be seen, I wouldn't hold my breath on it though.

Re: Leeds £40K fine coming? : Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:57 pm  

nottinghamtiger wrote:

Time to see if the RFL will follow the precedent they have set.

As there was no homophobic abuse directed towards Paul Cooke, then I'm not sure how they could follow that precedent.

Re: Leeds £40K fine coming? : Sun Jul 11, 2010 2:10 pm  

Leeds_Rhydon wrote:

It will be interesting to see how many letters there are in the League Express about a section of the Hull fans quite audibly singing 'Die Die Cookey F*cking Die' last night...

Not the first time this chant has been sung by the moronic element of their fans, ( but the first time its been heard via sky) and rightly condemned by the right minded fans on their board, but IMO its as bad as the chants, sung by the minority of Cas idiots, directed to Thomas.

Wonder if the RFL will dish out equal punishment ?

Re: Leeds £40K fine coming? : Sun Jul 11, 2010 2:27 pm  

Bertie wrote:

Not the first time this chant has been sung by the moronic element of their fans, ( but the first time its been heard via sky) and rightly condemned by the right minded fans on their board, but IMO its as bad as the chants, sung by the minority of Cas idiots, directed to Thomas.

Wonder if the RFL will dish out equal punishment ?

To Wakefield for not stemming the chanting??

Re: Leeds £40K fine coming? : Sun Jul 11, 2010 6:17 pm  

rupert bear wrote:

I would not read a newspaper as left wing as the Daily Mail.
Marxism and Multinational Big Business are equally responsible for the downfall of general standards in society and the collapse of civilisation as the final outcome.

This, and Matt King's Barber's' post on the first page, are probably two of the most idiotic posts I've ever read on this site. And that's saying something.

[tb]

Re: Leeds £40K fine coming? : Sun Jul 11, 2010 6:21 pm  

'Hitman' Norvern Soul wrote:

This, and Matt King's Barber's' post on the first page, are probably two of the most idiotic posts I've ever read on this site. And that's saying something.

This one?

Matt King's Barber wrote:

(I <3 Thatcher),

Oh I don't know: Thatcher is pretty low in my estimation, but I'm prepared to admit that Matt King's Barber is indeed less than three of her.

Re: Leeds £40K fine coming? : Sun Jul 11, 2010 6:27 pm  

tb wrote:

This one?

Oh I don't know: Thatcher is pretty low in my estimation, but I'm prepared to admit that Matt King's Barber is indeed less than three of her.

Indeed

The general point of his post was ridiculous. He must feel so ashamed when visiting all those old mining/docking/steel/wire* manufacturing towns, all affiliated with trade unions..





*He supports Warrington, ffs!

Re: Leeds £40K fine coming? : Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:12 pm  

Study politics and economics and then feel free to debate Thatcher's impact on this country with me.