NZFC: the pro-swearing anti-PC thread

NZFC: the pro-swearing anti-PC thread

Since being in New Zealand, I have really enjoyed going down to park island and watching Hawkes Bay play in the NZFC, I think the island is a fantastic little ground that has so much potential, and indeed I do get people telling me how it used to be packed to the rafters during the 80's and early 90's. stockportcounty2008-12-03 10:26:47

Swear on.  Kids hear worse in the playground anyway.

You shoulda seen this woman that came up, proper hairdressing type, big mouth, beads down to her bloody knees.."ummmm excuseee me guys but like ive come down with my sister you know...and like she totally came up to me and said b*****d you, know, shes like 5 guys what do you have to say for yourself"................GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Wow you think that's bad? Couple years back Dewhurst thought us City fans were so 'vulgar' and 'disgusting' with our chants that he wrote a full page column on it in Soccer Talk.

I've heard worse shouted at pretty much every NZFC ground in the North Island just from individuals... (not only me).  She'd have a heart-attack if she was near the Zone.

I think the problem is the NZFC is pretty family orientated...the phoenix is too,but the stadium is much bigger than that of an NZFC one...so the club just hides us in the corner away from the families  thats a bit harder to do in a small park atmosphere

Thanks for all your responses, As my friend put it...going to a football match and not expecting anyone to swear is kinda like going to church and not expecting prayers. The lack of atmosphere at games is one of the reason we wanted to start to chanting at games...it makes it so much more interesting...but people writing in and calling fans 'vulgar' and 'disgusting' is too far. I almost felt embarrassed for one of our club officials when he come over and said to me "Tom, can you tell your lot to stop using the word B*****d, the refs finds it offensive and wants to lay a complaint"....the best thing was...we were calling the ref a fat b*****d!!!!! Obviously quite sensitive that chap

Ytak don't have any fans. They have spectators, who watch in sullen silence a la rugbyheads.

should've told her to f**k off that would've got her going 

Exactly rugby heads that dont actually know how to support a team except for waving stupid banners around or mexican waves or something....I really wanted to tell her to F off....I thought about it but I figured it would have had worse consequences!

when it comes down to it this countries far too P.C 

FFS!!  It is possible to make witty, loud and let's face it downright hilarious chants without having to swear at all. You're just being lazy you f*****g t*#%ers!!

From another slant they're just words, who decided theyre 'bad' words? What did said words do to become 'bad'? Did they rob a bank? Or kill a man? Or steal from the church money collection plate?

Seriously, words = letters thrown together to form different noises that constitute communication.

I'm not trying to say that you have to absolutely swear to create an atmosphere, what I'm getting at is that it would be nice to get away with the occasional curse word in a chant...for example if one of us happened to mutter b*****d in a chant, not having some jumped up thick as two planks woman telling me her 5 year old sister heard it and that i have ruined her life.....P.S...why has the name of the thread changed? I didn't call it that, sounds good though lol

I sympathise deeply with you stockportcounty. At the end of the day, there's nothing wrong with a bit of swearing at footy - it's always been that way. My dad used to take me to Chelsea (or a non-league game) as a kid and there was always swearing. It didn't mean I had to come out with it as a kid, in fact I knew I'd get a strong clip round the ear.

The games I went to in NZ lacked atmosphere of any description. Even if there was a chant it was only ever about two blokes coming out with some cringe-worthy American-style cheerleader melody. I was even taken to a Warriors rugby league game and, save for a couple of chants of "Warriors! Warriors!", there was nothing - no passion! Don't let the PC brigade ruin creating an atmosphere - all footballers will tell you that they thrive on a decent atmosphere.PSG552008-12-03 21:41:22

Cheers for that mate..perhaps we should start a protest, or sign all our names and march down to NZFC headquarters!! The players at HB love it and I think it really helps them and gives them a lift...Seriously, the last game I was at here there would have been more noise in a library and its hard for me to take when 'm used to sitting in edgely park or old trafford where it is far from quiet!! The only question is however....how do I tell those stupid cows that come up to us and tell us to stop chanting to f**k off!

haha you cant talk mate, Highbury was a library and the emirates is far from pumping..!!

I know mate just yanking your chain 

haha if you havnt noticed, my chain is yanked very easilly...1-0 to the arsenal haha

Well I guess where that makes me different from you, I was merely making a point, and that is in no way sl*gging off New Zealand at all. So I'm glad you used your head and refrained

Yeah, which is my point exactly, not trying to sl*g off NZ football which I have a lot of respect for

You know, you don't need to. A lot of us probably don't

haha and heres me trying to be diplomatic!!!!