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LT01 wrote:Noah4thenix wrote:I know you haven't been in Dunedin long, but this has happened a few times over the years so they're probably just trying to be proactive here. People crossing a line too far and can result in things getting a bit nasty. I can recall being at a Royals-Northern game on the turf in the SPL and reminding the Northern lads a few to step back from the pitch, they were almost on it!
So uh, little update. Northern is now being watched for "Anti-Social behaviour". Southern Football is sending a representitive to keep an eye on us at the derby and the referee is being instructed to halt the game in case of innapropriate chants and is permitted to call off the game if bad behaviour persists.
Now obviously I'm pretty biased here since I play for Northern but I feel like we haven't been bad enough to warrant such scrutiny. I wouldn't say we've been saints but we've done a decent job at keeping each other in line, immediately shutting down anything that crossed a line and what not. If people from other clubs want to chip in with their own perspective feel free but I really don't think we've been so bad we need to be kept under a microscope.
Idk, I find it somewhat frustrating since we've been self-regulating and going above and beyond with the Christchurch trip for example (I feel tired just thinking of that road trip). Not gonna stop us from having a fun derby though, even if we have to hold back.
Again if others think Northern have been out of control let me know, I might be unable to see it since I'm with the club.
On the flipside I've mostly found the banter from Northern to be funny or at worst within limits, but all it takes is one individual to cross the line and a couple others to follow them. I guess they're just trying to be wary of that and for nothing to happen that might be a bad look for the clubs/federation/league.
Hopefully it's not taken poorly because 99% of what Northern are bringing to this comp is good. Probably that representative will have nothing to do!
Hopefully nothing much comes from this and it just slowly passes. Everyone's still buzzing for the game regardless so just gotta make sure everything's kept respectable come game day lol