"We're here to watch the football..."

At every coin toss and hand shake I yell "Smack 'im Kev!' at the top of my voice...

its called the fever zone for a reason and yes its gona have some drunk people in there. its seems the people who dont like the YF are the people who think its a family zone and not a fever zone. no offence to familys some are great there but i think if you dont like the YF behivour and chants then you should sit in a less rowady area, even astile 23-24 are pritty quite but still close to the action

Riise - that's not what Shabba's post implies at all.

This might be a dumb idea so here me out.

I have never been to the Ring of Fire so don't know how it is laid out but I'm guessing its similar to other stadiums where you have a concourse half way up and walk down the seats like at North Harbour or Eden Park?

Why don't you put a large banner at the top entrances or maybe have a chat with Tony P about arranging a banner for the entrance of the Fever Zone that says "Zone for Football nutters" or "Fever Zone - Not suitable for Families" or whatever. This has a two fold effect of the Phoenix organisation appearing to be proactive to families and their needs and also alleviating the issue of the PC brigade or 'those who are easily offended' sitting in the Fever Zone

Not everyone follows this forum or may not be aware of it and may seat themselves in that area of aisle 21-22 unintentionally. Being proactive in removing the PC crowd or alerting families may solve these issues

 aye? We'd have nothing to complain about then..

That's fine Doc, though by then the ticket holder now has a ticket telling them to go past the banner.

Shouldnt be required Ticketek know what the zone is about,but then again given their record since we started to them it probably means an area suitable to families.

Maybe ask Tony P to get the Ticketek guys to not sell child's tickets in the Fever Zone? Or put up an A4 sign at the ticket purchase area saying that the Fever Zone in aisle 21-22 and adults and families purchase and sit in the area at their own risk or something of that ilk that is pro-active.

I'm trying to be proactive in fixing the issue. If some brainless c**t is shouting racist remarks he should get tossed out. If you can't identify them, then at least minimise the exposure to children. The Fever Zone guys have to be able to have fun without fear of offending fellow supporters, so try and keep the ones most likely to be offended away from the area.....
DrQuack322007-10-01 23:11:53

You can't do that, some parents are irresponsible enough to want their children in the zone.  Even buy them a season ticket there...

You are kidding right?

Not even slightly.

The Junior News had one of the first season tickets in the Zone... row BB.  He even spent time in the Bloc at NHS in the last Knights season as well, not many can say that about 2006/2007.

Wanders off to grab himself a drink and a nosh, pops back in and joins me.  We have a deal on bad language, and everyone at the Backbencher greets him... he has a superb day out.  Only missed the Newcastle game because he had his 8th birthday party the next day and needed the sleep.

Helped him win an inter-school speech competition at the age of 7. 

http://yellowfever.co.nz/show-news.asp?ID=810

Football Mum and Champs #1's lads are usually up in the back half as well.
Hard News2007-10-01 23:34:11

Start 'em young.

Thomas is a legend...da da da dah!!!

The difference is News is that you aren't part of the PC brigade so you are less likely to complain and even less likely to cause trouble with your kid hanging around. I'm referring to the ones that sit in that area out of ignorance of what goes on there and then complain about it later on.

Who the feck is this P.C brigade you keep going on about?

I had a friend in Wellington that took her boyfriend to the 2nd home game and she foolishly sat in the Fever Zone then complained to me about the antics afterwards. Stupid tart, but there is a classic case of someone who wont go again because she didn't know what she was getting into.

The anonymity  of a large crowd will  unfortunately always provide cover for a few brain dead  morons to shout abuse be it racist,sexist or just plain dumb ,its good to see the YF discussing this issue as its far better that we police our selfs and nip these things in the bud before they become a bigger issue with security getting involved or even worse the the local constabulary. Sometimes a quick shut yir mouth and sit down from the majority is enough to shame/embarrass a ,hide in a crowd liquor brave dick head into crawling back under his stone! I come from a country that is in the midst of battling religious as well as racial  intolerance  at football games and i strongly suggest that we don't allow an  environment to develop here that allows a culture of hate thats based  on  exclusion or abuse of other people!
And just in case  im accused of being full of pc  waffle, i do think Jardel is over rated and incredibly fat!!
Kiwi Jambo2007-10-02 11:42:01

I've sat in row 24, just down from the Fever guys and to be honest I've not heard any chants that would worry me. i choose to avoid the fever zone so I can explain whats happening during the game to my wife when she joins me. We love the chanting and join in as soon as we figure out which chant has been started. didn;t catch any of the "racist" or "abusive" ones - they are all really classic and quite humourous - particulrly the "are you Auckland in disguise!"

Quite right Jambo. It is up to those who hear racist or sexist abuse to speak up and put those idiots in their place. I`m sure others will back you up.

Yeah exactly.

I have to say I hate people using "paedophile" in chants - it's sick.

I agree with "theprof", I also avoid the Fever Zone to concentrate on watching and analysing the game.  The only problem (if you want to call it that) with aisle 28 (other than the absence of prawn sandwiches) is when the aisle 30 chants mix with the FZ chants - somehow they seem to meet in aisle 28.  Hard to choose which one to join in on - except that "you're so sh*t it's unbelievable" will always trump anything else.

Weirdo.

when I went to Ticketek and booked for the Galaxy match  I was shown a layout of the stadium so I coulcl choose where to sit and the seating was coloured green, grey and yellow for the 3 areas. So Ticketek do know about the YF zone. But in choosing the YF zone I was not advised that;

 - I could expect to find some-one else in my seat
 - I would need to stand during the match
 - I would be expected to sing
  - I may expect a beer shampoo
 - I would be exposed to intemperate language
 - I would be exposed to partial frontal nudity

So perhaps a notice could be organised through Ticketek to advise potential YF attendees as to the consequence of their decision?

Come on  theres nothing more bracing and good for the soul  than standing naked in a stiff Wellington southerly eating a prawn sandwich ,so visual don't you think!!

Well the "hard" men of the Fever Zone were shirtless in a northerly wind - I don't know if they're as tough as they make out and would do the same in a southerly wind.  I'd shout them a pinot gris if they were up to that!

Probably a rich smooth Cab Merlot might be more resuscitating , not available in these horrible little  plastic bottles at the stadium though!
Kiwi Jambo2007-10-02 13:42:00

But at least there is a decent coffee place near aisle 28, not like the herbal dishwash lizard piss I made the mistake of buying on my first trip.

i wasent talking about the racit chants i never heard any at all, i just dont like people who sit in the fever zone then complain its bad, they throw beer and stuff. well if people dont like it dont sit there. i was saying the people complaining want to be close to the action and chanting but dont want to be around the so called idots so i was suggesting they sit in astile 23. i think it would make things alot better. the fever zone will always be roudy and i see people new to it laughfing at the chants all the time and you can tell its there 1st time but people sit there sit down and arent a part of the yf then complain afterwards about beer beeing thrown. its just like the terraces in cricket its the worst place to be, love it or hate it i say but dont try to change yf its awsome how it is

Shabba wasn't sitting in the fever zone and complaining it's bad. He was complaining that there were guys throwing around beer and making racist chants and started this thread as a result of those idiots. I thought you were responding to that; I had not realised that we'd changed topics to discuss entry criteria for the zone in general.

yeah mate i change the topic when i want, sorry about that. i dident know shabba was complaining i havent read all this stuff i was saying dont sit in the fever zone if you dont like it. simple as that. no racist chants shouldent be made no matter what but beer thrown when a goal is scored is harmless its only a bit of liquid

Is wasting beer ok?

if your team scores a goal then why not, the price of beer is steap at the stadium and wasting it just shows how much you love your team. i dont think all people throw it up its just happens when you throw you hands in the air. i get caked in beer most goals but i dont mind its just a bit of fun

My son (17) and I sit down the front of aisle 24. We can see the game and once we have figured out the chants are happy to join in. Yes, some of the lanuage is well .....rough, but no worse than that anywhere else most of the time. We have not heard any rasist chants, some bad ones yes. Anyway we join in and enjoy the atmosphere in the stadium. By the end of the game both of us as usually somewhat hoare (great when you have a preresentation the next day). The best chant of the day was a toss-up between; youre so sh*t its unbelieveable, or are you auckland in disguse. I would like to ask one thing, is it possible to get the chants/songs printed and handed out at the start of the game, that would be great!!!!!!

I think we have to be a bit careful we don't get carried away here.  For all the talk of racist chants, no one has actually said what was chanted/said that was racist.  I personally have never heard anything rasict in the zone, and I have been in a few different areas in there.

I'd rather not get beer on me. I don't think spilling your beer makes anyone think, "look he's wasting beer, it's expensive so that means he loves the team!