EARLY LEAVERS!!

All_Arsenal_1886 · Post by **All_Arsenal_1886** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:41 am

We have scored 16 goals *i think* in the last ten minutes this season... So why the fuck to fans continue to leave early

Of course i stayed untill the end and me and my brother went mental

stearmaster · Post by **stearmaster** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:43 am

All_Arsenal_1886 wrote:We have scored 16 goals *i think* in the last ten minutes this season... So why the fuck to fans continue to leave early

Of course i stayed untill the end and me and my brother went mental

so did i, i have a bruised knee from where i jumped down the steps into the wall aswell!!!!!

stats · Post by **stats** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:38 pm

i pushed the people in my row out the way, hugged em & even kissed one of them (sadly ain't the salt behind me lol)

thatgooner · Post by **thatgooner** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:56 pm

It was wild wasn't it!

I dont understand why you would leave that early. Its really not worth it!!?

RocastleRock · Post by **RocastleRock** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:35 pm

That why we go too football, to go abit mad when we score.. i nearly passed out yesterday....

tomkingsbury · Post by **tomkingsbury** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 3:12 pm

yeah when that goal went in i went mental, running all over the place. loads of the early leavers were trying to get back in and i was shoutign at them telling them to fuck off as they didnt deserve to see the goal. fucking pricks.

All_Arsenal_1886 · Post by **All_Arsenal_1886** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:16 pm

All_Arsenal_1886 wrote:We have scored 16 goals *i think* in the last ten minutes this season... So why the fuck to fans continue to leave early

It's actually 21 goals in the last 15 minutes.

BT · Post by BT » Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:27 pm

I almost missed the goal because of people walking in front of me to leave. I don't understand when you're 1-0 down and the players are fighting for it, why risk missing a goal? Its slightly more understandable when you're 4-0 up or 4-0 down or its an evening kick off but why go to a football match on a saturday afternoon at 3pm and rush out?? And what message does it send to the players?

Another man in front of me arrived 15 minutes in and spent the whole time on his blackberry. Perhaps those Islington residents who got tickets when the stadium was being built are the ones to blame as well as the increase in ticket prices meaning the type of fan has changed. I know of people who have season tickets and arsenal aren't their team and its really sad because real fans (me included) hardly get to go.

Rant over.

OT02 · Post by **OT02** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:59 pm

I can sympathise with early leavers on a mid week game, because the Grove is a fucking nightmare to get away from. It shouldn't be tbh, because there's at least 3 underground stations within walking distance from the ground (sort it out TFL

). Yes, I will stand here and say I have left early on two occasions, not through personal choice but more to do with the fact that my boss is the most unsympathetic *word censored* in the world when it comes to arriving late

(for the Spurs CC game last year I scraped it on the last train home)

But theres just no excuse for the scenes I witnessed yesterday. I wasn't at the game but was watching it in a pub. To leave early, when the team NEEDS our support, with our record in late goals (cheers for the stats guys), and the fact we're currently the best team in the league is a fucking disgrace. I'm sorry, but they'res just no excuse.

To all the Numpties: If you're not going to support your football club, fuck off. We neither like you, need you and we especially don't want you.

Rant over

Yorkshire_Gooner · Post by **Yorkshire_Gooner** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 7:30 pm

It serves people right who leave the game early. I dont get to go that much but when i do i am there well before and well after the game

Gimp_mask · Post by **Gimp_mask** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 7:31 pm

Coz its a long way home to Yorkshire eh ?

Yorkshire_Gooner · Post by **Yorkshire_Gooner** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 7:40 pm

Pay for my tickets(get me them in fact)quite hard for me to do considering i work as a landscape gardener and i am outside all day and dont get access to the net till i come home.yes i know theres telephone booking but they dont take my card. pay my train fare and arrange for me to have the time off work and i will be there every game home and away does that sound better?

Red Gunner · Post by **Red Gunner** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:07 pm

The three points about the whole situation are:

1) Wrong message given to the players when they see the stadium half-empty while losing/drawing

2) Real fans missing out the ones who will always support the team

3) Us getting a reputation for "prawn sandwich" fans like Man Utd have if it continues

Anyone got solutions?

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:08 pm

LET'S CLOSE DOWN THE GROUND AND MOVE BACK TO HIGHBURY!!

dvbrisgooner1 · Post by **dvbrisgooner1** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:09 pm

Hagbard 23 wrote:Having just seen MOTD on an internet stream, I have to agree with the above comments. That was TRULY embarrasing seeing the ground so empty.

Something should be done about these fairweather 'FANS'.

THEY ARE GIVING US A BAD NAME

Unfortunately it's not just the prawn sandwich eaters. All over the stadium we have early leavers. Two guys next to me left with 6 minutes, 43 seconds left on the clock on the big screen - plus injury time (they arrived five minutes late as well).