I went to Lords and...

[nibbs]

it was cold. I didn't prepare very well for the elements so I was cold.

I was sitting to the right of the media centre. It was cool when the beach balls came out in the second innings, and we caused the security guards a lot of anger. It was hella cool fo sho. But I think Eden Park is cooler...

 

[Dick Rockett]

Bastard! How'd you get a ticket then? It's not even on telly here (unless you have pay TV :-()

 

[nibbs]

scalpers mang...

 

[Langeveldt]

Lords seriously sucks...
Make sure you don't take your top off, or carry a flag with you.. Or a hooter... Fun? We've come to watch the cricket! *Scoff*
Some criminals get off more lightly....

 

[Richard]

Lord's may have unneccessarily stringent rules, but it's still a ground steeped in history, The Home Of Cricket, and it's the one ground anyone habiting in England must visit to call themselves a cricket fan.
I haven't yet, but I will do in the next few years.

 

[Swervy]

Lord's may have unneccessarily stringent rules, but it's still a ground steeped in history, The Home Of Cricket, and it's the one ground anyone habiting in England must visit to call themselves a cricket fan.
I haven't yet, but I will do in the next few years.

so does that mean you arent a cricket fan then

 

[Langeveldt]

Lord's may have unneccessarily stringent rules, but it's still a ground steeped in history, The Home Of Cricket, and it's the one ground anyone habiting in England must visit to call themselves a cricket fan.
I haven't yet, but I will do in the next few years.

I couldn't give a rats **** about tradition... There are many grounds steeped in tradition, but it doesnt give them the right to be intimidating and unfriendly to visitors... Lords should be leading the way, but instead it is resting on it's laurels, and is as stuffy as it ever has been....

 

[Craig]

Lords seriously sucks...
Make sure you don't take your top off, or carry a flag with you.. Or a hooter... Fun? We've come to watch the cricket! *Scoff*
Some criminals get off more lightly....

So what is the punishment, confuscation of those items, or booted out of the ground never to return?

And you can blame those moronic Pakistani fans in the 2001 Natwest Series for causing trouble and ruining cricket (think the firecracker indicent for example).

 

[Andre]

So what is the punishment, confuscation of those items, or booted out of the ground never to return?

And you can blame those moronic Pakistani fans in the 2001 Natwest Series for causing trouble and ruining cricket (think the firecracker indicent for example).

No - only if you want to turn it into a race-related issue... Which you shouldn't have done. Misbehavior occurs in all cultures, you twit.

 

[Langeveldt]

No - only if you want to turn it into a race-related issue... Which you shouldn't have done. Misbehavior occurs in all cultures, you twit.

Bit of a generalisation there Andre.. Seriously if one can't say that some Pakistani fans created trouble a few years back for fear of being shot down as a racist, then we don't have a lot of hope do we!?

 

[Andre]

The issue I have is with the terms 'those moronic Pakistani fans....'

 

[Nate]

So what is the punishment, confuscation of those items, or booted out of the ground never to return?

And you can blame those moronic Pakistani fans in the 2001 Natwest Series for causing trouble and ruining cricket (think the firecracker indicent for example).

haha go the pakistanis... awesome they is.

 

[tooextracool]

so does that mean you arent a cricket fan then

well duh

 

[Richard]

The issue I have is with the terms 'those moronic Pakistani fans....'

Well... they were moronic and they were - supposedly - Pakistani cricket fans. About as much in reality as those idiots that go around with the England football team and cause all the trouble they cause. They're not fans of English football, either.
The supposed-Pakistani-fans were a massive problem in NW Series 2001, on 4 occasions (Edgbaston pitch-invasion, Trent Bridge firecracker, Headingley very frightening pitch-attack where a steward was badly injured, Lord's throwing the beer-can at Bevan).
But I don't think this can exclusively be blamed for Lord's' over-stringent rule-making.

 

[Richard]

so does that mean you arent a cricket fan then

It would do if I didn't visit it, yes.
But I'm going to, so I am.

 

[Richard]

I couldn't give a rats **** about tradition... There are many grounds steeped in tradition, but it doesnt give them the right to be intimidating and unfriendly to visitors... Lords should be leading the way, but instead it is resting on it's laurels, and is as stuffy as it ever has been....

Hell, I'm not saying it's got a right to be unfriendly to visitors, but that's not the ground's fault - it's MCC who make the rules! It's the ground which has the tradition, MCC who are resting on laurels and as stuffy as they've ever been...

 

[Craig]

No - only if you want to turn it into a race-related issue... Which you shouldn't have done. Misbehavior occurs in all cultures, you twit.

Una del cazzo di merda.

You are a goose are you?

So what do you think of those Pakistani fans who caused trouble?

Come on answer it.

It is irrelevant about other cultures.

Apologies for my lack of PC.

 

[nibbs]

i was really hoping some crowd members would get angry with the security guards so that a massive ruck could begin. that would have really topped off my day. however it never happened

 

[nibbs]

no crowd trouble at the the final fo sho. although it would have been fun if there was trouble and at one stage i was hoping there would be. i would have been more than willing to join in...

 

[marc71178]

What a great attitude to take that is (!)