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Racist, homophobic or sexist?
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What was the referee warning via Drackers for?
Apparently whatever it was it came from somewhere North end of the East Terrace just after Louis was fouled and the offenders wasn't booked.
Whatever, it'll cost us £££ as it'll be in the official's match report now. So well done fuckwits.
Edited by BALDOCKBORO at 23:33:23 on 15th February 2025
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Re: Racist, homophobic or sexist? Peterborough Statement
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Edited by Steve 1970 at 09:21:06 on 19th February 2025
Edited by Steve 1970 at 09:25:09 on 19th February 2025
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Re: Racist, homophobic or sexist?
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It was all 3 of the above, and it was me. Please put my stadium ban in the post.
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You don't get out of attending games that easily.
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I thought this was going to be a game of 'allocate the Reform member into the relevant category'
Very disappointed
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Can name 3 one for each category, Nigel Farage, Richard Tice and Lee Anderson.
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Scunthorpes?
(Emphasis on letters 2-5)
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the amount of people who have been involved in this article shows the
problems in this country but this should not become a political website things are changing
and not everyone will be impressed with the things that are going on.
lets get back to being a football site and backing our club STEVENAGE f.c
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Changing for the worse for some people.But do agree this is a footy forum though so I apologise if I have crossed line, as perhaps others have too. Answer then a blanket ban on anything not footy related?
Edited by HitchinBoro exCalling at 18:06:22 on 17th February 2025
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Re: Racist, homophobic or sexist?
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I'm all for that. I can do without people's tedious political beliefs on the site.
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I've always discouraged politics on here. It's one sure way of falling out and creating divisions.
There are other things that might do the same but I think we are pretty good on the whole of keeping content relating to football or Stevenage. Not that I mind off topic stuff if it's light hearted / easy reading.
Of course in the off season when nothing is going on we don't mind more off topic stuff as long as it's kept pleasant.
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Re: Racist, homophobic or sexist?
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I wonder what the favourite TV show amongst the Borofans out of these 3?
GBBO
Pointless
Cruising with Jane McDonald
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Re: Racist, homophobic or sexist?
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Only Connect
The 1% Club
The sky at night
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LOVE Only Connect! Actually I love Victoria Coren-Mitchell. I met her once - shook her hand!
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Good show. I’ve only ever got one answer though
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I detest it. That and Question Time make me want to cancel my TV licence.
Spade
Tin
2x41
¥
The answer was metal.
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Sev is lying. I send him the sport-based Only Connect (and Uni Challenge) questions each Monday evening and he loves it.
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🤣 Three of my favourites.
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Pick 1
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It's between GBBO and Pointless. I'll go GBBO be cause they talk too much with the contestants on Pointless.
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Yes. Nobody is interested in small talk with the contestants.
Shit! I forgot to add Countdown to the list
Edited by Original Mr Wasp at 18:43:18 on 17th February 2025
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On the balance of probabilities, it was probably WASP. Although I did have to think long and hard about myself for a minute, just to be sure.
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Cheers son's crying. Nice one
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This is the 2nd time this season a ref has stopped a game because of comments from the East Stand.
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The first was for nonce/pedo chants vs Cambridge.
Not racist homophobic or sexist
Cheers,
InvaderOfPitches
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Exactly . So I see that clip. It was a bunch of lads on both sides who both didn’t seem offended . Now perhaps people were .
Nobody wants racist , homophobic, sexist stuff . Turns out the first incident that a game was stopped this year if the above is correct was for none of those reasons .
I think all people on one side of this argument are saying is let’s not call people out when you have no idea what has happened.
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But nobody WAS called out! It was a general comment to say that, if someone did say something in one of those categories, they were out of order. That is correct & nobody was named & shamed.
I don’t see the problem with the post & I agree completely.
I’m nearly 60. I’ve been going to football matches for over 50 years. I’ve only ever been at 2 games where the referee has stopped the game for comments and they were both by Stevenage fans.
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The announcement vs Cambridge was from a misunderstanding.
Pedophile/nonce isn't homophobic
Also saw a Cambridge fan was unhappy with pedo chants being labelled as homophobic, said that the announcement was homophobic.
/imgur.com/a/4GFAhkt
People are way too fast to point the finger and blow situations out of proportion.
Cheers,
InvaderOfPitches
Edited by InvaderOfPitches1 at 19:15:01 on 17th February 2025
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I know paedophile/nonce isn’t homophobic! I just didn’t list all of the banned categories.
As for the Cambridge game, how do you know it was a misunderstanding? Doesn’t change the fact that I’ve only experienced it at Stevenage matches.
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most people aren't stupid enough to chant stuff in a stadium full of cameras.
Plus the announcement followed the pedo chants and they called it a chanting in the announcement
Cheers,
InvaderOfPitches
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Most people, but not ALL people. There’s some extremely stupid people around.
Most people aren’t stupid enough to throw a lit firework into the away crowd in a stadium full of cameras but someone still did it!
My original point still stands. Why would anyone try to defend this behaviour?
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The irony of calling someone a fuckwit in a thread you created about absusive language
Edited by Richie Rich C at 11:24:31 on 16th February 2025
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Do you mean hypocrisy?
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I’ve accused Balders of hypocrisy on a number of occasions on twitter and bluesky, basically because he’s an enormous hypocrite. I got a strongly worded letter from the Police Federation warning me of my actions and 3 points on my driving licence.
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You need to get arguing on Facebook for the full house.
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Oh yes here , twitter and face book .. the full Trebble …
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The trick is to screen shot the tweets before he deletes them
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I definitely went for irony as was subtly ensuring I didn’t make an abusive remark on the posters character.
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Abusive language from the terraces (swearing) isn't ever going to be punished by the authorities.
If you can't see the obvious difference between abusive language - which i have no issue with in most settings, and racist or homophobic behaviour.
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As previously posted Baldock , you have so far failed to say what was actually reported. You have claimed it was from the North but the ref clearly pointed to the south of the east stand. Drackers read a pre scripted response so you have failed to factually act on evidence and yet here you are doubling down. At no point has anyone stated what was actually said. The only factual abusive thing I have witnessed in this whole matter is you calling a fellow supporter a fuckwit
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Sigh.
My OP asked what was said. I wasn't there.
But I know that the protocol enacted by the referee of stopping play speaking to the fourth official, calling the captains over and getting a annoy announcement made was specifically written to respond to discriminatory abuse and latterly tragedy chanting.
So it's a fair assumption that someone reported racist or homophobic behaviour no?
If the referee implemented it because someone called him an expletive cheat that would not be in line with the FA guidelines on the use of rhe protocol and would mean stopping matches every single Saturday across the country.
And I think you'll find I said it came from the North of rhe East Terrace, which is what I was told.
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I was there and the ref pointed to the south of the east stand and surely given your previous profession you know better than most not to assume but to act on facts and hold comment until they are known,
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I don't think the club will be fined for any fuckwittery on this site tbf
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That, or there's 20 years of back charges about to land on the Lamex doormat.
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I wonder if the supporters association should ban fans who call other fans fuckwits
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I am only calling those responsible for racist and/or homophobic abuse fuckwits because they are and because Sev doesn't like us using the word cunt on here.
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Me and Chuds are fine with it being used though. So fuck Sev
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Because you're both used to being called it...
Edited by Sev at 13:32:25 on 16th February 2025
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Can’t believe you edited that.
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I put "be" instead of "being".
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Yeah, sure you did.
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More abuse of fellow fans …
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*More abuse of racist/homophobic fans.
Corrected for you. X
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You don’t factually know they are Balders , you are making assumptions and further creating a bad look for the club. Hold your thoughts until you know the facts.
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Agree with all your points Richie. How can we call fans fuckwits - more than one fan apparently- presuming they have been racist , sexist or homophobic with not one bit of clarity of what was said and no certainty of where it came from . Personally I would stop’ doubling down ‘ on the point and concede the original post was clumsily written without proper evidence if it were me .
I rest my case .
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Spot on Steve . A voice of reason .
Now before Baldock lets his blood pressure get the better of him I just want to make my position clear .
The club need to be able to investigate withought it being made even more difficult by people jumping in here who don’t actually know the facts . Those that do need to come forward and help .
The person if they did shout something under the catagory called out by Drackers will be dealt with and named . I will happily lead them through the streets calling them out for the bigot they will have proven to be.
I have always called out bigotry when I see it and many will know on here of an incident with a high profile individual that proves that point.
Now let’s let the club do what they need to do and stop making it more complicated with Ill thought out posts.
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Let me.keep this really simple for you.
If someone did make the comments I suspected, they are fuckwits and will cost the club money.
If they didn't make the comment, this thread has nothing to do with them and they should get on with their day.
Which is what I'm going to do.
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Put the wooden spoon away for another day.
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Would you like me to read this in a patronising tone as I wonder how you are getting on with your day while still posting.
Let me make this simple for you … fells a bit now what’s the word …. .
Edited by Richie Rich C at 12:12:05 on 16th February 2025
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well what was said.
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Someone very loudly called the referee a “Effing cheating C*nt”
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How can you call someone a fuckwit and presume it’s racist , homophobic or sexist without knowing the facts .
If it is as what’s been said below calling the ref ‘ an ffing cheating cuxx’ it’s just swearing, which you have also done .
Should you be fined ?
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Oh come in, it blatantly wasn't just in response to somebody calling the referee a bad name.
That delaying of the game, speaking to the steward to pass on a message, speaking to both benches, and speaking to both captains, along with the wording of the announcement is because of discriminatory language shouted out from the terrace. Which as had also been pointed out, isn't the first time such an announcement has needed making during a game and pointing out towards the terrace this season.
The announcement specifically said it was from the terrace and specifically warned against racist, sexist or homophobic language.
Edited by Chuds at 16:56:08 on 16th February 2025
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Been over all this within the conversation already . I have no idea what was said . I just don’t know how it’s a discussion until then .
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Because the protocol which was followed was written and introduced specifically for discriminatory behaviour.
And has never been used for other types of language/behaviour other than tragedy chanting, which doesn't apply to us or Posh.
And the warning specifically mentioned discriminatory behaviour.
(And the only person who said it was for calling the ref an expletive cheat was WASP who habitually stands at the other end of the ET to where Richie said whatever happened, happened, and was therefore reasonably likely to have been making it up.
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Yes , I accept the swearing was probably a joke which was made up that I wasn’t aware of when I originally replied.
As for the rest of your point we are just going around in circles .
You are calling people things when you do not know what was said .
If or when it’s clear what’s been said , then an opinion can be formed. Calling people fuckwits with no context or evidence is just gossiping really .
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Do you think juries get to look at CCTV footage of every fucking thing that ever happens or what?
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I have no idea what you are talking about.
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There is context and evidence though. Otherwise I wouldn't have raised it.
All of the publicly available *evidence*, i.e.the protocol and the warning, (both of which are strong circumstantial evidence) on the balance of probabilities, supports my OP view that some fuckwit said something discriminatory and it'll probably cost the club a fine.
It's a football forum not a court of law. I haven't said anything that wasn't put in the public domain through the issuing of the tannoy warning.
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I’m glad you got on with your day. 🙂
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I did, In the hours between my earlier posts and these ones I took down a dying plum tree, chopped it up for firewood and stacked the logs to dry for a year.
I also cooked and ate dinner, walked my dogs in the sunshine for an hour, had a glass of beer with a neighbour and watched Man Utd lose.
It's been lovely.
Now my better half is watching rubbish on the telly so I've got some time spare to argue and be sarcastic on the Internet. It's a hobby, we all need one.
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I really shouldn’t reply because every time I do I get accused of living rent free in Balders’s head, which I probably am. I’ve also had a busy day which prevented an earlier posting. For instance, I cleaned the filters on my hoover, put my under crackers on a boil wash, looked out of the window and watched other people walking their dogs, kept checking Borochat to see how many times Balders logged on during his afternoon pastoral idyll to assess the latest situation vis a vis the OP (5 times), thought about having a beer with a friend (although I realised I drank all my beer last night and that I have no friends), and then cried while watching Warwick David get a lifetime achievement BAFTA. Anyway, to cut a long story short, I did find it funny (ironic even) that an ex-cozzer was telling us that it was unacceptable to be racist or misogynistic. But I welcome the message. So kudos to Balders.
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*Davis
Edited by Spirit of East Coast Boro at 12:43:52 on 17th February 2025
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Yes, autocorrect got the better of me. And I was still crying. Not sure if it was the sentimentality of the occasion or Warwick’s gag about his mum not being a cab driver.
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I must admit something. You’ll notice my one-word answer was edited. I’d pedantically and proudly typed ‘Davies’ thinking I’d got the better of you - only to find it was a case of pride before a fall as I realised it isn’t! D’oh! 😳😊
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As I suspected. Thank you Chuds.
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Not sure why they are gunning for you so much on this thread? If someone said something along those lines I'd be inclined to agree that they are fucking stupid.
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There's a couple of people on the thread that don't much like me.
Which is fine. We don't all have to like each other.
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I like everybody.
Except Sev.
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Because you love me.
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He doesn’t Sev, and never will. Let it go mate. 😉
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If is doing a lot of heavy lifting here as I've said elsewhere rhe protocol the referee enacted isn't intended for or generally used for swearing.
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Exactly right, people like to blame certain groups to make it sound a lot worse.
but if i was a steward and heard that langue i would have slung them out.
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I used to be a steward & unfortunately the majority do not have the authority to just throw someone out. We were told to discourage swearing and the ‘C’ word was banned. If someone used it you warned them & if they did it a second time you notified a supervisor who had the authority to eject them.
Any racist, homophobic or sexist insults should be reported to a supervisor where action would be taken.
This was about 7 years ago so procedures may have changed now.
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Wasp should be fined for lots of things, but parking on the grass verge outside Fairlands for a quick getaway is definitely not one of them.
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Taking of which wonder if soon as part of Valley School thing this will be open for parking Even if a nominal fee might be easier to get in and out.
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