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This topic has come up in a number of threads.

I love the noise and emotions that football produces in the fans - even old codgers like me.

But where does exuberance end and become a nuisance to others?

For me every fan is an ambassador for their club. How we act is how we are perceived by others who don't share our interest.

On public transport - behave in line with societal norms.

On the street - obey the law. Violence or threats of violence are a big no, no.

In the ground - sing or shout your head off to support your team.

This doesn't give a licence to spend  90 minutes of constant swearing.

It doesn't give a licence to sing songs which give offence to others.

But

Comedy is very welcome. Shows of respect for the departed are very welcome.

My love of St Mirren doesn't come with a need to hate other teams or their supporters.

Without them - we would have no games to attend and the noise level at matches would be lower.

Anyway - those are some off the top of my head thoughts.

Thoughts anyone?

(Saints fans have shown respect to periods of silence and initiated a minute's applause a number of times)

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1 minute ago, chalky1 said:

Why not just post your answer on one of the number of threads running, rather than starting another one, I'm with stlucifer, needless thread 

Number of fans per team charged under OBA 2015-16

1. Rangers – 71
2. Celtic – 27
3. Kilmarnock – 26
4. Hearts – 25
5. St Mirren – 21
6. Hibernian – 17
7. Partick Thistle – 16
8. Hamilton – 13
9. Motherwell – 9
10. Aberdeen – 8

One league table I would like us to be at the bottom of

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19 minutes ago, stlucifer said:

You appear more interested in quantity than quality. To save me from having to read your nonsense, Onto ignore you go stricky.

Lucy cannae skim. :lol:

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13 minutes ago, chalky1 said:

Why not just post your answer on one of the number of threads running, rather than starting another one, I'm with stlucifer, needless thread 

Number of fans per team charged under OBA 2015-16

1. Rangers – 71
2. Celtic – 27
3. Kilmarnock – 26
4. Hearts – 25
5. St Mirren – 21
6. Hibernian – 17
7. Partick Thistle – 16
8. Hamilton – 13
9. Motherwell – 9
10. Aberdeen – 8

One league table I would like us to be at the bottom of

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10 minutes ago, St.Ricky said:

Number of fans per team charged under OBA 2015-16

1. Rangers – 71
2. Celtic – 27
3. Kilmarnock – 26
4. Hearts – 25
5. St Mirren – 21
6. Hibernian – 17
7. Partick Thistle – 16
8. Hamilton – 13
9. Motherwell – 9
10. Aberdeen – 8

One league table I would like us to be at the bottom of

FFS. We need six more OBAs to qualify for the Europa League. Get it sorted!

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5 hours ago, St.Ricky said:

This topic has come up in a number of threads.

I love the noise and emotions that football produces in the fans - even old codgers like me.

But where does exuberance end and become a nuisance to others?

For me every fan is an ambassador for their club. How we act is how we are perceived by others who don't share our interest.

On public transport - behave in line with societal norms.

On the street - obey the law. Violence or threats of violence are a big no, no.

In the ground - sing or shout your head off to support your team.

This doesn't give a licence to spend  90 minutes of constant swearing.

It doesn't give a licence to sing songs which give offence to others.

But

Comedy is very welcome. Shows of respect for the departed are very welcome.

My love of St Mirren doesn't come with a need to hate other teams or their supporters.

Without them - we would have no games to attend and the noise level at matches would be lower.

Anyway - those are some off the top of my head thoughts.

Thoughts anyone?

(Saints fans have shown respect to periods of silence and initiated a minute's applause a number of times)

I agree with some of this but when I see it written down in such a prescriptive way I just think Sanctimonious pish. :(

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Can probably sum my view up in a short sentence - I don't expect all St Mirren fans to be angels, but what gets on my tits are a new generation of youngsters following us who act like some sort of wannabee 'firm' when they get together in a group and seemingly think its OK to act like cunts.

Grow up.

That's it for me - now, gie's a fully fit signing! :D

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21 minutes ago, pozbaird said:

Can probably sum my view up in a short sentence - I don't expect all St Mirren fans to be angels, but what gets on my tits are a new generation of youngsters following us who act like some sort of wannabee 'firm' when they get together in a group and seemingly think its OK to act like cunts.

Grow up.

That's it for me - now, gie's a fully fit signing! :D

Hopefully don't have to wait too long for that full fit signing.*

 

*I have no inside info.

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12 hours ago, Slartibartfast said:

 

 


We should treat every league game as a "must win" until the results can no longer affect our league position. The cups are obviously "must win" ties or we're out.

 

Quote of the season so far.......................... :lol:

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1 minute ago, Slartibartfast said:

 

 


Hence the reason I put "obviously" - another, shorter, way of saying "it really goes without saying".

The only reason I mentioned it was because I knew some on here (mentioning no names) would bring it up if I never. It was also the reason I added "league" before "game". Too many wannabe pedants on here - and they're usually the ones who can't make their own posts clear and legible, funnily enough.

 

U will be saying game of two halves next - 

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25 minutes ago, Slartibartfast said:

 

 


Hence the reason I put "obviously" - another, shorter, way of saying "it really goes without saying".

The only reason I mentioned it was because I knew some on here (mentioning no names) would bring it up if I never. It was also the reason I added "league" before "game". Too many wannabe pedants on here - and they're usually the ones who can't make their own posts clear and legible, funnily enough.

 

You should go with the "it really goes without saying" option in more of your posts. :lol:

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4 minutes ago, Slartibartfast said:

 


Not really, I don't care whether or not you understand them. That's also the reason that I sometimes use words of more than two syllables.

I had even left it open for you to reply along the lines of "That post makes no sense" but you couldn't even figure that out.

 

 

4 minutes ago, Slartibartfast said:

 


Not really, I don't care whether or not you understand them. That's also the reason that I sometimes use words of more than two syllables.

I had even left it open for you to reply along the lines of "That post makes no sense" but you couldn't even figure that out.

 

Wow x 2................................methinx you need a lie down.........................nurse. :lol:

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