Has anyone here got a mate that is West ham? Personally i can't be in the same room as one of them. My back goes up and i start growling if i get anywhere near one.
Not me. It would be impossible.
A few are living out in my part of the world now.
Shirt wearers.
I ignore them as I know it will end badly if we get in to conversation.
Keeping my head down where I live is important.
Other lads and oldens of Fulham , the original working class Fulham move outs. I can have a good chat with.
They are football minded not agro obsessed.
I have a neighbour who is well into his 60s and a Chelse fan.
He is straight up about how it was as youngster in and around the Fulham area.
Cassy and his wanna be authors mates have tagged vermin as violent thugs above all.
As for other old boys around the area I live, they will regale stories of great matches. Favourite players etc.Most definately
Not really interested in the violence of the 70s and 80s.
One old boy 90 plus. Loved telling me how, as a child, he was passed down to the front at a game versus Millwall . A huge crowd and a twinkle in his eye as he relives the moment.
Vermin mates , nah not me.