13 hours ago, BDA said:

hands down pies fans are the worst. by a big margin

followed by West coast (i was there for the 2018 prelim)

never had any issues with swans fans but i have never been to the SGC

I was also at that 2018 West Coast prelim @BDA . What a shocking experience. I sat behind Jordan Lewis's wife and 6 year old son, who had his Dad's number on his back. The Eagle fans noticed this. In the first quarter, when Jordan made a handball error gifting the Eagles a goal, a mass of Eagle fans stood up, all looking at Jordan's wife and son, thrusting their arms up and down, pointing at wife and child. Jordan's son immediately crawled into his Mum's lap in the embryo position...And they kept yelling and pointing...

There are times when human acts frighten me.

Having said that, I agree Collingwood supporters are worse.

Proud to be a Melbourne fc supporter.

4 minutes ago, Dee in a Kilt said:

I was also at that 2018 West Coast prelim @BDA . What a shocking experience. I sat behind Jordan Lewis's wife and 6 year old son, who had his Dad's number on his back. The Eagle fans noticed this. In the first quarter, when Jordan made a handball error gifting the Eagles a goal, a mass of Eagle fans stood up, all looking at Jordan's wife and son, thrusting their arms up and down, pointing at wife and child. Jordan's son immediately crawled into his Mum's lap in the embryo position...And they kept yelling and pointing...

There are times when human acts frighten me.

Having said that, I agree Collingwood supporters are worse.

Proud to be a Melbourne fc supporter.

I was in Perth too. Horrible crowd. Horrible day.

14 minutes ago, Dee in a Kilt said:

I was also at that 2018 West Coast prelim @BDA . What a shocking experience. I sat behind Jordan Lewis's wife and 6 year old son, who had his Dad's number on his back. The Eagle fans noticed this. In the first quarter, when Jordan made a handball error gifting the Eagles a goal, a mass of Eagle fans stood up, all looking at Jordan's wife and son, thrusting their arms up and down, pointing at wife and child. Jordan's son immediately crawled into his Mum's lap in the embryo position...And they kept yelling and pointing...

There are times when human acts frighten me.

Having said that, I agree Collingwood supporters are worse.

Proud to be a Melbourne fc supporter.

that day cemented a deep seated distain for West coast in me. their supporters have zero class. i hope they languish at the foot of the ladder for eternity

Edited May 24May 24 by BDA

I saw more crowd fights at Windy Hill than just about every other venue combined back in the days of suburban grounds. Don't underestimate their supporters if, God forbid, they ever come good.

Pies fans comfortably the worst now but I do have to give one of them credit for the quickest comeback I've ever heard at the footy. It was against St.Kilda at Waverley (if you must know, I was catching up with a mate who was about to head overseas) when Collingwood were terrible and languishing on the bottom of the ladder. Two opposing fans getting stuck into each other when Saint goes with "just how s..t are you?, one win in 12 games". The reply was instant "well how s..t are you?, one flag in 100 years". Game, Set and Match Pie fan.

14 hours ago, BDA said:

hands down pies fans are the worst. by a big margin

followed by West coast (i was there for the 2018 prelim)

never had any issues with swans fans but i have never been to the SGC

Agree with the above ..that prelim in 2018 was terrifying…they were nice afterwards on the train ..saved their vitriol for Freo & the Pies. I have been many times to the SCG …just a completely different experience there … nothing like going to a game here

10 hours ago, joeboy said:

Slightly off topic but relevant for those who’ve been harangued or abused by opposition supporters:

Some years ago we were playing the Magpies and as inevitability has it, I was surrounded by evil opposition supporters.

I’m pretty sure we were being trounced so when I made a negative comment aloud about a Collingwood player all hell broke loose.

A Collingwood player , Lockyer, was awarded a free kick and without hesitation I called out, ‘ get a real name Tarquin ‘(his actual first name ) I thought it was a pretty harmless request, but fists were raised in my direction not to mention the profound umbrage and verbal aggression that spewed forth .

At a quiet moment I let myself out😱

Funny, I remember a Collingwood supporter yelling out something derogatory about Lynden Dunn's first name and I responded "that's rich coming from a team with a Tarkyn".

Edited May 24May 24 by Dr. Gonzo

9 hours ago, Witches Hat said:

I saw more crowd fights at Windy Hill than just about every other venue combined back in the days of suburban grounds. Don't underestimate their supporters if, God forbid, they ever come good.

Pies fans comfortably the worst now but I do have to give one of them credit for the quickest comeback I've ever heard at the footy. It was against St.Kilda at Waverley (if you must know, I was catching up with a mate who was about to head overseas) when Collingwood were terrible and languishing on the bottom of the ladder. Two opposing fans getting stuck into each other when Saint goes with "just how s..t are you?, one win in 12 games". The reply was instant "well how s..t are you?, one flag in 100 years". Game, Set and Match Pie fan.

The last time we played Collingwood one of their fans sitting in the bay next to us, after hearing us (yet again) chant M-E-L-B-O-U-R-N-E yelled out, “OK, we get it, you can spell!” I couldn’t resist and said, “Shame you can’t spell.” He said, “We can spell. Everyone can spell!!!” I said, “Isaac Quaynor says Hi.”

I was referring to this…

He paused for a sec then said, “Yeah, fair point.” 😂

To their credit though, the following week, this was their banner…

😆

I was at a dees game with my dad once and one of our own supporters starting getting racial against one of our indigenous players - might have been Davey. Was filthy. Now I think I was 19, 20 - I’m 5’8” and 62kg - and I turned around and told him that wasn’t on and to stop

Didn’t go down well

Spent the the rest of the game with him threatening me and waiting for a fist to the back of the head

Gnarly

12 hours ago, binman said:

I was in Perth too. Horrible crowd. Horrible day.

Us too. Gross. As soon as we stepped off the plane, we had a suspected meth head slurring at us and telling us to "Go back to Melbourne!"

Honestly can’t believe some grown men threaten and abuse women at the football.

Disgraceful behaviour and i’m sorry you gals felt unsafe at the footy

"Oliver needed closing down- no action."

Just when I thought today couldn't get any better.

10 hours ago, Adam The God said:

Us too. Gross. As soon as we stepped off the plane, we had a suspected meth head slurring at us and telling us to "Go back to Melbourne!"

I went to that game also but to be honest I didn’t have any problems with their supporters. Had a good conversation with a couple of them walking to the ground and they couldn’t believe I flew over to the game by myself. Maybe I got lucky and met the handful of decent supporters they have. I have never been to a game where it felt our supporters really wanted to get into the game but sadly it was over before we even had a chance.

I haven't been to the SCG since they had the grassy hill behind the goals and only Perth once when we kicked 2 goals 8 and got belted in the opening game of the season. Was at Carrara for our first ever game against the Bears when we lost by 5 points but not since and have never been to the Gabba. Spent 24 hours in Darwin to see Weeds [censored] the bed 15 metres out directly in front and cost us a win. Made my first visit to Adelaide Oval recently for a win against the Crows and have been to Hobart a few times now.

12 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

I haven't been to the SCG since they had the grassy hill behind the goals and only Perth once when we kicked 2 goals 8 and got belted in the opening game of the season. Was at Carrara for our first ever game against the Bears when we lost by 5 points but not since and have never been to the Gabba. Spent 24 hours in Darwin to see Weeds [censored] the bed 15 metres out directly in front and cost us a win. Made my first visit to Adelaide Oval recently for a win against the Crows and have been to Hobart a few times now.

Hey at least you can say you got to see the great Allen Jakovich's debut even if it was an ignominious team performance.

I've only been to one interstate game ever, was at the Gabba in 1995 sitting almost directly behind where Shaun Smith took the mark of the century.

13 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

The last time we played Collingwood one of their fans sitting in the bay next to us, after hearing us (yet again) chant M-E-L-B-O-U-R-N-E yelled out, “OK, we get it, you can spell!” I couldn’t resist and said, “Shame you can’t spell.” He said, “We can spell. Everyone can spell!!!” I said, “Isaac Quaynor says Hi.”

I was referring to this…

He paused for a sec then said, “Yeah, fair point.” 😂

To their credit though, the following week, this was their banner…

😆

Spelling awareness, tick.

Punctuation awareness, on the other hand...

Why did Isaac feel the need to apologise?

1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Hey at least you can say you got to see the great Allen Jakovich's debut even if it was an ignominious team performance.

I've only been to one interstate game ever, was at the Gabba in 1995 sitting almost directly behind where Shaun Smith took the mark of the century.

Worth 10, Doc.

On 24/05/2025 at 06:05, Spargonicus said:

There’s something about Swans supporters that really gets my goat - have had a few run-ins after games at the G. (All unprovoked by me, of course.)

Anyway, to be fair, there’s a few comedians over on their Big Footy forum.

General gist:

• Gawn looms large as a threat, especially his intercept marks, and whether he goes ‘beast mode’

• They don’t seem to rate May and Lever much any more, although acknowledge we rarely lose with both in team

• They think it’s a toss of the coin who’s fwd line is worse

• The intro had an amusing tale of the tagging that may take place - a merry-go-round of tags on tags on tags (starting with Claz on Chad)

• There’s a cheap jibe about Dees supporters only being relevant for the Mt Buller tourism trade and propping up VIC’s struggling economy. Or maybe that was about their player Buller - it was confusing

• They were lamenting their two suspensions from last week’s game and nervous about the Dees’ return to form

• They’re very worried about Kozzie running amok, and the only viable match-up being Wicks

• They seem quite obsessed about what the weather will be like and if it will be wet or dry (sound familiar? 😄)

Overall, they’re not particularly confident, and a little nonplussed about their season in general.

What are they saying now, Spargs?

I once had the great pleasure (while escorting the umpires as a young uniformed constable) at the G, of telling Sticks Kernahan 'not to sook', in those words, as he came over and started berating the umpires after a close Melbourne victory. Was walking on air, (and I knew he dearly wanted to belt me) was my most rascal moment I'm willing to admit to publicly.

On 24/05/2025 at 21:12, jane02 said:

I know a Swans supporter- at least she claims to be. She knows nothing about football, has no idea of the players names and only comes out of the woodwork when the Swans are winning. When I ask her does she think the swans will win this week - she looks at me blankly and asks who they are playing. No idea 🙄

Reminds me of a time the next door neighbour invited me over to watch the St.Kilda v Swans over a couple cans.
Just before the game his Swans supporting mate turns up and declares he gets loud watching the footy.
So we're watching the game, he's carrying on like a pork chop and I ask who #whatever was?
"Oh, I don't know the players." was his reply.

I knew right there and then all I needed to know about this bigmouthed fool.

1 hour ago, DEE fence said:

I once had the great pleasure (while escorting the umpires as a young uniformed constable) at the G, of telling Sticks Kernahan 'not to sook', in those words, as he came over and started berating the umpires after a close Melbourne victory. Was walking on air, (and I knew he dearly wanted to belt me) was my most rascal moment I'm willing to admit to publicly.

You should of arrested him for crimes against coiffure.

On 24/05/2025 at 10:30, Sideshow Bob said:

Those days were awesome 👌 never felt unsafe at any of the suburban grounds - vic park, windy Hill, moorabbin, western oval all had there own personality and witnessed some absolute nut jobs - lots and lots of banter - some awful, most fully in jest. Was always fun getting amongst the local ferals

Only time I ever felt unsafe at a suburban ground was about 1991 at Victoria Park. Melbourne got in front in time on in the last quarter, that and the fact Allen Jakovic was riling up the local ferals, to the point it became a frenzy, and we in the cheersquad did not feel safe. At the final siren they turned on us. Bottles! They were throwing bottles! Sophie, who's now one of the Demon Army leaders, was a 16 year old kid then, and she was knocked unconscious by a bottle thrown at her head. Really nasty stuff. We needed police escort to get us out of the ground safely. I vowed I would never, ever, go back to that ground again. It was, unbenounced to us at the time, the last time Melbourne ever played there, until AFLW started.

Only other time I saw appalling behaviour at a suburban ground was at Windy Hill in 1992, when Steven Clark was lining up for a goal after the siren that would have won the game for us. Alas as soon as the siren went he was surrounded by hundreds of Bombers fans who got in the way of his kick and he couldn't make the distance. I wasn't so much scared that day, but bemused.

2 hours ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

Only time I ever felt unsafe at a suburban ground was about 1991 at Victoria Park. Melbourne got in front in time on in the last quarter, that and the fact Allen Jakovic was riling up the local ferals, to the point it became a frenzy, and we in the cheersquad did not feel safe. At the final siren they turned on us. Bottles! They were throwing bottles! Sophie, who's now one of the Demon Army leaders, was a 16 year old kid then, and she was knocked unconscious by a bottle thrown at her head. Really nasty stuff. We needed police escort to get us out of the ground safely. I vowed I would never, ever, go back to that ground again. It was, unbenounced to us at the time, the last time Melbourne ever played there, until AFLW started.

Only other time I saw appalling behaviour at a suburban ground was at Windy Hill in 1992, when Steven Clark was lining up for a goal after the siren that would have won the game for us. Alas as soon as the siren went he was surrounded by hundreds of Bombers fans who got in the way of his kick and he couldn't make the distance. I wasn't so much scared that day, but bemused.

As Team Manager of the Dees in 1979, I was given the warning not to loiter in the race at Victoria Park, if I didn’t want to be drenched in urine from the feral Pies fans, who would do it in a coffee cup or empty beer can and throw it on the visiting team and officials as they used the race.

2 hours ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

Only time I ever felt unsafe at a suburban ground was about 1991 at Victoria Park. Melbourne got in front in time on in the last quarter, that and the fact Allen Jakovic was riling up the local ferals, to the point it became a frenzy, and we in the cheersquad did not feel safe. At the final siren they turned on us. Bottles! They were throwing bottles! Sophie, who's now one of the Demon Army leaders, was a 16 year old kid then, and she was knocked unconscious by a bottle thrown at her head. Really nasty stuff. We needed police escort to get us out of the ground safely. I vowed I would never, ever, go back to that ground again. It was, unbenounced to us at the time, the last time Melbourne ever played there, until AFLW started.

Only other time I saw appalling behaviour at a suburban ground was at Windy Hill in 1992, when Steven Clark was lining up for a goal after the siren that would have won the game for us. Alas as soon as the siren went he was surrounded by hundreds of Bombers fans who got in the way of his kick and he couldn't make the distance. I wasn't so much scared that day, but bemused.

8 minutes ago, Redleg said:

As Team Manager of the Dees in 1979, I was given the warning not to loiter in the race at Victoria Park, if I didn’t want to be drenched in urine from the feral Pies fans, who would do it in a coffee cup or empty beer can and throw it on the visiting team and officials as they used the race.

we need a disgusted emoji @Demonland

2 hours ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

Only time I ever felt unsafe at a suburban ground was about 1991 at Victoria Park. Melbourne got in front in time on in the last quarter, that and the fact Allen Jakovic was riling up the local ferals, to the point it became a frenzy, and we in the cheersquad did not feel safe. At the final siren they turned on us. Bottles! They were throwing bottles! Sophie, who's now one of the Demon Army leaders, was a 16 year old kid then, and she was knocked unconscious by a bottle thrown at her head. Really nasty stuff. We needed police escort to get us out of the ground safely. I vowed I would never, ever, go back to that ground again. It was, unbenounced to us at the time, the last time Melbourne ever played there, until AFLW started.

Only other time I saw appalling behaviour at a suburban ground was at Windy Hill in 1992, when Steven Clark was lining up for a goal after the siren that would have won the game for us. Alas as soon as the siren went he was surrounded by hundreds of Bombers fans who got in the way of his kick and he couldn't make the distance. I wasn't so much scared that day, but bemused.

I was at that Vic Park game standing in the outer, still one of my favourite games I've been to. Walking out of the ground I was waving my flag and singing Grand Old Flag all the way back to Hoddle St 😂 I'm sure my dad wanted me to be quiet but we had my Collingwood supporting uncle with us which may have helped deter the ferals (I was also only 10 at the time). That win cost the Pies top spot and possibly another flag, from memory they finished 3rd and lost to the Saints in an Elimination Final (final 6 system).

I was also at that Windy Hill game but we had left without 5-10 minutes left so missed the ferals invading the ground. The not only blocked his run up but blocked goal square although I doubt he would've kicked it anyway, he was just outside 50 from memory.

Edited Tuesday at 02:593 days by Dr. Gonzo

2 hours ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

Victoria Park

Went there in 1975 as a Robbie Flower-worshipping 10 year old, my only time, with my Dad (a New Zealander and Rugby crazy who only had a passing interest in footy) and stood behind the goals. Dees were pressing for the final 5 (on the back of Ray Biffin having a purple patch at full-forward!), if other results went our way. They didn’t of course. I had to stand on beer cans (ah, the days of steel-spined VB tinnies!). It was feral. Dad, who was a NZ rep-standard prop-forward and no shrinking violet, said ‘we’re never coming back here’. That was during the very long period when Umps had to be escorted on and off the ground by police….police!, who, an hour or so later had to escort them to their cars post-game. No wonder so many of us feel about Collingwood the way we do. (And to think I now live here, 🤪).