It's only a game
Football. I think life would be a lot less
stressful without it. Especially if you are an Evertonian like myself.
I remember when my Dad took me to my first match at Goodison. I was
eleven years old and overwhelmed with excitement at the thought of
seeing the blue boys play.
Before kickoff he took me to one side and said: "Jess love,
there is one thing you need to know about being a football
supporter. There are always highs and lows for any team.
Unfortunately, if you are an Evertonian, there can be a lot more
lows than highs." Everton lost two nil to the Gunners that game. Lesson
learnt.
Fourteen years later I am still a proud Blue,
although after hearing about an incident at the recent Goodison
Derby, I am quite concerned about the attitude of a
"small" number of Everton fans.
I never went to the game myself, but my father who is a season
ticket holder in the Gwladys Street, told me of a disturbing
occurrence which happened towards the end of the match.
I understand that emotions run high during a Derby
game, especially if you are trailing by two goals, but there is no
excuse for chanting "murderers" at the Liverpool fans. It
has been over 20 years since Heysel and this tragedy should not be
reduced to mindless and moronic taunts.
Obviously, the majority of
Evertonian's were appalled by this display of ignorance, but
this language is sadly becoming much more commonplace in football -
witness the recent examples of homophobic chanting directed at Sol
Campbell in the Portsmouth v Spurs game, and the racist chanting of
the Croatian fans towards Emile Heskey.
People who go to matches are entitled to vent
their frustrations, but there are certain lines which they should
not cross, if you pardon the pun. Rather than shout offensive abuse
at rival fans and players, why not get behind the team to try and
lift their performance? As a supporter of the "People's
Club" I feel it is important to inform fans of these albeit,
"rare" incidents, so that they know that such behaviour
will not be tolerated by Everton football club and it's blue
and white army.
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