Supporters

Its been two months since my last post, I could pretend its because I've had something far more important to do. Like going to the gym, or fixing the bathroom or a long list of other things I probably should have done by now. Actually its mainly because I'm a lazy git, and its took about 5 emails from people threatening me to make me take it up again Example-"If you don't rite another blog, Im gonna find you and make u eat ur shoes".


So to save me eating my £4.99 bargain trainers, here's my thought for the week. What would an amateur Rugby League match be like without our supporters? They travel with us, watch us get our heads kicked in and then tell us what we did wrong and how the ref was a blind git for the entire 3 hour coach ride back.


I personally think that supporters are the most dangerous people in the world, no matter what the size they are able to swing the match in your favour, or against you.


One such group of supporters was typically good at doing this, when I played for a team in Oldham. It was only my third or fourth game for them, and they were gearing up to play against my old club (to which my brother still played). I was away with the missus that weekend and gave the lads one piece of advice: "Don't run at the hooker".


The hooker was a lad who went by name of "Lomas" and he was a player who had been at my old club for quite a while. He was neither the biggest or fastest player on the pitch, but what he did have was an amazing tackling technique. I don't remember a match where Lomas did not put in three of four tackles that would make Hulk Hogan cry. Now when you've a guy like that on your side its quite comical, you watch the forward trundle it in........ Lomas takes about 2 steps forward and then ........."SNAP" as Lomas' shoulder would connect with his chest. Normally you'd hear this girlish scream (similar to one I did when I did my knee in) and they'd drop like a sack of shit. Nothing illegal just an incredible technique.


Now you think such advice would have been taken from a player who had been at the club for over five years. However it was not......


So Saturday afternoon I get a phone call from my Brother, who is literally pissing himself laughing. Apparently my new team had started very well and ran in two unanswered tries. But at that point the supporters had decided to start heckling Lomas who at the time was not having a good game. Apparently Lomas didn't like this and decided to go on a one man demolition mission. 5 minutes later three of my new team members are stretchered off and my Brother runs in a hat-trick of tries. I turned up to training the next week and spoke to my new team mates, who admitted they were on top until the supporters started taking piss...... Sadly it was not the supporters that got the crap beaten out of them but the entire forward line.


The next week we were playing the top of the league, and once again we started strongly running in a few tries we had them on the back foot. All of a sudden our "supporters" start up again, "He's shite that number 8, he's got no balls" and "This lot are wank, we could beat you with our eyes shut". Surprise, surprise the top of league team that we were bossing took this to heart and start pummelling the crap out of us. At 60 minutes in, we're barely holding onto the lead and I wandered across to our supporters "For fucks sake, stop winding them up and shut the hell up". Did it work? Did it bollocks.


One of our supporters were then sent off for heckling the referee and the club received a fine , oh and we also lost the game.


So if you ever find yourself watch an amateur game of Rugby and feel like heckling always think of this:


Would you say it to them if you were wearing the shirt?