What Newspaper for Truth

[Gregorys Boy]

Think I will stick up for the BEEB a bit on this one.  Because as far as I can tell they have just reported what the scenes were at the match without showing any bias either way.  It is more individual opinon which has tended to tar us with stereotypes and go over board.  And don't forget that Savage added his voice to those who said that really this is no different than when none league fans run onto the pitch to celebrate a big win.

[Pat McMahon]

The Guardian is for yogurt-knitting trots who have substantial property portfolios.

The Telegraph is for toffs that love to hunt and think the working classes need the guiding hand of paternalism.

I don't have any tired stereotypes for the i, although it seems like good value for money.

What has that got to do with their sports coverage? There's no fox hunting section in the Telegraph sports pages either oddly.

Jesus. It was a joke for fox sake.

Don't doubt yourself Stu - I spotted it!

[chrisf]

Try Henry Winter in the Torygraph.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/11458157/Aston-Villa-crowd-trouble-is-not-a-return-to-the-dark-ages.html

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

Try Henry Winter in the Torygraph.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/11458157/Aston-Villa-crowd-trouble-is-not-a-return-to-the-dark-ages.html

I agree with all of that.

[Steve kirk]

thanks to everyone so I will try the Guardian, The "I" or Telegraph if that don't work I will give up and buy the dandy or the beano at least I can believe in those

The Dandy is no longer in circulation although they still produce a Xmas annual, the Beano however is still going strong as a weekly comic, a much better publication than the Sun.

[rob_bridge]

No football supporter should ever buy the Sun.

I wouldn't even use it to wipe my arse! Still remember trip back from Anderlect and seeing what they wrote when we arrived back in Dover.

Exactly - you wipe your arse to clean it, not make it even dirtier.

[not3bad]

Have you tried the Daily Mash?

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/suspiciously-talented-footballers-invade-pitch-at-villa-park-2015030996047

[Dave]

Chelsea fan on F365:

...Is it just me, or was the joylessly po faced reaction to the exuberant pitch invasion at Villa Park final proof that the notion of the football fan is completely dead and buried. "Unacceptable", "We dont want to see that sort of thing" and "mindless idiots" are just a few of the reactions I've heard. "Unacceptable" to whom? Not to me, I thought it was bloody brilliant and reminded me of the day Chelsea won the old second division back in the 80s. Except that back then, the chairman and the entire team applauded the fans from the East Stand. Proper chairmen gack in those days. Mind you, if you tried to get on the pitch during a game you stood a fair chance of being electrocuted but that's another story. Who doesn't "want to see that sort of thing"? Well, corporate money men and health and safety fetishists terrified that the value of their carefully nurtured "product" might fall or, in the case of the latter, just generally terrified. And finally, Tony Pulis, how does losing yourself in the joy of the moment and celebrating your team's victory equate to 'mindless idiocy'?

Stay off the grass consumers. Get back in your boxes. Sit quietly. Buy the pretty baubles we put in front of you and then file out quietly, not forgetting to doff your caps on the way out. "Fitter, happier, more productive".

Enjoy the 'product' oh you lucky people.

Just remember your place.

[Monty]

I agree with the Chelsea fan. Going onto the pitch during the game is kind of berky, because we're trying to watch, damn it, but after the game? I'm sure the groundsman can cope, and it was all in a good spirit.

[pauliewalnuts]

Think I will stick up for the BEEB a bit on this one.  Because as far as I can tell they have just reported what the scenes were at the match without showing any bias either way. 

They didn't though. Saying it was like a return to the bad old days, or a lot of villages had lost their idiots, is not reporting on the facts at all, it is interpreting them and offering an opinion.

[CT Villan]

Bring back the Sports Argus.

[Jon Crofts]

Think I will stick up for the BEEB a bit on this one.  Because as far as I can tell they have just reported what the scenes were at the match without showing any bias either way. 

They didn't though. Saying it was like a return to the bad old days, or a lot of villages had lost their idiots, is not reporting on the facts at all, it is interpreting them and offering an opinion.

Lawrenson's village has lost theirs for a while.

[Fred]

The super soaraway Sun's headline was shocking. Reading all the reviews of the game I think I was at another game as all I saw was (after 5 years of misery) fans celebrating.

A return to the dark ages it was not.

[hipkiss92]

Think I will stick up for the BEEB a bit on this one.  Because as far as I can tell they have just reported what the scenes were at the match without showing any bias either way. 

They didn't though. Saying it was like a return to the bad old days, or a lot of villages had lost their idiots, is not reporting on the facts at all, it is interpreting them and offering an opinion.

Lawrenson's village has lost theirs for a while.

The village idiot line was fair enough, considering the match hadn't finished an everyone else was saying it around me.

[1_Pablo_Angel]

The super soaraway Sun's headline was shocking. Reading all the reviews of the game I think I was at another game as all I saw was (after 5 years of misery) fans celebrating.

A return to the dark ages it was not.

Agreed, nights like that are what football should be about.