Editor’s note: Lest you think that today’s previous article meant we’d forgotten that football fans can be victims too, Eddie Cassidy reminds us that sometimes football supporters are more sinned against than sinning. Teddy
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Last night was the first El Clasico of the season and the pre match chat was that – after recent Barca dominance of the fixture – the Special One’s influence was on the rise, there was a shift in power afoot, and Real Madrid would defeat a Guardiola Barcelona side for the first time in the league.
In the first minute it certainly looked like that may be the case, Benzema rifling high into the net when the ball dropped kindly for him after a bit of “pinball wizardry” in the box following Valdes’ poor kick-out. In the end, Barcelona came back to win 3-1. I would describe the Barca goals for you, however all I know is that they were scored by Sanchez, Xavi and Fabregas as I was denied the pleasure of watching the last 85 minutes of the game. And now I’m going to tell you why!
I was in a pub in Glagow City Centre to celebrate my birthday with friends. I’d specifically picked a bar with a large TV as I knew a lot of my friends wanted to catch the match. Just as the game kicked off, two older guys in the aforementioned bar, not paying any attention to the game, started to have a “heated debate”. I’m not sure what about as I didnt care and wasn’t exactly paying attention. They had long hair and Led Zeppelin t shirts on, and looked like they were possibly still going after the Motley Crue gig the previous night.
The barman went over and ejected them, then immediately went over to the TV and switched it off prompting cries of “oi” and “sake” from the 20 or so guys watching the game. I asked him why he’d turned the game off and he said that when there was trouble in the bar, their policy was to turn off the football. Now in Glasgow I can understand that logic if say Celtic or Rangers are playing, or when it’s kicking off due to what is happening in the game. This just made no sense though, the guys were clearly steaming and not interested in the game one iota. If they were arguing in Spanish and a pig’s head was being thrown about, then i could see the guy’s point. I pointed out that they weren’t fighting about the football, but the barman said “they might have been”. Ridiculous.
All the guy managed to do was antagonise a good deal of his paying customers and, if anything, create a greater potential for aggravation. It really is a sad indictment of Glagow as a city that a game featuring the best players in the world can be blamed for anything, even a scrap between 2 guys who looked liked Wayne and Garth: the later years!
I really need to get Sky.
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About the Author
Eddie Cassidy (eventually) started Stand Up Comedy in Aug 2009, after many years of threatening to, and since then has reached the Scottish Comedian of the Year final in 2010 less than 18 months after his first gig, and has since performed all over Scotland and parts of England including a gig to the out their nut audience at scotlands (2nd) biggest music festival Rockness.
A lifelong Celtic fan and former regular at Pollok Juniors Newlandsfield Ground, situated in the shadow of the high rises in his native Pollokshaws in Glasgow (where he once witnessed a sub knock out a fan in a penguin costume while warming up), he is also a lover of all football and while Celtic will always be his true love, he views the rest of the football world as a copy of nuts magazine, something to look at and enjoy with no emotional attachment! A keen fan of the Premiership, European and International Football he has developed crushes on Parma (around 1994) Dortmund (around 1997) Croatia (1998) Valencia (2001) Ghana (2006) Brentford Town (2009) and still looks out for their results, and like any other football fan currently loves watchin the greatest team of all time, Barcelona. He also has a love hate relationship with Arsenal, however has recently been casting admiring glances at Spurs.
Eddie’s achievements in football include a u15′s medal from the goals 5 a side leagues with the legendary AC Pollokshaws, and once scored 19 goals when 21 years old playing against a bunch of children while drunk.
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“Very entertaining, a welcome high point” Chortle
“a future headliner, very impressive” Scottish Comedy Forum
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