Looks as though the topic of whether it's right to take points from a team due to the idiocy of the club's fans may need to be brought up again after yesterday.
As a loyal Oxford fan I was at the Kassam for our last game of the season. We had a capacity of 10,200, an amazing turn out for Oxford Utd and the atmosphere was fantastic! During the second half we had some absolute low life dickheads decide to run onto the pitch! One guy, who I can only describe as a disgrace to humanity, started the trend by running onto the pitch, removing his shirt and kissing the grass before jumping over the fence into the car park. Another ignoramus, obviously , somehow, decided this was a good idea and no more than about 30 seconds later, then proceeded to do the same! After a very poor performance from our stewards, being utterly useless as they stood and watched before making a lame attempt to chase after him, the players took it into their own hands, with our wonderful goalie Billy Turley, wrestling the guy to the floor!
An announcement was made shortly after, politely but firmly, asking the fans to stay off the pitch then continuing to say ’you are not in anyway helping your team’ Agreed! With just 7 minutes to go Oxford were 1-0 down, but with a low shot by James Constable from six yards, managed to equalise and as we all stood up in celebration can you guess how, then a group, of fans decided to celebrate? During yet another invasion of the pitch, one of our "fans", shockingly, decided to square up to one of the oppositions players. Northwich's boss Andy Preece, at this point had, had enough and called his team off the pitch. This angered our players somewhat and scuffles then started between our players and theirs.
An eventful match by all means, but we went on to lose 2-1.Granted, we didn't get the other results we needed from Torquey and Kiddiminster to make the play offs but we still can't help but wonder would the end result have been different? Had it not have been for these mindless idiots whom of which blatantly effected the players concentration during a vital part of a vital game, could we have ended the season with a win. OK, stuck in a "league" we don't deserve to be in, but, with our heads held high after such a great stretch over the past few months.
Our worry now is whether we will have points deducted due to the outrageous behaviour by some of our so called fans. Although I understand the logic behind deduction of points in these circumstances, I still don't feel that it's right to punish our lads and our proper fans who turn out every week to support a struggling club. I left the ground yesterday feeling incredibly disappointed but also outraged with the way these fools made us look as a club and the potential damage they could've caused.
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