Well, the Gills didn’t lose but I was not expecting a 0-0 and, to be honest, a pretty uneventful match.
I had an interesting experience on the way in to the ground where some Millwall guy threatened to smack me in the mouth. On ignoring this he threatened to ‘cut your ******* throat’ and made signs illustrating this throughout the match – so I am told as I tried to avoid making eye contact with the guy as a fight at the end of a match has never really been me! I was thankful for the stewards keeping an eye!
It’s a bit sad that people can come to this over a football match – but then I guess we all have very stressed lives and I am sure this guys anger was caused by more than just me. We all sometimes snap due to ‘last straw’ circumstances, usually leaving some innocent person to suffer from our outburst. I really hope this was an example of that. To think otherwise does lead you to start to lose faith in humanity!
It was quite a scarey experience. I can’t actually remember ever being worried for my safety on the way to a match or even in a match. Sitting here writing – the experience has made me wonder what the anger of God must be like. It’s a pretty scarey thought and one that I do not consider often. I did wonder where was God in this bloke – I truly believe we are all created in his image and, as such, display some of God’s attributes. Was this guy displaying the God anger attribute? Or was he in total denial of his creator? I don’t know!
Anyway – it didn’t stop me taking the cowards way out and taking the long way back to the car with Tom! I hope the bloke has calmed down though.
Scary Stuff! I think I would also have taken the cowards route home,especially if I had my son with me. Thanks for taking the experience to another place with some very interesting thoughts! Shame about the result, but hey at least you got a point.. and were not thrashed by a relegation rival!