squizz1402635577 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I don't know if this has been brought up by anyone else, or if everyone's just avoiding the elephant in the room. But I was hoping to get some insight from anyone who was involved in the scuffle that broke out between our section and the beer-tossing wastes of skin in the next section over. My personal involvement consisted of getting a beer shower at the full time whistle, seeing what was about to erupt between the sections, trying to charge through to get on the front line, and being intercepted by a couple of security guards. There was one guy, who I was standing next to for most of the game, who seemed to take on mythical status while my friends and I were talking on the car ride back to Toronto. I didn't quite see what he did, but from their recollection, he busted through two security guards to get at the Hondurans and cleaned out about three of them single-handedly before getting dragged off by security. He had a ponytail and a goatee and was in row 5. Is it someone who posts on this board, by any chance? (If it is, I was the jerk in the red baseball cap who was involuntarily hugging you after Canada scored). Does anyone else have any insights to lend on how this all got going and what went down? Plus, it goes without saying, but security was dangerously ill-equipped to deal with what anyone with an ounce of foresight could have seen coming (especially after the match). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I was down by row one so I could not really see what was going on. I did see a V chuck a beer in their direction as well, however. I couldn't stand their post game celebration[xx(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportingFC Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 quote:Originally posted by Bertuzzi44 I was down by row one so I could not really see what was going on. I did see a V chuck a beer in their direction as well, however. I couldn't stand their post game celebration[xx(] I saw pretty much the same. I saw one V through a hondorasss over the row 1 railing on to the field. At the time, it looked pretty cool since I was pretty pissed about the game result and the amount of away supporters that showed up in our SUPPOSED sections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_AM_CANADIAN Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 From what I heard from a few of our people who were involved, the Hondurans started throwing beers down at our supporters and it went on from there. One guy who'd been on the train with me on the way there said some Honduran hit him with a beer so he called his wife a (bad word anyway) and the Honduran guy tried to get into it with him, and ya... Not exactly the most gracious winners, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squizz1402635577 Posted September 8, 2008 Author Share Posted September 8, 2008 You know, if we don't make it out of this round, I really hope it's the Jamaicans who do, rather than the Hondurans. At the end of the Toronto match, I was hanging out and chatting with some Jamaican guys. At the end of the Montreal match, I wanted to rip the Hondurans' eyes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaub Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 quote:Originally posted by I_AM_CANADIAN FOne guy who'd been on the train with me on the way there said some Honduran hit him with a beer so he called his wife a (bad word anyway) and the Honduran guy tried to get into it with him, and ya... Yeah some Honduran clown dumped something on me (it probably wasn't beer since nothing I wore last night smells like beer) as I was walking out of 114, and then decided to try to jump me from behind after I told his wife who was yelling "**** CANADA!" and whatever what I thought of her. At least security went after that guy before they told me to leave... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeVeeSss Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I saw the beer get toss but didn't see who got the shower. I guess it was you squizz. The post game antics were in real bad taste. Someone beside broke one of the chairs and the mouthing off back and forth from Hondurans and Canadians was really in bad taste. Possibly the worst sporting event I have been to in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnipeg Fury Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Gerry Dobson comments on this fight at the end. Anyone care to elaborate: There was the shameful scene at the final whistle of several hundred Canadian supporters in one end zone, swarmed by a much larger and volatile throng of Honduran fans. Yes there were fights. I can't comment on who started it, as my vantage point was the broadcast booth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I was in Row 5 and I got hit with beer too. I didn't see what happened afterwards other than us being charged by some Hondurans and then it going the other way. I saw quite a few punches thrown on both sides. The security at Saputo kept us inside the stadium for what seemed like 15-20 mins while the police arrived to "provide a police escort" which happened to be out back and into a dark park where they left us to fend for ourselves. To say I was mad at the situation would be putting it very mildly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto MB Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 edited as per common sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbrad Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Oh my God that is really sad. I wish I could have been there to back you up. Once again we have to look at the CSA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeVeeSss Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I don't know if anyone saw it but a Canadian Supporter threw an object at a Honduran supporters car. The driver parked his car and started picking a fight with the Canadian Supporters. Oh yes the night was pretty ugly if you ask me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 quote:Originally posted by Toronto MB Not that I'm particularly proud of it. But I tossed the Honduran over the railing after they had come down to our section to taunt us. Between the drinks and the utter heartbreak, it was mostly an instinctive reaction. Just glad I got away from security without the law getting involved. You my man are my hero. In another thread you posted that someone else did it didn't you? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto MB Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Was originally being ambiguous. But figured this thread was more appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Top man! Did they teach you that at Porter? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God Save The Queen Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Squizz whats good LOL. Glad you got home safe man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeghead Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 No one throws beer at us and gets away with it. thats all i have to say. Well except for the beer i accidently spilled thinking we got the second goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_AM_CANADIAN Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 A guy in row 16 was trying to get at some Honduran guy in the row behind him, some of our fans told him to chill out... I wouldn't have minded him being unleashed on some of those guys in the next section over, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaub Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 quote:Originally posted by squizz You know, if we don't make it out of this round, I really hope it's the Jamaicans who do, rather than the Hondurans. At the end of the Toronto match, I was hanging out and chatting with some Jamaican guys. At the end of the Montreal match, I wanted to rip the Hondurans' eyes out. Haha that is so true. I was waiting like 10 minutes at the bottom of the hill/ramp to the stadium for VPjr and djcuse to get the damn flagpole from security as I'm getting laughed at/sworn at by every single Honduran fan, and Jamaica can beat the living piss out of Honduras twice and I won't complain at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_AM_CANADIAN Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 quote:Originally posted by theaub Haha that is so true. I was waiting like 10 minutes at the bottom of the hill/ramp to the stadium for VPjr and djcuse to get the damn flagpole from security as I'm getting laughed at/sworn at by every single Honduran fan, and Jamaica can beat the living piss out of Honduras twice and I won't complain at all. ^ seconded, none of the Jamaicans I encountered were dickheads like some of the Hondurans at this game. The only incident worthy of note was that guy spitting at our fans, that's nothing compared to what the Hondurans pulled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beaver Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I generally try to avoid generalizations, but sadly, in my experience, the Honduran and Tico and Mexican fans are absolute trash. Jamaicans might spout off here and there, but they tend to be very respectful people. With that said, there where a helluva lot more Canadian fans in TO, so the incentive to behave was significant. Not a whole lot class coming out of the banana republics, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kibby Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 The beer was far from the worse thing thrown i was in the aisle at about row 6 when the dude standing infront of me took a folded up umbrella to the head that was thrown from some hondurans up in roughly row 7 or 8 across the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beaver Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 the stupidity of all this, of course, is that admissions--with the CSA's involvement--must do much better to segregate the supporters sections. Especially when you are dealing with classless supporters such as those from central america. We do not need to be so naive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadasBest Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I have to say guys that I personally saw 2 Canadian supporters throw beer up in the air on our own people. That was before the melee started with the Hondurans. Not saying the Honduran supporters were angels or anything, but I'm pretty sure we had a hand in starting things off. Someone told me after the match. "What is it going to take for the CSA to realize we need segregated sections. Are they waiting for someone to be knifed?" The scuffle post match was unfortunate, but these things are going to continue as long as we have opposition supporters sitting in close proximity to us. We do not condone violence, but when you're talking about 600 testosterone laden, beer drinking 18-65 year old's, this kind of thing is bound to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I don't think it is particularly wise for anyone who was involved in the melee to post about their involvement here. I doubt it would be very hard for the police to identify some of the posters on this forum. Maybe a moderator can remove any posts mentioning participants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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