Bob Hatton
Well-known member
Morning fellow pool fans. Like many of you I started reading AVFTT when it was a paper magazine long before the digital age and its primary focus was a platform for all Pool fans to share a common understanding of how lucky we are to support the boys in tangerine and discuss all things pool related. It brought together harmoniously all sexes, creeds and nationality without favour or predujidice and focussed on our common love of being a pool fan. We live in a town where we have a mixture of people both rich and poor with different beliefs and cultures but none of this mattered and we all stood shoulder to shoulder either on the Kop or in the scratching shed or south paddock.
What I find horrible now is reading thread after thread where pool fans are openly hostile to other pool fans who have the temerity to disagree with the post in some way. Much of it verges on bullying and various factions have emerged where groups of individual posters support each other collectively to try and shout down other groups.
Its all very tedious and not what AVFTT was created for. I know there are sub forums and believe me I have tried ignoring individuals and only focussed on the football related posts but it now permeates into almost every thread and the cliques poison and sour the board by the personal dislike they have now developed over time.
Let's remember when we get back in the ground we could be stood shoulder to shoulder with each other and walking down Wembley Way singing pool songs We are all the same and even if our political views differ we must respect each other and nobody has the right to ridicule or belittle anybody else.
Looking forward to a much brighter 2021 when we are free of this virus and we can all meet up pre match for a beer and encourage the team to achieve their best. UTMP
What I find horrible now is reading thread after thread where pool fans are openly hostile to other pool fans who have the temerity to disagree with the post in some way. Much of it verges on bullying and various factions have emerged where groups of individual posters support each other collectively to try and shout down other groups.
Its all very tedious and not what AVFTT was created for. I know there are sub forums and believe me I have tried ignoring individuals and only focussed on the football related posts but it now permeates into almost every thread and the cliques poison and sour the board by the personal dislike they have now developed over time.
Let's remember when we get back in the ground we could be stood shoulder to shoulder with each other and walking down Wembley Way singing pool songs We are all the same and even if our political views differ we must respect each other and nobody has the right to ridicule or belittle anybody else.
Looking forward to a much brighter 2021 when we are free of this virus and we can all meet up pre match for a beer and encourage the team to achieve their best. UTMP