Turned away from a soccer match because of child.

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Not sure if this should be in sports forum but:

Putting aside any partisan ****; I know there are some real fanatics out there but who in their right mind would even think about taking an eight week old baby to a soccer match in the middle of winter?

I know that I'm an old Victor Meldrew but this story just makes me angry because the parents seem to think it was fine and that the club were at fault. **** me! we were all talking about Karen Matthews being stupid a few days ago, I think these people must be related.
 
My Brother started taking my nephew to the footie not long after he turned 3 and to be honest I have never agreed with it :/ around 5 is early enough and even then most kids lose interest fast.
 
ColdAsIce said:
My Brother started taking my nephew to the footie not long after he turned 3 and to be honest I have never agreed with it :/ around 5 is early enough and even then most kids lose interest fast.
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I have been tempted to take my 3 year old for a few games, but with the idea that I would probably only be there for half of the first half. just to get him used to the crowds and the noise, not for the football itself because he wouldnt be interested at all yet!
 
That is extremely stupid, if they really wanted to go they should have got a babysitter or given the baby to a relative for the day. I agree with ColdAsIce, I wouldn't take a child younger than about 5 or 6 to a football match. I went to my first game when I was about 5 and I only remained interested because I was already hooked on football by then and it was Manchester United I was watching :D

Any younger is just pointless imo.
 
A stadium full of people in out in the cold, brilliant place for a 2 month old baby, morons.

It's just unbelievable and it completely and utterly ruined the day.
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Welcome to having kids lol
 
Bring on the OCUK how to bring up your kids experts.

If they wanted to take the baby I don't see any reason why they shouldn't, it's no different than wheeling your kid around town for a few hours on a saturday doing your shopping.
 
a1ex2001 said:
Bring on the OCUK how to bring up your kids experts.

If they wanted to take the baby I don't see any reason why they shouldn't, it's no different than wheeling your kid around town for a few hours on a saturday doing your shopping.
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except you've got a few thousand rowdy fans crammed into a small spce, a fast moving projectile, and a high set of steps. More than likely th e baby could be knocked from it's mothers grasp, considering a hard shake will kill the child thats a lot of risk.
 
Tefal said:
except you've got a few thousand rowdy fans crammed into a small spce, a fast moving projectile, and a high set of steps. More than likely th e baby could be knocked from it's mothers grasp, considering a hard shake will kill the child thats a lot of risk.
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I seriously doubt it. More chance of injury while out in town doing xmas shopping with all the useless ignorant shoppers bashing everything around at pram height.
 
I took a 4 year old a week before his 5th birthday. I'd wanted to take him well before then but I didn't feel he was old enough to grasp what was going on.

As it was we ended up in the south stand behind the goal at Elland Rd, and we scored at that end. Had he been any younger at that point I'm pretty sure there'd have been tears. There were tears from the even younger kid behind us when everyone and everything around them all moved at the same time and a wall of noise surrounded them.

The ball ended up under my chair too, which he thought was amazing.
 
From the stadium's point of view I can see why they turned them away. Leicester FC would most likely have been held liable if anything serious had happened to the child and they obviously felt that they couldn't take that risk, fair enough I say.

Also to a1ex, there is a difference between taking a young child to a football game and taking a baby.
 
a1ex2001 said:
Bring on the OCUK how to bring up your kids experts.

If they wanted to take the baby I don't see any reason why they shouldn't, it's no different than wheeling your kid around town for a few hours on a saturday doing your shopping.
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I guess you're right, brb just taking my nephew to a rave.
 
I reckon it's a bit young tbh. Would not be worried about the ball, kid getting knocked out of arms etc. The noise factor would be a possible problem, and then you have the possible scenario that the child wakes up and, as babies do, cry. Wonder how some guy who had a couple of pints before the game would react to having an 8 week old infant cry next to them. Plus does this ground in question have baby chaging facillites?

I reckon that it would be best ot wait unitl the child is old enough to show an interest ijn the game before taking them to an event that usually last for over two hours (by the time you travel there, get in, half time etc). Most kids wont be able to keep the interest in the game beyond the first 20 minutes.

I was at a game recently and the lad in front of me had taken his 5 year old daughter to her first game. We score and as you would expect the stand errupted and this gave the girl so much of a fright that he actually had to leave with her as she would not calm down.
 
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Going back to the stadium / out in town comparison, not sure what most people do but when my 2 were nippers they were in the pushchair, lots of layers and a blanket etc round them to keep them warm.

Would like to see a pushchair/pram get through the turnstiles.

Saying that I started taking my lad to the local team (come on the Robins ;)) when he was 5, he was un-nerved at that age when we (for a change) scored and everything went mad.

Now he is the midst of it aged 8 :)

But got to agree - 2 month old at a stadium this time of year???
 
Skyfall said:
I guess you're right, brb just taking my nephew to a rave.
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Congratulations on moronic statement of the day :rolleyes:

Where is the risk all I've heard in this thread is stupid statments.

NOISE: yes certain areas of the ground maybe a little noisey but I've very rarely been to a league 2 match where the volume gets up to annoying let alone the point it's going to hurt anyone.

STEPS: Doh don't take your baby upstairs.

THE BALL: (I assume this is the fast moving projectile) there is no more risk than in your local park I've been to hundreds of games and never had the ball land up anywhere near me.

COLD: It's no colder at the football than it is on the local high street

ROWDY FANS: It's not the 80's anymore and even then there were plenty of sections of the ground where you never saw trouble. In a modern all seater stadium it is ridiculously rare and if you sit away from the known chav sections I'd say people are more likely to be overly polite than cause a problem.

The kid was running a much greater risk of death in the car on the way there, if these people wanted to take there kid to the footy it should be there choice and the daily mail style suedo outrage in this thread is laughable and reflects badly on this forum.
 
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