129!! Goal by Goal!! We Are Witnessing GREATNESS!!
Congratulations!! Mohamed Salah became Liverpool's all-time top scorer in the Premier League history after netting his 129th goal for the club with a double in the sensational 7-0 win over Manchester United.
okay so i'm about to go on a bit of a rant about how i was treated at the footie so feel free to move on if you're not particularly arsed.
i am a girl that goes to around 95% of the liverpool home games a season on my own, i chant, i call the ref a wanker, i chat to the guys that sit with me at halftime and most importantly i love my club and i love football.
so it makes me really upset that when i went to the football today and sat in the same seat i sit in at every game to watch my team play, i was told that i "do not deserve my ticket."
for context, about 20 minutes into the first half there was a 'foul' made by van dijk which i didn't agree with and so like many of the men around me voiced my opinion. this then caused a man (with a london accent btw) in his late 40's early 50's to turn to me and tell me that i didn't deserve my seat because of my "moaning" at the ref.
now this wouldn't have bothered me if there weren't at least 15 other men surrounding us who were also shouting at the ref, because instead of having a go at them he decided to have a go at the only female near him who he happened to know was alone.
i of course gave him a piece of my mind in return and simply asked him what time his train back to london was. of course this turned into more arguing which only stopped when i told him that his misogyny was becoming very apparent.
not only was his comment upsetting to me but the fact that not one person stepped in when he got in my face was also disappointing.
i am very aware that football is a male-dominated space and that no matter how many games i go to and how much i know about the sport i will never be treated on the same level as the male supporters. but it was very upsetting to hear the people around me sing "you'll never walk alone" and then watch that happen right in front of them and do nothing.
despite all this i will continue to go to games, i will continue to chant loudly, i will continue to call the ref a wanker, i will continue to chat to the lads that i normally sit with and i will continue to love my club despite the fact that some bell-end from london thinks i can't be a fan just because i have a vagina.