Aaron Ramsey has better things to do than worry about Stoke City (Picture: Getty Images)

Arsenal travel to Stoke this Sunday, the Tottenham of the North.

I’d almost go as far to say they’re worse than Spurs. I mean, I hate Tottenham, but it’s a historical hatred, it’s ingrained. A hatred so intense I’m not even sure why I hate them so much, I mean, at the heart of it, they’re a pretty hilarious side story in my football life.

Stoke though. Well, jeez, they’re a different proposition all together. The hatred of Stoke extends beyond football really. The football club are appalling, but jeez, the place? It’s like being smacked in the face with a visual interpretation of a Victorian Freak Safari.



Anyway, the fans. Well, jeez, always on a wind up aren’t they? I mean, if booing Aaron Ramsey when he snapped his leg wasn’t embarrassing enough, they’ve since then taken to booing him because he won’t forgive the troll that snapped it.


So this weekend, they’re aiming to take things a step further by holding a minutes silence on the 67th minute. Why? Because that’s when he snapped his leg.

Slow. Clap. For. The. Clever. Ones.

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Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey, second right, celebrates after scoring against Stoke earlier this season (Picture: AP Photo)

Come on, I mean, really? Is bullying a kid who suffered a horrendous injury on the playing field any way to showcase the values of your club / town (I mean, let’s be honest, show me a Chinese fan who asked his dad to buy him a Stoke shirt)?

Have people nothing better to do? I know it won’t affect Ramsey, I mean, if anything, it’ll probably make him laugh. But I just can’t believe, that in 2014, thousands of adults can group together and partake in something so dim and shameful.

And I don’t mean shameful in the proper sense, I just mean shameful as it doesn’t hit any of the sweet spots you need to cause a ruction. No one on the planet can identify with the Stoke fans cause; the joke isn’t funny or intelligent and doesn’t have any class about it at all.

Not that the place does. Not that me writing this post does, but hey, I’m defending the honour of a young man who has a heart of gold being abused by grown men.

Stoke, the Tottenham of the North, but less funny. What an embarrassment.

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