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Ah of course. And I guess he thinks that the CEO/Secretary of ACL is a different Nicholas John Eastwood...
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OffenhamSkyBlue
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Yeah, undoubtedly ... and the owner of >75% of the shares of ACL and Wasps Holdings are different Derek Richardsons too!
Malaka
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Hippie! :happy::emoji_v:
oscillatewildly
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Same here - six family members in total and not a single 'tut' uttered.
RoboCCFC90
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Chris is a good bloke, always had a good understanding with him.
Kept me from trouble a few times in my younger years.
*Thank you Offenham for spotting my obvious mistake!
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Nick
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RoboCCFC90
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No idea where I got adolescence from, now corrected!
Houchens Head
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Love, Light & Peace, Man! :emoji_v:
RoboCCFC90
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Re the topic itself..
I'm not entirely surprised by these events that people are suggesting on Twitter, the parking aspect of the Ricoh Arena is shambolic, even after a CCFC game they struggle to get people out of car park A and people are left waiting for ages - I waited 45 mins after the Shrewsbury game.
It's a shame that Coventry is getting a bit of bad press about this, but beautiful in the sense that this is all falling at Wasps and the Ricoh Arena's door
I'm not entirely surprised by these events that people are suggesting on Twitter, the parking aspect of the Ricoh Arena is shambolic, even after a CCFC game they struggle to get people out of car park A and people are left waiting for ages - I waited 45 mins after the Shrewsbury game.
It's a shame that Coventry is getting a bit of bad press about this, but beautiful in the sense that this is all falling at Wasps and the Ricoh Arena's door
richnrg
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the queues were horrendous, the toilets overcrowded, but worst of all the sound was crystal clear
fellatio_Martinez
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Mel B is looking her age these days. She should change her name to Old Spice.
Sky Blue Pete
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Great gif
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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If some of things being suggested are true, like opening the gates and not checking bags, then that's seriously dangerous and needs enquiries made .
But a lot of the complaints on queues etc aren't new - they've been the same since it opened and even occurred with big crowds at HR at times, esp for toilets and getting food/drink.
We've had people contacting the CWR phone in from queues outside the ground on major matchdays saying what a shambles it is. Chelsea for example. Even the Crewe game. Loads of people at the footy leave their seat 5 mins before half time to go to the loo and get something to eat drink because they know the queues will be dreadful. If you regularly go to games with a women you'll expect them to be gone for half an hour just to go to the toilet because of queues. Remember that stupid fucking payment card where you had to put money on it at one place and then queue up elsewhere to get served because you couldn't use cash? Then people were finding they'd been charged wrongly on those cards because it was busy they'd just put the card it without checking how much was being charged to it.
I tend to arrive quite early at games and one game a few years ago we were there as the turnstiles opened, went in, I went to the toilet and then decided to get a burger, walked up to the kiosk and was informed they were out of burgers - they'd only opened the turnstiles five minutes before! How unlucky I'd chosen the kiosk Mick Quinn had just visited for a light snack... Now I don't even bother trying to get anything and eat beforehand or after.
At the Oasis gig again we turned up as early as possible - at least 90 mins before the start time - we still only managed to get in just before the start. Completely missed The Enemy supporting. It might have been that gig where there were hundreds of brollies just strewn about the floor because people weren't allowed to take them in and had been told to just chuck them away at the side of the turnstile/bag check area/
Very rarely do I go in a car to a match but if we do I then after I go over to the Arena and get something to eat - no point going to the car because you'll just end up sitting there for ages.
Given that this was an event that was going to be attended predominantly by people unfamiliar with the stadium and largely female, at a place nigh on impossible to access by public transport and next to a main road used by commuters on a workday it's not surprising it was a shambles.
With it being a workday the thing of 'get there early' is loads can't due to leaving work so it was always going to be lots of people turning up at once with little time to spare.
At the football there are people who who turn up and complain it took them ages to get in if we get bigger crowds than normal when they time it to get to the stadium about 10 mins before kick off. They could get there earlier - they choose not to. And a lot of the time people just go to the nearest set of turnstiles (like those nearest the away end after you've walked under the railway) and it's hugely busy, but if the walk along to the next set or the ones after that and you can walk straight in - no queues. Did it at the Crewe game. Ridiculous queues for those turnstiles, I walked past them to the set two up from there and got straight in.
But a lot of the complaints on queues etc aren't new - they've been the same since it opened and even occurred with big crowds at HR at times, esp for toilets and getting food/drink.
We've had people contacting the CWR phone in from queues outside the ground on major matchdays saying what a shambles it is. Chelsea for example. Even the Crewe game. Loads of people at the footy leave their seat 5 mins before half time to go to the loo and get something to eat drink because they know the queues will be dreadful. If you regularly go to games with a women you'll expect them to be gone for half an hour just to go to the toilet because of queues. Remember that stupid fucking payment card where you had to put money on it at one place and then queue up elsewhere to get served because you couldn't use cash? Then people were finding they'd been charged wrongly on those cards because it was busy they'd just put the card it without checking how much was being charged to it.
I tend to arrive quite early at games and one game a few years ago we were there as the turnstiles opened, went in, I went to the toilet and then decided to get a burger, walked up to the kiosk and was informed they were out of burgers - they'd only opened the turnstiles five minutes before! How unlucky I'd chosen the kiosk Mick Quinn had just visited for a light snack... Now I don't even bother trying to get anything and eat beforehand or after.
At the Oasis gig again we turned up as early as possible - at least 90 mins before the start time - we still only managed to get in just before the start. Completely missed The Enemy supporting. It might have been that gig where there were hundreds of brollies just strewn about the floor because people weren't allowed to take them in and had been told to just chuck them away at the side of the turnstile/bag check area/
Very rarely do I go in a car to a match but if we do I then after I go over to the Arena and get something to eat - no point going to the car because you'll just end up sitting there for ages.
Given that this was an event that was going to be attended predominantly by people unfamiliar with the stadium and largely female, at a place nigh on impossible to access by public transport and next to a main road used by commuters on a workday it's not surprising it was a shambles.
With it being a workday the thing of 'get there early' is loads can't due to leaving work so it was always going to be lots of people turning up at once with little time to spare.
At the football there are people who who turn up and complain it took them ages to get in if we get bigger crowds than normal when they time it to get to the stadium about 10 mins before kick off. They could get there earlier - they choose not to. And a lot of the time people just go to the nearest set of turnstiles (like those nearest the away end after you've walked under the railway) and it's hugely busy, but if the walk along to the next set or the ones after that and you can walk straight in - no queues. Did it at the Crewe game. Ridiculous queues for those turnstiles, I walked past them to the set two up from there and got straight in.
CV8_SkyBlues
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I went with my wife last night (last time I buy her concert tickets for Christmas!) we were stood on the pitch at around the halfway line. Got in about 5 mins before Jess Glynne started but the queue and queue management both inside and outside the stadium was atrocious.
Outside we was in a queue for turnstile 21 but then that spilt into about 8 different lines from the original queue we joined and we ended up going in turnstile 23.
Once in the stadium and queuing on the staircase to enter the pitch area and it was really tight but not management on how many was on the stairs and no managing the flow so people trying to get to the bar underneath the stand had to fight against the surging crowd getting on to the pitch.
When on the pitch it was fine to start off with, and normally standing at concerts done bother me, been in mosh pits loads before and at sold out concerts in academy venues around the country where they really do push the limits but last night was the first time I felt unsafe at a concert due to the volume of people on the pitch. It was rammed before the end of Jess Glynne but the crowd just kept coming.
Getting off the pitch at the end was a joke. We went to the Rihanna concert at the Ricoh and they opened the massive gates at the end of the stadium. Nothing of that last night, all coming off through the staircase, took 20 mins or so until the stewards had the brainwave of letting us use the exit via the now vacated wheelchair section to release a bit of the pressure on the staircase and unsurprisingly a couple of cat fights broke out between groups of drunk women all trying to fight for a tiny gap to get off the pitch.
Despite all that and reading comments on Twitter we got off rather lucky compared to some people experiences. Getting out the car park was relevantly easy despite then stewards jumping out of nowhere to stop traffic to allow pedestrians to cross. The only issues getting back to car park c via the subway was the bottleneck around the station. Glad I wasn’t getting the train the underpass to the station looked more packed that the pitch
Outside we was in a queue for turnstile 21 but then that spilt into about 8 different lines from the original queue we joined and we ended up going in turnstile 23.
Once in the stadium and queuing on the staircase to enter the pitch area and it was really tight but not management on how many was on the stairs and no managing the flow so people trying to get to the bar underneath the stand had to fight against the surging crowd getting on to the pitch.
When on the pitch it was fine to start off with, and normally standing at concerts done bother me, been in mosh pits loads before and at sold out concerts in academy venues around the country where they really do push the limits but last night was the first time I felt unsafe at a concert due to the volume of people on the pitch. It was rammed before the end of Jess Glynne but the crowd just kept coming.
Getting off the pitch at the end was a joke. We went to the Rihanna concert at the Ricoh and they opened the massive gates at the end of the stadium. Nothing of that last night, all coming off through the staircase, took 20 mins or so until the stewards had the brainwave of letting us use the exit via the now vacated wheelchair section to release a bit of the pressure on the staircase and unsurprisingly a couple of cat fights broke out between groups of drunk women all trying to fight for a tiny gap to get off the pitch.
Despite all that and reading comments on Twitter we got off rather lucky compared to some people experiences. Getting out the car park was relevantly easy despite then stewards jumping out of nowhere to stop traffic to allow pedestrians to cross. The only issues getting back to car park c via the subway was the bottleneck around the station. Glad I wasn’t getting the train the underpass to the station looked more packed that the pitch
Sky Blue Pete
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Such a shame we learn nothing as humans. Seems sheer luck that no one was seriously injured or worse and deluded organisers blame everyone but themselves
jordan210
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Sorry link is from the scum but still
Spice Girls' Coventry gig sees furious fans complain of overcrowding and being left stranded in a car park for hours outside Ricoh Arena
Over crowding and lack of security are massive issues for any venue. After what happened in Manchester this should be treated very seriously.
In theory they should be heavily fined and loose safety certificate if they can't ensure visitor safety.
Spice Girls' Coventry gig sees furious fans complain of overcrowding and being left stranded in a car park for hours outside Ricoh Arena
Over crowding and lack of security are massive issues for any venue. After what happened in Manchester this should be treated very seriously.
In theory they should be heavily fined and loose safety certificate if they can't ensure visitor safety.
vow
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SBAndy
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Links? Don’t know where I’m looking on Twitter.
larry_david
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Was at thr etihhad as mentioned earlier and the queues were ridiculous. Luckily the gf has a broken ankle so we skipped in but it not it would have been another hour I reckon. 5 portaloos or whatever they are outside when expecting 60k mental women. Good one!
Sounds like ricoh was worse though
Sounds like ricoh was worse though
clint van damme
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I'm sure she sees it that way as well!
Nick
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bringbackrattles
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Nobody has mentioned it yet. Who wants to watch the Spice Girls anyway older than about 10 ? It's not even music !
fellatio_Martinez
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larry_david
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She was buzzing on sat! Every cloud
fernandopartridge
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My missus saw the Spice Girls at Eastlands last week, no problems there funnily enough
JimmyHillsbeard
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Or the Manchester Arena bombing
chiefdave
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Will be interesting to see what happens. There's uproar when the slightest little thing happens at one of our games and more restrictions come in so surely something this serious can't just be brushed under the carpet.
This is the key thing for me. All of this was easily predictable as its basically the same things we've seen over and over again amplified.
fernandopartridge
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Yep, absolutely dreadful abdication of their duty of care. I mentioned earlier that it must be a breach of their licence. It all comes from the cost cutting going on there. They're running everything on a shoestring now.
We'll_live_and_die
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Bloody hell. They’ve turned the volume up tonight.
covcity4life
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I thought of that when saw all the little girls with their mums. Made feel sick thinking about abomb going off and killing them like it did in manchester