We don’t want (nor can we afford) the police to be enforcing every possible crime taking place in the stadium. Coppers everywhere isn’t going to be the answer.
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bigfatronssba
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chiefdave
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The one the other week was ridiculous. The stewards were clearly struggling to deal with him and there was god knows how many police stood around watching doing nothing to help
pusbccfc
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By criminal offence, they are impling that you'll be off to court, which has happened to two of them.
The strange one is when there has been trouble and the police haven't got involved, like the Derby game
bigfatronssba
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Then acted like the tough guys once the stewards (specifically that woman) did all the hard work
bigfatronssba
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Is that what they’re saying?
I’m no expert but I always believed there was criminal and civil offences.
If it’s criminal the police should surely be involving themselves?
pusbccfc
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Yeah they tweeted that two have been to court and received banning orders.
Stealing is also a serious offence, but you don’t see officers stationed by the pic ‘n mix at the cinema ready to swoop in case anyone takes an extra strawberry lace.
The police are there to support the stewards if needed - ideally they wouldn’t have much of a presence at all. I agree the stewards are generally pretty crap (you get what you pay for) but having police on standby to spring into action for every problem in the stadium isn’t desirable or feasible.
bigfatronssba
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You honestly think the police running onto the pitch to chase down and arrest pitch invaders is going to help the situation?
bigfatronssba
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In that specific situation yes, absolutely.
It wasn’t as though it was some sort of protest where the invader was trying to make a point that much of the crowd would agree with.
It was a dickhead invading the pitch at a crucial moment who had no reason to do so other than to give himself a sense of importance in his pathetic life.
People cheered when he got hauled off
Police aren’t magically better at catching idiots who run on the pitch - they do cost a lot more though. No other big event I’ve seen relies on police to do this, no matter the sport or the country.
As I’ve said, really we want the police to have less of a presence at our games, not more of one.
bigfatronssba
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Old Warwickshire lad
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Throwing objects at fans,shouting obscenities and making threats of violence is a public order offence.
Police should arrest them and process them in holding cells .
In court Monday morning, 10 year ban from club.
Soon sort the problem, just needs the police to do their job.
Police should arrest them and process them in holding cells .
In court Monday morning, 10 year ban from club.
Soon sort the problem, just needs the police to do their job.
M&B Stand
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This.
Sums up society in general these days.
Was reading the other day about some chavs on a flight pissed up fighting, they were discussing the banning drinking on flights because of incidents like that, punish everyone instead of banning the perpetrators from ever flying again.
10 year ban for shouting obscenities? Have a word.
*Throwing missiles is obviously different.
AOM
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Can't believe this thread isn't over yet
If we get to Wembley, it will reach 200 pages
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chiefdave
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Don't think anyone is suggesting over the top policing and having them wade in if you smuggle in a bottle top. But at the moment we are being told we can't open parts of the ground because the amount of trouble at our games is greater than elsewhere in the country. We're also being charged for a significant police presence every game for the same reason.
Yet we can all see whenever there is an issue the police stand around and do nothing. They can't have it both ways, if there's supposedly a high level of trouble it is literally their job to enforce the law an take appropriate action, if they're not going to do that why are we paying them and allowing them to close parts of the ground?
We'll_live_and_die
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The attendance was shocking today. Some people couldn’t get a ticket for trying but there was loads of empty seats all over the ground. Only 28k
Brighton Sky Blue
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SAG got what they wanted
SheafIsGod
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Loads of empty seats dotted around because loads moved round to the corner and stood there.
It's a joke. The segregated seats is one thing, but there were clearly seats that had not been sold, looked really sparse around block 25. Questions need asking. Boro fans outside the ground laughing amongst themselves about how tinpot we are for not filling the stadium. No excuses for not selling all available seats.
Brighton Sky Blue
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Like I said, the over zealous safety team are to thank for that. Making it look like we can’t sell out a game of this magnitude
Absolutely, but why were seats that were sold for the Blues game not sold for this one? It's really odd.