Black netting blocking our view in away end!!!!

[tomfitz12]

The net at charlton!

Did anyone else have a problem with net today at Charlton in front of the disabled fans which then ridiculously stretched across to the goal. It was nowhere else in the ground and after the stewards had been asked many times to take it down they replied that it was fixed in place! This was even more annoying as we had just watched it being taken down at the home end. This was nowhere on the ticket and although it did not block the view very severely, it was a nuisance and it was not nice to watch a game through a load of string.
Rant over.

 

[T soprano]

Very annoying today having to watch the whole 90 mins through black netting today In the away end today when I remonstrated with the stewards down the front I was told it was put up to protect the disabled supporters at the front as I looked to the left the disabled charlton fans had a lovely view with no black netting spoiling their view
People were getting very irate by this I've never known anything like it in all 40 years of football
Maybe at the Amex we should have netting all round the stadium to stop people getting hit by stray footballs FFS

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Did anyone else have a problem with net today at Charlton in front of the disabled fans which then ridiculously stretched across to the goal. It was nowhere else in the ground and after the stewards had been asked many times to take it down they replied that it was fixed in place! This was even more annoying as we had just watched it being taken down at the home end. This was nowhere on the ticket and although it did not block the view very severely, it was a nuisance and it was not nice to watch a game through a load of string.
Rant over.

Better hope we never qualify for Europe then...

 

[Giraffe]

It was odd very odd but didn't spoil the view really.

 

[Robot Chicken]

It was obviously left up by mistake. The right side was clear!

 

[matt_32510]

This is the view I had, not impressed with £30.

 

[Gazwag]

It was obviously left up by mistake. The right side was clear!

They announced twice over the tannoy it was to protect the disabled so it was left up on purpose

 

[clapham_gull]

Bizarre and spoilt my view.

Really odd. Never seen any think like that.

 

[Mutts Nuts]

Did anyone else have a problem with net today at Charlton in front of the disabled fans which then ridiculously stretched across to the goal. It was nowhere else in the ground and after the stewards had been asked many times to take it down they replied that it was fixed in place! This was even more annoying as we had just watched it being taken down at the home end. This was nowhere on the ticket and although it did not block the view very severely, it was a nuisance and it was not nice to watch a game through a load of string.
Rant over.

As always was stand where you want today, you could have moved to the back of the stand

 

[JBizzleBeard]

Any think...

 

[nomoremithras4me]

Black netting? You lucky lucky bastards soon moved though!

 

[Kazenga <3]

Black netting? You lucky luck bastards soon moved though!
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How did they manage to move that without the stand collapsing

 

[brighton_tom]

did seem a bit odd. pre-match the players were doing some shooting practice in that corner so the netting is needed to stop people getting hit, but to leave it up for the game was wierd. i assumed at first that they'd just forgotten to take it down.

 

[nomoremithras4me]

How did they manage to move that without the stand collapsing

Couple of bits of 4x2 and some sky hooks

 

[Bob!]

They announced twice over the tannoy it was to protect the disabled so it was left up on purpose

are they allowed to leave it there though?
surely it would prevent evacuation on to the pitch in an emergency?

 

[tomfitz12]

This is the view I had, not impressed with £30.

You must have been near me as that was the same view that I had throughout the game. Didn't exactly ruin the match but was annoying

 

[Thunder Bolt]

did seem a bit odd. pre-match the players were doing some shooting practice in that corner so the netting is needed to stop people getting hit, but to leave it up for the game was wierd. i assumed at first that they'd just forgotten to take it down.

They explained that they'd oversold the seats, so the wheelchair supporters had to go pitchside so it was left up to protect them as there isn't much of a gap between the track and the pitch.

 

[T soprano]

Black netting? You lucky lucky bastards soon moved though!
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And there's us lot moaning about a bit of netting I feel better now

 

[nomoremithras4me]

And there's us lot moaning about a bit of netting I feel better now

On a positive note TS, at least you didn't get smacked in the head from all the off target shots

 

[Mutts Nuts]

Would getting hit in the face by the ball hurt a disabled person more than an able one,only asking and is it not against DDA regulations to discriminate against the disabled by obscuring their view of the game rather than protecting them in another way , again only asking .I don`t want another ban ffs