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'Four figure crowd expected tonight'
- Thread starter The Large One
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They didnt seem like they expected a four figure crowd.
5 Litres
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I think a four figure crowd suggested around 1,000. I thought the club did very well to cope with the extra 3,000 or so that no-one could have predicted.
London Irish
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5 Litres said:
Certainly don't envy the stewards tonight. I think they did well to open the turnstiles. It was pure anarchism in action in the truest sense and seemed to work out well. The dispersal at the end seemed to pass off OK despite the lack of road closures.
Very sorry for those that might have been caught up in the crush on the way in though, although it did seem that those with kids did make the wise precaution of going in early - the North Stand was utterly packed with 'em.
Hard for the club to learn any lessons from tonight though - this was not just the Withdean faithful turning out tonight, but some of those mythical 30k who went to cardiff. Many of the people around me in the North Stand said it was their first Withdean game for many years.
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Mellor 3 Ward 4
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Not sure LI how you can say the club did well.
It was total choas outside. AT 7.00 it was VERY clear that there was no way that everybody was going to get in by kick off yet no more turnstiles were opened until AFTER KICK OFF!
I had two youngsters with me when we were stuck in the walkway between the turnstiles and the old away stand it was packed, and there could easily have been an incident.
Well done to the team on the pitch - biut CRAP off it. Terrible organisation. The safety officer has A LOT of questions to answer tomorrow.
It was total choas outside. AT 7.00 it was VERY clear that there was no way that everybody was going to get in by kick off yet no more turnstiles were opened until AFTER KICK OFF!
I had two youngsters with me when we were stuck in the walkway between the turnstiles and the old away stand it was packed, and there could easily have been an incident.
Well done to the team on the pitch - biut CRAP off it. Terrible organisation. The safety officer has A LOT of questions to answer tomorrow.
Gerbil
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Mellor 3 Ward 4 said:
Because they always do according to him
London Irish
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Mellor 3 Ward 4 said:
Fair points - and ones I can't disagree too much with. But I think it was obvious they didn't really have any one else to staff the turnstiles, so the option would really be to let in everyone free earlier. Would that have been the right thing to do and lose so much revenue?
It was a cock-up, undeniably, but a hard one to blame the club for given the total unpredictability of the turnout.
That said, as I mentioned earlier, I feel very sorry for people like you and the two youngsters with you who had to endure the chaos and the crush.
Perhaps the one thing the club could have done was to pre-sell tickets as well as making it pay-on-the-day, then they would have got some rough idea of the extent of the demand.
London Irish
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gerbil said:Because they always do according to him
If you read my post properly you tiresome goon, I actually was congratulating the stewards on opening the turnstiles, not saying that the club did well. Stop f***ing grinding your axe.
Gerbil
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London Irish said:
And if YOU'D read MINE properly you sanctimonious prick you would've seen that I was saying that you ALWAYS say the club did well no matter what the subject is.
London Irish
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gerbil said:And if YOU'D read MINE properly you sanctimonious prick you would've seen that I was saying that you ALWAYS say the club did well no matter what the subject is.
Your posts are never that difficult to comprehend and can just be speed read
Gerbil
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London Irish said:Your posts are never that difficult to comprehend and can just be speed read
I wish I was you
You're great.
London Irish
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gerbil said:I wish I was you
You're great.
Thanks stalker
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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In the end it was just a youth team game FFS.
The 'Safety Officer' certainly and suddenly earnt his keep. Rustled up just about enough folks willing to wear the orange jacket. Very much doubt anybody checked their credentials very thoroughly, but full marks for response time innit.
If the club were at fault for not realising the numbers, all I'd say is: how many people turned up about five minutes before kick-off expecting to stroll in? If so, how do you reckon the club knows more than you?
And why didn't you just say 'f*** it' and watch the game on the terrace of the Sportsman with a beer like the rest of us?
The 'Safety Officer' certainly and suddenly earnt his keep. Rustled up just about enough folks willing to wear the orange jacket. Very much doubt anybody checked their credentials very thoroughly, but full marks for response time innit.
If the club were at fault for not realising the numbers, all I'd say is: how many people turned up about five minutes before kick-off expecting to stroll in? If so, how do you reckon the club knows more than you?
And why didn't you just say 'f*** it' and watch the game on the terrace of the Sportsman with a beer like the rest of us?
Happy Seagull
Barca Cule
Absolute piss poor tonight in my opinion. It didn't take a brain surgeon to see before 7pm that more gates were needed to be opened in order to get everyone in. So why did it take almost 40mins to do so?
I got there before 7pm and still missed the first 20mins of the game
Then the steward refused to open the gate to the running track to stop everyone getting crushed. Was so f***ing mad at that point.
I got there before 7pm and still missed the first 20mins of the game
Then the steward refused to open the gate to the running track to stop everyone getting crushed. Was so f***ing mad at that point.
Why did they not just open the south stand from the start?
They had adverts in the programme and local press all week so of course there was going to be a large crowd.
They had adverts in the programme and local press all week so of course there was going to be a large crowd.
Superphil
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2 things.
1. There will never be another "pay at the gate" match at Withdean for anything to do with Albion teams.
2. Even without Park & Ride, and Road Closures, there was virtually no traffic outside the ground after the game, no delays getting up onto Dyke Road, and no problem parking. Makes you think the whole P&R scheme is a bit misguided if it beleives it reduces traffic. Normal matchdays are a nightmare around Withdean.
That's all.
Well done the boys, I hope some of the 1st teamers spotted those players in the middle of the pitch, called "midfielders"
1. There will never be another "pay at the gate" match at Withdean for anything to do with Albion teams.
2. Even without Park & Ride, and Road Closures, there was virtually no traffic outside the ground after the game, no delays getting up onto Dyke Road, and no problem parking. Makes you think the whole P&R scheme is a bit misguided if it beleives it reduces traffic. Normal matchdays are a nightmare around Withdean.
That's all.
Well done the boys, I hope some of the 1st teamers spotted those players in the middle of the pitch, called "midfielders"
Gerbil
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Superphil said:
There ws definately a problem parking.
I took my boy with me and got there at 6.45,drove round for half an hour looking for somewhere to park and eventually went home again.
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
gerbil said:
There are never any cars parked in Wayland Avenue above the woods, and never any stewards up there....