Completely OTT stewarding outside family stand

Pot noodles for everyone said:

I arrived early today to be greeted by 3 stewards checking that my tickets were for the family stand.

Why? It's not a high profile game, there's no history of rivalry between the two clubs, it was bleeding obvious to anyone that I was going to be in the family stand, what with my packed sandwiches, ponchos and dare I say it the fact that I was with 2 young children might also be a clue.

I counted and there were 14 stewards policing the whole of the South Stand. No less than 13 policing the family stand. And how many of us in that stand were there? a hundred or so?

What was the point of all that? Never ever ever seen that before. Completely ridiculous and don't give me any bollocks about hoolies infiltrating the stand to get to the Hartlepool fans.

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clapham_gull said:

Probably something to do with the the trouble in that end last time the away fans were there.

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The Wookiee said:

What game was that ?

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The Wookiee said:

What game was that ?

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NMH said:

Barnet. Away fans gobbing on the kids below them, and abusive banter (Barnet have some silly pratts).

But - whenever the away fans are given the East Stand, there has to be separation from the family stand. Hence the extra stewards.
HOWEVER - some people ought to be able to figure this simple stuff out for themselves and be grateful that people hired to do that job, are really doing it!

(so Pot noodles - do try to focus on something less trite than creating a thread about this. It's very poor)

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Pot noodles for everyone said:

Bollocks. Why check the tickets before I got to the turnstile? Surely a cursory glance AT the turnstile would suffice. Secondly, ticket only matches means they know how many people to expect and where they are sitting i.e. bugger all within spitting distance. Thirdly, One steward halfway up the stand would have sufficed to spot which of the 40 or so Hartlepool fans were causing trouble.

So NMH, do try to focus on my points before automatically going into defensive post mode. It was OTT and you know it.

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Pot noodles for everyone said:

Bollocks. Why check the tickets before I got to the turnstile? Surely a cursory glance AT the turnstile would suffice. Secondly, ticket only matches means they know how many people to expect and where they are sitting i.e. bugger all within spitting distance. Thirdly, One steward halfway up the stand would have sufficed to spot which of the 40 or so Hartlepool fans were causing trouble.

So NMH, do try to focus on my points before automatically going into defensive post mode. It was OTT and you know it.

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Pot noodles for everyone said:

I arrived early today to be greeted by 3 stewards checking that my tickets were for the family stand.

Why? It's not a high profile game, there's no history of rivalry between the two clubs, it was bleeding obvious to anyone that I was going to be in the family stand, what with my packed sandwiches, ponchos and dare I say it the fact that I was with 2 young children might also be a clue.

I counted and there were 14 stewards policing the whole of the South Stand. No less than 13 policing the family stand. And how many of us in that stand were there? a hundred or so?

What was the point of all that? Never ever ever seen that before. Completely ridiculous and don't give me any bollocks about hoolies infiltrating the stand to get to the Hartlepool fans.

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Pot noodles for everyone said:

I arrived early today to be greeted by 3 stewards checking that my tickets were for the family stand.

Why? It's not a high profile game, there's no history of rivalry between the two clubs, it was bleeding obvious to anyone that I was going to be in the family stand, what with my packed sandwiches, ponchos and dare I say it the fact that I was with 2 young children might also be a clue.

I counted and there were 14 stewards policing the whole of the South Stand. No less than 13 policing the family stand. And how many of us in that stand were there? a hundred or so?

What was the point of all that? Never ever ever seen that before. Completely ridiculous and don't give me any bollocks about hoolies infiltrating the stand to get to the Hartlepool fans.

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champion7 said:

I'll will answer these for you PNFE;
The 3 stewards were there because the west end turnstiles weren't open.
Half of the 14 stewards are usually in charge of west stand,as it was not open they had to be deployed to the family stand to watch the away fans, add that to the normal amount for the FS, that adds up to 14 stewards.
Hope this soughts it out for you.

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Fazz62 said:

champion7

What are the rules about taking "packed sandwiches" into the ground?

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champion7 said:

As far as i'm aware it is allowed, but don't quote me on that as i've never come across this before.

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Fazz62 said:

champion 7

What are the rules about taking "packed sandwiches" into the ground?

And picnic baskets?

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champion7 said:

Youv'e beat me on this one.I suggest ASK THE CLUB.

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NMH said:

YAWN!

Because there were a few HOME supporters with tickets for the EAST stand, who needed to be relocated - rather than situating them in their seats surrounded by away fans (even the paltry 50 away fans there).

Chrissakes Pnfe, think on your feet will you? I'm starting to believe that your opening word in that post, is what's keeping your ears apart.

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champion7 said:

I'll will answer these for you PNFE;
The 3 stewards were there because the west end turnstiles weren't open.
Half of the 14 stewards are usually in charge of west stand,as it was not open they had to be deployed to the family stand to watch the away fans, add that to the normal amount for the FS, that adds up to 14 stewards.
Hope this soughts it out for you.

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BobbySmith said:

I spoke to a steward inside the family stand and he said that they had a tip off that there maybe a 'EON' demo in the South East re some Nuclear generators, thus the security as EON sponser the FAC................and I am not joking

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