[Albion] A bit of disappointment yesterday

[Timbo]

For me at least, quite possible nobody else will care! I had to go to the ticket office before the game, in front of me was a family and the man at the front was getting quite irate.

A bit of presumption here but I guess the man was the grandfather or father of the two kids who were 6 & 9. The lady with them was their mother, the kids were head to toe in Brighton gear (full kit and scarves) and face paint on. The mother and (possibly) grandfather also had Brighton gear on. They were being taken for one of their birthdays and the lady was calmly explaining that she was really sorry but didn't think they would be allowed in.

They had gone to drop their rucksack at the bag drop, I assume the bag gets checked there. In the bag was a Man City carrier bag screwed up in the bottom which made them a 'security risk'. A supervisor comes along and takes over at the counter, he's really sorry but can't do anything. But however, and here's the genius but from the club, he can offer them an upgrade to hospitality where they naturally don't care who you support as you have more money. The man looks at the kids, one of whom is in tears and gets his credit card out and the club relieves him of another £191.

 

[jcdenton08]

That’s appalling if it’s exactly as you described.

 

[Springal]

Sounds great business sense to me!

 

[South Stand Bonfire]

So four Brighton fans, all wearing BHA kit, with BHA face paint on are turned away for allegedly having a Man CIty bag in the bottom of a ruck sack?

 

[Rdodge30]

Where do you get a Man City carrier bag though ?

 

[Hovegull]

Who is head to toe in Brighton stuff and has a Man City carrier bag? I need more info?

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Upselling superb work...maybe

 

[Whitechapel]

The club get so, so much right but there’s been a few stories like this lately and it needs to stop.

1901 ticket holders can do what they want with their tickets, home ends are littered with away fans for certain games but then some jobsworth steward will crack down over absolute trivial bollocks like this. It’s grim.

 

[Springal]

The club get so, so much right but there’s been a few stories like this lately and it needs to stop.

1901 ticket holders can do what they want with their tickets, home ends are littered with away fans for certain games but then some jobsworth steward will crack down over absolute trivial bollocks like this. It’s grim.

Sounds like they’re stopping exactly what you are talking about ?

Move them from home ends where they will upset a few to ‘neutral’ hospitality

 

[METALMICKY]

For me at least, quite possible nobody else will care! I had to go to the ticket office before the game, in front of me was a family and the man at the front was getting quite irate.

A bit of presumption here but I guess the man was the grandfather or father of the two kids who were 6 & 9. The lady with them was their mother, the kids were head to toe in Brighton gear (full kit and scarves) and face paint on. The mother and (possibly) grandfather also had Brighton gear on. They were being taken for one of their birthdays and the lady was calmly explaining that she was really sorry but didn't think they would be allowed in.

They had gone to drop their rucksack at the bag drop, I assume the bag gets checked there. In the bag was a Man City carrier bag screwed up in the bottom which made them a 'security risk'. A supervisor comes along and takes over at the counter, he's really sorry but can't do anything. But however, and here's the genius but from the club, he can offer them an upgrade to hospitality where they naturally don't care who you support as you have more money. The man looks at the kids, one of whom is in tears and gets his credit card out and the club relieves him of another £191.

Sorry but that makes no sense. The presence of a City carrier bag suggests they are deep cover with Albion kits on and once in the whole family will kick off!

 

[Timbo]

Where do you get a Man City carrier bag though ?

It was an odd one I agree and I didn't get into the nuts and bolts of how they came about having one! However, there were plenty of City fans dotted about in the ground yesterday, spending probably the best part of 150 quid on club merchandise to try and blend in would seem a bit excessive

 

[AK74]

Prevented from entering the home end due to the presence of an errant carrier bag?

Someone is getting the sack.

 

[Timbo]

Sorry but that makes no sense. The presence of a City carrier bag suggests they are deep cover with Albion kits on and once in the whole family will kick off!

The six year old looked particularly shifty, I think they were being used as mules to get all the proper gear in knowing they wouldn't be searched.

 

[A1X]

So were they away fans trying to sneak in who we rinsed because they were dumb enough to get caught? Or was it a family of Brighton fans who for some reason had a City bag and made a mistake?

If the former, yay.
If the latter, boo.

 

[timbha]

I reckon there’s more to this story

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Where do you get a Man City carrier bag though ?

The simplest explanation would be that at some point one of them had been to an away day or otherwise been in Manchester and bought something there.

I just had a quick root around the bottom of my rucksack. Lying around in the detritus at the bottom I found:
Bits of cardboard from a box of Polish chocolates,
A site plan of a steelworks,
A letter for a previous occupier of the house that I meant to return to sender and apparently forgot about,
An NHS leaflet about preventing blood clots after surgery,
A single sheet from a work permit application,
Some tap cartridges (admittedly I just bought those),
A train ticket from Rouen to Dieppe, or possibly vice versa, I've already forgotten.
And a load of other crap.

Presumably the club would leap to the assumption that I'm some sort of Polish industrial espionage agent and would immediately call the police to have me deported.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

It was an odd one I agree and I didn't get into the nuts and bolts of how they came about having one! However, there were plenty of City fans dotted about in the ground yesterday, spending probably the best part of 150 quid on club merchandise to try and blend in would seem a bit excessive

Would have been cheaper to just buy hospitality tickets in the first place!

 

[Bry Nylon]

Sorry but that makes no sense. The presence of a City carrier bag suggests they are deep cover with Albion kits on and once in the whole family will kick off!

Which doubtless would have come as something of a surprise to the referee.

 

[el punal]

The club get so, so much right but there’s been a few stories like this lately and it needs to stop.

1901 ticket holders can do what they want with their tickets, home ends are littered with away fans for certain games but then some jobsworth steward will crack down over absolute trivial bollocks like this. It’s grim.

Hmm. I think there’s more to this story than we know. I was sat in the West Upper trying to find my Man City bag, which I carry odds and sods in, had disappeared for whatever reason.

 

[Timbo]

I reckon there’s more to this story

If I read it I would agree. However seeing it first hand, the family were very well spoken and just one look at them and anyone could tell there was no problem here whatsoever. I think in the first instance there's been an absolute jobsworth somewhere and from there on in nobody can back down (unless of course you've got a spare £191).

I've also been on here since the year dot and I'm really not in the habit of making things up.