Albion fans collide with Reading travellers.

[Notters]

Wow. Must be the first time anyone's made a weekend of a trip to Reading*


*festival excluded.

 

[portlock seagull]

Meeting held at premier inn a few weeks ago in Oxfordshire a load turned up at the costa opposite and basically "steamed" it. Manager locked the doors, with half the ferals inside other out before about 5 police wagons and cars turned up. No one arrested by end of the affair and a tense standoff ensued. Basically the cafe lost business, not including the stolen stuff, as do the tax payer because tied up at least 10 or so officers for over an hour. The travellers win because they get stuff for free, behave how they like and get away with it. It's all of us however that have got them wrong with our racial stereotyping. and why are they deemed a race?! as opposed to static chavs, they're just mobile chavs and you wouldn't class Palace fans going to an away game as a separate race yet it's directly comparable.

 

[Gazwag]

I bet if some proper humans burnt a caravan full of paper pikies there would be hell to pay.....................

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

I think even our resident rozzers on this board would be the first to admit,the old bill,for some reason,are absolutely petrified of do as we likeys .

 

[wellquickwoody]

Have been to 51 different away grounds following the Albion but this trip was the weirdest of all. Four of us decided to make a weekend of it, with us men going to the football and the wives going shopping in the Oracle. We booked the 4* Crowne Plaza by the Thames for Friday and Saturday nights.
The trip started with our tickets not turning up in the post which meant picking them up at the stadium before the match.
Anyway, we arrived at the hotel and decided to eat there on Friday evening. We ordered the food and some nice wine and settled down for an enjoyable night. First course came and went, very enjoyable. Dessert had just arrived and we thought "what the hell is going on?"
Little kids began to charge around the restaurant climbing over low walls and making one hell of a racket. Then older kids came into the restaurant with takeaways and promptly started requisitioning plates and cutlery from behind the counters. The waiters were completely gobsmacked and sent all the kids packing.
We then noticed that the bar, which we could see, had filled up with the roughest looking people (beyond chav) who had taken over the whole bar.
The decibels rose and the kids were running around more manic. It ruined our meal and I strode off to speak to the manager. It appeared that 5 travellers had booked rooms in the hotel (unknown to the staff) and a lot more in the Premier Inn down the road. That had no bar so they all arranged to meet in our hotel.
Eventually there were about sixty of them in the bar and some of the younger blokes starting fighting in the bar which also spilled into the entrance. The manager was horrified as he could see his core guests were getting angry. Eventually he gave his non traveller guests the key to the executive bar, with free drinks, and called the police. Three cop cars turned up followed by another two. They were useless. After gently talking to the travellers they shook hands with the packs leaders and left. Of course, this meant they carried on as usual.
Some of the guests in the executive lounge got nervous and checked out to another hotel.
The police were called again. We decided to go to bed but to get into the lift or door to stairs you needed your room key. As we opened the door about 5 teenage travellers tried to pass through with us. We tried to stop them until the manager and cops came to our aid but 2 got through and ran up the stairs. The copper came through and we said to him "If the police had clamped down on the first visit these problems wouldn't have re- occurred". Of course, the copper thought we were wrong to complain and that a few people running shouting through hotel corridors was nothing to moan about.
The 5 who had booked rooms were trying to get others without rooms to doss down with them, free of charge.
We went to bed but at 3am a group of their youngsters, who had been clubbing, turned up demanding to be let in. Fights broke out, again, and the police were called again. At 5am those travellers who managed to get in the rooms were running up and down the corridors banging doors, waking all the guests. The whole lot of them, including those in the Premier Inn, were off to fly to Ireland for a funeral.

By the end of the night, none had been arrested, but the hotel was out of pocket as they had given all the legit guests free drinks and coffee and when we checked out this morning took the costs of our desserts off the bill.
Why are they allowed to get away with anti social behaviour for which the rest of us would be arrested.

On the upside, you can dine out on that one for a while!

 

[pastafarian]

Who was that Austrian bloke who grew the silly moustache?

He shared similar views.

An Austrian with a silly moustache you say

 

[Megazone]

An Austrian with a silly moustache you say

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Calderon's Spanish.

 

[Justice]

I thought this was going to be about Albion fans having an off with some pikeys in Reading bit disappointed tbh.

 

[carlzeiss]

I thought this was going to be about Albion fans having an off with some pikeys in Reading bit disappointed tbh.

That could only end one way .

 

[Surrey_Albion]

Its because the old bill sh*t themselves with pikeys, if that was football fans doing that can you imagine what they'd have done

this also because they move about and don't have address or any real I.D even when arrested they are never prosecuted

 

[pastafarian]

this also because they move about and don't have address or any real I.D even when arrested they are never prosecuted

do they even get arrested? The Police seem to shit themselves sideways when dealing with traveller crime,i think its fairly obvious to everyone who is not a traveller that they have special treatment from the council to law enforcement..........makes you wonder whats the point in playing by the rules

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Understandably, the life expectancy for this particular species is low, 61.7 years, on average, for the males, with half dying before 39 years.

 

[dennis]

I'm surprised that they stayed at the Premier inn.

I thought they would have headed to the Traveller Lodge!

 

[daveybgtt]

Ughh, what's wrong with you? You should have manned up and cleaned house, Hulk Hogan style. BROTHER!

 

[Nibble]

They get away with anything they like and anyone is fair game, from the poor young lad working the till I saw in Sainsbury's who was being intimidated by some perma tanned traveller woman insisting she paid with a 20 when she blatantly paid with a ten to hoards s of them infesting and running amok in hotels and restaurants.
Take some comfort in the fact that most of them will now be back in their council homes in Ireland for the winter, waiting out the cold snap while rinsing benefits and their own local business's.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Understandably, the life expectancy for this particular species is low, 61.7 years, on average, for the males, with half dying before 39 years.

Species?

 

[Chief Wiggum]

I think even our resident rozzers on this board would be the first to admit,the old bill,for some reason,are absolutely petrified of do as we likeys .

As a retired rozzer I'm happy to reply. Serving officers who frequent this board will probably prefer to keep silent as to post anything controversial will potentially get them in the shit with their employers. Even a polite and reasonable reply might get you in the shit if you have not been seen to 'challenge' some of the terms for travelers already used on this thread. In a way I guess that answers your question.

My personal direct answer would be:

Individually (in terms of how we may want to deal with the situation) no.
Collectively as an organisation - yes.

Don't forget also that this was Berkshire and the five coppers that turned up probably (I don't know) represented all their available resources at the time. For that you can blame Theresa May.

Having had to deal with numerous traveller weddings and funerals in my time they are a ****ing nightmare to control. If you have the resources, you can. If not, you're ****ed.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Species?

Travellious Eireus

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Complain to head office.

 

[Return of the Rev]

diversity in all its glory!