[Albion] Assault in away end

[CHAPPERS]

Clearly couldn’t handle his Rosé.

 

[Bozza]

If the club can identify him, can they ban him for tomorrow's game, or do they have to wait for any legal action to play out?

The club can ban anyone from their premises for any reason at any time. They don't need any kind of legal ruling to be able to do that.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Clearly couldn’t handle his Rosé.

Sorry, it feels wrong in the circumstances, and my clearly bad, but please have a anyway

 

[drew]

Clearly you’re a twat. If you or anybody else took a picture of me without permission, you would swiftly find your phone inserted up your anus.

So on a thread about the violent behaviour of an Albion fan you're now threatening violence! Give your head a wobble.

 

[Pinkie Brown]

Wrong.

No you're wrong. No such privacy laws exist in the UK for pictures taken by private individuals of other persons. Do the same in Germany and yes, you could be in strife for posting a persons picture on social media without their permission. France has similar privacy laws. Exceptions might be where you have taken a picture of a crowd scene or a historic building where you could obviously catch other members of the public.

 

[Insel affe]

So on a thread about the violent behaviour of an Albion fan you're now threatening violence! Give your head a wobble.

just goes to show, it does not even take alcohol to grind some folks gears to the extent they wanna shove a phone up someones brown star

 

[peterward]

Whilst I’ve no doubt the incident took place and that a life ban should only be part of the punishment, the club is going to find it difficult to take action unless they find the scum perpetrator, the victim(s) and witnesses.
Hopefully NSC can do its stuff in helping the club and fellow supporters.

I agree entirely with the expressed sentiment, and feel sorry for the poor fan subjected to such awful primitive behaviour by others alleging to be Albion fans....... but playing devils advocate, Unfortunately it may be hard for the club to prosecute even if they did find the accused bloke, unless he admits it was him.

If he denies it, or claims mistaken identity, without CCTV that may be harder.

I hope the club contact Marseille and ask for CCTV footage (before it may be deleted or overwritten).

At the very least you'd hope this individual is prevented from travelling abroad to watch Albion.

Thats a privilege, not a right, that the 99+% of fans won't abuse or cross such lines.

 

[Originunknown]

Obviously the guys a twat, but, posting a full pic could well be close to the breach line of GDPR regulations.

Tread carefully, even idiots have rights.

What? That's nonsense, your photographed likeness is fair game in any public setting. Could be libelous if alleged was not proven but nothing contravening GDPR

 

[Originunknown]

So you can take a picture of anyone in a public place, without their knowledge or consent and post it on social media can you?

Yes

 

[WATFORD zero]

I’m saddened by this. Sad for the victims and also sad for the aggressor’s son; imagine having to plead with your father to stop behaving like this.

Can UK citizens be convicted for crimes committed abroad?

100% yes they can and should be.

For some bizarre reason too many assume assaults and abuse at football is to be expected. This is a serious assault and the criminal should be charged and dealt with by the local courts

Pleasantly surprised by that

 

[Carlos BC]

just goes to show, it does not even take alcohol to grind some folks gears to the extent they wanna shove a phone up someones brown star

Sounds like hard work too, some of these modern phones are massive. Not sure it would work with one of the flip phones, I can see it folding mid insertion.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Clearly you’re a twat. If you or anybody else took a picture of me without permission, you would swiftly find your phone inserted up your anus.

This gives another meaning to the term ring tone.

 

[The Optimist]

So you can take a picture of anyone in a public place, without their knowledge or consent and post it on social media can you?

If that wasn’t legal there would be no paparazzi photos of celebrities.

Edit: and they have only just made a law to make up skirting illegal.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

This gives another meaning to the term ring tone.

HEY! Leave Ashley Cole and Jermaine Jenas out of this!

 

[Colonel Mustard]

Nasty scumbag. Every club has them. I recall at West Brom in our 1st Prem season some bloke in front us punched another Albion fan for singing a song he didn't like. He had his henchmen around him eyeballing everyone so no one had a realistic chance of intervening.

People like this really do ruin things for everyone else and is very much in line with the cult of self that has hugely grown in society the past few years. Do what you want and 'f' everyone else, assuming no consequences.

Hope the affected get to another euro away and have a much better time.

At least the near-universal sense of disgust I’m seeing here should be some consolation. I don’t like these generalisations made based on small samples. I’ve lived all over the place and without doubt Brighton fans are among the most benign. Which is why this sort of incident provokes such outrage. The exception that proves the rule etc.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

HEY! Leave Ashley Cole and Jermaine Jenas out of this!

Allegedly, obviously

 

[Pinkie Brown]

What a horrible incident to tarnish a near perfect day on the field for this poor man and those with him. No justification whatsoever. The perpetrator sounds a horrible nasty thug who needs banning. If nobody at the club can identify this individual initially, given the apparent clear pictures, somebody will 100% know this person. As others have said, I feel sorry for the son who was clearly distressed by the incident. The boy obviously has more sense than his father.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Nope.

Attacker goes into a seat.

Innocent guy says. Sorry mate, my sister is sitting there, she’s just getting me a drink.

He says he doesn’t care and asks the other guy if he wants to fight him.

Guy says no, and then he hit him.

Totally unprovoked assault.

Pretty disgusting. For a variety of reasons one punch can kill. That’s not just if it lands on a particular part of the head but also if the victim is on blood thinners. Hopefully this character won’t be watching the Albion anymore.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

So you can take a picture of anyone in a public place, without their knowledge or consent and post it on social media can you?

I would imagine most if not all photos taken in public places do not come with consent. Same goes for those on social media and pretty much all filming for news programmes.

 

[drew]

I agree entirely with the expressed sentiment, and feel sorry for the poor fan subjected to such awful primitive behaviour by others alleging to be Albion fans....... but playing devils advocate, Unfortunately it may be hard for the club to prosecute even if they did find the accused bloke, unless he admits it was him.

If he denies it, or claims mistaken identity, without CCTV that may be harder.

I hope the club contact Marseille and ask for CCTV footage (before it may be deleted or overwritten).

At the very least you'd hope this individual is prevented from travelling abroad to watch Albion.

Thats a privilege, not a right, that the 99+% of fans won't abuse or cross such lines.

They don't need to prosecute, they have the right to ban him from the ground if they believe they have enough evidence. They may well be seeking CCTV footage from Marseille.