Afraid it's a rubbish argument as lobbing change at players will cause more injury and they aren't going to ban supporters taking that into the ground.
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[Albion] Bottle Top BAN!
- Thread starter Alba Badger
- Start date
Afraid it's a rubbish argument as lobbing change at players will cause more injury and they aren't going to ban supporters taking that into the ground.
Interested to see if they remove the bottle tops from water served in the lounges!
Normally I`m with the club on these sorts of matters but the amount I`m paying for my season ticket I don`t buy Beer or soft drinks at the inflated prices in the Stadium. We always take water,sometimes another soft drink to drink during game. The idea that we still can but without the tops on is ridiculous. No one can argue that a plastic bottle top is in any way a dangerous missile. There are numerous things I can think of that we can still take in that are more dangerous than a plastic Bottle Top. Can the club please therefore provide bottle holder on every stadium seat to hold open full bottles.
It's a shame as we are slowly step by step becoming just like every other club.
Horses Arse
Well-known member
There are some seriously misguided twats at the club by the look of it - who on earth thinks it is reasonable to threaten stadium and ticket sanctions (i.e. ban) for concealing a bottle top or bringing a flask in.
Throwing a full bottle yes but concealing bottle tops? Really?
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
...Please leave your shoes at the entrance
Is it? For it to be reasonable, the benefits need to outweigh the costs/inconvenience. How many counts of bottles being thrown on the Amex pitch have there been? How many people are going to be inconvenienced by this? There is now an increased likelihood of spillages (increasing slip risks, cleaning costs). What about the risk, particularly in the hotter months of issues around dehydration, particularly kids who will be prone to accidental spillages (making 'just buy a[nother] drink from the concourse' costly, perhaps prohibitively so) and elderly for whom mobility issues make going back and forth to the refreshment stands an inconvenience. It goes against the clubs stated aims to be environmentally friendly and reduce single use plastics who will reuse a plastic bottle with no cap? There's also bad will - look at the responses in this thread, and the previous thread on flasks being banned.
What is the benefit? People are stopped from doing something that they've done so infrequently I can't remember it happening. I can remember a pie being thrown - if they stop people taking beer to their seats why isn't it just as easy to stop them taking their pies there? I remember coins being thrown. I remember empty crisp packets blowing across the pitch. I remember a sex toy being thrown on the pitch.
I don't recall a bottle being thrown. I don't claim it never happens, but I don't remember it happening at the amex. So is it really reasonable to inconvenience so many people for such a minor risk?
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 36,002
failed in job becuase there is not been a proper risk assessment considering the likelihood of incident or damaged done, weighed against the inconvience. as already pointed out we let in coins that could and have been thrown and caused actual injury. banning bottle tops while allowing keys indicates this is not lead by risk assessment.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
At the Everton game someone LUZZED a half eaten CHEESEBURGER at me and it HIT me splat on the EAR. I had cheese and MAYO dribbling down the side of my face for the whole of the second half. Don't see Barber BANNING cheese burgers though, probably something to do with the 500% mark up on the cost of them
Horses Arse
Well-known member
Imagine that everyone has realised that your clubs commercial revenue figures look poor compared to smaller clubs such as Burnley, Watford and Palace - what on earth are you going to do? Every penny helps. (This is a tongue in cheek comment meant with no seriousness at all, not even in the slightest. I fully appreciate that this measure and club statement has only been released for the benefit of my safety and the safety of all other customers and I salute the cub for it)
torchieboy
Active member
I threw A cheeseburger at SOMEONE at THE EVERTON match and IT hit HIM and COVERED him WITH mayo AND cheese. Great SHOT my friends SAID. HOPE to do IT again at LIVERPOOL match. MY mates said I should work FOR southern FAIL, I SAID I can't AS I hit my TARGETS !!!!
nwgull
Well-known member
I tend to buy my cold refreshments at the Amex in pint shape, so I’m actually quite surprised that this is even new. As away fans we’ve been having the bottle tops removed at point of sale since we were in the 3rd division, so at least 19 years!
Obviously knives and forks all have to go from the 1901 club. Or are those customers less likely than us plebs to throw things. Come on PB, safety is safety.
nwgull
Well-known member
Next chance you get, take a capped bottle full of water outside and luzz it as far as you can. Then refill the same bottle but leave the cap off and try again. Then dry yourself off and report back the respective luzability results to NSC.
Sussexscots
3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 3, 3, 3, 3 ,3 ,3 3 coach chuggers
Clearly supporters should be required to wear safety footwear and 'Bob the Builder' hard hats to reduce the risk of litigation.
In fact, I'm sure I remember some Hibs fans wearing these painted green and white at Ibrox years ago in case they got stotted with a can of Mcewans chucked from the high terrace.
In fact, I'm sure I remember some Hibs fans wearing these painted green and white at Ibrox years ago in case they got stotted with a can of Mcewans chucked from the high terrace.
HalfaSeatOn
Well-known member
I’ve taken top off the 500 ml plastic bottle and want to be hands free. any suggestions? The best I can think of is wrapping the bottle in foil (assisted by elastic band) and putting in my inside jacket pocket. If you see someone on Saturday who looks like he’s peed himself it’s due to experimental failure not Liverpool
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
Now plug the end of the bottle with tightly rolled paper from, say, a program and try a third time.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
You could stick your finger in the bottle and then LUZZ it at someone . They will ban fingers next
Baldseagull
Well-known member
It is not reasonable to take possessions that people generally need upon them when they leave the house, such as Keys and money. The cap of a bottle is a disposable item. I am certain this is a risk assessment based decision.
TWOCHOICEStom
Well-known member
Makes you wonder how we’ve possibly survived this long by allowing flasks in and turning a blind eye to these lid-carrying barbarians doesn’t it?