[Football] Leeds fan taken to hospital

[TomandJerry]

After falling from the upper tier stand



First I hope the chap is okay

Secondly I wonder what, if anything can be done to prevent future falls?

 

[dazzer6666]

Clearer in this clip

 

[Algernon]

I mean, I hope the bloke's ok but "fell from the upper tier" although true, Is thankfully misleading.

A bit like "I fell off a 30ft ladder at work and didn't even suffer a scratch. I fell off the bottom rung."

 

[World of Sport]

Along with OT it's a death trap of a stadium

 

[TomandJerry]

"The Leeds United supporter who fell from the upper tier of Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night is a football hooligan who was jailed for punching a former England goalkeeper in 2012, Mail Sport can reveal.

Aaron Cawley, 33, was jailed for four months and given a six-year ban from football after running on the pitch and attacking then-Sheffield Wednesday keeper Chris Kirkland during a televised match in 2012"

 

[dejavuatbtn]

i have to say that there are a lot of stadia where the wall on the front row of tiered stands appears to be lower than is healthy or safe.

 

[Milano]

Along with OT it's a death trap of a stadium

Errrrr, please specify the number of deaths at either stadium due to falling from a higher tier, ever. I'll wait.

 

[bluenitsuj]

Meh!

 

[schmunk]

i have to say that there are a lot of stadia where the wall on the front row of tiered stands appears to be lower than is healthy or safe.

Even the front wall of the North Shelf gives me the slight heebie-jeebies, even though it would take a deliberate effort to fall over it.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Even the front wall of the North Shelf gives me the slight heebie-jeebies, even though it would take a deliberate effort to fall over it.

Unless someone accidentally fell onto someone else who was unprepared. Gravity innit?