Ha, is this why they put up the mile-high fences at Ryton? (1 Viewer)

[The CableGuy]

Sunderland are being sued by a fan who was injured while watching the team train, the chairman has revealed.
Niall Quinn was responding to a question during a BBC Radio Newcastle phone-in about whether fans were still allowed to watch training sessions.
He said that legal action was ongoing after the supporter was knocked out by a stray shot.
The Premier League club has declined to release further details about the incident.
Niall Quinn said: "We had a supporter who got a bad injury,
"I think it was one of Djibril Cisse's misses where he had a shot from 20 yards.
"I'm making fun of it now, but it knocked a supporter out. It was quite serious.
"That supporter is in the process of suing us right now."

Bloody hell!

 

[Covstu]

Yes it would be like mortars coming out of our training ground with Clive Platt's shooting!!!

 

[Nick]

Stupid how they go to watch them train and moan they get hit with the ball.

It is like sitting behind the goal and moaning if you get hit...

 

[SkyBlueScottie]

bizarre, I bet the bugger tried to blag a free season ticket from them and they said no....

 

[Hugh Jarse]

It's the old compensation culture, especially up in the hard up North East!:laugh:

 

[gouldberg]

The fence could be 10 miles high and Carsley would still clear it!

 

[The CableGuy]

Yeah but then NASA would be suing us for knocking down one of their satellites.

 

[ccfcadz]

Set a few seats up in the goal, should be ok !!