clint van damme
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Absolutely disgraceful organisation by the stewards and police.
Lucky no one got hurt, useless bastards.
Lucky no one got hurt, useless bastards.
What happened?Absolutely disgraceful organisation by the stewards and police.
Lucky no one got hurt, useless bastards.
What happened?
Bloody hell, sounds like the whole day was shit. Hopefully the boys get their first win at Preston to reward the SBA.They didn't have a clue.
Neatly missed the kick off because they kept us on the stairs for whatever reason I don't know. Then about 10 police supplanted themselves in among the support, people manhandling the police and things getting very tetchy.
Then we had stewards trying to make us go to our correct seats which were miles away and occupied, and when we finally got there, we had other stewards trying to stop us getting to them.
While all this was going on there was lots if crushing in gangways.
Last time I'd seen an away end so badly organised was Elland rd
Similar happened last time we played them there.They didn't have a clue.
Neatly missed the kick off because they kept us on the stairs for whatever reason I don't know. Then about 10 police supplanted themselves in among the support, people manhandling the police and things getting very tetchy.
Then we had stewards trying to make us go to our correct seats which were miles away and occupied, and when we finally got there, we had other stewards trying to stop us getting to them.
While all this was going on there was lots if crushing in gangways.
Last time I'd seen an away end so badly organised was Elland rd
Thankfully they are knocking that end down. Great ground but woeful facilities.
Just like QPR, Burnley and many others, it is an accident waiting to happen.
To be fair, as cramped as QPR is, whenever I've been there it's seemed pretty well managed, they didn't have a clue today
It was awful, really stressful tbh. Always go in my dedicated seat usually, but arrived just after kick off today as coach had broke down. Were not allowed to access the stairs to our seat, so we went down the next and ended up on the gangway with a load of others. Cue an on-going battle for the whole 90 minutes as they tried to clear it, except there was nowhere for people to go. Those that did manage to turf people out of their seat only meant that those they displaced had nowhere to go so stood in the gangways. Rinse and repeat.
It's all becoming a bit of a chore. Think I'm starting to get away day fatigue, just not enjoying them. The wins are keeping me going and I have this sense that I should be there after all the years of shite, would be weird to stop going now, but think I need a break from it. I enjoy home games much more now, which I'd never have said a few years back.
Sounds like your day was similar to mine.
That break down caused a lot of shit as well.
Were you on the SBA or the Craftsman?
yeah, last time I ended up wedged on the stairs for most of the game, people couldn't get up or down, stewards didn't give a shit.Similar happened last time we played them there.
SBA. Coach wasn't there after the game, so not sure what happened in the end but luckily managed to jump in the car with someone. Had better away days it's fair to say
The Craftsman coach broke down but coach leasing reallocated coach 3 to them apparently!
Yep, coach 3 not in Sudbury to take us to game and not there after. These things happen I guess. Bit annoying that I had stuff on the coach that I guess now lost. One of those I suppose, nobody's fault really, just a crap day.
I wasn’t there yesterday so can’t comment on what happened specifically. However, the stairways at most away games seem to be full. I’ve always put that down to people just not going to their allocated seat. Providing Ipswich didn’t sell more seats than they had in that section of the ground, surely the congestion is down to people not able to stand by their seat as others have just stood where they wanted to?
I was going to ignore this thread presuming it was an over the top pessimistic rant about the result judging by the title and write on the match thread about this
Have always disagreed with the overrating of Loftus Rd, Hillsborough and others because of shit like this - that place is a big accident waiting to happen. I’d take a bowl set up over that shit any day.
It's a novelty visiting these places to reminisce on days gone by but ultimately I would not want to watch every home game in a stand like that.
Surely if this away day sit/stand where you like is a thing then things like this will happen no?
if everyone went in their allocated seat then it surely wouldn’t happen - it’s not like they’ve sold more tickets than seats.
If a load more people go in a particular area than the capacity then it will get overcrowded?
or am I being too simplistic?
Don’t know why people can’t just do it tbh.
But was that because other fans had decided to take up seats they shouldn't have?Well I had about 10 stewards and 8 police stopping me doing it despite my best efforts!
But was that because other fans had decided to take up seats they shouldn't have?
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