I posted this on another thread it was just regarding the incedent that took place in the away end concourse at half time. Where according to Huddersfield supporters the catering staff had to shut the kiosk due to safety concerns the kiosk was then ransacked and beer was stolen and thrown around the concourse. Alot of the girls who work in the catering at oakwell are students getting some cash part time. I wouldn't like to think my daughter was working in the away end at oakwell. As barnsley seems to have become the away day to mis behave climb on the steel beams act the fool and post videos of it on social media. Same thing happened when leeds came and flares were thrown on the pitch one landed near adam davies after the penalty. Are the police and stewards doing enough in the away end to ensure the safety of staff and even players? Just a thought but if a club sells more than say 2k tickets why not put police and stewards in the concourse at half time. And get some anti vandal paint for the beams.
All the police & stewards are in the ponty end checking people have tickets, yet ignoring people stood in gangways, smoking in the ground, and stood up in front of kids etc. It's superb.
Blooming 'eck! Don't go asking for paint if you want to see any at any point this century. We've been waiting near enough 5 months for some flourescent paint. In all seriousness though, I do agree with your post.
I honestly don't understand why the club are happy to leave themselves liable for a lawsuit when somebody has an accident.
Bondy, could you also get the definitive from the club as to the capacity now at Oakwell. I was under the belief that the capacity of Oakwell was 23k, but if hudds had 4.5k assuming that the capacity of the east stand is 6k then this would mean that the new capacity of the ground is around 20k as the club announced a sell out for home fans. It is obviously the west stand North End that makes up this difference but it would be good to get the real position of the club re our capacity going forward. Cheers
I agree it's a accident waiting to happen either one of the catering staff is going to get injured or a supporter is with them beams. In league 1 it wasn't a issue when the average away following was about 400 but now clubs are bringing decent numbers their supporters think it makes it acceptable to behave like morons on the concourse and now even theft and vandalism have taken place. We pay for policing inside the ground so I think it's about time they earned their wage. I remember the return fixture at Huddersfield when bfc and htfc were working together to find a Barnsley fan who let a smoke bomb off. Well what went on Saturday Is abit more serious than a smoke bomb and hope both clubs are working together to find the culprits.
FAO SLO: West Stand answers please It is about time we got a definitive answer about why the north end of the West Stand isn't being used: Is it because it doesn't have a safety certficate? Is it because it costs too much extra to steward and police? I asked the box office on Twitter and was told that we don't need it. That clearly isn't true, as we would have sold more tickets for the Huddersfield game, if those sections had been made available and supporters had more choice. There must have been people who didn't bother, when they could see there was only either single tickets or inferior view tickets left. That's what people looking at the website on Friday night and Saturday morning were presented with. The club's view seems to be that a seat is a seat; they don't think 'view' and 'comfort' comes into it.
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would probably help if the response team were on the away concourse at half-time.. instead of walking round to the ponty to chat and give drinks to their friends (supervisor guy in orange does it every game)
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Don't know whether to laugh or cry[/QUOTE] Imagine going to a nightclub and doing that you and all your mates going behind bar and stealing all beer. You would be held up by bouncers and then arrested by the police but at oakwell it's fine and nothing happens. We go to huddersfield and their club were crying because someone let a flare off. I don't know if they aren't bothered about the beer as the catering is tendered out. But get some anti vandal paint on the beams the little ****ers will think twice when their pals levis are covered in the stuff.
Could we have something done about the catering, it is laughable in the Ponty end the service is shocking and they are missing out on thousands. They need to learn from other grounds/concert venues how to serve beer, and why do they only have cider at the small ex programme kiosk ?
I'm confused. Is he a young casual wanting to get a bit lairy or a member of some overtly camp boyband.
