Why on earth do stewards keep walking up and down…….

The stairs like there looking for a convict? It’s glaringly obvious that there’s no one stood up…….it was same all last season too

 

They don't get paid otherwise.

 

Seriously? Even the stewards look confused why there asked to do it

 

Not seriously, but they do have to do it so many times durng a match according to one of them last season.

 

I keep expecting them to say; “Any duty free? Drinks or snacks?”.
That’s what it reminds me of anyway.

 

Give them a torch and a cool box full of ice creams.

 

It's for a few reasons. Makes them more likely to witness something or overhear something and makes it easier for fans to report things to stewards

 

Getting their steps in #fitredsinnit..........sithi.

 

So they don't get pins and needles?

 

That’s absolute *****……..they don’t do it anywhere else in ground and they can clearly see from gangway that no one’s causing a scene

 

Where in the ground are you referring to? Last season they did it in all three home stands (no idea about the away end) and theyre the reasons I was given when I asked

 

East stand……Ive genuinely not see them do it in any other stand

 

I wasn't there tonight so can't speak for that but I'm sure that last season I saw them do it in them all. But anyway yeah they're the reasons they gave for it, it's so they can hear and pick up on things easier and to make it easier for someone to get their attention about a problem. Not saying I particularly agree with it or anything by the way

 

You could/can set your watch east stand lower gangway 3. Every 10 mins. He'd have a go at those in gangway 4 if they didn't follow his every move. Proper military style. Pmsl at how regimented he was/is. A reight distraction for what. ? Mass brawl in the stand. ?. I've been there since it opened, not so much as a barney. Couple of verbals maybe. Handbags at dawn at worst.

 

I'm bemused. Somebody doing the job they're paid to do. The audacity of it. Maybe if they'd done their job so efficiently as a given we wouldn't notice it when they did.

 

If Tom Allen had half a dozen cans of Red Bull before going to work....

 

Up until 2 year ago they stood on the gangway like 99.9% of other stewards do at games…….now we have right said Fred doing a synchronised march…..that’s what’s bemusing

 

They do it near us in the Ponte.

Think they're checking for people who have snuck a crafty beer back to their seat, or who have cans, which are prohibited.

 

They definitely walked up and down in the Ponte last season.