Do you have first hand accounts of rough Stewarding at Blackpool?

Hicksy · Feb 4, 2013

SuperTyke said: ↑

The problem is Gally that having read the complaints on here after the match it seems to me that a few have complained that people were thrown out for standing up and jumping up and down. I'm sorry but what kind of imbecile deliberately jumps up and down in a stand that they consider unsafe? What exactly are the FSF going to say? "A few of our fans refused to sit down and were in fact jumping up and down in the temporary stand that someone fell through the other week and the stewards were utter *******s enforcing the rules"? The relevant parties would laugh in your face surely?

Another complaint from Worsbrough Red was that he was detained for 25 minutes by the police (not the stewards) who were investigating an incident.

And when someone said to him "You were singing - you weren't drunk" his reply was "We'd had a few".

So we've got someone who admits he had had a few complaining that stewards and police were harsh on him and complaining that fans standing and jumping were dealt with harshly. Come on Gally, it's about time the FSF actually stood up for clubs and critised the behaviour of fans for once. I've never once seen them admit the fans were in the wrong.

Heavy handed stewarding does need sorting out but so does fans behaviour and by all accounts inside the stadium it was the fans behaviour that led to heavy handed stewarding as is often the case. Stewarding on the turnstyles on the other hand sounds different.
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Did I really need to state that i am specifically only interested in stewarding where force employed and/or attitude shown was disproportionate to the stimulus?

barry · Feb 4, 2013

bright red said: ↑

Supertyke is being a bit of a tw$t and obviously didn't go to the match.

We arrived at the ground at 2.15. Pretty surprised at having to queue to be body searched in a rough manner (I'm not into man on man - some may have liked it!). Only other time I've ever been searched like that was at a match in Graz, Austria and there we could queue in line to be searched by female security or fast track search by a male!!!) Why were we searched? Do home fans get searched? One older guy had a small thermos taken off him and was very roughly treated (pushed and shoved away) by an Eastern european security guy. In the ground I didn't personally experience a problem but I think that's because I was near to the centre of the ground. Saw several people pulled out (one with a very red looking mark above his left eye) towards where the stewards and police were massed (alot of them!). Don't think there should have been any bother and wouldn't have been at most other grounds.

Guess they'd stepped up security because they were worried about the stand? Does make you think twice about going to these places where you are treated as hooligans right from the off. No alcohol on sale, sub-standard facilities and totally aggressive stewarding. Compare this with going away to Brighton! Amazing difference.
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i saw that kid with the cut / red mark on side of his face, anyone know what happened to him

DEETEE · Feb 4, 2013

Stop being a ****.

You ****.

Durkar Red · Feb 4, 2013

The Eastern European Guard didn't take too kindly to his 'frisking' technique being described as a free massage

woolley mammoth · Feb 4, 2013

SuperTyke said: ↑

They were kicking people out for breaking the rules surely? Standing up and jumping up and down is against the rules at every football ground is it not? My point about the stand being a bit dodgy was more that I believe this is the reason people were jumping up and down, simply to prove a point. I've seen posts on a few forums since the fan fell through all to the tune of 'i'm going to jump up and down and see if I can make it collapse' (I **** you not). In my opinion that is just stupid.
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Right everyone! I know you team has just scored the winning goal in the F.A cup final but can everyone refrain from getting out of their seats as its illegal to stand up and jump about????

NIGHTMARE · Feb 5, 2013

Dear me

Spooky · Feb 5, 2013

As said in another thread, I was searched pretty thoroughly by a proper knob-jockey. Felt my keys in my coat pocket, and said he wanted to check them.. went to grab them, to show them they were just my keys... he jolted my arm back upwards in quite a violent manner and said 'in a minute'... as someone said above, it's treatment like that that winds people up. i was never going to react to him jolting my arm back up, but I can imagine some people might have...

judith charmers · Feb 5, 2013

SuperTyke said: ↑

The problem is Gally that having read the complaints on here after the match it seems to me that a few have complained that people were thrown out for standing up and jumping up and down. I'm sorry but what kind of imbecile deliberately jumps up and down in a stand that they consider unsafe? What exactly are the FSF going to say? "A few of our fans refused to sit down and were in fact jumping up and down in the temporary stand that someone fell through the other week and the stewards were utter *******s enforcing the rules"? The relevant parties would laugh in your face surely?

Another complaint from Worsbrough Red was that he was detained for 25 minutes by the police (not the stewards) who were investigating an incident.

And when someone said to him "You were singing - you weren't drunk" his reply was "We'd had a few".

So we've got someone who admits he had had a few complaining that stewards and police were harsh on him and complaining that fans standing and jumping were dealt with harshly. Come on Gally, it's about time the FSF actually stood up for clubs and critised the behaviour of fans for once. I've never once seen them admit the fans were in the wrong.

Heavy handed stewarding does need sorting out but so does fans behaviour and by all accounts inside the stadium it was the fans behaviour that led to heavy handed stewarding as is often the case. Stewarding on the turnstyles on the other hand sounds different.
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Surprise surprise the boards left wing holly do gooder that never does anything wrong at all.

Utter cap end!

Have you never been drunk at a game and jumped about???, probably not because you'll have broke a rule!

A bet you was a right barrel of laughs as a young un'

Supertyke, more like superboringfeckerwhodontdooutwrong!!!

RED · Feb 5, 2013

Supertyke, since when have fans not been allowed to jump up ans down and sing. And having a few does not equal been drunk.

A few seasons a mate was refused entry for been drunk, when we knew he hadn't drank anything. The steward just said I'm glad he's not driving me home. Equally its something we take the p**s out of still haha.

But at the end of the day, if the stand is not safe. Don't sell tickets as surely there are problems with it.

nezbfc · Feb 5, 2013

woolley mammoth said: ↑

Right everyone! I know you team has just scored the winning goal in the F.A cup final but can everyone refrain from getting out of their seats as its illegal to stand up and jump about????
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I'm sure that everyone remained seated when Scotland scored with 2 mins left and politely clapped and chatted to each other saying "ok ya, nice 3 points we got here, yes".

I'd a bounced about that much I'd have gone through the roof never mind the floor..

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