Apparently quite a few coins were thrown into the Bradford section along with a snooker/pool ball and a 7-year-old was hit by one of the coins.
Absolutely appalling by any standards.</p> At first I thought it was just high spirits.</p> These idiots have been letting the Club down for weeks now with their racist behavior and chants and the Police and Stewards haven't taken any action. If we can hear them in the East Stand the Police and Stewards who are stood 20 yards away from them can too. Why no action? </p> The Police had Horses no more then 20 yards away from that corner of the North Stand, why didn't they use them to clear the Pitch. If the horses had come onto the pitch at the final whistle it would have prevented the incidents which took place in that corner. </p> </p>
the anouncer (if thats the right word) talked about the state of the pitch IF we get into playoffs, now imagine a pitch that has been dug up by the horses hooves now I do remember one year where there were so many police/stewards, that no one could get on the pitch. Think there was only 1 or 2 per exit. Thats where it fell down. Obvious it was going to happen when everyone piled to the front with 5 mins left.
RE: the anouncer (if thats the right word) A pitch can easily be repaired .</p> The reputation of this Club will not be as easy to repair. </p>
Good humoured..... I don't mind a good humoured pitch invasion at the end of the season in all honesty. But this sort of stuff is a different thing altogether. How many were actually goading/throwing missiles at the Bradford lot? And surely they didn't opt to keep the horses at bay purely for the fact that the pitch may be damaged?
RE: Good humoured..... The deployment of horses would have been a last resort to quell serious disorder. There wasn't any. Just an end of season pitch invasion that happens in the final home game at MOST clubs. Stop taking it all out of perspective. They were a bunch of kids who would have scarpered if owt had kicked off.
RE: Good humoured..... So why were coins (and even a snooker ball???) thrown into the Bradford fans? Disgusting behaviour. I wonder where their brains are.
The police and stewards were pathetic They should have arrested as many as they could that were over 18 years of age and let the courts deal with them. The club could then ban the morons for life. People with children in the stands waiting for a lap of honour, had the end of their afternoon ruined. We don't need sprinklers at Oakwell, we need water canon. Rant over.
Sprinklers Good thinking, they should have put the sprinklers on when all the nobbers were on the pitch (the fans that is). I'm sure a cold shower would have dampened some of their spirits (pun intended)