| Back page of the Mail tomorrow.... 23:06 - Apr 17 with 6329 views | oddjob007 |
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| Back page of the Mail tomorrow.... on 21:55 - Apr 19 with 1506 views | FalingeParka |
No stadium has proper stewarding. Casual labour with a bib on at minimum wage employed a couple of hours at a time drilled for 5 mins by very slightly better paid 'supervisor' before any and every game. They can hardly be expected to spot and bodily intervene when a coke fueled tit suddenly decides to run on the pitch. This goes for Wembley, Lords etc. etc. Order is fragile and quite right. These things are rare and we don't need too much supervision on the whole. [Post edited 19 Apr 2018 21:59]
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| Back page of the Mail tomorrow.... on 21:58 - Apr 19 with 1494 views | rochdale_ranger |
| Back page of the Mail tomorrow.... on 21:55 - Apr 19 by FalingeParka |
No stadium has proper stewarding. Casual labour with a bib on at minimum wage employed a couple of hours at a time drilled for 5 mins by very slightly better paid 'supervisor' before any and every game. They can hardly be expected to spot and bodily intervene when a coke fueled tit suddenly decides to run on the pitch. This goes for Wembley, Lords etc. etc. Order is fragile and quite right. These things are rare and we don't need too much supervision on the whole. [Post edited 19 Apr 2018 21:59]
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Very much this. Always going to be one or two that get through. |  | | |
| Back page of the Mail tomorrow.... on 11:21 - Apr 20 with 1338 views | off2div1 |
What do all the police actually do at a game.They tend to stand in groups outside the stands chatting most of the game.  |  | | |
| Back page of the Mail tomorrow.... on 11:34 - Apr 20 with 1323 views | DaleiLama |
| Back page of the Mail tomorrow.... on 11:21 - Apr 20 by off2div1 |
What do all the police actually do at a game.They tend to stand in groups outside the stands chatting most of the game. |
Tbf, a couple sat on horses chatting too on Tuesday. |  |
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| Back page of the Mail tomorrow.... on 11:58 - Apr 20 with 1293 views | Daley_Lama |
| Back page of the Mail tomorrow.... on 18:19 - Apr 19 by DaleFan7 |
It took them until about half an hour into the game until they removed the white cover at the Pearl Street side so there's no wonder there were hundreds of fans stood at the front, a lot of them didn't have anywhere else to go. |
The white tarpaulin was obviously there to stop Oldham fans sitting in the very end seats, the seats where away fans have been pelted previously with objects.
Those stood at the front before the sheet was removed were late arrivals or those who congregate as a group and wont look to sit elsewhere. A lot went down to the last block by the Sandy, some wouldn't go there as they wanted to be close to the TDS.
As elsewhere, the away fans numbered approx. 2800. That stand holds 3500. Even with tarpaulin in place, there were more than enough seats for all away fans.
I've seen it a few times in that stand when big away followings happen and even at Bury away in the tinpot trophy this season. Always the same
2 minutes before kick off, a large group of fans arrive en-mass. Up to that point the rank and file have sat where they want. This group want to all be together, but there are only sporadic seats available. They therefore either hang around at the front complaining that they weren't reserved a block or go and sit in a corner where nobody else sits.
It's not the fault of RAFC that such things happen
It's not the job of stewards to move other people to accommodate such a group together
The stewards end up getting abused because of a situation caused by the group of fans
and then criticised afterwards as on this thread, which is unfair in my opinion. [Post edited 20 Apr 2018 12:00]
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| Back page of the Mail tomorrow.... on 12:51 - Apr 20 with 1239 views | rochdaleriddler |
| Back page of the Mail tomorrow.... on 11:58 - Apr 20 by Daley_Lama |
The white tarpaulin was obviously there to stop Oldham fans sitting in the very end seats, the seats where away fans have been pelted previously with objects.
Those stood at the front before the sheet was removed were late arrivals or those who congregate as a group and wont look to sit elsewhere. A lot went down to the last block by the Sandy, some wouldn't go there as they wanted to be close to the TDS.
As elsewhere, the away fans numbered approx. 2800. That stand holds 3500. Even with tarpaulin in place, there were more than enough seats for all away fans.
I've seen it a few times in that stand when big away followings happen and even at Bury away in the tinpot trophy this season. Always the same
2 minutes before kick off, a large group of fans arrive en-mass. Up to that point the rank and file have sat where they want. This group want to all be together, but there are only sporadic seats available. They therefore either hang around at the front complaining that they weren't reserved a block or go and sit in a corner where nobody else sits.
It's not the fault of RAFC that such things happen
It's not the job of stewards to move other people to accommodate such a group together
The stewards end up getting abused because of a situation caused by the group of fans
and then criticised afterwards as on this thread, which is unfair in my opinion. [Post edited 20 Apr 2018 12:00]
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Allocated seating needed when more than 2000 in that stand |  |
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| Back page of the Mail tomorrow.... on 12:59 - Apr 20 with 1233 views | Daley_Lama |
| Back page of the Mail tomorrow.... on 12:51 - Apr 20 by rochdaleriddler |
Allocated seating needed when more than 2000 in that stand |
Would work but hard to enforce if ignored by groups | |
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| Back page of the Mail tomorrow.... on 13:08 - Apr 20 with 1222 views | dingdangblue |
| Back page of the Mail tomorrow.... on 12:51 - Apr 20 by rochdaleriddler |
Allocated seating needed when more than 2000 in that stand |
Do you think large groups of Oldham lads will buy their tickets together? There were a few people asking if it was allocated seating on the Oldham message board and the most common response was "we'll sit where we want" if it was. |  |
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| Back page of the Mail tomorrow.... on 11:22 - Apr 21 with 992 views | rochdaleriddler |
| Back page of the Mail tomorrow.... on 13:08 - Apr 20 by dingdangblue |
Do you think large groups of Oldham lads will buy their tickets together? There were a few people asking if it was allocated seating on the Oldham message board and the most common response was "we'll sit where we want" if it was. |
What's the answer then | |
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