SMC Update - East Stand

not necessarily - maybe just moving the stewards from other areas

 

You know me so well…

 

Nothing to do with the SMC. We've had similar draconian measures to crowd control at Hull City for as long as I can remember. Even when the South Stand was built at Boothferry Park, they included not a social club or a bar they built police cells in it instead. I couldn't recall a single incident of crowd trouble at City either before then but the police cells were installed on someone's say so.
In one particular purge we have the CI of police with a swagger stick walking horizontally across the South Stand terracing to make sure every second step was kept clear. Imagine doing that on the Kop at Liverpool around the same era ? Another purge in the 70's saw any fan wearing boots having to remove them and stand on the terracing in your socks, then they relented to just taking out your laces. Belts were taken off fans. When Doc Marten boots were the height of fashion every where else in the country, Humberside's finest were taking lads to court for wearing them as 'offensive weapons'
You couldn't get a pint inside Boothferry Park from 1980 until Adam Pearson came along and opened up Roarys Bar in the old gym.
None of these restrictions applied at either of the RL grounds in Hull.
Or to away fans visiting the city.

 

Lol…..did you get that Hull Overground pic printed out? Does it look ok or do you need a higher res pic?

 

I'm not contesting any of that stuff about the history, but this is an SMC statement about the measures the SMC have implemented.

 

Does this mean that Ehab is the Safety Officer? Seriously?

 

If it is I'm sure the SMC have to jump through plenty of hoops even to get a match played these days. They might be under new ownership in a few days time. Might all change for the better.

 

No.

 

Thanks.
Wow. That says a lot ... and probably explains a lot.
And gives hope that more common sense and better treatment of home fans will happen in due course.

 

so does that mean he’s in executive control over the stewards??? As in he could instruct the removal of Turkish flags?

 

Uneasy feeling on the timing of this drivel.....

 

Not printed yet, I’ll drop you a line when I do.
Thanks

 

The KC stewarding was always predisposed against home fans even before the Allams. Back in the 2009 PL days when the north stand was divided down the middle between home and away fans I complained to the stewards that the City side had been infiltrated by Stoke fans who’d all stood up around me and cheered when they scored. They were even queueing up at the bar at halftime. I was told by the twat in charge that away fans could go anywhere in the north stand and when I vehemently disagreed he had the coppers kick me out. I’ve never been back and it’s been away games only for me ever since.

 

Apparently they can not use a jet washer to clean the seats as the water floods the offices etc below.
It’s done by hand …if at all.

 

Is it true you got your wedding suit from Sports Direct?

 

How can the safety officer not attend matches?

 

Maybe he’s got his line in the sand?

 

When the Birmingham following starter throwing bottles more stewards were deployed in W4.