I was leaving ground via the walkway after the game today. There where a few young lads about 14 being a bit impatient trying to get through the crowd. They accidently push a guy and he just turned around and nutted the lad and broke his nose. This guy was in his early 30's. I bet if he turned around and it was a 6ft bloke his own age he wouldn't of said boo to him. I just hope the group of lads who where with him don't carry out the threat 'to do him'.
The young lad was probably being a gobby little twat. I feel like kicking **** into these groups of mouthy little ****ers all the time but you just can't touch them unless you fancy a jail sentence.
There should be no crush whatsoever at a new stadium set in abundant space like ours is. It was total gridlock outside in SE corner yesterday, with people scrambling up muddy banks to get out of it. Due in no small part to Humberside Police and their stupid decision to erect a fence blocking the flow of people leaving the East stand and forcing them to go into the flow of people coming in the opposite direction from W and S stands.
I don't know what the world's coming it to, there was similar carnage in the members car park, when a white three series blatantly disregarded the normal filtering rules and pushed in. Fortunately, nobody got hurt, but one Range Rover driver did honk his horn quite aggressively...
The fence is completely ridiculous , away fans can just walk around and mingle with home fans anyway but we have to wait there . Only in Hull are the home fans treated like this
True. But it always amazes me on days like yesterday, thousands of people putting up with a human traffic jam unncessarily. People in wheelchairs, their carers, scared young kids, old folk etc all squashed up, pushed from behind, pushed from in front. All because of our inadequate, lazy and cowardly police. How many other stadia in the Prem have an arrangement like this at the end of the game?
Walton street car park was an absolute joke as well. I mean, it's usually pretty bad, but even so, it took the piss yesterday. It shouldn't take a full hour to get out of a car park and off Walton Street. There are no stewards, no police; it's just a free for all. They could at least make the people at the first entrance turn left only and the people at the far end turn right. But everybody going every which way just results in chaos.
I think the club should do more to encourage the fans to hang around for a beer after the game! If they made some of the concourse more enticing with maybe folding doors to keep the warmth in? People would be more likely to stay for a drink? I don't understand why people want to shoot off straight away after a game? We're only in the ground for a couple of hours a fortnight! I think the club is missing a trick! Or is it down to licensing laws or the police?? Questions questions.
As of course other clubs do...... Our club is years behind (no one's fault) but we have a lot of catching up to do. We're still geared up to a 'Now **** off back home' approach reminiscent of bus station in late 70s and 80s with the 11 o'clock curfew. Suited the police, some bus drivers , a few landlords but the taxpayers had to do as we were told.
Yeah I think it also may have to do with the catering franchise at the club! If the club gets a big enough cut of the beer sales to be worth their while? They are missing a trick! What other business would have 20 plus thousand people in their premises and encourage them to do one soon as the game finishes?
The problem is that since the Leeds/WYP funding debacle City no longer pay for policing outside the stadium, so why should the taxpayer at large have to fund policing of the crowds & car parks ?
No the club pay the SMC to use the stadium !! The Allams own the SMC & it is a separate entity to Hull City AFC
I was late for work yesterday because of this, couldn't believe that we were stationary for half an hour. I'm guessing the roadworks (Anlaby Road?) had something to do with it but even so it was a joke.
At the end of the day I'm sure the Allams have looked at all sources of extra revenue on matched day? Well I hope they have? If 20,000 people spend an extra £3 on a matched day that would cover a quality players wages!
