Huddersfield Town fan Chris Woodâs fury after he was refused entry at QPR for being 'inebriated' 21 Jan 2014 09:13 Grandad Chris Wood, 49, had a ticket but was denied admission because the gateman said he was drunk Share on print Share on email Disgruntled Huddersfield Town fan, Chris Wood of Gomersal who was denied entry to Queens Park Rangers, Lofthouse Road ground for the Huddersfield Town game. Disgruntled Huddersfield Town fan, Chris Wood of Gomersal who was denied entry to Queens Park Rangers, Lofthouse Road ground for the Huddersfield Town game. A Huddersfield Town fan has lodged an official complaint after he was refused entry to the clubâs game at QPR on Saturday. Grandad Chris Wood, 49, had a ticket but was denied admission because the gateman said he was drunk. Chris, a Town season-ticket holder who has only missed three away games this season, said he had never been in trouble at a football game before. He had drunk three pints of cider â and then run to the Loftus Road stadium because it was almost kick-off and he lost track of the time. Self-employed roofer Chris, a heavy smoker, was gasping for breath when he reached the turnstiles. When he tried to get in, the gateman turned him away, saying: âYouâre inebriated.â QPR 2 Huddersfield Town 1: Examiner match report, analysis and picture gallery Chris, of Gomersal, near Cleckheaton, who has six children and three grandchildren, said: âI wasnât drunk but I was bent over and out of breath. âI have never been in trouble at a football match and I am not someone who goes to a match and gets so drunk I canât enjoy it. âLike all Town fans I love a bit of banter but all the away supporters agree that Town fans are brilliant on their travels.â When he had caught his breath, Chris sought out other stewards and an official at the main entrance. He said they agreed he didnât seem drunk but they insisted there was nothing they could do if he had been refused entry. âIt all comes down to one manâs view and thatâs not fair,â said Chris. âI am not a big drinker.â Chris had spent £30 on a ticket and £25 on the coach with Batley Irish Democratic League Club in Batley. âI am not going to spend that kind of money and go all the way to London only to go on the booze all day,â he said. âI just want that man on the gate to apologise. It was out of order.â A spokesman for QPR said: âThe club are aware of Mr Woodâs complaint and the matter is currently under investigation.â
The Huddersfield fans were brilliant and came in good numbers. Having made that journey, this guy has every right to be pissed off. Surely after he went round to the main gate and they agreed that he wasn't drunk, they could simply have let him in and that would have been an end to it? Ridiculous!!
Hang on - he'd traveled down from Huddersfield with a group of people (in a coach) and presumably not gone to the pub alone. Then he downs three pints of cider, and (presumably) suddenly realising it was nearly three and everyone else had already left, ran from the pub to the ground, where the security guy, whose job it is to stop people getting in if they are drunk - or suspected of being drunk - stopped the wheezy, cider-smelling old guy because he looked and smelled drunk. I'd have done exactly the same. Here's an open message to the guy... Mr Wood, next time you spend £25 on a coach to London and £30 on a matchday ticket, don't get so caught up swilling cider that you lose the ability to notice when your mates have left. How about just having the one drink? Or maybe plan your day better so that you don't miss the game at all? Or if you do find yourself pissed and left outside the ground, go to the main entrance instead of the newspapers next time?
The stewards at the main gate only had his word to go on that the reason he had been refused entry was because he was presumed drunk; could have been for violent behaviour or other such serious occurrence for all they knew. Tough, but such is life.
According to Google, there are three Lofthouse Roads - in Birmingham, Sheffield, and British Columbia. No wonder he was late....
It happened to a friend of mine at palace, I read about it and asked her if it was her and of course it was. She had to watch the game on tv with the palace fans. anyway, if its 3 pints after he got off the coach, theres a good chance he could look drunk if he necked them in an hour or so.
"Chris had spent £30 on a ticket and £25 on the coach with Batley Irish Democratic League Club in Batley." What the hell is that? I'm guessing its not a temperance society
Did you know Swords it was founded in 1882, and originally called 'The National Land League of Great Britian.
