It is not an individual stadium policy. It is not a criminal offence but it is contrary to ground regulations everywhere. It is just that our stewards are spineless. Of course the Police can make it their business by stating that in their opinion a breach of the peace was likely to occur. However,once again, the police at the KC give the away fans a free rein whilst generally acting like prats towards home fans.
If anyone wants to go in the home end I'd be quite happy to let you use my details to get a ticket because I'm on their database.
look no ones daft enough to buy a ticket outside the ground and admit it on here.the spotters do watch these boards y'know
I'm afraid that's not true, in fact, we actively sell home seats to away fans in the West Stand. It really pisses me off, some Boro fans were ejected, Wednesday fans were also ejected and there were right bunch of pissed up chav arseholes from Forest in there last weekend, who should have been ejected. They keep getting warned throughout games, yet they continue gobbing off and they have to be really obnoxious to actually get ejected(At the same time, home fans are being threatened with ejection, for telling them to shut the **** up and sit down).
I sit in the West Stand upper, just about directly behind you OLM, a group of OSC committee members are in the next section to me. My complaints are never taken seriously by the stewards. One forest fan got escorted out from the West stand. But there was a lot of friction in that corner. Nothing done except an increase in police.
I will certainly never go into the west stand if I as a home supporter will get threatened with erection.Thank you for marking my card OLM
The mind boggles as to just what goes on in the West Stand these days. At minimum, contract law has been breached and the ticket is invalid. I specifically said in an unauthorised manner for the non-disclosure part. As Goochie has pointed out, people who are on their database are able to acquire a ticket from Huddersfield's ticket office. The only condition stated on the website is that the ticket is not passed on to non-Huddersfield fans. If Goochie got one for himself then it's authorised and perfectly legal, if he passes the ticket on then it's unauthorised and the ticket is technically invalid (which is why I wouldn't expect anybody getting one that way to admit it on here). The person with the ticket didn't have a contract with the club, but they've induced the breach from someone else who did. That's specifically not the question here. I've decided I support the boycotting of the restrictions imposed, but I have a legitimate (ie fully authorised and police approved) way of attending the game in the home end. I'm asking whether taking up that option would be undermining the boycott I support or not. Other people who have chosen to attend in the away end and watch the game I have no issue with, it undermines a boycott, but they've decided that more good will come from supporting the team on the day than supporting the boycott and that's their decision, I just don't want to undermine my own decision with my actions so I asked people's view on it. As there doesn't seem to have been a single comment criticising going in the home end I think I'm probably ok to take it up. Then I can send an email to Guildford after the game saying I thoroughly enjoyed the day having exploited the loopholes in the letter he sent me.
Sorry but that's just the way my post can be read. The OSC have complained to the club but have been told that there is nothing that can be done. This may be changing in the future. The reason that I pointed out where some of the OSC sit is because it is something that does happen often and it is observed by the OSC as well.
I would not believe that attending in the home stands (do it every season) would undermine the boycott, just as attending in the away end will not - if you thought it was, why would you attend? I would have thought that if you believed in the principle of the boycott (an individual choice) then any attendance would be thought counter-productive. That being the case, is it counter-productive to the civil rights issue (that has now moved to a higher level, or so I believe) or is it counter-productive to the robust support of your football club? Does one need to be neglected to be supportive of the other? In my opinion the answer is no and it would seem that the club, the FSF and other march organisers have allowed for that.
Now I suspect that I am putting myself in the firing line here, but I will be going to Huddersfield to cheer on City (just as I would any other Easter away fixture). We have eight games remaining and currently sit in second place.... if our team needs support it is now more than ever that we should be getting behind the team. Of course the draconian restrictions implemented by the WYP are deplorable, but this is a key game where the players and coaching staff need our support. I respect the fans who will not be attending in boycott and I respect those sitting in the home end. However, I am of the opinion that our support could be crucial for the remainder of the season. Destiny is in City's hands and I will be there every step of the way.
I don't know if the counter arguments have been fully explored, I know that's hard to believe after all of the posts, but perhaps true. I see it that we can look at two core stances (although, of course there are variations) to try and focus the relevant merits: 1. The supporter who deplores the WYP action and is not prepared to undergo the ticket and transport restrictions and does not attend the match and cheer on the Tigers. 2. The supporter who deplores the WYP action and is prepared to undergo the ticket and transport restrictions so he can cheer on the Tigers. Let us presume that both of these supporter types will have sent emails, expressed opinion and attended the march in full support of the campaign against the WYP action - so everything that can be done as requested by the club, the FSF and other supporter groups will have been done, but some are prepared to experience the inconvenience and added expense of attending the match to show their support which is core to their being. Some might think that shows an unflinching resolve not be be deterred from their choice by a Draconian police decision, whilst fully supporting the protest against it.
Any Hull City fan who has got tickets for the home end needs to keep quiet and surpress emotions when City score. The time to left rip will be as you leave the ground when its too late. In the first PL season i managed to get a corporate ticket for Spurs away and sat there so that my city ticket could be used by one of my mates who had no chance of getting a ticket thanks to crazy Dufferman. Its hard to surpress emotions at times and when Geo scored that wonderful free kick it was not easy to look depressed. Lol.
I'm going with my housemate because he's a Huddersfield fan and got us both tickets. The only thing I won't be doing is wearing city colours just in case they might kick me out.
You could wear one of these untucked with a jacket over the top (they're not as shiny as they look in that pic). please log in to view this image The confusion of stewards/police when you said you were a Town fan would be amusing. (Calum Woods who has made 23 appearances for Huddersfield this season used to be a Dunfermline player).
