Any ideas what happened in there just before half time last night when all the stewards went rushing up?.
Pathetic to see the overkill when one middle aged smiling happy fan trotted onto the pitch at the final whistle prompting the hi viz nazis to intervene, resulting in a night in the cells, loss of pass, banning order etc As we all know, the number of stewards is usually inversely proportionate to the criminal menace of the offender. Hence Millwall can smash up the seats and no intervenes. Should some harmless home fan, delighted at the late win and the match finished, trot on, you can bet he will get the full treatment. I accept of course he may have a phial of ebony virus, a Millwall brick or high explosives strapped to his body and we can take no chances.
Rules are rules and one such rule is that at no time can you step onto the pitch ... he broke it so got punished ... not that difficult to grasp really
A guy had collapsed on the bridge just outside the East Stand when I walked past and was receiving medical attention. Anybody else see him?
People smoke in the bogs. People stand up. People shout obscenities. People shout aggressive or homophobic taunts. People gesticulate at opposing fans. Some people rip up seats. It's baffling which rules they choose to enforce and how rigidly, isn't it?
I shouted a homophobic taunt last night! ..........................."for Fcuk's sake Proschwitz, get stuck in, Ya PUFF!"
There's no such rule as the one you state. Think about it. If you're right, the people chasing the ball with roary at half time would be in big trouble. The rule would be "whilst the game is in progress" I've no idea at what point the game is deemed as being over, but the final whistle had definitely gone. Still a daft thing to do, and one not to be encouraged except for big events.
You run onto the pitch at a game and you'll get banned(unless it's a promotion game and everyone does it), so it's hard to have much sympathy for anyone who does it. I say that despite a good mate of mine being banned for three years just for running onto the pitch at Villa, he knew what would happen when he did, though the lager made him forget temporarily.
I think it was so they could give Stockdale a load of grief. At the end of the day if an individual runs onto the pitch the chances are they are going to get caught, Who knows what he was doing. He could have assaulted a player etc. I think in this instance the stewards are right to get involved. However stopping people standing/Trying to create an atmosphere is too far.
If its a council owned stadium, surely we can go onto the field freely? You don't get banned for going on any other council owned fields. Lets take back what is ours and start up our own game of football. Dibs on being team captain!
The rule is no standing, just as the rule is no encroachment on the pitch. Are some rules more legal than other rules, or does it just depend what mood the enforcers are in?
I guess it's a case of chance of risk + the attitude of the enforcers/club at the end of the day if one man runs onto the pitch he could potentially cause alot of harm to individuals (i.e. attacking the players) it's unlikely but still...It's also easier to stop one bloke compared to telling a few hundered people to sit down. I'm all for standing and sensible stewarding but IMO running onto the pitch, (Unless it's pretty much acceptable i.e. promotion etc.) is just asking to be caught and possibly banned.
