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And now this.... I like Paul Barber. "Dear [Moshe] Thanks again for your e-mail. As promised, I have now spoken to our Safety Officer. We have indeed had many complaints and one or two minor issues with children kicking things around the inner concourses. As such, I do think it makes...

Wrong. "Event Safety Officer at Brighton and Hove Albion FC" Chris Baker issued a directive to all stewards on Saturday to stop all kicking about inside and outside the stadium. It will be interesting to see how it pans out as Paul Barber doesn't seem to be in favour of such a ban.

I was there too and was assured on three occasions that it was an "attention all stewards" directive from the Safety Officer. Hopefully Paul Barber will be able to influence him into accepting a compromise whereby some play is still allowed outside.

Reply from Paul Barber (22 minutes after I sent my e-mail to him...!) "Dear [Moshe] Thank you for your email. I'm not aware of any ban on children playing football but I will investigate further by talking to the Safety Officer when I am able. Personally, I have no problem with the kids...

How many more people are going to join this thread and say "If the kids want a kickabout then they should do it outside"....??? The club have banned kids from having any sort of a kickabout outside after the game. This was rigorously enforced on Saturday at about 5.30pm when there was pretty...

Blimey your son has come up trumps in the lottery of life... Option A: Have fun kicking a ball about with some other kids outside The Amex Option B: Get taken home Option C: Engage in articulate and intelligent conversation with one's father

For the indoor concourse game the empty plastic bottle is the best option as even Leo Ulloa would struggle to get one significantly airborne...

Only those with walking sticks.

The ban includes all areas outside the stadium and applies regardless of whether any real inconvenience or risk is caused. Health & Safety gone mad. They will need to ban the people who run down to the station next as surely this activity involves a risk to themselves and others...?

We agree then.

It's a football club, not a frigging old people's home...

Dim. What have a few junior school children enjoying a kickabout outside after the match got to do with any sort of creche...?

The ban extends to the outside areas and was enforced by a yellow jacketed hero on Saturday evening at about 5.30pm, when the greater Health & Safety risk was Ulloa's penalty re-entering the atmosphere. I will be writing to Paul Barber and suggesting that in future the directive should be...

Yep. Great, isn't it?

Thanks for that. The best part of the day for a lot of kids - harmless fun for the children and now brainlessly taken away by a blanket ban on the grounds of Health and Safety... I thought they wanted to encourage people to hang about around the stadium?