separating fans

[jack phillips]

does anyone know how fans will be separated at the amex.due to the car parks and public transport all entering stadium at same place. also being able to walk the whole way round the stadium and the train station.

 

[seagullwedgee]

This question was asked recently on 'Ask the Club' and the reply was something like:

"........ mounted police, razor wire, water cannon and barricades, plus visiting fans will be held back for 3 hours until the north stand post match drinkers have all left the building............."

 

[salty seagull]

does anyone know how fans will be separated at the amex.due to the car parks and public transport all entering stadium at same place. also being able to walk the whole way round the stadium and the train station.

Don`t worry yourself about it.We will find a way to get at the palace scum.

 

[sir albion]

Who cares about separating fans,christ we are the home team and we walk where we want end of.To many pussy's needing to MAN UP

 

[Garage_Doors]

does anyone know how fans will be separated at the amex.due to the car parks and public transport all entering stadium at same place. also being able to walk the whole way round the stadium and the train station.

Are you genuinely worried about mixing with away fans ?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

does anyone know how fans will be separated at the amex.due to the car parks and public transport all entering stadium at same place. also being able to walk the whole way round the stadium and the train station.

Treat fans as adults and they will behave like adults , misbehaving numpties are in the minority and will be sorted out swiftly by OB.

 

[Tummy Burger]

Treat fans as adults and they will behave like adults , misbehaving numpties are in the minority and will be sorted out swiftly by OB.

Totally agree. Initially with all that Taylor report stiff, I was not convinced. They suggested years ago that treating fans like animals meant they behaved like it. I was totally wrong. Clearly the whole all seater stadiums and nice grounds etc has enouraged a far more friendly atmosphere without the need for barbed wire

 

[ferring seagull]

Treat fans as adults and they will behave like adults , misbehaving numpties are in the minority and will be sorted out swiftly by OB.

Hope you are right but

 

[Return of the Rev]

The albion and palace fans will be seperated by 6000 years of evolution

 

[Mileoakman]

Are you genuinely worried about mixing with away fans ?

If its Palace I am. You don't know what you might catch!

 

[timbha]

Treat fans as adults and they will behave like adults , misbehaving numpties are in the minority and will be sorted out swiftly by OB.

i agree..............but wonder how that would have worked during the recent riots and looting

 

[timbha]

time for a rethink?

 

[trueblue]

time for a rethink?

As I had to wait for a mate I stood outside the ground for 45 mins pre-match. Saw a few punches thrown but no mass disorder and the police were in quickly. Post-match, aside from rows of police and some fans mouthing off, didn't encounter any problems either. Not like the bad old days of running battles in Hove Park. Even with the Palace fans taunting, the vast majority of people just shrugged it off. Hopefully the rest will be sorted out by CCTV and won't be around again. The basic principle is still right - having lived through the era where fans were treated like animals, we don't want to go back to that approach.