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A club official. He didn't give out to all of us, just your man.Quote:
Originally Posted by feo123
Terribly irritating to come all the way down and see us lose to a late winner like that. Once again, I commend Alan Mahon, he will break his deadlock this season.
what was he giving oiut about? it wasnt the fella that was thorwn out...some other yonug lad! some strike from the number8 in the first half....if a team deserved to win it was rovers but that might be harsh on UCD, a draw wud have been fair enoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Poor Student
We're losing these "draw would have been fair enough" games left, right and centre so I'll take an undeserved win next week if it's what required to get the three points.Quote:
Originally Posted by feo123
He was asking the other fella if he was the culprit already being p1ssed off by then.
I have a picture of yer man with his top off standing in front of us all, what made him do that? He needs to work on his guns a bit before giving out tickets to the gun show like that :D
Not too sure. Any of you lads know?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamesie
Think it was intended as a bit of craic. He got two bottles thrown at him though, so he ended up getting removed from the ground as for inciting the home crowd (not that the home security did anything about the Rovers knacker in the Celtic jersey...)
Don't agree that Sligo "deserved" the win. It was a poor game from two poor sides. We hit the post twice, I think Matt Gregg made two good saves and that was it. It had draw written all over it, and Sligo were just the ones fortunate enough to nab a goal at the death.
First win in 12 years, I think. Enjoy it! We'll be back...
Forgot about that wánker.. thanks for reminding me....he's a wnakerQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
what he do?Quote:
Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge
That's the bottle green Celtic away jersey in the back row of the singing section to be precise.
By the way, the Sligo security saw the second incident, which resulted in his expulsion, coming a mile away in one of the greatest displays of ineptitude I've witnessed before my eyes. There was three stewards in front of us and one behind us. The three called the guy behind us to go after him. By the time he got round from the back to the front he decided he couldn't be bothered. All four of them made a vein attempt to summon the steward on the halfway line to no avail and they just stood stationary and watched from afar as trouble flared up again. Sheer laziness prevented any of them from moving to do anything. A comedy of errors.
Don't know if he actually got removed? Think he was just told to stay over the other side...he was given that option anyway, although that was before the guard came so he may have kicked him out.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I was just sitting there at half time when all of a sudden he's there behind me threatning me...few of the lads told him to go back to where he was sitting before anything happened. he wasnt long backing off when he was threatned...bottlerQuote:
Originally Posted by feo123
Ye he said it was the guard alrightQuote:
Originally Posted by sligoman
Got removed and banned from our home games for the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by sligoman
Serious questions being asked about the Sligo stewarding though - even the head steward said some of them were useless.
One of them seemed to be employing Jedi mind tricks to control the kids beside us after their goal. Some stern staring and gesturing of the hand away from us. Not that it worked!Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
And one of them seemed to be retarded (seriously...)
I wasn't at the game but given the way these incidents are being described and the ease with which the participants in them did what they did it says a lot about the standard of stewarding in some grounds.
Away fans in particular should always be protected as they are at greater risk in any game and fans of either side (especially topless away ones!) should be prevented from causing trouble to people sitting peacefully.
i was behind where one of these bottles were thrown...an empty, plastic 250ml bottle that wasnt thrown in malice or intended to harm....Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
A thrown object of any kind is crossing the line, even if the person it's being thrown at has leapt across the line already!
A second bottle (a full Lucozade bottle) was thrown by the lad in the Celtic jersey with plenty of malice just after that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Red&White Rover
no it wasn't, i was in the front row right in front of him and there was a blue water bottle thrown, then a similar one which was half full was more lobbed than thrown, but whoever threw it obviosly shouldn't have done it, dont think any of the stewards saw him as the one closest to them had her back turned dealing with the gun show host!Quote:
Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge
a seasons ban from ye're home games...very harsh!
How was it thrown then? In a friendly manner? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Red&White Rover
How immature do you have to be to get riled up by something like that? Wouldn't expect anything more from a 15-year-old though, to be honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kelly-is-God
While, as Aberdonian Stu and schumi have pointed out, the fact that there wasn't any harm intended is utterly irrelevant, yer man has actually acknowledged this point. He said he didn't mind the first one - he just tossed it back - but the second one was full, nearly hit him and was thrown by someone who'd been over looking to start trouble during half-time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Red&White Rover
Well, I gave yer man a lift home after the match and he was quite adamant that it was a full Lucozade bottle which had been flung, not lobbed, at him. Given that he'd have more reason to be keeping an eye out on it than you, I'd go with his version of events.Quote:
Originally Posted by feo123
And yes, the season long ban may be a bit harsh, but than I'd be much happier with my club's handling of the issue than yours. Why that scumbag with the Celtic top was allowed in the ground after trying to start trouble at half-time and then throwing a bottle is beyond me. Not to mention the fact that your head steward was very unhappy with the stewarding, and another chief steward apologised for the excessively rough handling yer man got from the stewards.
Over-reaction or what , i rember the bad old days when the trains used to stoned going into Connolly and there would be a mini riot in the station and fights on the way to the grounds in Dublin and to think people get upset about empty plastic bottles nowdays.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Schumi
I'm not interested in how bad things used to be Grandpa, the fact remains that throwing a bottle at someone is unacceptable and given that the same person tried to start a fight at half time, the stewarding in the Showgrounds is a joke. Stewards were more interested in trying to antagonise us than in doing anything about Sligo fans causing trouble.
While not trying to take anything away from schumi's post, it was the full bottle which was causing particular anger, as previously noted.Quote:
Originally Posted by londonred
My apologies to Stu, I am not denying, as you states the SR Forum, but I honestly did not see the bottles being thrown, and I was sitting the entrace side of the singing Rovers fans. Your fellow was a muppett but SR "fan" who thre the bottle should be banned. What will happen now is fans will be segregated and we will have to sit in the red stand and away fans in the blue. I hate sitting over there!Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Suppose if the football wasnt so poor, the iditos wouldnt get bored and start the trouble. Its the teams fault:D
I don't agree. If you travel to a game you have to bring a basic level of cop-on with you, which he didn't. There's no point in waiting for something more serious to happen before taking action.Quote:
Originally Posted by feo123
Also, I don't think the ban will run out at the end of the season.
just curious, do UCD fans follow UCD even after they leave college?
Yes. Indeed some of us end up hanging around the college itself several years after we "leave" college.
I'm a firm believer in punishments that are harsh enough to act as deterrents so a season long ban isn't a big deal and he should know better afterwards.
Again how anyone can defend throwing a bottle just because it's not as bad as the 'good aul days' is beyond me.
ucd fans broke 3 ground regulations in the first 5 mins they were there and they continued to abuse people for the rest of the game fulled by th e bag of cans they were drinking during the game.They have to remember were football fans not hooligans.
Were you the steward with the cap by any chance?Quote:
Originally Posted by bomber82290
Which three would these be? Was one swearing? Please let it be ****ing swearing.Quote:
Originally Posted by bomber82290
There was no bag of cans. One lad had a pair of cans, which were taken off him. That's it.
Number 2 is presumably standing in a seated area.Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
I'm sorry, you're talking nonsense.Quote:
Originally Posted by bomber82290
One person had cans. They were taken off him. There was no bag of cans. None of the confiscated cans were in a bag. Also, he wasn't drinking in the first five minutes.
Continued to abuse people for the rest of the game? If you count "Paul Doolin, you're a ******, you're a ******", then yes, you may have a case. Otherwise, there was nothing more than you should really expect from football fans, despite the stewards' protestations to the contrary ("Won't somebody pleeeeease think of the children!")
Your last sentence doesn't make any sense, even with correct grammar.
What were these three regulations then?
Oh dear. Sure myself and John83 don't drink and two of the others who do drink weren't drinking on the trip as a whole at all as they were driving home.Quote:
Originally Posted by bomber82290
Actually, one of the more entertaining actions of the (plainly inept) stewards was to search Poor Student's bag for cans. They found a book on Roman history, and no cans.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
That's right!
Course, if they'd done their job properly at the turnstiles, the cans wouldn't have been an issue in the first place. My bag wasn't searched on the way in for one.
im sorry lads but have to agree with all that pineapple said..Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
the full lucozade bottle was way over the line...
33% further:D FACTQuote:
Originally Posted by SligoBrewer
Very good.
It seems that the Sligo mods don't like us very much. Anyway, the quest continues to get more than one Sligo fan admit that pathetic stewarding and a couple of their own fans were also at play yesterday.
I think we're over reacting here.
1 or 2 UCD fans acted out of turn and have received the appropriate punishment. 1 or 2 Sligo fans acted out of turn and I presume Sligo will deal with the issue. I agree it soured the game a little but in the grand scheme of things taking off your shirt or throwing a plastic bottle aren't that big a deal.