Their players well telling anyone what would listen to bet on them from monday onwards.Quote:
Originally Posted by nosebleds
Confidence or knowledge?
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Their players well telling anyone what would listen to bet on them from monday onwards.Quote:
Originally Posted by nosebleds
Confidence or knowledge?
It's too bad all clubs don't do this!!Quote:
Originally Posted by monkey9
u ever sitting in a pub ,last couple of euors in ur pocket somebody putting a punt on this or that ,u think what the fluk in for a penny in for a pound,Happens everywhere ,Hopes its not only me.Quote:
Originally Posted by kdjaC
On Shams last visit to Oriel their Stewards/officials were positioned in numbers at both the HOME and AWAY gates, and there was also a good few off them situated outside the approaches to the ground.Imo thats the way to go to try and weed out any potential troublemakers getting near the ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by PartySaint
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Originally Posted by BonnieShels
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Originally Posted by bullit
A few potential trouble makers werwe spotted and were led away from the area by AGS.
Sligo replay on Tuesday? The original replay date was Wednesday.
The trouble flared when a couple of Bohs 'supporters' assaulted a female steward. Have to say though that the majority of Bohs fans were fine.
That defense from Jacko will be the textbook defence after everyone sees the footage of Sheriff's fantastic goals. 'Ooooh you can't fix that' etc. etc.. ********. The footage won't explain why Shels' defence and midfield happily let Sheriff bombard them in the final third for the first 20 minutes of that half and the laughable lack of effort in the last 25 minutes to search for an equaliser against a tiring and cramp ridden junior side.Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
Some bookies have eventually stopped paying out on this so hopefully this will get the wheels rolling for an investigation.
That's an outright lie. I was on the scene at the time and saw everything that happened. 4 or 5 people were refused entry because of a personal gripe of one board member who has a habit of handing out arbitrary bannings. (most people who are banned at the moment are banned for vocally opposing his misrule, not anything to do with hooligan activity). I know these people personally. They are not "Scum". Most people thought they'd eventually let them in and some who were on their bus went down to the gate to see what was happening. At this stage myself and a few others went to see what was going on. People were shouting just let them in ffs. Someone grabbed the gate and rattled it at which point some stewards pushed back fairly aggressively. This led to some pushing back at which point the gate opened and the cops weighed in with dogs and batons. Then one particularly mental copper comes in and starts spraying people with pepper spray. I was well back from where the trouble was, explaining to a local gard (who actually agreed with me) how stupid this was and if they were just let in there would not have been a bit of trouble. Both me and that gard got pepper sprayed by robocop. Thankfully, unlike most people I didn't get it in the eyes. A lot of people who got sprayed weren't even up at the gate as he ran some distance into the entrance. He then withdrew and stood back, only to return - tried to get me again to stop me taking photos, re-sprayed people who were already on the ground in agony and people who were trying to help them up. I went to Longford stewards to ask for medical help for some of the people who were down. One steward who seemed alright went to ask the head steward who told me the only way they'd get any help was if they climbed the wall and walked around the pitch with him. These were people who were bent double with pain and couldn't open their eyes. It was another 10 minutes or so before civil defense were called down, fair play to them, they were great btw.Quote:
Originally Posted by Town Legend
Just let me re-iterate - Longford were in no way to blame for this - it was Bohs stewards on the orders from the board who caused this and the Gardaí armed response unit who were (again by the admission of some of the local gards) OTT to say the least and I'd go as far to say, the real thugs on the scene. It was like a WW1 field hospital down there when they were through.
On a lighter note replay for mons v Sligo is wed at 8
Is this for definite? It was announced for Tuesday after the match last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by passerrby
So in the same week that Rovers beat Partizan away to secure a place in the group stages of the Europa League, go on to draw Spurs who were the biggest draw in the competition I then log on here and find out Bohs fans got pepper sprayed at their match last night!! I really didn't think the week could get any better but that just tops it off nicely ;)
Ya just got a call to confirm that it's wed
I'd heard about the pepper alright but i just presumed it was related to the big barbecue they were having before they went on their big away trip.
It worked a treat with my burger.Quote:
Originally Posted by sundance kid
Despite my better judgement, there's no excuse for pepper spray. The traditional Garda tactic of indiscriminate, OTT beating hasn't failed them before.
I don't know why they felt the need to have the dog and armed response units for a game between Bohs and Longford anyway. It's not as if there's a massive rivalry there. I sometimes think the OTT police actions at some games (like after the Setanta cup final last year) are a means of justifying overtime. Make it look like you're needed, you're quids in.Quote:
Originally Posted by dfx-
HD Highlights of Sheriff v Shels
http://vimeo.com/28262172
Sounds like it was a Sheriff home game, did Shels have any fans there!?