cider head Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 The club have taken stick over flags/banners in the past so i will say it was good of the club to allow this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 Especially with it displayed in the void occupied by a lethal drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 Especially with it displayed in the void occupied by a lethal drop. In the same block that saw a Leeds fan travel about 30 rows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E Block Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 This banner was in place before the turnstiles opened! Hmmmmm!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 The club backs fans' assertion that standing can be safe and is at the forefront of trying to make the case. ATM they have to go along with the "nobody must stand" line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 Good to see. Just out of interest, this was fan led? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 I thought it was great, especially the very small 'and weed' tacked on below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted April 8, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 Expect the banner was something to do with the club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider head Posted April 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 Good to see. Just out of interest, this was fan led? Yes it is fan led, the banner is owned by Man city fans and have been contacting football fans around the country to get the banner seen at various football grounds, and with city they asked Jon who is leading the safe standing road show.. https://twitter.com/1894Group_MCFC https://uniceone.wordpress.com/2015/02/09/banner-of-the-week-legalise-safe-standing-manchester-city-v-hull/ This banner was in place before the turnstiles opened! Hmmmmm!!! Jon who is leading the safe standing road show collected the banner from the Man city fans and then contacted the club to ask if the banner could be put up before the kick off so there wasn't people in anyones way when putting the banner up when fans are entering the ground. It is nothing new as fans have put their flags up before kick off in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippin cider Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 In the same block that saw a Leeds fan travel about 30 rows. I remember it well, I think he bounced a couple of times on the way down! :-)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 I remember it well, I think he bounced a couple of times on the way down! :-)) Nothing smiley face about it - disgusted by his antics as well as those in Block B and A who got involved with the punches, verbals and spitting. All involved were neanderthals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider head Posted April 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 Safe standing survey http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/D4MAS/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 Safe standing survey http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/D4MAS/ I have clicked through but it's not clear: who is collecting the data and for what purpose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider head Posted April 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 I have clicked through but it's not clear: who is collecting the data and for what purpose? It is mentioned at the link below for a dissertation https://twitter.com/southerngooner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Ian M Posted April 9, 2015 Admin Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 Safe standing survey http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/D4MAS/ Highlighted how Rail seating is safer than normal seating as you have your own protective rail stopping you toppling over at points of high emotion such as a goal being scored. So many times I have seen hitherto seated supporters injure themselves due to tripping over the seat in front when jumping to their feet to celebrate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider head Posted April 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 Highlighted how Rail seating is safer than normal seating as you have your own protective rail stopping you toppling over at points of high emotion such as a goal being scored. So many times I have seen hitherto seated supporters injure themselves due to tripping over the seat in front when jumping to their feet to celebrate. This is true, it has to be much safer than those old backless seats once seen in the Eastend. The safe standing roadshow was at Grimsby last week where it was used for the first time at a football match. http://www.safestandingroadshow.co.uk/news/marinersinhistoricsafestandingfirst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rizzle Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 I remember it well, I think he bounced a couple of times on the way down! :-)) Not particularly funny. I'm not being over dramatic in saying that if he had completely lost his footing he could have tumbled all the way down the dolman head over heals and at worst killed himself! He was an idiot for behaving like that in a home end but so were the city fans who 'threw' him down the stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneroses Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 Not particularly funny. I'm not being over dramatic in saying that if he had completely lost his footing he could have tumbled all the way down the dolman head over heals and at worst killed himself! He was an idiot for behaving like that in a home end but so were the city fans who 'threw' him down the stand. If you go out of your way to sit in a Home end then expect the worst. You're not being over dramatic, but i for one would struggle to have sympathy for the chap when he shouldn't be there in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 If you go out of your way to sit in a Home end then expect the worst. You're not being over dramatic, but i for one would struggle to have sympathy for the chap when he shouldn't be there in the first place. there is no doubt that he is an idiot, but little more if at all than the pathetic creatures who got so riled that they wanted to treat him the way that they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rizzle Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 If you go out of your way to sit in a Home end then expect the worst. You're not being over dramatic, but i for one would struggle to have sympathy for the chap when he shouldn't be there in the first place. I agree. I don't have sympathy for the guy either but I also wouldn't have sympathy for the city fans who shoved him if his injuries had resulted in ABH, GBH or even manslaughter charges against them! Regardless of what he did you can't just push people down stairs. Yes his actions were provoking but in the grand scheme of life they weren't that provoking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaggro is back Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 The more we as a club and other like minded clubs push at the 'safe standing' door it may just start to open. We shouldn't give up and we should fight the good fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 I agree. I don't have sympathy for the guy either but I also wouldn't have sympathy for the city fans who shoved him if his injuries had resulted in ABH, GBH or even manslaughter charges against them! Regardless of what he did you can't just push people down stairs. Yes his actions were provoking but in the grand scheme of life they weren't that provoking! Provocatively I will admit having been close to that particular incident I wrote to the club the day following and reported the seat numbers of those who I saw involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 I'll give this thread an hour before it gets proper out of hand!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rizzle Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 I'll give this thread an hour before it gets proper out of hand!! ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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