Betty Swallocks Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Excellent. You agree with four of my five. No, you're a boring old fool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinheadface Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 A slap on the wrist,and go to bed with no supper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 So why was Scrumpie on the pitch having selfies with people. I remember seeing that happen and think that the club could hardly complain now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider red Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 So why was Scrumpie on the pitch having selfies with people. I remember seeing that happen and think that the club could hardly complain now? Its not the club complaining its the FA and potential sanctions, clearly they are clamping down, people need to stay off at Walsall to avoid any worry about a points deduction imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Would be amazed if there was any sort of points deduction, worse case would be a fine which I'd imagine those on the pitch would dig deep to cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 So why was Scrumpie on the pitch having selfies with people. I remember seeing that happen and think that the club could hardly complain now? Maybe, just maybe, the club aren't making things up about the FA being miffed with us. It could be that they were happy enough with people on the pitch the other day, hence Scrumpy joining in the fun, but now they are a trifle concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 The day fans cannot run on the pitch to celebrate their team winning the league is the day football dies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinheadface Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 So why was Scrumpie on the pitch having selfies with people. I remember seeing that happen and think that the club could hardly complain now?yeah i have a photo of him with my granson,shock horror on the pitch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 The day fans cannot run on the pitch to celebrate their team winning the league is the day football dies! And fans did indeed run onto the pitch to celebrate. Unfortunately football has rules about such things and, whilst sanctions for peaceful and celebratory pitch invasions are unknown, the club has to make the right noises about fans staying off the pitch to ensure they are not seen as encouraging it and opening themselves up to possible penalties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty Swallocks Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Maybe, just maybe, the club aren't making things up about the FA being miffed with us. It could be that they were happy enough with people on the pitch the other day, hence Scrumpy joining in the fun, but now they are a trifle concerned. The FA will be very busy over the next month or so then. Maybe they'll take Man City's title win last season off of them as well because fans celerbrated on the pitch. The broadcasters love a good pitch invasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina's Rolls Royce Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 No, you're a boring old fool How dare you call me old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 http://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/article/bristol-city-201415-champions-2410237.aspx They dont seem too bothered by it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 yeah i have a photo of him with my granson,shock horror on the pitch! You can imagine it can't you...up before the magistrates bloke in wheelchair, numerous 'yoofs', grandparents....and Scrumpy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Completely different from Villa as they were looking to get to the WBA fans for trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!james Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Would be amazed if there was any sort of points deduction, worse case would be a fine which I'd imagine those on the pitch would dig deep to cover. What he said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 I think the FA probably got to make noises about it, afterall I guess it's a very different thing if it was a fierce rival, or say we had just ruined someone's chances of playoffs. But there are pitch invasions and there are pitch invasions. We know this but the FA only sees in black and white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 What I did find strange on Saturday consider the warning we had, was that a lot of stewards up the A-C end of the Williams stood aside to allow people on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Presumably common sense will prevail and you'll only be allowed on the pitch if you're wearing decent clothes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City fan 1982 Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 so when walsall won the jpt area final and invaded the pitch, i cant remember the talk of a fine etc !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Presumably common sense will prevail and you'll only be allowed on the pitch if you're wearing decent clothes? What he said. Could be a route back to a more innocent time. Decent jumpers for goal-posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashtonboy Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 The day fans cannot run on the pitch to celebrate their team winning the league is the day football dies! You can't remember the pens we all had to suffer not so long ago? You could not get anywhere near the pitch. Ken Bates even wanted to electrify them and put moats in ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pewsham Red Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 As a bitter Swindon fan, I'd love to see you deducted loads of points, but as a football fan, this would be an absolute travesty if it were true. If you cannot celebrate promotion/being champions in the traditional manner then there is something wrong with this world. Unlike Villa, there was no hint of aggro or intimidation, just a celebration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fodbarmyarmy Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 What I did find strange on Saturday consider the warning we had, was that a lot of stewards up the A-C end of the Williams stood aside to allow people on. Of course they did.... if they tried to stop anyone they would have had their photo put on OTIB ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Nor do the Football League- the governing body or the police and the 95% of fans who have their own celebrations interrupted by the tiny minority.. Of course the right to run onto the pitch whilst the players are still on is clearly everybody's birthright. Worked for gas last season. Your posts just lose all force when you make statements like that. It's your feelings and your opinion, which is cool - you are perfectly entitled to that and I respect those views and expect all others to, but you are not the voice for the 'majority' and if there was a straw poll my vote was not counted. My opinion (for which I speak for myself and no one else), the pitch invasion has been and done as we won the Championship: it was always going to happen, it has happened. Against Walsall I think that would be once too many but if I see people running on from the vantage point it won't ruin my day, ruin my celebrations, or even be an intermittent delay. It's just a way of celebration which will be different to that which I will partake in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire Dastardly Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 It is an offence for a person at a designated football match to go onto the playing area, or any area adjacent to the playing area to which spectators are not generally admitted, without lawful authority or lawful excuse (which shall be for him to prove). At full time is the pitch still the playing area? Yes. It's for the safety and protection of both sets of players, coaches, managers & match officials and makes perfect sense to me. Why don't people just do what they've been politely asked to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Doesn't the club have pictures of the pitch invasion when we were promoted under GJ blown up and stuck up in the shop and also available to buy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 As a bitter Swindon fan, I'd love to see you deducted loads of points, but as a football fan, this would be an absolute travesty if it were true. If you cannot celebrate promotion/being champions in the traditional manner then there is something wrong with this world. Unlike Villa, there was no hint of aggro or intimidation, just a celebration. And a bit of perspective - it was a quarter final victory; hardly a remarkable and overwhelming achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Yes. It's for the safety and protection of both sets of players, coaches, managers & match officials and makes perfect sense to me. Why don't people just do what they've been politely asked to do? I politely asked for my food vouchers. Instead I'm going grazing on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Your posts just lose all force when you make statements like that. It's your feelings and your opinion, which is cool - you are perfectly entitled to that and I respect those views and expect all others to, but you are not the voice for the 'majority' and if there was a straw poll my vote was not counted. My opinion (for which I speak for myself and no one else), the pitch invasion has been and done as we won the Championship: it was always going to happen, it has happened. Against Walsall I think that would be once too many but if I see people running on from the vantage point it won't ruin my day, ruin my celebrations, or even be an intermittent delay. It's just a way of celebration which will be different to that which I will partake in. I reckon the Walsall game could see an even bigger one. The roof truss will be gone in front of The Dolman for a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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