BanburyRed Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 To quote the great Paul Calf; 'Is it a crime to leather a student with a snooker ball in a sock?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted March 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 2 minutes ago, BanburyRed said: To quote the great Paul Calf; 'Is it a crime to leather a student with a snooker ball in a sock?' Depends if it's at a football game or a rugby game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 It's interesting that @Tristan Cork introduced himself on the forum and some people immediately posted negative comments. Give the chap a chance, people should be presumed innocent until proven guilty! His report seemed to be a fair reflection of what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider head Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 1 hour ago, Mkelly said: I can confirm that the stadium had over the required stewards and security for the event last night. Sadly we can not plan for the un acceptable behaviour of a minority of students. As always, its not about rugby, football or any particular sport. It is about idiots who are intent on causing trouble. I am sure that a few students will lose their place in university over this. We have had over 1m people through our door in the last 12 months, so in reality, this incident and that of the rugby earlier in the year are not a trend of anything apart from kids who want to post a video of themselves doing the wolf of wall street and looking hard. Go down Park Street any Saturday night and you will see worse. Probably from the same people. Nothing else to see here. Fair shout and agree about park street although the point is football fans get penalised for far, far less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Colby-Tit Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 If a traffic cone was placed on the head of Atyeo's statue, there will be repercussions you student oiks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieH Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 4 hours ago, Tristan Cork said: Very good point. I have gone back to the police to ask them to confirm no one was arrested, and to ask what they are going to do now. Bristol Sport said they want to press charges. I'd imagine it was all caught on CCTV, so I will keep asking until I get sent a montage of 30 faces of students fighting that I can put in the paper. That's how it works, apparently.... I have been informed this morning of the details that occurred last night. police were called, no arrests made. the stadium will be reviewing cctv evidence regarding behaviour inside the concourse and the stadium throughout the evening, and I am contacting them again early next week to review the incident then. hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 Football fans really have been demonised. Funny that the 'working class' game gets the vilification whilst the 'noble' game of grabbing another blokes odd shaped ball changes the perception from hoolaganism to 'High jinks' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Colby-Tit Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 13 minutes ago, JulieH said: I have been informed this morning of the details that occurred last night. police were called, no arrests made. the stadium will be reviewing cctv evidence regarding behaviour inside the concourse and the stadium throughout the evening, and I am contacting them again early next week to review the incident then. hope this helps. I trust that any student hooligans identified on the CCTV will have the old bill kicking in the door of the halls of residence at the ungodly hour of 11am? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 Maybe some of our more 'spirited' supporters should volunteer to steward during these events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 2 hours ago, Mkelly said: I can confirm that the stadium had over the required stewards and security for the event last night. Sadly we can not plan for the un acceptable behaviour of a minority of students. As always, its not about rugby, football or any particular sport. It is about idiots who are intent on causing trouble. I am sure that a few students will lose their place in university over this. We have had over 1m people through our door in the last 12 months, so in reality, this incident and that of the rugby earlier in the year are not a trend of anything apart from kids who want to post a video of themselves doing the wolf of wall street and looking hard. Go down Park Street any Saturday night and you will see worse. Probably from the same people. Nothing else to see here. If any of you were doubting @Mkelly and his reference to Park Street http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10323142 Doesn't get more conclusive than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 1 hour ago, Bristol Rob said: If any of you were doubting @Mkelly and his reference to Park Street http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10323142 Doesn't get more conclusive than that. In the interests of fair play https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/sep/01/newsstory.sport17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 1 minute ago, Sleepy1968 said: In the interests of fair play https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/sep/01/newsstory.sport17 Don't see Park Street in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelts Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 10 hours ago, Barrs Court Red said: The exact same happened when it was played at the Mem last season. Probably best to make it alcohol free in future. Drug free!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 There was segregation, a net put down the middle of the Lansdown which was the only stand open I believe. So that was more that what is normally in place for a rugby game, so you can't blame the club for that. However it appears the segregation didn't perhaps apply to the concourse, or at least not affectively? But no staff should have to put with with drinks thrown at them, by anybody. I'm sure the club will be shocked and will want to protect their staff. As I said before I'm surprised it doesn't kick off more in rugby. I didn't go to the Bristol vBath game a month ago as I had a long weekend in Newcastle, so my only real experience of a local derby was the recent Gloucester game, can't believe how I didn't see a fight at that game, people drinking, winding eachother up, and drinking more...all whilst mixed in together. I'm sorry but I like football and its segregation arrangements better; Know where your opposing fans are at all times and keep a safe distance away from them, whist have some banter and edge at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coach Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 If you have Facebook you can check out the Facebook group 'The Tab Bristol' showing some footage of yesterday. Now I'm no expert, but I see students laughing at making jokes on the comments section. Quite a lot admitting they were there. If the Police are enquiring into this? Surely these cretins have made it easier for them to get hold of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View from the Dolman Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 Varsity Chant Sheet: http://thetab.com/uk/bristol/2017/03/31/violence-sexism-mar-bristol-varsity-rugby-29526 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 8 minutes ago, View from the Dolman said: Varsity Chant Sheet: http://thetab.com/uk/bristol/2017/03/31/violence-sexism-mar-bristol-varsity-rugby-29526 What a complete bunch of amoeba talk about a complete waste of education Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombsy Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 Just think soon they will be doctors / lawyers etc god help us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 And our taxes are funding it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider_boy Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 They may want to rethink their hashtag for the varsity competitions, thick students take it too far #embracetherivalry Unlikely, but I would love it if we were now able to cancel their booking for their varsity football matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 16 minutes ago, Northern Red said: And our taxes are funding it! Not sure they do anymore doesn't it cost each student £9,000 a year so £27k for a degree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finbarr_in_z Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 Hope this works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 3 hours ago, Bristol Rob said: Don't see Park Street in there. ok, fair point. But I was going with drunk and violent moronic footballers rather than an exact location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 24 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said: Not sure they do anymore doesn't it cost each student £9,000 a year so £27k for a degree Normally a degree that they will have no great interest in and will be of no use to them in the real world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southstandoriginal Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 1 hour ago, View from the Dolman said: Varsity Chant Sheet: http://thetab.com/uk/bristol/2017/03/31/violence-sexism-mar-bristol-varsity-rugby-29526 Hmm, that article seems far more concerned with politically incorrect chanting than the violence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 I like the mention of the Police's involvement at the Cardiff game, at the end of the article - to give some context. I wonder if they will be treated the same as footie fans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristan Cork Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 8 hours ago, Up The City! said: I agree, last week I saw a link to an article about a sleep calculator or something and many other 'stories' like that. I don't want to be reading that sort of crack, I want proper reporting. Reporters out in the field as incidents on going, footage from helicopters of police chases, well maybe that's a bit far but it's certainly better than all these junk stories. If I ever see one more story about how Bristol is the best place to live I'm gonna scream. There are very pressing issues going on in Bristol all the time yet these are ignored. I know what you mean but they aren't being ignored. We do stories about homelessness and the housing crisis in Bristol on virtually a daily basis. We do stuff about the council cuts and the impact on vulnerable people regularly. The issue is that what might come across your Facebook news feed is the other stuff that you are on about - the celebrity stuff, the listicles, the stories about a new prosecco bar opening or whatever it is - they are the things that people read online and share on social media. So you'll be more likely to see the Post have done that, and less likely to see, for instance, a thing I did this week about getting more social housing built. That's also true of the Post's own FB page. It is a bit like a shoe shop with all the sparkly party shoes in the window, but much more sensible shoes inside the shop. But thank you all for your kind words and faint praise. I've been at the Post for less than a year, and am just about getting used to the, er, unusual affection in which it is held by everyone in Bristol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pride of the west Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 5 hours ago, View from the Dolman said: Varsity Chant Sheet: http://thetab.com/uk/bristol/2017/03/31/violence-sexism-mar-bristol-varsity-rugby-29526 They seem like a good partnership for the family club down horfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stortz Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 13 hours ago, Tristan Cork said: I know what you mean but they aren't being ignored. We do stories about homelessness and the housing crisis in Bristol on virtually a daily basis. We do stuff about the council cuts and the impact on vulnerable people regularly. The issue is that what might come across your Facebook news feed is the other stuff that you are on about - the celebrity stuff, the listicles, the stories about a new prosecco bar opening or whatever it is - they are the things that people read online and share on social media. So you'll be more likely to see the Post have done that, and less likely to see, for instance, a thing I did this week about getting more social housing built. That's also true of the Post's own FB page. It is a bit like a shoe shop with all the sparkly party shoes in the window, but much more sensible shoes inside the shop. But thank you all for your kind words and faint praise. I've been at the Post for less than a year, and am just about getting used to the, er, unusual affection in which it is held by everyone in Bristol Fair play for the reply. Here's some genuine praise; your op/ed on Black Lives Matter last year was excellent. Could you at least stop your colleagues from going on and on and on and on about that 'Only in Bristol' bollocks though please?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 Nothing to see here. Looks like a good craic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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