Wedontplayinblue Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 On 13/02/2024 at 16:09, Mr Popodopolous said: The arrogant we know best p****s need a bit of a light shining IMO. Safety Advisory Group have been a joke for years. No Minutes in the public domain published since summer 2014 speaks utter volumes. Who do they work for, who do they think they are. Jumped up individuals. Still the Council are, have been a shower of S*** for years so don't expect anything better. Go on Mr P, don’t sit on the fence, let it all out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 If I understand it right it says at the REQUEST of the police. Can the club not just refuse to move the ko time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 14 minutes ago, marmite said: If I understand it right it says at the REQUEST of the police. Can the club not just refuse to move the ko time? No. Not unless they want to play it without any fans there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View from the Dolman Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 (edited) Quote Bristol City has apologised to its fans, and fans of Cardiff City for changing the time of the kick-off of the upcoming Severnside Derby - and admitted it should have told fans earlier. ... Quote Bristol Live understands the match being moved to an earlier kick-off time is the result of a request of the police, but that request was made last summer, soon after the fixture list was first published. The switch wasn't made then, because the clubs involved wanted to wait to see if it was picked by Sky Sports to be a televised game, which could have necessitated another change itself with the game potentially being moved to the Friday evening, Saturday evening or Sunday afternoon. ... Quote A Bristol City spokesperson said: “We apologise to Bristol City and Cardiff City fans for the shorter than usual notice of the kick-off time change for the fixture on March 2. Ourselves, Cardiff City and the EFL decided to wait until the broadcast selections for March before confirming the kick-off time change to 12.30pm in case this game was selected for broadcast and the scheduled matchday and/or kick-off time had to be changed. “The broadcast selections were announced on February 2 and this game was not selected for broadcast. However, we recognise that the change to a 12.30pm kick-off for safety reasons should have been communicated to supporters earlier. We will continue to look at improving communication to fans and hope they are not too inconvenienced by this kick-off change," he added. https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/bristol-city-apologises-fans-over-9100889 Poor show from the clubs and the EFL here. Edited February 15 by View from the Dolman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Londoner Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 8 minutes ago, View from the Dolman said: ... ... https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/bristol-city-apologises-fans-over-9100889 Poor show from the clubs and the EFL here. So unless I’m misreading it the club basically lied with its initial communications to place the blame on the police rather than not bothering to tell anyone until less than 3 weeks before the game Can we therefore assume waiting for tv games are announced was an attempt to shift the blame onto sky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 (edited) That's pisspoor. At the very least, they should be looking at compensating people who've booked trains etc. Of course they're under no obligation to, but it would be an acknowledgment that they've messed people about. Edited February 15 by Northern Red 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View from the Dolman Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 2 minutes ago, East Londoner said: So unless I’m misreading it the club basically lied with its initial communications to place the blame on the police rather than not bothering to tell anyone until less than 3 weeks before the game Can we therefore assume waiting for tv games are announced was an attempt to shift the blame onto sky? Looks that way. It was just utterly dishonest to ever pretend it was a 3pm kick-off. Everyone but the fans knew that it wouldn't be a 3pm kick-off when tickets went on sale in January (as per https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/march-home-fixtures-set-for-priority-sale/). It's just plain dishonest and deceitful. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daored Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 6 minutes ago, East Londoner said: So unless I’m misreading it the club basically lied with its initial communications to place the blame on the police rather than not bothering to tell anyone until less than 3 weeks before the game Can we therefore assume waiting for tv games are announced was an attempt to shift the blame onto sky? So what would have happened if sky had picked it for a Friday evening kick off? Would that then have been the trigger to announce kick off change time ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 They’ve had an absolute shocker here. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooRya Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 (edited) Surely it would have made much more sense to change the kick off time months ago to 12.30 subject to TV listings Edited February 15 by ooRya 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenred Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 15 minutes ago, View from the Dolman said: Looks that way. It was just utterly dishonest to ever pretend it was a 3pm kick-off. But the away game was 3pm with no issues at all save for the issues the police caused by lying about trains being available and then kettling us in. Police and club are a joke here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 2 minutes ago, lenred said: But the away game was 3pm with no issues at all save for the issues the police caused by lying about trains being available and then kettling us in. Police and club are a joke here. Not sure the police did much wrong here, they requested the kick off change months ago, it was the club that held off announcing it in the hope that it would be picked for TV, and then delayed the announcement for 11 days after it wasn't picked! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenred Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 1 minute ago, richwwtk said: Not sure the police did much wrong here, they requested the kick off change months ago, it was the club that held off announcing it in the hope that it would be picked for TV, and then delayed the announcement for 11 days after it wasn't picked! So why have the police asked it to be moved in the first place then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 3 minutes ago, lenred said: So why have the police asked it to be moved in the first place then? That's irrelevant really. The club has really messed up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 (edited) 4 minutes ago, lenred said: So why have the police asked it to be moved in the first place then? It's Us v Cardiff, always happens. Mainly due to trouble in the past. You may think it is unneccessary now, and I would agree, but they obviously have a different opinion. Edited February 15 by richwwtk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 A Bristol City spokesperson said: “We apologise to Bristol City and Cardiff City fans for the shorter than usual notice of the kick-off time change for the fixture on March 2. Ourselves, Cardiff City and the EFL decided to wait until the broadcast selections for March before confirming the kick-off time change to 12.30pm in case this game was selected for broadcast and the scheduled matchday and/or kick-off time had to be changed" What's the difference between changing it from 12:30 or a 15:00? Utter nonsense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenred Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 2 minutes ago, Super said: That's irrelevant really. The club has really messed up. It’s not ‘irrelevant’ to the point I was making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted February 15 Admin Report Share Posted February 15 On 13/02/2024 at 19:23, pillred said: The question was when were there any problems with Cardiff? That was the last time. You know what I meant, problems as in outside the ground to warrant the kick of time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted February 15 Admin Report Share Posted February 15 8 minutes ago, richwwtk said: It's Us v Cardiff, always happens. Mainly due to trouble in the past. You may think it is unneccessary now, and I would agree, but they obviously have a different opinion. But there have been next to no problems externally at these fixtures in years 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 2 minutes ago, phantom said: Sorry @richwwtk where has it been said that the police requested the kick off change? Because as already mentioned the A&S rep that attends SC&@T meetings has said on a number of occasions this fixture wasn't likely to change, so would be interested to know how you know different please? It's from the club in their statement that A&S had requested the kick-off be moved. so either the rep that attends the meetings wasn't informed (probably a command decision) or they weren't being entirely honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted February 15 Admin Report Share Posted February 15 5 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said: It's from the club in their statement that A&S had requested the kick-off be moved. so either the rep that attends the meetings wasn't informed (probably a command decision) or they weren't being entirely honest. I missed that reply when reading the thread - you quoted me as I deleted it Thanks for clarifying though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 11 minutes ago, phantom said: You know what I meant, problems as in outside the ground to warrant the kick of time would the police allow a Friday night game if they're that concerned about that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 I did make it into the EP article though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 14 minutes ago, exAtyeoMax said: I did make it into the EP article though Does this make you one of those influencer types now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 4 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said: Does this make you one of those influencer types now? ooh, possibly… remember Mike Ford (?) who used to abuse everyone on the BEP comment section? I'm not like that… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loosey Boy Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 The club(s) have messed-up royally here and so need to do the decent thing for those who have booked travel in readiness for a 3pm KO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Just so Bristol City! What a shit show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombsy Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 2 hours ago, pillred said: At the risk of repeating myself(I am) the question was when WAS the last time there was trouble with Cardiff? not does it make any difference what time the game started. Did you go to the last home game against Cardiff? also did you go to the last way game by train? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkev Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 3 hours ago, pillred said: At the risk of repeating myself(I am) the question was when WAS the last time there was trouble with Cardiff? not does it make any difference what time the game started. I can’t remember the last time , that’s what makes it stupid , Cardiff did smash up the toilets couple of years back but I honestly can’t remember the last time there was any reports of actual trouble between the 2 sets of fans 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 (edited) Piss-poor by all concerned really. I do apologise a bit to the Police and or SAG but not much because they have a terrible track-record down the years. Remember the 2017 debacle?? Edited February 15 by Mr Popodopolous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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