Never to the dark side Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Am I right in saying the QPR fans were allowed out straight after the final whistle Then why were Plymouth kept back after the game Me personally, if when I am an away fan I don't mind be kept back. Any one got any further comments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Eater Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 The normal thing is to wait for the home fans to disperse, rather then letting them out when the home fans are there in numbers. The kiddie walking beside us (plymouth) out with us quit pleasent. Just wished us the best, they are loking forward to a west country trpiple Plymouth, City and Swindon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompo Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Perhaps lessons were learned as a result of the QPR game. Certainly when we were walking along Duckmoor Road after the QPR game there were a lot of QPR fans heading for parked cars. Seems a sensible precaution to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fct Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 I must say that after the QPR game my son and I went out through the car park and lots of QPR fans intermingled with City fans and there was no trouble at all. There again there were no burberys present or infantile idiots sneering at the 1-0 scoreline, so everyone behaved in a civilised manner which is how it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filton Red Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Well last september down at home park, we were ment to have been held back, but the local police forgot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edson Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Perhaps lessons were learned as a result of the QPR game. Certainly when we were walking along Duckmoor Road after the QPR game there were a lot of QPR fans heading for parked cars. Seems a sensible precaution to me. I'm sure that was a part of the reasoning. I would also suggest that, with the game against Plymouth being a night game, it was dark at the end of the match, which always lends itself to better to hooligans who want to hide and 'ambush' opposition supporters around the ground. With that in mind, allied to the lessons learnt from the QPR game, I think the decision to hold the Plymouth fans back, while the police assembled and created a line at the corner of the Williams and the East End, was a sensible one. It also allows fans to cool off a bit immediately after the game, and can take the sting out of the high levels of emotion, straight after the match has finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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