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2 hours ago, ollyandpatch said:

At Northampton we were stopped from taking sweets into the ground and at Swindon they put a tag on my bag, I asked why and the steward said its club policy. !!  Bonkers.

On Saturday, at the Bycars turnstiles, you'd be told that "you can't bring your can of pop into the ground".  Then, when you've drunk the contents and ask what to do with the empty can, you'd be told to "just throw it".  True story.

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56 minutes ago, werstayinup said:

First time i have seen them do it in all the years i have been going,kids have always stood at the front for pics and autos,not sure why but Rochdale game Amoo broke from the warm up for a pic and when he went back one of the coaches had a word with Amoo

How you know what the coach and Amoo were talking about though?  Did you overhear the conversation?

Anyhow, no such problem in the Bycars, before, during or after the game.  Wozz came over to a pack of kids as he made his way around the pitch after being subbed.  Covolan came over after the game and spent quite some time posing for selfies.  This it how it should be.

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2 hours ago, Walter said:
5 hours ago, Gungho_ED said:
Anyone else have mither off the stewards about smoking pre game in the Railway Paddock?
Turns out you can only smoke at half time now even though its outside and out the way.
I didn't know so sparked a fag up walking back from the loo and a steward came up to me, grabbed me on the wrist and slapped my ciggy out of my hand the cheeky pig. Then he said "Carol says there's no smoking until halftime"
51 i am and found it intimidating and unnecessarily aggressive  

Should of smacked him in the mouth. Absolute clowns the stewards in that stand.

10 years ago mate he would he'd have been released from hospital today.

These days i try to be more pragmatic and chilled. Even though I don't agree with the change from common sense normal rules to control of free will and people letting power go to their heads.

Even though there are loads of anti smoking people i'm glad that none of them have come trumpeting in saying i shouldn't be smoking anyway so cheers for that people who will live longer than me.

A quick google says 19% of people smoke. So its probably best to keep 1 in 5 of your customers and supporters on side and cut them a bit of slack....as has been the club policy prior to Saturday's match

 

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1 minute ago, dishydave said:

It wont be long before they ban us from smoking anywhere inside the ground even though technically we're not supposed to now

It’s only against the law to smoke in covered or largely covered areas, so by the tea bars in the Railway, be hind the stands etc are not illegal.

start banning it and you will get people sneaking into the bogs etc for a fag, like they do at some away grounds.

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I actually think the stewards are far better than previous years, they seem more talkative and polite and there doesn’t appear to be any dressed like South American para military’s as there has been in past years.

Being searched is a condition of entry as it has been at every ground in the country for as long as I can remember, it isn’t just for explosives or weapons it’s also for alcohol and latterly IT and recording equipment (Chinese betting syndicates). 

I very much doubt that every person entering the Paddock was searched, it was probably that every person in a 5 minute period was.

As for gloves and masks unless you change gloves after every search they are useless and to be honest you are much more likely to catch COVID while in the jam packed toilets than being searched for 15 seconds in the open air.

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14 hours ago, werstayinup said:

First time i have seen them do it in all the years i have been going,kids have always stood at the front for pics and autos,not sure why but Rochdale game Amoo broke from the warm up for a pic and when he went back one of the coaches had a word with Amoo

I think that there's some Football League rule change about not having anyone standing at the front of stands at pitch level. This was a statement by Bristol Rovers on it:

The club is aware that the recent changes to the terracing areas have caused some issues over the first three games of the season. The change has come following an EFL regulation that does not allow any standing at pitch level. This rule is now being enforced by our Safety Advisory Group. We are aware that many fans, particularly younger fans, used to stand at the front of the terrace to ensure that they could see and therefore we know that this change has been disappointing for many supporters."

 

If that is the case then:

1) It's just Vale/other clubs following FL rules

2) However, even if that is the case, it may be good for the stewards to communicate this change rather than move people away with no explanation. 

3) It may also be a good idea for the club could pop up a quick statement too. It's all about communication it seems to me. I'm guessing the rule has been applied to stop pitch invasions/protect player safety but you actually need to tell people when the rules change or how else are they going to know?

 

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Clubs going bust, into admin, fan protests against dodgy owners up and down the country, and the football league are too busy dictating ‘rules’ that kids aren’t allowed to stand and look over the hoardings. 

What is the point of them and the FA?

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Just now, Doha said:

Clubs going bust, into admin, fan protests against dodgy owners up and down the country, and the football league are too busy dictating ‘rules’ that kids aren’t allowed to stand and look over the hoardings. 

What is the point of them and the FA?

I couldn't agree more. 👍

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18 hours ago, Guitar Ray said:

How you know what the coach and Amoo were talking about though?  Did you overhear the conversation?

Anyhow, no such problem in the Bycars, before, during or after the game.  Wozz came over to a pack of kids as he made his way around the pitch after being subbed.  Covolan came over after the game and spent quite some time posing for selfies.  This it how it should be.

I agree that is how it should be and thats how it always has been,i was replying to a post about stewards in the paddock and the one particular steward was moving kids away from the side as the players were warming up.Just seen what Rob has put and it could be a new rule

As for the conversation,did i actually say what they were talking about?? i just said after he went over to the kids one of the coaches spoke to him.

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On 20/09/2021 at 19:23, werstayinup said:

Kids were moved away from watching the players warm up before the game by a steward with a pony tail who was walking up and down the paddock pre game 

 

Crikey, in my mind that's even worse than the treatment meted out to Gungho Ed. These kids are the future of the Vale and the one abiding memory I have of going to vale games when I was very little, all those years ago, was how well junior valiants were treated both by spectators and stewards. I really, really hope Carol is reading this and has a word with the steward concerned. Disgraceful.

PS just read the earlier posts about the new so-called FA rules which just shows that the law is an ass.

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10 hours ago, robf said:

I think that there's some Football League rule change about not having anyone standing at the front of stands at pitch level. This was a statement by Bristol Rovers on it:

The club is aware that the recent changes to the terracing areas have caused some issues over the first three games of the season. The change has come following an EFL regulation that does not allow any standing at pitch level. This rule is now being enforced by our Safety Advisory Group. We are aware that many fans, particularly younger fans, used to stand at the front of the terrace to ensure that they could see and therefore we know that this change has been disappointing for many supporters."

 

If that is the case then:

1) It's just Vale/other clubs following FL rules

2) However, even if that is the case, it may be good for the stewards to communicate this change rather than move people away with no explanation. 

3) It may also be a good idea for the club could pop up a quick statement too. It's all about communication it seems to me. I'm guessing the rule has been applied to stop pitch invasions/protect player safety but you actually need to tell people when the rules change or how else are they going to know?

 

Does the rule apply pre and post match or just during the action??  If the former, it really is madness.

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