Chelsea fans throwing missiles from South Stand 3rd tier

[Dave El Magico]

These lot?



Can see em spitting clearly on there, stood shoulder to shoulder with a steward doing fuck all

Surely there is sufficient evidence in that video to identify and take action against the vile individual in the parka who can clearly be seen spitting. I also think questions should be asked about the lack of action from the stewards!!!!

 

[mancityvstoke]

If you think their job is just to stand there and not even speak to the idiots then I think you are very very wrong. They didn’t even get on their radios. COMPLETELY unfit for purpose

They seem to be ok "talking" to City fans. Or even gripping them and chucking them out.

Showsec used to grip plenty. Smokers etc

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I was in my usual place in 116 and there was a group of about 8 gobby Chelski dickheads giving it large in L2 and chucking stuff. After the third goal one in particular was spitting continuously the dirty ****. Personally I rather be hit with a coin/lighter/chair/brick than have some dirty bastards phlegm deposited on my head. This spitting (common assault in the eyes of the law) was in full view of stewards & police who did NOTHING to stop it. It was this spitting that enraged City fans which then sparked the Rent Boy chants in 116/117.

Meanwhile, there was a Blue early in the first half on the aisle between 116/117 who was complaining to a steward that his 8 year old lad had been hit by something chucked from above, he was greeted with a shrug of the shoulders and told to get back to his seat. Within a couple of minutes, a senior steward was despatched to find the COMPLAINANT, because he'd been overly aggressive towards the steward. Fucking shameful.

What the actual fuck is going on with our club?
When are the club going to stop pussying about and stand by OUR supporters?
When is OUR security going to be placed at a similar level to visiting supporters?
Why are large away followings (who have caused obvious disorder) allowed to leave at the same time as us?
Why is passive policing allowing CONTINUOUS law breaking & personal injury to occur without taking the culprits out?
Why is our club very quick to condemn its own supporters but say NOTHING about the behaviour of the away support?
If Henry fucking Winter has seen the throwing of objects and commented on it, where are the observations of City's OWN security team?

Just as importantly, why do we, as a supporter base, put up with this shit?

Maybe (and I was in 114 yesterday due to being moved for the Chelsea fans) we should just go on the pitch en-mass to force City's hand. They offer us zero protection and 4/5K of us just walking onto the pitch to get out of range would cause some serious shit.

 

[mancityvstoke]

 

[mancityvstoke]

 

[I'm Blue]

Where the fuck are the police while all this is going on?
The stewards shouldn’t have to deal with these cunts.

 

[mancityvstoke]

Where the fuck are the police while all this is going on?
The stewards shouldn’t have to deal with these cunts.

Waiting in the wings....literally.

Had to walk from both sides all the way to the middle then up and into the concourse where these cunts had legged it to

 

[birchvillablue]

In 220 last night, two lads behind me with their sons, got taken out before half time by at least 6 police, lead officer was female. Was completely over the top, even the stewards stood their said it was pathetic. Nothing but banter and usual songs (not rent boys) being sung. Seems like it now illegal to sing if your a city fan at home? I asked the coppers what was going on and that these lads had done nothing. It appears a Chelsea fan had said these lads had said something racist or homophobic, but I was stood next to them and heard nothing. Coppers stood there watching Chelsea fans throw stuff and take the piss all game, did nothing.... WTF is going on?

 

[Dodge]

Emailed this to the club, I'm not holding my breath, but we have to start somewhere.


I am a long-term season ticket holder at City - South Stand Level 1, block 116.

I have recently attended the EFL cup tie against Liverpool & Sundays FA Cup tie against Chelsea. On both occasions 116 has been subject to objects been thrown into the home supporters, from the away supporters above us. These including coins, lighters, plastic bottles, liquids and disgustingly, spit.

Last night was particularly bad for spitting, after City scored the 3rd goal. There is clear video evidence on-line of a group of Chelsea fans in Level 2 CONTINUOUSLY splitting on City fans below them IN FULL VIEW of the adjacent stewards. The club stewards & police did NOTHING to stop this which I find baffling, very annoying and shameful.

It seems City are currently failing in their care of duty to its own supporters and I have no confidence in attending any future Cup games at The Etihad when there is a large contingent of away supporters placed above the City fans. When you consider that the perpetrator of the injuries inflicted upon the poor girl at the Liverpool game has yet to be named & shamed, it feels like City fans are fair game whilst away supporters get clean away with shameful behaviour.

• When is the club going to come out and defend its supporters and lay blame where it belongs?
• When are the club going to give the same level of security to home fans that away fans enjoy?
• Why are big followings of rival teams allowed to leave the ground at the same time as City fans? Especially when they have been engaging in unlawful actions?
• Why do I, as a City fan, have to keep one eye on what’s being thrown from above, for my own safety?
• Why is policing at City so passive, when it is clearly visible that away fans are continuously engaging in unlawful behaviour?

The club find it easy to issue joint statements with Liverpool, without taking any action against Liverpool supporters hurling objects into home fans. The club issued a statement (rightly) condemning alleged “homophobic” chants against Chelsea but made no comment to condemn the appalling behaviour of the Chelsea fans in Level 2, which in my view was the root cause of the inappropriate chants.

The club are running the very real risk of alienating its supporters, who are fed up with being treated with contempt on security issues, as described above. Perhaps you could put my mind at rest that me and my partner will be safe attending the next cup game, likely to be Arsenal, who will no doubt be given Level 2 & Level 3 as Chelsea were? Or do I look forward to further spit & phlegm being rained down upon us, by those above?

Your comments would be appreciated.

 

[franksinatra]

This thread is just a continuation, of a recurring theme how the club has completely mismanaged the stadium and put profit at the centre of all their decision-making.

We have had the creation of an oversized family stand and eviction of long standing fans from the North stand. A decision which has spawned the emptyhad jibes. Eviction of fans to create corporate areas around 222/223. A cheaply constructed South Stand Level 3, which is a nightmare to enter/leave, not fully weathered and is so cheaply built you can still see the fire stopping stickers on the exposed plasterboard.

The installation of additional seating to level one only to be removed when it was determined more money could be received from larger advertising hoardings, again relocating fans, decreasing the capacity of the lower tier and making the fans more remote from the pitch (hardly helping in improving the atmosphere).

20 years at the stadium they still have not configured the ground to improve the safety of home supporters at cup matches, with the solution further exacerbated by installing corporate in the middle of level 2, with no forward planning for future matches (Millwall in the cup) or changes in crowd behaviours.

The ground is an absolute mess and the club is fully culpable for that.