Chelsea fans throwing missiles from South Stand 3rd tier

[Corky]

So much for the fake concerned about people's health during covid.

They did supply drinking water at one game though, but shut the bars serving it thus creating enormous queues at half time when they opened to serve alcohol and obesity food.

First season of a "safe standing" trial and the nails are in the coffin.

 

[PPT]

This thread is just a continuation, of a recurring them, 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 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 make the fans more remote from the pitch.

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.

Got to agree 100% with all of that.
The stadium is an absolute dogs breakfast with virtually every change / addition
done to increase revenue. You reap what you sow...

 

[Cricket Blue]

Said it after the Liverpool game
Crazy to put the away fans up there.
These 2 games have proved its an unmitigated disaster.
Either bam away fans or revert to plan B

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Beckham also got pelted with coins at Maine Road back in the day.

City fans smashed a United fan coach window that day on Claremont Road.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Burnley fans well behaved? I don’t think they like that being said

Yeah we played Burnley twice in two years in the FA Cup at our place and they brought 6,000 twice (having both Level 3 and Level 2) and they were very well behaved.

 

[LongsightM13]

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?

This was the EXACT attitude at the liverpool game mate. Absolutely shameful from our club

 

[Gray]

Stick the away fans in the whole of South stand level 1.

Then we can all lob missiles at them.

 

[Eds]

Does anyone know who the head of supporter services is these days - maybe he / she might provide some answers together with the head of security.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

I was in SS1 today, the atmosphere was excellent. Normally I sit in 317 and it never sounds great. Thats the acoustics of the stadium I suppose.

You can hardly hear SS1 from SS3 and vice Versa. Yesterday from the other end it was mainly Chelsea fans you could hear probably from up in SS3. I was in SS1 for the Burnley game a few years ago (Cup) and didn’t hear one song from Burnley up in SS3 which obviously can’t have been the the case.

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.

i agree with that. We used to sit in 232 too and received a letter telling us that it was likely to be made corporate and we could get first dibs on SS3 if we wanted to move. 5 years later or whatever it is and 232 is still not corporate although I’m sure it will be soon. SS3 is awful. The stairwells are dangerous when everyone leaves the ground at the end. Why they didn’t plan it with escalators like Wembley I don’t know. Like you say, thrown up.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

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?

This is where our leaders of our OSC should be stepping forward on behalf of the fans.