City Fan Ban

[Gingers Dad]

Wearing flares is a bit 89-91 but to fine the poor **** and ban him for 3 years is wildly disproportionate imo.

Fckin fashion police

 

[SWP's back]

Wow. There are some humourless cunts on here.

Where’s the humour in throwing a flare on the pitch when we still needed to score a fucking goal?

 

[Ric]

Seems hugely disproportionate to me.

 

[Hayley Croppers chopper]

Seems hugely disproportionate to me.

Not disproportionate enough for me.

 

[Ric]

Not disproportionate enough for me.

How long do you think a ban for throwing a flare on the pitch should be?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I didn’t see ‘no petting’ on that sign??

Think it’s the dog with a line through it.

 

[bumbleblue]

Seems hugely disproportionate to me.

Same as similar incidents elsewhere. I read recently I can’t find or think where about the PFA being unhappy with any encroachment by fans, objects etc and quoting uk workplace safely regulations. Would be expecting more and more of this type of sentence.

 

[Ric]

Same as similar incidents elsewhere. I read recently I can’t find or think where about the PFA being unhappy with any encroachment by fans, objects etc and quoting uk workplace safely regulations. Would be expecting more and more of this type of sentence.

Yeah, I guess there’s a precedent there. Still seems wrong though that this guy is facing the same ban as the guy who made monkey gestures at Fred at The Etihad.

 

[bumbleblue]

Yeah, I guess there’s a precedent there. Still seems wrong though that this guy is facing the same ban as the guy who made monkey gestures at Fred at The Etihad.

Agreed but I reckon the genie is out of the bottle on these incidents and add to that the dipper shitshow in France.. and tabloid headlines about football returning to the dark old days etc. PL and teams , including ours will not want English fan behaviour to be used as a stick to threaten bans from the money printer or to “sully” the product for big money sponsors etc. I was quite shocked at the end of our last game V Villa when I watched it later on TV and saw Laporte. He honestly looked terrified.

 

[Corky]

Yeah, I guess there’s a precedent there. Still seems wrong though that this guy is facing the same ban as the guy who made monkey gestures at Fred at The Etihad.

Both got the minimum 3 years.

 

[Ric]

Both got the minimum 3 years.

Yeah, I don’t think that’s right personally.

 

[bumbleblue]

Yeah, I don’t think that’s right personally.

Yeah think that anything with a racist or hate crime element should be seen as an aggravating factor.

 

[Ric]

Agreed but I reckon the genie is out of the bottle on these incidents and add to that the dipper shitshow in France.. and tabloid headlines about football returning to the dark old days etc. PL and teams , including ours will not want English fan behaviour to be used as a stick to threaten bans from the money printer or to “sully” the product for big money sponsors etc. I was quite shocked at the end of our last game V Villa when I watched it later on TV and saw Laporte. He honestly looked terrified.

Tbf, I’ve seen games in European competitions this season that were far worse in terms of pyrotechnics than that.

 

[Corky]

Yeah, I don’t think that’s right personally.

There could be a minimum fixed penalty notice to avoid court and criminalisation, £500 first offence for example, mainly just to not waste court time like for driving and town centre disorder offences.

The police and law makers see football fans as the enemy so won't happen.

 

[Stephen230]

Not sure that the thing most people seem annoyed about on here, the fact that the score was 2-2 at the time of the offence, is really of any relevance to the court of the sentence they handed out.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

If it's the one who threw one on the pitch when we chasing a goal then it should have been a lifetime ban.

So if he hadn't thrown it onto the pitch, the course of events could have changed......

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

So if he hadn't thrown it onto the pitch, the course of events could have changed......

Indeed, much in the same way that The Smiths could have been different if Suggs was their lead singer.

 

[mexico1970]

Indeed, much in the same way that The Smiths could have been different if Suggs was their lead singer.

Who can forget the classic "This charming Man With Baggy Trousers".

 

[Zubrman]

Love that the Polish word for drone is Drony

It's actually dron. Drony is the plural.

You can thank me later ;-)

Dziękujemy Pan bardzo.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Who can forget the classic "This charming Man With Baggy Trousers".

My girl-friend‘s in a coma too