Match Ball and Peter Fletcher allegedly (for legal reasons)

[shawgorbie]

who are the sinister shadows involved in ballgate,a full parliamentary enquiry needs setting up or is it just a load of balls

 

[Deleted member 14625]

If the police were involved and it seems from media reports that they were unless they're publishing made-up quotes from a police spokesperson, Fletcher will almost certainly have been the main man because he's the person who would deal with this issue as it broadly falls under his job description as Stadium Security & Safety Manager. I think it's fair enough of the club to ask for it back, it is history, but it's been handled badly. Could, as others mentioned, have been spun more positively as fan donates history back. A handshake, smiles, photos... The only reason I can think of why that hasn't been done is because it was taken as a result of a pitch invasion and there would have been an implied acceptance of what occurred but much better that than this!

I thought his job description was '****'?!

 

[Eccles Blue]

Why does the little muppet deserve his "15 minutes of fame" ? He's done nothing to be famous for - he just stole a football.

he stole fuck all you prick

thats not how bluemoon works. try this.

"i'm not sure he "stole" the ball"
my fellow bluemooner.

de niro,

That's the best laugh I have had all day. You have such a way with words and diplomacy. :-)

 

[Bill]

he stole fuck all you prick

thats not how bluemoon works. try this.

"i'm not sure he "stole" the ball"
my fellow bluemooner.

de niro,

That's the best laugh I have had all day. You have such a way with words and diplomacy. :-)

i try :)

 

[Danielmanc]

Fuck me, the scots took half of Wembley years ago. 40k on the wanted list. Poor lad gets a ball and gets grief. All Fletcher had to do was contact the lad offer him a signed ball in swap and it would of been back same day problem solved.

Correction: "Steals the ball and gets grief"

 

[Blue Haze]

They should have just done what baseball does, send a rep from the club to exchange signed shirts and balls, maybe even a free season ticket. It usually works.

Sending the police seems over the top.

 

[BlueMoonWalker]

Fuck me, the scots took half of Wembley years ago. 40k on the wanted list. Poor lad gets a ball and gets grief. All Fletcher had to do was contact the lad offer him a signed ball in swap and it would of been back same day problem solved.

Correction: "Steals the ball and gets grief"

This appears to really have hit a nerve with you, did someone steal your ball when you were younger and it still haunts you?

 

[Deleted member 14625]

They should have just done what baseball does, send a rep from the club to exchange signed shirts and balls, maybe even a free season ticket. It usually works.

Sending the police seems over the top.

Seems over the top?!. A polite phone call would have sufficed!

 

[BTH]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-18129640

hardly paints the lad in a positive light.

I remember this happening on the day and thought someone's got a nice souvenir.

My reading of this:

After realising the ball was missing and studying CCTV footage of the pitch invasion, officials from the club contacted police on Thursday to report the theft.

Is that it took City nearly four days to realise it was missing! Really?

This is one of the most bizarre things I've ever heard!

 

[cookster]

PR department should be all over Fletcher for this. The kid took the ball in the euphoria of one of the biggest days in the clubs history.

They should have made an appeal for the ball, the kid gets his picture on MCFC.co.uk and all is good.

Instead we have Johnny Jobsworth making the club look like dicks!