Pitch invasions

Cricket Blue said:
Don't agree.
The politely told everyone several times not to on and people just disobeyed it.
Its also a criminal offence.
Maybe the message will sink in 1 day when a player gets hurt or injured coming off from a pitch invasion that puts them out of a final.
I'd ban the lot of you for several games.
Adults running on a pitch, absolutely pathetic.
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Those announcements was all for show, if they meant it they would have put a physical deterrent in place, the stewards who stand right in your way all game and dont let you so much as touch the advertising boards at the front all fucked off as we hit injury time and practically invited people on. There really wasn't an overwhelming number of people desperate to get on at first. Most just went on once there were too many on for it to matter, for the sake of it instead of watching.

End of the day for those that didn't go on it was a 10 minute wait hardly worth moaning about is it?
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
Sorry to be the pedant (not really) but only time we played Stoke or Derby on the last day in the 70s was Derby away in 1972…

We did play them away three games before the end in 1980, though.

Have checked btw - even my memory isn’t that good!
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it was THEIR last game not ours probably around 1977,78,or 79 and Stoke was just an away game mate.....

lots of clubs went on the pitch last game back then. Just no CCTV of it or phones etc

someone else will remember it...one of our lot got arrested after running into the Derby lot on the pitch on his own.
 
west didsblue said:
Lot of fuss about nothing. 10 minute delay is neither here nor there. I got the impression that all the announcements and extra stewards were to show the Premier League that the club was doing all they could to avoid an pitch invasion in order to prevent a fine, whereas in reality they knew it would happen and didn’t try very hard to stop it.
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That's a lot of fuss about 50 pages of commentary. During which incidentally nobody has come up with a single positive or worthwhile reason to have done it today. The most promising one being 'just let twats be twats, the club can pick up the bill'.

It was embarrassing. But at least it was over pretty quick. Unlike the comments here justifying it, which are getting quite Liverpool level of celf-centred now. So I'm getting out of this thread before it sours a pretty good day.
 
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Bluemanc100 said:
It's not rocket science... Anybody who has done this before today has been banned I assume.. Do the same for every person on the pitch today.. The issues with seasoncard wait lists and people not getting tickets for the semi etc are relieved and we don't have to suffer at the hands of selfish idiots any longer....(Till the next batch we seem to be breeding grow up a little)
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Banning 100 of the worst behaved fans would be a deterrent that’s for sure!
 
Ric said:
I’ve been on the pitch myself a few times in the past, but it was largely spontaneous celebrations after big results on the day/night (Wigan, Birmingham, QPR, Villa).

Today felt a bit different because the title was already won, so told my son I didn’t think a pitch invasion would even take place. When it did there was obviously no way I could be arsed myself, but he’s young and went for it so won’t begrudge him that. I’d have done the same at his age.

Still annoyed me a bit though as it seemed a bit unnecessary and forced in the circumstances, plus it delayed the presentation. That’s maybe just me being curmudgeonly though.

Felt to me like the stewards weren’t really that bothered anyway. They were letting people past with no resistance, and in some cases practically helping others. Don’t blame them given the money they’re on, and maybe they’re even instructed not to object forcibly.

Wouldn’t even surprise me if, deep down, City don’t mind these things. For a club accused of lacking passion or authenticity (whatever that means), they’re probably not averse to images going worldwide of thousands of Blues storming the pitch with smoke bombs etc.

Anyway, in conclusion it was mildly annoying but no real harm done.
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@Ric, with all due respect how do we know there was no harm done? Apart from the fact that the club could be charged, fined and/or points deducted, how do we know that no one was hurt?
:-) :-)
 
glauberbertistossedshirt said:
Fair play if you stopped buying them in 2008. But the market is ongoing.
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Went into a newsagent in Warwick a few weeks ago and was amazed to see some proper old skool Porno mages like Men Only and Club International on the top shelf. I mean seriously, who buys that in this day and age?
 
jrb said:
I'm surprised you lot in CBL3 and ESL3 who are moaning weren't more pissed off with the players, because by the time they finished celebrating in-front of the South Stand where most of the pitch invaders came from, half of you lot had f*cked off home.

It may have escaped your attention, but the Police stood in-front of the away end. The Stewards moved away, and the fans went on the pitch in an orderly manner. The fans eventually went back to their seats after 10 minutes. There was no trouble. There were no incidents.The Chelsea players went off. The goal wasn't damedged. It took longer than 10 minutes to erect the stage and to get all the media into place.

This faux outrage because City fans went on to the pitch, celebrated another title win, without causing any problems is frankly pathetic.

The pitch invasion aside, Pep and the players loved the support before, during and after the presentation. But some of you would convince yourselves and everyone else that had ruined everything.
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I normally enjoy and respect your posts but you’re stupidity in this instance is disappointing
 
Eccles Blue said:
@Ric, with all due respect how do we know there was no harm done? Apart from the fact that the club could be charged, fined and/or points deducted, how do we know that no one was hurt?
:-) :-)
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We don’t, I guess, but if it transpires that anyone was actually hurt, or if the club get fined/docked points (which is never going to happen btw) then I’ll be quick to condemn the offenders!
 
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