Pitch invasions

Zinchilla said:
A lot of sweeping statements on the thread (including by me earlier). Some saying those that are having a dig at the pitch dancers are miserable, armchair fans who never sing. Some, including me, saying the pitch dancers are self-entitled tik tok cockwombles of the me me me generation.

But all the above misses the point. It’s about respect for the club we all love. The club asked us not to go on the pitch. That wasn’t some no really means yes code. And I get that a trickle of people will open the dam and people then get caught up in the moment and follow. The stewards are never going to withstand that pressure, the risk of injury to them and fans would be too high. So the club expects us to self regulate, to have some fucking self control and ultimately respect for the club we love and that which brings us joy - that hallowed turf.
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Fair post.

But you can’t expect happy, drunk, etc young and old fans to self regulate.

Apart from that, whether people agree with me or not, it has now become a tradition to do a pitch invasion at the Etihad when City win the PL title.
 
jrb said:
Fair post.

But you can’t expect happy, drunk, etc young and old fans to self regulate.

Apart from that, whether people agree with me or not, it has now become a tradition to do a pitch invasion at the Etihad when City win the PL title.
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Not in 2021 was it? Not a peep from the cowards.
 
Zinchilla said:
It’s about respect for the club we all love.
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I love being a blue surrounded by blues, it's not the policies of whoever owns the club that deserves my respect.

Running on the pitch isn't something I have ever done, but if nobody was hurt we don't need a raft of finger shakers throwing Harry Enfield type suggestions around willy nilly.

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mattcity5 said:
I've explained. Last time it was £260k with a warning about future behaviour. We dont know as yet how today will be viewed, but the Premier League does not want pitch invasions, so I'd guess we'll be punished again.

As there was a warning, and as fines for this kind of thing go, a pretty big fine - then we could get something worse.

Worse might be a bigger fine (not a big deal, maybe). It could be playing a game behind closed doors. It could be a points deduction. Those are maybe the extreme possibilities and I dont think they'll happen - well, not this year.

Fast forward 12 months, there's a decent chance we'll win the league again - after whatever punishment we get this year. If the Premier League really don't want pitch invasions then we may end with something bad. If the fines keep doing nothing, then at some point the punishment becomes harsher. That's how it goes.

So what do we do about it you ask? Well how about everyone has bit of fucking responsibility for their own behaviour for a start. It's not down to the police to stop it or the stewards to do better - it's on us to just not do it. It's not fucking hard. Stay in the stands, sing, be bloody happy. We don't need to be doing shitty kneeslides or getting selfies on the pitch to show passion for the club.

But I get the feeling this is too much to ask and at some point further down the line we'll get our arses slapped and then starting crying that it isn't fair.
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Let’s make it easier for the PL. Just tell them to add whatever they come up with to the 112 charges.

Like 1000’s of other City fans I’ll boo their fucking anthem even more.

TBH I couldn’t give a fuck what the PL come up with, but it certainly won’t be a points deduction or matches being played behind closed doors.

I really don’t know where you’re getting these hypothetical PL punishments from.

The club will justifiably say they put stewards around the pitch, put police in-front of the away end, and did every thing could to stop a pitch invasion, but the number of fans invading the pitch couldn’t be stopped.
 
Andy TheCatalyst Morrison said:
But it's not 5 minutes though is it. It's half an hour minimum.
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Are you fergusons watch maker? Was it bollocks half hour minimum, 10 minutes max.

And by the way, it delayed the podium being erected thats all. the presentation itself wasn't delayed, the podium was up and ready for a while but the players and staff weren't ready, they went to get changed and didn't emerge the second they were ready so it really didn't delay anything.
 
ninjamonkey said:
Are you fergusons watch maker? Was it bollocks half hour minimum, 10 minutes max.

And by the way, it delayed the podium being erected thats all. the presentation itself wasn't delayed, the podium was up and ready for a while but the players and staff weren't ready, they went to get changed and didn't emerge the second they were ready so it really didn't delay anything.
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Exactly. We’ve had delayed by 24 hours, an hour, forty five minutes, half and hour, etc. When in reality it was between 10 to 15 minutes max. The stage and getting the bastard media into place took longer.
 
Zinchilla said:
A lot of sweeping statements on the thread (including by me earlier). Some saying those that are having a dig at the pitch dancers are miserable, armchair fans who never sing. Some, including me, saying the pitch dancers are self-entitled tik tok cockwombles of the me me me generation.

But all the above misses the point. It’s about respect for the club we all love. The club asked us not to go on the pitch. That wasn’t some no really means yes code. And I get that a trickle of people will open the dam and people then get caught up in the moment and follow. The stewards are never going to withstand that pressure, the risk of injury to them and fans would be too high. So the club expects us to self regulate, to have some fucking self control and ultimately respect for the club we love and that which brings us joy - that hallowed turf.
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The club asked me to pay a grand to go to istanbul 2 nights when it has been proven they could have cut that price by £300+ and still made a shitload of profits

the club put up a 7-10% hike on season cards when really revenue wise it wasn't necessary

The club (well soriano) constanly put revenue over fans
 
Absolute fucking cock jockeys the lot of them on the pitch. Let's take a selfie/video of us on the pitch so everyone will think we're cool and post it all over social media.

The amount of grown adults on that pitch carrying on like little children today was nothing more than pathetic. The same people then asking why they were on the receiving end of dogs abuse when they came back to their seats.

City should scower social media and ban any idiot that has it posted then they'll learn their lesson.
 
urban genie said:
The club asked me to pay a grand to go to istanbul 2 nights when it has been proven they could have cut that price by £300+ and still made a shitload of profits

the club put up a 7-10% hike on season cards when really revenue wise it wasn't necessary

The club (well soriano) constanly put revenue over fans
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sorry, I don’t understand the comparison
 
Been out all day, but what was the point ofthe fucking stewards when the w nnkers were let onto the pitch.

Fookimg embarrasing and I would ban each and every one of those cunts invading the pitch and fine the useless stewards.
 
Northerndave said:
Been out all day, but what was the point ofthe fucking stewards when the w nnkers were let onto the pitch.

Fookimg embarrasing and I would ban each and every one of those cunts invading the pitch and fine the useless stewards.
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You’d fine a steward who only earns £11 an hour?

Maybe, just maybe, the club directive to the stewards was to move away and not to tackle the 1000’s of fans who went on to the pitch good natured and peacefully.

Blame the club, not the stewards.

Have you been drinking? ;-)
 
jrb said:
You’d fine a steward who only earns £11 an hour?

Maybe, just maybe, the club directive to the stewards was to move away and not to tackle the 1000’s of fans who went on to the pitch good natured and peacefully.

Blame the club, not the stewards.
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Yes, they only had one job
 
wattle said:
On the day we get our historic 3rd title on the run with two huge cup finals to come, there's 66 pages (so far) of miserable, boring fuckers moaning about a small 10 minute pitch invasion. I didn't go on - I couldn't be arsed - but so fucking what? Give yourselves a slap. It was fine, nothing happened. It was safe and no one got hurt, and a few thousand city fans had a bit of extra fun. Fuck me some people on here!!!!
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fuck off t**t, no one needs to wait 30 mins 'cos some c##ts can't contain themselves

Edited to remove the beer induced swearing. Happy Monday blues
 
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