Trouble in the East Stand??

[mancmackem]

Reposting the main one due to the amount of pages on this thread.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po0dZfS2CDg&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

 

[Nixon_The_Bike_Thief]

The **** who tried to drag the Blue to his feet after he had just explained he was on medication wants a good hiding.

Karma's a cruel woman at times, Tuesday could be an interesting evening. Doesnt seem much time for any measures to appease the situation unfortunately.....

For Slowspec

 

[Bluefen]

Hillsborough happened because of idiotic Liverpool fans, not the actions if the police. Please don't get confused between the two. Judging by the videos and eye witness accouts, today's actions were caused by an outside security firm and not the police.

You sir are a misinformed cock....

It's well documented what caused the poor lads and lasses to loose their lives going to watch a football match

 

[moorsideblue]

Re: Ejections in 109

It will come to a head, these things always do. Eventually the arrogant pricks from showsec will pick on the wrong person and before you know it all hell will break loose and escalate as often happens with the types that tend to make up the more vociferous area's of the ground. There have been no stewards or coppers near the toilet at the back of the SS since the Europa league game last season when showsec again got overly heavy handed with a smoker, resulting in several coppers having to assist a tactical retreat from a baying crowd that had finally had enough of showsecs antics. The smoker was in the wrong and handled differently would no doubt have been escorted out without issue but when some jumped up car park attendant and 3 of his cronies start the animosity and get hands on, what do they really expect.

are u physic ?

 

[dukie]

United fan here...
Visit <a class="postlink" href="http://www.fsf.org.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.fsf.org.uk/</a> if anyone knows the man in the video please get him to email the fsf. Or someone just email them anyway and link the video to them and they will get on the case and sort it out. They have helped a lot of reds and other fans out in the past as well. Amanda Jacks deals with polcing and stewarding so your email will be sent to her.
Hope that helps

 

[paulchapo]

This is what you get when you employ a bunch of goons with no feeling for the club and i know for a fact a sprinkling of reds working in our ground.

 

[n_mcfc]

That's actually quite upsetting to watch.

Absolutely disgraceful and I know for sure that the club will do something in response.

 

[Danny St.helens CTID]

Just watched the vid again it gets worse every time I watch it I hope the guy takes it further I really do and put my name down for any witness stuff or letters or petitions etc

 

[mancitykid_7]

Had a few facebook messages people still want to see both videos heres mine shows the overall events that transpired
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiL8l9ihyzs[/youtube]

 

[BTH]

I couldn't make out what was happening during the match, but looking at that video I am appalled.

How many stewards/policemen does it take to haul out an elderly man?

What had he done to deserve this?

If, as has been stated, his only 'crime' was to stand up along with hundreds of other people, then why were they not taken out too?

To see an elderly man hauled out in such an undignified fashion and then to see him lying on the floor, apparently in a state of distress in a premier English football stadium on a Saturday afternoon in the 21st century, while police officers and Showsec stewards stand around trying to look menacing by chewing gum is nothing short of disgraceful.

I was a steward years ago in the Main Stand at Maine Road and, by and large, it was a good number. We didn't get paid, save for a cup of tea and a programme with the voucher removed, but it was a job that needed doing and it was done on a voluntary basis and with goodwill.

I bet there weren't 100 stewards back then and if there were any problems the police would generally er, wade in and crack a few swedes - whereas now there seems to be hundreds of stewards in every colour of jacket imaginable and from what looks like every firm in the North West. I would guess that most aren't City fans and it's easy money most of the time. I know it's not an easy task sometimes, but I do get the impression that most are there to pick up easy money rather than out of the goodness of their hearts.

If this incident is proved to be down to Showsec's inability to deal with whatever heinous crime this man has been accused of, then it's time to wave goodbye. Let them do the concerts at the Apollo or wherever their bread and butter is and leave the stewarding of football grounds and security to those who actually could care less about the fans.