Mr. Tom Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 1 hour ago, kevmac said: Don't often post on forums or get involved in social media. But, would like to say a big THANK YOU to a couple of lads who gave me some help getting through the crush outside the turnstiles last night. I got separated from my mates and soon found myself pushed up against the wall alongside the turnstiles. For a few seconds I simply couldn't move and the wall wasn't going anywhere. I'm 62 yrs old and at that moment probably looked a lot older, young guy just behind and to side of me asked 'you ok pal' I said I couldn't move and was starting to have difficulty getting a breath. Together with another guy they managed to brace themselves against the pushing from behind and I squeezed into the gap they made and got through to the turnstile . I don't know who you are but if by some chance you do read this forum then once again, THANK YOU. Sorry you had to experience that, hope it doesn’t knock your confidence - sounds a shambles. Enjoy rest of your season. Nice note to the two lads as well, good work those fellas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassetts Allsorts Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Absolute shambles. The worst thing was seeing loads of stewards and police officers on entry standing around doing nothing. Plenty of people voiced their frustration towards SYP and they simply shrugged their shoulders. There was a bloke outraged that his daughter had nearly fainted and needed medical attention on entry, he told them to get outside before somebody got seriously hurt. You'd have thought this would have been enough for the 6-8 SYP officers to exit the ground and help restore some normality. Do you know what they did? Walked off towards the pitch to the outrage of those around me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside_Owl Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Lad in front of me said to the steward "I've lost me ticket", so the steward just told the two of us to go in together in the same turn of the turnstiles. I reckon quite a few got in without tickets last night, madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Offside_Owl said: Lad in front of me said to the steward "I've lost me ticket", so the steward just told the two of us to go in together in the same turn of the turnstiles. I reckon quite a few got in without tickets last night, madness. Said the same. People that even attempted to get in without a ticket are pure scum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 9 minutes ago, Bassett's Allsorts said: Absolute shambles. The worst thing was seeing loads of stewards and police officers on entry standing around doing nothing. Plenty of people voiced their frustration towards SYP and they simply shrugged their shoulders. There was a bloke outraged that his daughter had nearly fainted and needed medical attention on entry, he told them to get outside before somebody got seriously hurt. You'd have thought this would have been enough for the 6-8 SYP officers to exit the ground and help restore some normality. Do you know what they did? Walked off towards the pitch to the outrage of those around me. They didn’t have a clue last night. Total embarrassment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, Offside_Owl said: Lad in front of me said to the steward "I've lost me ticket", so the steward just told the two of us to go in together in the same turn of the turnstiles. I reckon quite a few got in without tickets last night, madness. There was a few who got in without tickets last night including one of my mates, he was hanging around in hope of a spare but someone told him just push through on one ticket as turnstiles have no one operating them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, torres said: Said the same. People that even attempted to get in without a ticket are pure scum It's not a big safety issue really because we was allocated 2,200 tickets in a stand that has 3,000 seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Just now, bradowl said: It's not a big safety issue really because we was allocated 2,200 tickets in a stand that has 3,000 seats. Yep you are spot on pal Just turn up without a ticket - seems the sensible thing to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justbeanz Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, torres said: Yep you are spot on pal Just turn up without a ticket - seems the sensible thing to do It may even be the underlying reason for the shambles the last two seasons. Just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Just now, torres said: Yep you are spot on pal Just turn up without a ticket - seems the sensible thing to do I'd never do it or encourage others to do it, probably only an handful who did it, years ago I remember at Saltergate and Oakwell when thousands outside stadium before kick off forced main gates open, now that was a dangerous thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob1601 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 SAG and SYP won’t care. Inflammatory comments in the media before the game, barge into law abiding supporters looking for them to react so you can give them more aggro and ensure there is plenty of netting in the ground and metal fences outside that force people into bottlenecks - match day policing at its finest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw pete Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I have been to every ground this season and almost every ground last season and it’s always the same at the Lane.. Poorley Policed and clueless stewards.. IMO the Police lost control... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adelphi1867 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 17 hours ago, sturutter said: Experienced the same. Was also there at almost exactly 720pm. Was with my pregnant wife (our close decision on whether she should go or not turned out to probably be wrong). So, we had not much choice but to stand back, be in last, and not enter the crush. I thought our fans were well behaved, given the obvious anger of the situation. Until they opened the rest of the turnstiles about 7 minutes into the game, it really looked like it might be 30 minutes or more til people got in. The classic football situation of no single steward or police having a clue of the overview of what was happening. Our verdict on the reason behind it all was slightly different- we really don't know, though. We thought that normally there would be 6 away turnstiles, but they had decided to only open 3, to help their operation to keep fans apart. Fine if it works, but a bit of simple maths should have let them know that you're just not going to get 2,000 fans through a smaller number of turnstiles on time. A complete farce, and I agree- for South Yorkshire Police to not take command of the situation in any way is all too familiar. I blame DC, Jos and Palmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnchanter Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Our fans are treat like scum at the lane every time. Its a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattitheowl Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 My mate is a Leeds fan and travels to all their away games. He says SYP are by far the worst police force he's come in to contact with, regardless of if it's at the Stain or Rotherham, they are surly, aggressive and generally useless. Just not bothered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Turn up without a ticket, what could possibly go wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Once you get through the crush outside there’s loads of space in the stand so not a safety issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plonk Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I gave it a swerve last night glad I did. Really concerning reading these comments. Glad it’s getting reported but sadly I think we can all predict the response from the two organisations involved. Plus we will probably now get even less tickets next season due to “ safety issues”. Scandalous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 As well as turnstiles not working properly that roof over stand had more leaks than our defence against Norwich, water was pouring through near us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 (edited) A mate sent me this pic of a Wednesday fan at the turnstile last night. Edited November 10, 2018 by S36 OWL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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