@owlstalk Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 7 hours ago, alan48 said: Our ' Fans ' .invaded the pitch when we scored at Crewe . Dont think our players were too happy about being mobbed by a load of numpties . Dont understand though , why players who score always run to a corner flag be it at a home end or the away end where they get pelted by bottles and rubbish and coins ,not to mention abuse . Celebrate in the middle of the pitch and dont encourage the idiots who , like last night , may have less than innocent intent . Strongly disagree with this Players should be able to celebrate how they want And fans should simply behave themselves Nobody should ever make changes to accomodate people who can't control themselves - that's how they win and you end up with the world having to make changes to make the world less emotional, passionate, interesting etc just because Barry off High Green can't handle coke and beer 3 1 Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busmansholiday Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Issue all the stewards at the edge of the pitch with tasers. Might make the idiots think twice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat blondeau Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 In Australia it’s something like a $10,000 fine for fans that enter the field of play in any sport. I don’t know why we don’t have similar heavy fines in the U.K. for pitch invaders. It’d soon put a stop to them 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costello 77 Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Having watched a fair bit of football in grounds that felt like maximum security prisons or zoos...it was depressing and dangerous...it would be great if the few don't fu*k it up for the many. But I'm not holding my breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickswfc Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Difficult one this Our pitch invasion v Wycombe is fondly remembered, it was televised and the club have sold photos displaying it. A lot of other clubs have similar occasions. I've got the Pete McKee Llera photo in my office for example. There's an unwritten rule that it's tolerated for promotion and huge one off events, but not for lesser events and certainly not during play or for goals. Problem is, a large minority of football fans are idiots, who don't have the emotional intelligence to determine when it is or isn't appropriate. Unfortunately to actually stop it at unneccessary times, you have to ban it full stop, which would involve not allowing clubs or media to romanticise them in any way, any grey area means things like last night will always happen every now and again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneeyedmilkman Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 On the pitch, off the pitch, morons are always going to be morons. Even in our last game when one of the Sunderland players had a corner (the cynic in me thinks it was initially a ploy to incite and cause more disruption, either way some of our numpties duly obliged by emptying their pockets) we had fans potentially causing harm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosborough-owl Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 8 hours ago, TheEnchanter said: Love a good pitch invasion. Can I ask why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosborough-owl Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 I’ve said many times that I just don’t understand why you’d want to do it. You run on , players run off, then your stood Around awkwardly trying to start a chant or look like your doing something, so you just end up taking a selfie or something. would it not make sense to stay in the stand and let the players come round and enjoy it with the fans as 1.?? it’s gunna take an official or a player to get stabbed one game for everyone to take note, but it will be too late then. Just stay off the pitch like the rules state. It’s very simple. im all in favour of deducting points or cut allocation if a team does this. It will eventually stop people 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniele Giovanni Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Nottingham Forest should be banned from taking part in the play off final, cos of what that moron did, it's the only way to put a stop to these moronic actions, 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von shabba Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 15 minutes ago, Daniele Giovanni said: Nottingham Forest should be banned from taking part in the play off final, cos of what that moron did, it's the only way to put a stop to these moronic actions, So why punish the players and genuine fans ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von shabba Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Busmansholiday said: Issue all the stewards at the edge of the pitch with tasers. Might make the idiots think twice really ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack of Clubs Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Lots of those running on the pitch last night seemed lost after a few minutes like they didn’t know what to do once they’d invaded it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 21 minutes ago, Daniele Giovanni said: Nottingham Forest should be banned from taking part in the play off final, cos of what that moron did, it's the only way to put a stop to these moronic actions, He's not going to be there anyway. Why should the entire club and their fanbase suffer because of the actions of one idiot? The laws exist to charge him and punish him as an individual rather than making tens of thousands of innocent people suffer because of his actions. If losing his liberty, and potentially his livelihood, isn't enough to prevent him head-butting a player, then what makes you think his football club being punished would stop him? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhubarb n Custard Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Pitch invasions aren't the problem, dickhedz are. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 1 hour ago, nickswfc said: Our pitch invasion v Wycombe is fondly remembered It sure is… luckily the Wycombe players ran off at the final whistle IIRC and the Wednesday fans behaved themselves. On the flip side, Palace relegated us at Hillsborough, their fans ran on the pitch, so ours did and it didn’t go too well at all. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 We need to differentiate between incursions and invasions. Invasions happen about 2% of the time at the seasons end. Incursions by the odd one or two may be a little more frequent but are much easier dealt with. No massive problem don't have a hissie fit ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 They should be encouraged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyonedavidhirst Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 1 hour ago, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said: He's not going to be there anyway. Why should the entire club and their fanbase suffer because of the actions of one idiot? The laws exist to charge him and punish him as an individual rather than making tens of thousands of innocent people suffer because of his actions. If losing his liberty, and potentially his livelihood, isn't enough to prevent him head-butting a player, then what makes you think his football club being punished would stop him? The crazy thing is that losing his liberty and livelihood clearly didn't stop him. If he knew doing what he did would mean Forest aren't then allowed to play in the play off final the daft thing is that might have stopped him, just like the thought that all his Forest mates will blame him forever. I'm not advocating that punishment though, you'd get fans impersonating opposition fans etc if a fan knew his action could affect the outcome of such big sporting events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobness Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 11 hours ago, behindthegoal said: Should the EFL instruct all clubs to impose automatic life bans on anyone who chooses to invade the pitch at any of their grounds? A lifetime ban seems a bit harsh, especially as someone might do this when they're young. Instead I'd just chop their legs off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomtheOwl95 Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 9 hours ago, HopefulOwl said: Why dont we ever see this happen at Wembley..... It did in 2017 with Millwall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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