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Mrs P how can you call me boring! carry on and I shall have to tell Mr. P about our secret steak meal encounter!!!! ;)
On a serious note did you take the kids? if so hope they were not worried by all the trouble.
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The Stewards at Stockport!!!!
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Mrs P how can you call me boring! carry on and I shall have to tell Mr. P about our secret steak meal encounter!!!! ;)
On a serious note did you take the kids? if so hope they were not worried by all the trouble.
Mrs P
First XI
No we didnt take the kids and am glad we didnt - our eldest can never sit still for the whole 90 minutes so he probably would have been chucked out as well...
It was sad really as I thought football grounds stewarding had moved on....
TrueBlue
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Well you know when you and your other half are over the East with us lot that we stand and we get no trouble from the Stewards! work with them not against them ;)
Lancashire shrimper
Youth Team
A bit emotive but echoing Mrs.P's comments above - my e-m to the Trust about the stewards at Saturdays game. In retrospect I could have expressed myself a bit better but I think you'll get the gist . . .
" . . . Hi,
In response to one of the Shrimperzone threads regarding the stewarding at Saturdays match against Stockport, the Shrimper Trust asked for feedback from supporters at the game.
My partner and I were there. We asked to leave the ground at half time because what was happening around us didn't make us feel safe. We were in the back row behind the supporters and officials where the altercations and accusations on heavy handed stewarding occurred.
At kick-off, and from where we were sitting the paddock already appeared to be full. There were still groups of supporters and late arrivals trying the find seats. We'd already moved seats to accommodate others trying to find seats together. There was one large group, about 12 supporters wanted to be together. No probs with that, when people travel 250 miles to watch a match it's understandable they want to sit together. The group pushed into one section of the paddock. They pointed out that their tickets indicated that they should be sitting together and the stewards had failed to police seat allocation. I believe trouble started when the stewards tried to separate them and other supporters, not involved, up. There had been no supervision preventing the whole area becoming over crowded, and at that point I believe there was a risk of someone being crushed or trampled. Instead of trying to diffuse the situation the stewards just muscled in pushing other supporters out of the way on terraced seating to remove whoever was complaining - whether it was part of the group who'd pushed in or not. It flared up from there.
I hardly saw any of the game for the first 30 minutes for the aggravation, and I got hit in the back by a steward jostling with one of our supporters.
Shortly before half time I needed the loo. When I got back a steward had told another supporter to sit where I'd been sitting, despite the complaints of the missus saying it was already taken! Our supporter apologised, explained he was just doing as he was told or he'd be thrown out of the ground, and when I complained to a steward he just said 'tough' straight to my face, and told me to find another seat. During that the Shrimper, whoever he was, just moved elsewhere.
Fed up, we asked to leave at half time. We didn't see much of the match, and although 2-0 down (didn't see the first goal at all) & whether winning or losing I had still paid good money to watch a game.
Another 45 minutes of the same aggravation wasn't worth it.
When we asked to leave a steward said the only way out was through the home fans section ( ?? ! ) and let us through the cordon. Next thing I knew the missus and I were being shouted at by 2 stewards running over wanting to know what we were doing! There was no communication, certainly a lack of awareness of how to deal with a crowd, and far too willing to be heavy handed without due cause. Resolution could have been very simple. Either supervise seat allocation so that supporters were sitting in the seats they'd been allocated on their ticket before the game started, or as a result of the congestion, open up another section of the ground.
Shambolic ? disgrace ? in the end we just didn't feel safe . . . "
" . . . Hi,
In response to one of the Shrimperzone threads regarding the stewarding at Saturdays match against Stockport, the Shrimper Trust asked for feedback from supporters at the game.
My partner and I were there. We asked to leave the ground at half time because what was happening around us didn't make us feel safe. We were in the back row behind the supporters and officials where the altercations and accusations on heavy handed stewarding occurred.
At kick-off, and from where we were sitting the paddock already appeared to be full. There were still groups of supporters and late arrivals trying the find seats. We'd already moved seats to accommodate others trying to find seats together. There was one large group, about 12 supporters wanted to be together. No probs with that, when people travel 250 miles to watch a match it's understandable they want to sit together. The group pushed into one section of the paddock. They pointed out that their tickets indicated that they should be sitting together and the stewards had failed to police seat allocation. I believe trouble started when the stewards tried to separate them and other supporters, not involved, up. There had been no supervision preventing the whole area becoming over crowded, and at that point I believe there was a risk of someone being crushed or trampled. Instead of trying to diffuse the situation the stewards just muscled in pushing other supporters out of the way on terraced seating to remove whoever was complaining - whether it was part of the group who'd pushed in or not. It flared up from there.
I hardly saw any of the game for the first 30 minutes for the aggravation, and I got hit in the back by a steward jostling with one of our supporters.
Shortly before half time I needed the loo. When I got back a steward had told another supporter to sit where I'd been sitting, despite the complaints of the missus saying it was already taken! Our supporter apologised, explained he was just doing as he was told or he'd be thrown out of the ground, and when I complained to a steward he just said 'tough' straight to my face, and told me to find another seat. During that the Shrimper, whoever he was, just moved elsewhere.
Fed up, we asked to leave at half time. We didn't see much of the match, and although 2-0 down (didn't see the first goal at all) & whether winning or losing I had still paid good money to watch a game.
Another 45 minutes of the same aggravation wasn't worth it.
When we asked to leave a steward said the only way out was through the home fans section ( ?? ! ) and let us through the cordon. Next thing I knew the missus and I were being shouted at by 2 stewards running over wanting to know what we were doing! There was no communication, certainly a lack of awareness of how to deal with a crowd, and far too willing to be heavy handed without due cause. Resolution could have been very simple. Either supervise seat allocation so that supporters were sitting in the seats they'd been allocated on their ticket before the game started, or as a result of the congestion, open up another section of the ground.
Shambolic ? disgrace ? in the end we just didn't feel safe . . . "
Mrs P
First XI
They were an absolute joke!! You and your missus should get a refund from the club!!!
Without wanting to rake this all up again, can I ask anyone knows if representation has been made on behalf of the Southend supporters by any/all of the supporters' clubs/groups?
Shrimperstrust
Supporting SUFC
The Trust has written to Stockport enclosing several letters/emails received regarding the game last Saturday.
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