Here is the blurb that the Football Licencing Authority put out, to justify their insistence that the clubs should get everyone to sit down.
http://www.flaweb.org.uk/docs/specsafe/pubs/stndinst.php Tim W. > From: "Terry Emmott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/04/24 Mon PM 03:33:29 GMT > To: "Mike Alcock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LU] Crewe > > As for the stewarding - wtf is it all about? I only manage half a dozen home > matches a season, and Crewe was my first one in the Kop this year - every > five minutes the bloody stewards were flapping about telling you to sit down > and all this carry on. A right pain the lot of em. > I tell you what if I'd wanted to be treated like a child for the afternoon > I'd have gone shopping with my missus. > > Absolutely ridiculous. > > To be fair to the stewards ( and I do agree, it's a pain in the arse), > they're only doing what they have been told to do. > Persistent standing is against the licence that the club have been granted > to have crowds at ER, so they have to be seen to be trying to do something > about it. > It is, of course, very dangerous to stand (!) because if there is a surge > and people fall over the seats someone could be seriously hurt. > Apparently it's fine though to stand when people get excited because it > looks as if a goal might be scored because that's human nature and to be > expected. > When do surges take place? > After a goal is scored, so we'd all be standing up then anyway!! > The whole logic of this not being allowed to stand is so stupid it defies > belief. > It also amuses me that the stewards spend all the first half annoying us by > going on about it and then seem to get fed up and disappear after half time. > It's bizarre. > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist
