Club Statement

I didn’t know the behaviour was still happening, club have given everyone enough chances, enough warnings of the threat of closing Block A. I would imagine if it is to happen once more they will carry out the threat. Club need to be seeing to do something, especially with anti-social behaviour across the country on the rise as seen over the weekend
 
"As stated earlier this season, the financial consequences of all the above will affect spending on the first-team squad and infrastructure along with impacting the price of ticketing for future matches and seasons."

....which is one of the last things any true supporter would want.

Your choice, morons - behave or f*** off and be a bellend somewhere else.
 
For reference:

Blackpool Football Club and Lancashire Police are issuing an appeal to supporters following an increase in fan-related incidents during matches at Bloomfield Road.

The Seasiders’ recent league fixtures at home to Millwall and Bristol City were blighted by numerous cases of anti-social behaviour and missile throwing, particularly towards the end of the games.

The actions of a minority are severely harming the Club’s reputation, running the risk of FA sanctions and resulting in escalating operating costs at matches.

Further to a meeting of the Safety Advisory Group, the Club was warned that partial and full block closures will be enforced in the North Stand unless these incidents stop immediately.

As stated earlier this season, the financial consequences of all the above will affect spending on the first-team squad and infrastructure along with impacting the price of ticketing for future matches and seasons.

The Club has already issued multiple bans from attending fixtures at Bloomfield Road and will continue to do so where the actions of individuals cross the line.

The behaviour of a few is jeopardising so much good work at the Club and affecting the enjoyment of matches for the fantastic support of the majority.

Please do not:

  • Act in an anti-social manner
  • Throw missiles or pyrotechnics
  • Congregate in the North-East corner
Anybody identified as engaging in such activity will be subject to the appropriate sanctions, including banning orders and criminal prosecution. Supporters who congregate in the North-East corner will be asked to leave.

The health and safety of all those inside football stadiums is paramount, and the Club will continue to work with Lancashire Police, the SLO and supporter groups to ensure that this is the case.

Thank-you for your co-operation.
 
Adams Kebab said:
What if those congregating in this area aren’t actually from these blocks?

At what point does the Club need to act at the time, via their stewards and policing to sort this out rather than threatening everyone, many whom behave perfectly fine?
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100% correct.
Ask to see their ticket and send them back to their seat or throw em out if they refuse.
 
Let just say they close A, B and C blocks, wouldn’t this then move them right next to the away fans and probably cause even more problems? Unless of course away fans move over to the north east side.
This started when there was issues with opposition fans exiting onto Bloomfield road so they make them walk directly past the north stand which is obviously causing a new problem.
I think if they are determined to cause problems they will do no matter what the club do.
 
I sit in the north and being honest I haven’t seen anything thrown at away fans or on the pitch for quite a while now. I honestly thought it had stopped. Has anybody else seen anything at the last two home games???
 
michellebutterflyhotel said:
I sit in the north and being honest I haven’t seen anything thrown at away fans or on the pitch for quite a while now. I honestly thought it had stopped. Has anybody else seen anything at the last two home games???
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Last game a few bottles were launched, and it doesn’t help when a few knobs run to the north east corner and start giving it big uns to the opposition.
 
LivingTheSeasideDream said:
Last game a few bottles were launched, and it doesn’t help when a few knobs run to the north east corner and start giving it big uns to the opposition.
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Sounds like the 70s/80s when there were full on pitch battles, ooh someone walked down and flicked away fans the Vs get them banned.

Throwing stuff is a joke tho could hit a kid in the face ect out of order if that’s happened again.

What about with 10 minutes to go pulling the shutter down on the gangway nearest to the east stand meaning everyone has to exit across the north towards the west ?
 
I saw the leaving away fans at the Bristol game giving it large to people in the north but didn’t see anything thrown
This needs to stop. It seems to be happening now at loads of grounds not just Blackpool. Other night bottle thrown by Blackburn fan at the forest goalkeeper.
 
michellebutterflyhotel said:
I sit in the north and being honest I haven’t seen anything thrown at away fans or on the pitch for quite a while now. I honestly thought it had stopped. Has anybody else seen anything at the last two home games???
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It has started happening at the end of the game when away fans are leaving the stadium. Some childish idiots can’t help but throw things at them and congregate in the NE corner.

How many times have these selfish idiots been warned?
 
A very good statement by the Club but I am surprised it was not issued months ago (or maybe I missed it)
The people who are behaving like this and those around them who are letting it happen, are threatening to ruin the fantastic support generated by the North Stand. The North East corner is a problem area as can be seen from anywhere else in the Stadium.

It's all very well creating a superb atmosphere all around the country, they just need to remember who they are representing.
 
Adams Kebab said:
What if those congregating in this area aren’t actually from these blocks?

At what point does the Club need to act at the time, via their stewards and policing to sort this out rather than threatening everyone, many whom behave perfectly fine?
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Very good point, and pretty obvious really.
 
I have no problem with enthusiastic supporters but we do have some numpties who are often fuelled by too much alcohol. And it will only be a question of time before someone gets injured because of their behaviour. Throwing bottles, coins and letting off flares is just not on. At the Fulham away match I was at the front of the stand and a few of us nearly got flattened by some who thought it would be a good idea to surge forward and try to get on the pitch when we scored. Fully support the club in their statement
 
bfcpete said:
I have no problem with enthusiastic supporters but we do have some numpties who are often fuelled by too much alcohol. And it will only be a question of time before someone gets injured because of their behaviour. Throwing bottles, coins and letting off flares is just not on. At the Fulham away match I was at the front of the stand and a few of us nearly got flattened by some who thought it would be a good idea to surge forward and try to get on the pitch when we scored. Fully support the club in their statement
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I was right at the front at Fulham, no one tried to get on the pitch when we scored at all, it is football you’re meant to go mad when you score.
 
michellebutterflyhotel said:
I sit in the north and being honest I haven’t seen anything thrown at away fans or on the pitch for quite a while now. I honestly thought it had stopped. Has anybody else seen anything at the last two home games???
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TangerineDan said:
It has started happening at the end of the game when away fans are leaving the stadium. Some childish idiots can’t help but throw things at them and congregate in the NE corner.

How many times have these selfish idiots been warned?
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michellebutterflyhotel said:
I sit in the north and being honest I haven’t seen anything thrown at away fans or on the pitch for quite a while now. I honestly thought it had stopped. Has anybody else seen anything at the last two home games???
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I sit in Block B, saw a lot of bottles being thrown at the end of the Millwall game. Only bottle I saw thrown in the last game must have been from the back of block B as it came over us and landed at the front of the stand. Amazingly this was in the 1st half after we had scored. Clueless as to who the intended target was unless at our own keeper?.
 
TwelveAngryMen said:
It doesn't help that away fans are exiting right along the corner that's most likely to create a flashpoint
Asking for trouble
The statement is fine but as others have said those reading it aren't the issue
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Agreed but people are complaining when they exit from the other end too.
 
You know what’s coming here.

Away fans will be back exiting on to Bloomfield road again and Bloomfield road will be closed off yet again to home fans.

After all the good work that was done getting this changed is quickly turning to rat shit again all because of a few mindless yobs.
 
parker14 said:
Agreed but people are complaining when they exit from the other end too.
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TwelveAngryMen said:
It doesn't help that away fans are exiting right along the corner that's most likely to create a flashpoint
Asking for trouble
The statement is fine but as others have said those reading it aren't the issue
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Those its aimed at probably can't read let alone know how to behave in a socially acceptable manner , Darwins theory of evolution has got some serious catching up to do amongst some of our supporters
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
You know what’s coming here.

Away fans will be back exiting on to Bloomfield road again and Bloomfield road will be closed off yet again to home fans.

After all the good work that was done getting this changed is quickly turning to rat shit again all because of a few mindless yobs.
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So surely this can be managed within the ground and at the time?

Not by putting it on everyone else?

What are the stewards actually doing??
 
Adams Kebab said:
So surely this can be managed within the ground and at the time?

Not by putting it on everyone else?

What are the stewards actually doing??
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We’ve had this argument earlier in the season when throwing stuff from the north was the norm.

I said back then and you disagreed (apologies if I’am wrong) but It’s not the stewards fault for not seeing this sort of thing happening.

We’re all adults so we should act like them and not like spoilt brats.
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
We’ve had this argument earlier in the season when throwing stuff from the north was the norm.

I said back then and you disagreed (apologies if I’am wrong) but It’s not the stewards fault for not seeing this sort of thing happening.

We’re all adults so we should act like them and not like spoilt brats.
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If it’s not the stewards job then who’s job is it ?
 
bfcpete said:
I have no problem with enthusiastic supporters but we do have some numpties who are often fuelled by too much alcohol. And it will only be a question of time before someone gets injured because of their behaviour. Throwing bottles, coins and letting off flares is just not on. At the Fulham away match I was at the front of the stand and a few of us nearly got flattened by some who thought it would be a good idea to surge forward and try to get on the pitch when we scored. Fully support the club in their statement
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I'm not so sure it's alcohol.

There was a big discussion on this on 5Live as I go near home after the Coventry game, about the rise in anti social behaviour at football.
 
TwelveAngryMen said:
The issue wasn't the exiting rather the impact on those trying to go home themselves

If they can't be policed in an orderly fashion keep them back for five mins It should be simple
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As a South Stand (T) ST Holder it can take me a good 5 mins just to limp from my seat down the steps and to the exit, then have to hobble back down toward Central Drive which can take me another 5 mins, so they are going to have to hold away fans back for longer than 5 mins really. Quite a few West Standers also come round that way so Bloomfield Rd isn’t the easiest ground to exit.

Problems are not going to go away until some proper entry/exit points can be created in the East for away fans who, to be honest, are poorly served by the current East Stand - but then I suppose the East Stand/Scratchers have never served home fans that well given the queues we used to have back across Henry St to Central Dv at gate 7 and trying to get everyone out the same route after a match.
 
Northstandsinger said:
If it’s not the stewards job then who’s job is it ?
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That’s why I said we’re all adults we shouldn’t be doing it plain and simple.

You could have 100/200 stewards but no guarantees you wouldn’t catch the culprits is that what you want hundreds of stewards in the north because I can see it happening either that or closing blocks down or both.
 
TwelveAngryMen said:
Correct

It was a flawed idea from the start
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It’s a merry go round back to the issue many have discussed at length from the beginning of the season, including yourself and me Tim.

The best route for away fans to leave is the north east, taking away the home support aspect. If I was the match commander, I would much rather manage this smaller area of potential trouble rather than a wide scale issue on Bloomfield Road, which was only a matter of time before something serious happened.

If I was sat in the north, I think I can control myself to not throw a bottle or a coin or anything in that fact, towards the opposition or onto the pitch. It comes down to the individual at the end of the day, nothing to do with away fans, in my opinion of course!

The only solution to the issue is a new stand with exits onto henry street - problem solved 😁
 
Northstandsinger said:
Sounds like the 70s/80s when there were full on pitch battles, ooh someone walked down and flicked away fans the Vs get them banned.

Throwing stuff is a joke tho could hit a kid in the face ect out of order if that’s happened again.

What about with 10 minutes to go pulling the shutter down on the gangway nearest to the east stand meaning everyone has to exit across the north towards the west ?
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Do you remember the 70s and 80s?
Yeh it was full on, sometimes exhilarating often scary as fuck!!
One thing that did happen often was the away fans being kept in after the match.

Unfortunately due to their human rights they wish not to be kept back.
Its totally stupid throwing things and two wrongs dont make a right but the leaving away fans need to stop goading the Blackpool fans and hopefully I might stop🤷‍♂️
 
Wizzerboy said:
Do you remember the 70s and 80s?
Yeh it was full on, sometimes exhilarating often scary as fuck!!
One thing that did happen often was the away fans being kept in after the match.

Unfortunately due to their human rights they wish not to be kept back.
Its totally stupid throwing things and two wrongs dont make a right but the leaving away fans need to stop goading the Blackpool fans and hopefully I might stop🤷‍♂️
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Yet we were held back at Birmingham. Different rules around the country?
 
Wizzerboy said:
Do you remember the 70s and 80s?
Yeh it was full on, sometimes exhilarating often scary as fuck!!
One thing that did happen often was the away fans being kept in after the match.

Unfortunately due to their human rights they wish not to be kept back.
Its totally stupid throwing things and two wrongs dont make a right but the leaving away fans need to stop goading the Blackpool fans and hopefully I might stop🤷‍♂️
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So someone goading you on leaving the
stadium you retaliate by throwing something at them?
Can you not just ignore them or I’am I being a bit old fashioned here?
Last few home games we’ve won so what are they goading you with?
 
Instead of exiting away fans at the North east. Why not exit them from the south and the home fans in the south exit out of the west
No easy answer to this until the east stand is redeveloped really
Never going to please everyone
Or put some sort of hoarding up at the north east where the netting currently is so away fans exit at the back of the hoarding and can’t be seen. Might help. I dont know what the answer is really
 
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