Stewards - "siiiiit down!!!"

[double d]

It was fine nobody told me to sit

[The Cap]

I see common sense finally prevailed in Y25/26 last night then.

[Top Flight]

And it made for a much better atmosphere.

The matchday experience was enjoyable again.

[Maneki Neko]

Im have no desire to stand and im sure i would be pissed off if those in front of me stood up but if they do they do so i have to stand to see as well.
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just sit somewhere sitty

[bobby1413]

It's the knobs who go to say Fulham away, get a ticket in the upper part and then moan about standing that does my nut in

Last season at MK Dons when we took around 4000 there - there was a family of four there. Two adults and two teenage boys about 14. They moaned to stewards about standing and wanted to sit with their blanket covering their legs

[Sutekh]

It's the knobs who go to say Fulham away, get a ticket in the upper part and then moan about standing that does my nut in

Last season at MK Dons when we took around 4000 there - there was a family of four there. Two adults and two teenage boys about 14. They moaned to stewards about standing and wanted to sit with their blanket covering their legs

Usually though you get a ticket at an away game and have no control over where it is in the stand so if you are an old person or child and your seat is behind a load of thoughtless people who want to stand all game they have every right to complain.

No problems with standing but those who do it in all seater stadia should have thought to those behind them.

The sooner proper safe standing areas come back to all league grounds the better.

[The Cap]

bobby1413 wrote:
It's the knobs who go to say Fulham away, get a ticket in the upper part and then moan about standing that does my nut in

Last season at MK Dons when we took around 4000 there - there was a family of four there. Two adults and two teenage boys about 14. They moaned to stewards about standing and wanted to sit with their blanket covering their legs

Sutekh wrote:
Usually though you get a ticket at an away game and have no control over where it is in the stand so if you are an old person or child and your seat is behind a load of thoughtless people who want to stand all game they have every right to complain.

No problems with standing but those who do it in all seater stadia should have thought to those behind them.

The sooner proper safe standing areas come back to all league grounds the better.

Totally agree They've got them in Germany, so why not here?

[Gordons Cumming]

I stood at Elm Park for 30 years and endured plenty of dire, soulless, non atmospheric performances and all the spectators were standing.

How come?

While there are seats, sit down you selfish twats.

[Forbury Lion]

I'm sure there is an element of fans who just want to rebel against authority and feel they can do so as they are part of a group - Maybe if the stewards told them to stand they would refuse? At the same time, tell them to behave like tw@ts and maybe they will do the opposite for a change?

[Millsy]

I did some work as a madejski steward a few years back so i could watch soke games for free hehe... which is ironic because I'd usually be the biggest perpetrator of standing crimes when just watching normally.

The club has to abide by rules and that downloads onto stewards who have to do their job. As long as it's done using half a brain cell it's fine. Fans would respect us as we'd never be rude just ask politely and reasonably when going on for too long.

I don't know what its like now, if some stewards aren't rfc fans or if they have authority abuse syndrome i don't know.

[Nameless]

Most stewards these days are agency staff. Advantage is they aren't interested in the football so actually do their job rather than watching the games, disadvantage is there is no continuity or consistency.

[bobby1413]

Most stewards these days are agency staff. Advantage is they aren't interested in the football so actually do their job rather than watching the games, disadvantage is there is no continuity or consistency.

I'd always assumed the head stewards who I see around Y25/away part all the time and at away games would have briefed them or at least provided some guidance.

E.g. "Fans in this area stand up often. We have a relaxed view on this, particularly as today is a home game against Wigan and so there isn't going to be any issues, friction or large volumes of opposition fans", etc....

[Nameless]

They do.

[tmesis]

Today was the first time I've seen the stewards move in to remove a pigeon from the stadium. True, he was standing up, and running through Y25 with no thought to health & safety, but it's still a first.

[Elm Park Kid]

I saw lots of away fans standing up yesterday! Don't they care about blocking the view for all their fellow fans?