DAVID NATTAN wrote: ================== > 2. Standing \ stewards. I am only referring to Revie Stand here - but > yesterday the atmosphere was dreadful , the stewards got all the front of Kop > sat down then started on where we were and got half the upper sat down almost > silent (Fergiescum should have been at ER !!) When we scored straight after > half time and put them under pressure there was a real buzz and roar around > the Kop and even for a short time the belief that we could get a draw but > this groundswell was soon silenced by the stewards again getting heavy handed > ! I got a warning for accusing stewards of being Oldham fans and not wanting > us to win and saying that the team and Wise want us to get behind the team as > evidenced by the fact that Wise, Thommo, Casper, and Westlake in that very > programme gave it the old "crowd worth a goal start \ crowd give us a real > lift" spiele. > I have not seen anyone injured at ER since we became all seater despite the > fact that we are "persistent standers" so why is someone not fighting our > corner and saying to H&S people \ licensing committee that it is safe to > stand in the seated areas ? I am sure fans of Kaiser Cheifs will be standing > and dancing without incident at ER come May !! > I accept fans should sit down in Family Stand so kids can see, and in East > \ West Stands where the more elderly \ sedate sit but the Kop is for 'lads' - > take away the atmosphere and football loses a lot. I know the old days will > never return but for things to be so sterile is just ridiculous -
safe standing have been on the case for years but support from the stands is sadly lacking............. Betty _______________________________________________ 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 DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!! DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!!
