What on earth! 15:38 - May 5 with 6457 views | bluejacko | Why did all those police in riot gear need to be there? Total overkill! How much did that cost the club? [Post edited 5 May 2019 15:39]
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What on earth! on 15:41 - May 5 with 6418 views | floridaboy | Obviously nothing to do with the reputation that Leeds fans have! | | | |
What on earth! on 15:45 - May 5 with 6368 views | bluejacko |
What on earth! on 15:41 - May 5 by floridaboy | Obviously nothing to do with the reputation that Leeds fans have! |
In front of the SBR!never took more than a few stewards to sit there before. | | | |
What on earth! on 15:45 - May 5 with 6367 views | blueislander |
What on earth! on 15:41 - May 5 by floridaboy | Obviously nothing to do with the reputation that Leeds fans have! |
What happened to the other 6,000 or soLeeds fans who were going to overrun Portman Road? | | | |
What on earth! on 16:08 - May 5 with 6169 views | backwaywhen |
What on earth! on 15:45 - May 5 by blueislander | What happened to the other 6,000 or soLeeds fans who were going to overrun Portman Road? |
They would have been there had auto promotion been possible , as it was some were in other parts of the ground . | | | |
What on earth! on 19:57 - May 5 with 5725 views | DebsyAngel | Totally agree. Where are they when real crimes are committed and you need them? Did not see any bad behaviour - just a bit of funny banter from the stands. | | | |
What on earth! on 22:52 - May 5 with 5468 views | bradforblues | And if they weren't there and there was a pitch invasion we'd all be crying why weren't the Police there !! It's called prevention and being safe rather than sorry despite the cost. | |
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What on earth! on 00:30 - May 6 with 5337 views | BrixtonBlue |
What on earth! on 22:52 - May 5 by bradforblues | And if they weren't there and there was a pitch invasion we'd all be crying why weren't the Police there !! It's called prevention and being safe rather than sorry despite the cost. |
And will have been booked before it was known that it wouldn't be a crucial game for Leeds. | |
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What on earth! on 07:50 - May 6 with 5150 views | bluejacko |
What on earth! on 22:52 - May 5 by bradforblues | And if they weren't there and there was a pitch invasion we'd all be crying why weren't the Police there !! It's called prevention and being safe rather than sorry despite the cost. |
A pitch invasion from who? The SBR fans didn’t need to go on the pitch and as the Leeds fans were in the top tier unless they can fly they were not coming on the pitch either. As to being already booked all it takes is a simple phone call during the week before,thanks but we don’t need so many of your chaps thank you. | | | | Login to get fewer ads
What on earth! on 08:08 - May 6 with 5108 views | artsbossbeard | Leeds, whether you like to hear this or not, are a big club who also have at least two local supporters groups thus making it difficult to 100% confirm how many Leeds fans might well be in the home sections as the usual postcode rules can easily be worked around. Even with the heightened ticket sales rules for this game. https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/footage-shows-fans-clashing- | |
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What on earth! on 09:28 - May 6 with 4970 views | bluejacko |
That’s cleared that up then! The solid line of police at the end was to stop a small amount of Leeds fans coming on the pitch from the SBR.Thats if they were not identified fairly quickly and ejected before any nonsense took place. What about the mass invasion from the rest of the ground then? There were a few of them about but they kept their heads down and behaved themselves. Any trouble would have been outside and as they were bussed to and from the gates the risk was fairly well contained. | | | |
What on earth! on 10:16 - May 6 with 4893 views | Blue_Order | We had 3/4 of them standing on the stairs of the section watching us the whole second half. | | | |
What on earth! on 11:45 - May 6 with 4774 views | Lord_Lucan |
Re your video Liverpool fans spent most of their time in Barcelona throwing bystanders into fountains. Rumours have it that Barca fans are planning a revenge attack pushing scousers into Job Centres. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6983855/Liverpool-fan-pushed- I was on holiday in Dom Rep once and a group of them stood by the bar all day doing the same thing to other holiday makers - including people who were dressed nice to go out or eat. Complete free for all - no age restrictions. Tossers | |
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What on earth! on 11:58 - May 6 with 4737 views | wellyblue |
What on earth! on 11:45 - May 6 by Lord_Lucan | Re your video Liverpool fans spent most of their time in Barcelona throwing bystanders into fountains. Rumours have it that Barca fans are planning a revenge attack pushing scousers into Job Centres. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6983855/Liverpool-fan-pushed- I was on holiday in Dom Rep once and a group of them stood by the bar all day doing the same thing to other holiday makers - including people who were dressed nice to go out or eat. Complete free for all - no age restrictions. Tossers |
All just innocent high jinks from those lovable scally Scousers… | | | |
What on earth! on 12:30 - May 6 with 4667 views | Oxford_Blue | If they hadn’t been there and there was trouble you would have been the first to criticise the club. It was the final match against a team whose fans have a reputation for trouble. We are getting relegated and they missed out on automatic promotion. Plus they brought 4,000. I can see why it was sensible to take a cautious approach. | | | |
What on earth! on 17:15 - May 6 with 4522 views | bluejacko |
What on earth! on 12:30 - May 6 by Oxford_Blue | If they hadn’t been there and there was trouble you would have been the first to criticise the club. It was the final match against a team whose fans have a reputation for trouble. We are getting relegated and they missed out on automatic promotion. Plus they brought 4,000. I can see why it was sensible to take a cautious approach. |
Look even IF town fans had decided to ‘invade’ the pitch as the Leeds fans were all in the top tier there was zero chance of any agro in the ground, the line of police in front of the SBR and indeed in front of the EOE stand was completely over the top! In fact the appearance of a line of police in riot gear got a reaction of WTF from all about where we were sitting and even a chant of ‘what a waste of money’ came from the Leeds fans! | | | |
What on earth! on 18:08 - May 6 with 4460 views | Lord_Lucan |
What on earth! on 17:15 - May 6 by bluejacko | Look even IF town fans had decided to ‘invade’ the pitch as the Leeds fans were all in the top tier there was zero chance of any agro in the ground, the line of police in front of the SBR and indeed in front of the EOE stand was completely over the top! In fact the appearance of a line of police in riot gear got a reaction of WTF from all about where we were sitting and even a chant of ‘what a waste of money’ came from the Leeds fans! |
Have to disagree really to be honest. Public safety is paramount and Leeds are no angels, hindsight is a marvelous thing but you have to accept that there may have been no trouble because the policing was correct. | |
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What on earth! on 18:59 - May 6 with 4336 views | bluejacko |
What on earth! on 18:08 - May 6 by Lord_Lucan | Have to disagree really to be honest. Public safety is paramount and Leeds are no angels, hindsight is a marvelous thing but you have to accept that there may have been no trouble because the policing was correct. |
Please tell me HOW the Leeds fans were any threat to public safety in the ground? Were you there ? If you were you would have seen that the whole of the lower cobbald was empty,there was no way on earth that our fans and theirs would be capable of any interaction unless there is a way of flying that has been invented. | | | |
What on earth! on 19:02 - May 6 with 4324 views | Lord_Lucan |
What on earth! on 18:59 - May 6 by bluejacko | Please tell me HOW the Leeds fans were any threat to public safety in the ground? Were you there ? If you were you would have seen that the whole of the lower cobbald was empty,there was no way on earth that our fans and theirs would be capable of any interaction unless there is a way of flying that has been invented. |
They all have flying cars........... .............You've never seen Leeds in action have you. | |
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What on earth! on 19:08 - May 6 with 4293 views | m14_blue |
What on earth! on 18:59 - May 6 by bluejacko | Please tell me HOW the Leeds fans were any threat to public safety in the ground? Were you there ? If you were you would have seen that the whole of the lower cobbald was empty,there was no way on earth that our fans and theirs would be capable of any interaction unless there is a way of flying that has been invented. |
Are you really questioning LL’s expertise on pitch invasions? | | | |
What on earth! on 19:26 - May 6 with 4237 views | bluejacko |
What on earth! on 19:02 - May 6 by Lord_Lucan | They all have flying cars........... .............You've never seen Leeds in action have you. |
Well I am of that age that I know perfectly well what football violence was all about! | | | |
What on earth! on 19:33 - May 6 with 4203 views | Blue_Moses |
What on earth! on 19:57 - May 5 by DebsyAngel | Totally agree. Where are they when real crimes are committed and you need them? Did not see any bad behaviour - just a bit of funny banter from the stands. |
Loads of Leeds fans in the Cricketers before the game without the need of riot police. Actually had quite a good laugh with them | | | |
(No subject) (n/t) on 21:16 - May 6 with 4060 views | Oxford_Blue |
What on earth! on 18:59 - May 6 by bluejacko | Please tell me HOW the Leeds fans were any threat to public safety in the ground? Were you there ? If you were you would have seen that the whole of the lower cobbald was empty,there was no way on earth that our fans and theirs would be capable of any interaction unless there is a way of flying that has been invented. |
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What on earth! on 22:28 - May 6 with 3966 views | ChateauWines |
What on earth! on 07:50 - May 6 by bluejacko | A pitch invasion from who? The SBR fans didn’t need to go on the pitch and as the Leeds fans were in the top tier unless they can fly they were not coming on the pitch either. As to being already booked all it takes is a simple phone call during the week before,thanks but we don’t need so many of your chaps thank you. |
I would’ve imagined that you have to book police well in advance and with our issues in past, doubt you can just cancel them. Overtime etc would have been arranged and need to be honoured | |
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