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TownSNAFU5
September 29, 2019, 12:44am
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I thought that the Chelsea stewards were very good.  Joined in the good atmosphere.

We asked one why so many?  He said that away fans are normally capped at 3,000.

We grossly exceeded that number.  As a new visiting club, we  also represented an unknown risk.
Hence the large numbers of stewards.
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September 29, 2019, 6:08am
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Quoted from TownSNAFU5
I thought that the Chelsea stewards were very good.  Joined in the good atmosphere.

We asked one why so many?  He said that away fans are normally capped at 3,000.

We grossly exceeded that number.  As a new visiting club, we  also represented an unknown risk.
Hence the large numbers of stewards.


Not sure a certain Stadium Manager would agree with you there.  
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September 29, 2019, 8:45am
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Quoted from TownSNAFU5
I thought that the Chelsea stewards were very good.  Joined in the good atmosphere.

We asked one why so many?  He said that away fans are normally capped at 3,000.

We grossly exceeded that number.  As a new visiting club, we  also represented an unknown risk.
Hence the large numbers of stewards.


They appeared efficient but unobtrusive. That’s the way it should be. It’s also good that the one you spoke to could answer your question rather than just grunt an ‘I dunno’.


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September 29, 2019, 11:38am

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Oldham opted to allow fans to choose their own seat on a first come basis, similar to Walsall. In most cases this season, fans have been able to view from seats down to pitch level. Despite allowing some other clubs away fans to do this, someone decided that Grimsby should be crowded together in the rear section of the stand. If you view the highlights it looks like we just had a few fans there in the first half. Following some selfish actions by a minority of fans who walked over the seats to 'take' the space behind the goal the rest of us could then get a clear view of the pitch.
The Oldham threads give more details of some unsafe decisions by Stewards and fans. Not many clubs in League 2 take nearly a thousand away fans thus increasing matchday income. If Oldham had given prior notice of their plans, it just might have been possible to come to a compromise between cost of stewarding and fan safety.

No criticism of GTFC here. Oldham put a large number of  fans at what appeared to be an unnecessary distance from the pitch but their own fans had no such inconvenience.
Chelsea broke their own stadium rules by allowing Lower Shed fans to stand and took a light touch policy. Perhaps, it was planned or a concession to League 2 practices.
Clearly, fans should do what the home club ask. It would have taken many more stewards, and a strict 'sit according to your seat number' policy, for Oldhams  plan to have stood a chance.
I wonder if the Oldham SLO spoke to Morecambe and Walsall?


Didn't know they were still on the go!


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Didn't know they were still on the go!


We played all the right teams. Not necessarily in the right order.  


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Didn't the club lose some sort of customer accreditation recently?
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