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Post by bristolmart on Oct 28, 2018 22:59:55 GMT
Was it me but did there seem a particularly heavy presence there yesterday? Saw Sheff Weds a few weeks back at Ashton Gate with an Owl fan and there were hardly any old bill after the match. They looked ready for action. On a more positive note my son who works at Tesco’s in Bristol got major bragging rights today in his shift.
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Post by mouseykanga2 on Oct 29, 2018 4:57:47 GMT
Quite a lot of Stoke lads about in different groups..
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on Oct 29, 2018 5:09:12 GMT
Stoke City are in town the simple answer
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Post by bristolpotter on Oct 29, 2018 6:03:39 GMT
Always been a fair amount of trouble whenever we’ve played down there, remember our lot invading the pitch at half time in the cup game in the 90s, didn’t see any mither on sat probably the least intimidating it’s been down there
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Post by soulsurvivor on Oct 29, 2018 7:23:52 GMT
Commented as we walked to the ground, horses,dogs and riot vans.
Took me right back!
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Oct 29, 2018 7:49:58 GMT
Whilst we have so called supporters who throw flares like the moron on Saturday with a few minutes to go they’ll continue to be there in large numbers.
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Post by durbanscircus on Oct 29, 2018 8:41:27 GMT
I commented on this to my wife when I got home with the Kids- must have been a minimum of 200 Officers deployed may be more. Nearly all I saw had access to riot equipment and a number had stab vests. They looked on edge as though they had been wound up in their briefing to expect disorder.
They kept the coaches back for nearly an hour as well
As far as I could see there was no trouble whats so ever, and the small Bristol crew to our left were absolutely pathetic and incapable of creating major disturbance
Is the incident at Preston and the obvious drug abuse in the bogs at West Brom following us around?
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Oct 29, 2018 8:48:24 GMT
I commented on this to my wife when I got home with the Kids- must have been a minimum of 200 Officers deployed may be more. Nearly all I saw had access to riot equipment and a number had stab vests. They looked on edge as though they had been wound up in their briefing to expect disorder. They kept the coaches back for nearly an hour as well As far as I could see there was no trouble whats so ever, and the small Bristol crew to our left were absolutely pathetic and incapable of creating major disturbance Is the incident at Preston and the obvious drug abuse in the bogs at West Brom following us around? Probably much of our past from the last 30 years following us around in reality. |
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Post by metalhead on Oct 29, 2018 13:41:41 GMT
We had some good natured humour with the police inside the ground. There were stewarding issues and basically people were being forced into the isles and when the goal went in there was a bit of a push. The police were laughing at how useless the stewards were.
Outside the ground afterwards, the mood completely changed. We saw an intoxicated lad being "restrained via a non-harmful pressure point" (neck below his ear?) as he tried to walk back to his bus. It certainly didn't look non-harmful and he was clearly in quite a bit of pain and discomfort. Although this is one of those situations where you're best not getting involved, it really felt as though the police were being unnecessarily heavy handed afterwards. Perhaps something had gone on?
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Post by puddledpotter on Oct 29, 2018 20:14:24 GMT
The policing operation did look set up to cover a lot of eventualities, they had all the staff and kit highly visible from the outset. My experience was that I was able to laugh and joke with them, the stewards not so much. The amount of police present is always a bone of contention but these operations are very expensive and inconvenient to set up, given how their budget has been decimated they must have had some intelligence to suggest potential problems before going to all that effort and of course previous history plays a part so the flare near the end did little for our image.
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Post by bathstoke on Oct 29, 2018 22:24:56 GMT
They South Brizol types have done some heavy damage on our usual fans back in the day. Glad of the protectionXx
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Post by Eggybread on Oct 30, 2018 6:25:42 GMT
They South Brizol types have done some heavy damage on our usual fans back in the day. Glad of the protectionXx ? |
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Post by Northy on Oct 30, 2018 8:33:46 GMT
They South Brizol types have done some heavy damage on our usual fans back in the day. Glad of the protectionXx ? I think Bath has been on the funny stuff, is it half term down there this week? |
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Post by bathstoke on Oct 30, 2018 8:58:54 GMT
They South Brizol types have done some heavy damage on our usual fans back in the day. Glad of the protectionXx ? I seem to remember ‘shirts’ get battered by the park in the Noughties & ending up in the BRI hospital with broken eye sockets & the like... |
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Post by Gods on Oct 30, 2018 11:15:49 GMT
I seem to remember ‘shirts’ get battered by the park in the Noughties & ending up in the BRI hospital with broken eye sockets & the like... Speaking of Bristol City and the Park in the Noughties or maybe early 2000's, I went to a game down there where I would guess about 200 of our 'lads' were combing across that park before the match only stopping to confront locals outside a couple of the pubs on the periphery of the park but the odd thing is they were all bedecked in matching dark blue bobble hats. Was there a time when it was de rigeur among our boys to where this kind of colour-coordinated utilitarian cold-weather wear or have I dreamt it ?  |
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Post by bathstoke on Oct 30, 2018 11:21:23 GMT
I seem to remember ‘shirts’ get battered by the park in the Noughties & ending up in the BRI hospital with broken eye sockets & the like... Speaking of Bristol City and the Park in the Noughties or maybe early 2000's, I went to a game down there where I would guess about 200 of our 'lads' were combing across that park before the match only stopping to confront locals outside a couple of the pubs on the periphery of the park but the odd thing is they were all bedecked in matching dark blue bobble hats. Was there a time when it was de rigeur among our boys to where this kind of matching utilitarian cold-weather wear or have I dreamt it ? Dreamt it 😴 |
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Post by block22stokie on Oct 30, 2018 12:17:50 GMT
I commented on this to my wife when I got home with the Kids- must have been a minimum of 200 Officers deployed may be more. Nearly all I saw had access to riot equipment and a number had stab vests. They looked on edge as though they had been wound up in their briefing to expect disorder. They kept the coaches back for nearly an hour as well As far as I could see there was no trouble whats so ever, and the small Bristol crew to our left were absolutely pathetic and incapable of creating major disturbance Is the incident at Preston and the obvious drug abuse in the bogs at West Brom following us around? Don’t think they kept the coaches back on purpose? Where we parked was shite and was just general traffic getting off I thought |
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Post by durbanscircus on Oct 30, 2018 13:41:41 GMT
I commented on this to my wife when I got home with the Kids- must have been a minimum of 200 Officers deployed may be more. Nearly all I saw had access to riot equipment and a number had stab vests. They looked on edge as though they had been wound up in their briefing to expect disorder. They kept the coaches back for nearly an hour as well As far as I could see there was no trouble whats so ever, and the small Bristol crew to our left were absolutely pathetic and incapable of creating major disturbance Is the incident at Preston and the obvious drug abuse in the bogs at West Brom following us around? Don’t think they kept the coaches back on purpose? Where we parked was shite and was just general traffic getting off I thought To get us out they had block off the main road and they didnt do that for an hour- not sure if it was deliberate or neglect- but its been the only place Ive been to this year where we havent been able to leave |
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