After the Match

[Narborough_fox]

Yeah well don't they're always have to be police at a fire preferably hundreds

[maddog]

Why would the fans want to go and trample all over the pitch when we have one of the most important matches of the decade next week, on that pitch!

[cambridgefox]

Why would the fans want to go and trample all over the pitch when we have one of the most important matches of the decade next week, on that pitch!

Exactly!

[purpleronnie]

Why do you only have to have a pitch invasion because you win something? I didn't realise there were pitch invasion rules, sounds like excuses to me.

[Edmund]

Why would the fans want to go and trample all over the pitch when we have one of the most important matches of the decade next week, on that pitch!

[Ozwin]

Why do you only have to have a pitch invasion because you win something? I didn't realise there were pitch invasion rules, sounds like excuses to me.

I swear you just say the opposite to what everyone else thinks on here.

[Fosse Boy]

I swear you just say the opposite to what everyone else thinks on here.

Give him his dues though, he's right a fair bit of the time.

[Ozwin]

Sometimes yeah, just noticed it a lot lately.

[Jordan]

Why do you only have to have a pitch invasion because you win something? I didn't realise there were pitch invasion rules, sounds like excuses to me.

Exactly.

All these rules--written and implicit--are such a joke.

We should all feel free to run onto the pitch at any time.

In fact, I've come up with this handy, but by no means exclusive, list of occasions that may warrant a pitch invasion:

-After every City draw

-When the referee blows his whistle to signal that the players may kick off from the cent-er/re spot(either at the start of the game, the start of the 2nd half, or following any goal)

-When Richie Wellens passes the ball to his left

-Whenever three (3) or more City fans yell, "SHOOOOOOT!" when a City player has the ball no closer than 35 yards from the goal line

-The 26th minute

-When Ian Walker ships in five (5) goals

-When the fourth official holds up the electronic board to either signal the numbers of players about to be substituted or the minimum amount of stoppage time to be added to the half.

-When City win a game that, while doesn't bring them out of the relegation zone, brings them a little closer to getting out of the relegation zone (see Town, Grimsby)

-Whenever a fan tells another fan in front of him to sit down

-When you want to kindly offer to give Milan Mandaric back your season ticket with one home game remaining

-When City play on a day ending in "y"

-When City get another chance to play Burton Albion

-When you're on fire, and the only way you'll be able to save yourself is by running onto the pitch to stop, drop and roll

-You are Dave Rennie and a City player is lying on the pitch, clutching his knee in agony

-When the other team has a throw in

[leftsideoverhere]

Funniest thing about the Grimsby vid is the fans chanting "get the chavs off the pitch", and the panic in the voice of the announcer yelling at people to clear the playing area - obv terrified that the ref might have abandoned the game.

I love a good pitch invasion as much as the next mindless fan, but from JJ at the back of the kop it'd take me ten minutes to reach the ****er. The Walkers is not built to make a pitch invasion very likely, is it?

[Unit]

Funniest thing about the Grimsby vid is the fans chanting "get the chavs off the pitch", and the panic in the voice of the announcer yelling at people to clear the playing area - obv terrified that the ref might have abandoned the game.

I love a good pitch invasion as much as the next mindless fan, but from JJ at the back of the kop it'd take me ten minutes to reach the ****er. The Walkers is not built to make a pitch invasion very likely, is it?

I'm on row PP (back one) as if i'm running down them stairs! takes me 5 minutes to walk up the ****ers.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Well the way I look at it is this;

If people are invading the pitch in general around the country, just because it's the last match, then what do you have to do if you've actually won something?

See? I frikking fed up with the "let's celebrate every little thing" and the smallest good thing that happens is described as "Awesome!" I mean, what do these people have left to say when something that actually is awesome happens?

[Daggers]

I mean, what do these people have left to say when something that actually is awesome happens?

Are you referring to the planned 130th Year celebratory match against Chipping Norton FC?

[Bellend Sebastian]

I went on the pitch after the last game at Filbo and after the excitement of charging down there you realise that you're just stood on some muddy grass, unsure of what to do next, and surrounded by a couple of thousand people milling around aimlessly.

You'd think it would be more exciting. They should let everyone do it once just to get it out of their system

[Edmund]

Another problem is you end up with people taking chunks of the grass home. Just what we need with a play off semi final coming up.

[Fosse Boy]

Another problem is you end up with people taking chunks of the grass home. Just what we need with a play off semi final coming up.

Never understood why people do that. The turf's hardly hallowed if it's relayed every few years is it? My aunty's front garden in Fleckney is made up entirely of Filbert Street turf coz the club sold it on to a garden centre when they replaced it once.

[Fox You Forest]

I wouldn't be surprised if Blackpool encouraged it, flatten their pitch a bit make it more payable.

[The Doctor]

produces some quality PA announcements such as:

"Will the fat kid get off the pitch" Stockport V Brentford 07/08

"Couldn't you do this in the car park?" Swansea celebrating winning the League 1 title 07/08

[Brainy]

Lovely scenes at the end of the Luton match. Bloody stewards, eh?

[C.J]

Wonder how much it cost to get the entire Leicestershire police force down there to stop people running on the pitch? Glad I didnt leave my car unlocked.

Didnt the club think that the 8,875 stewards could cope with the job?

Totally ott.

Loved the chant of 'who are ya' though.

[Fosse Boy]

Lovely scenes at the end of the Luton match. Bloody stewards, eh?

If they're stopping violence (as I understand there was some aggro at the end of that match) then that's fine, but apart from that they're pretty much obsolete at football. Hence the reason they feel the need to pick on innocent fans for what are often the most trivial of "offences" in order to justify their jobs.

EDIT: Just seen the footage of Luton fans charging the away end. Still stand by what I've said in this post.

[ousefox]

****ing Luton fans were a disgrace today. Chucking everything from coins, bottles and even KitKats at York players as they were trying to leave the pitch via the away stand.

Went to the York home leg on Thursday and there were quite a few fights started mostly by Luton fans after the game. A York fan was walking out of the ground and suddenly started to get punched for no reason whatsoever.

[john_lcfc]

where is footage available of the Luton v York game? both highlights and fan incidents?

[ousefox]

where is footage available of the Luton v York game? both highlights and fan incidents?

It will be coming up at 7 on SSN i would think.

Edit: Shows York players having to climb up stand to get out of stadium while having things lobbed at them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoeXi_2MU88

[purpleronnie]

Oh dear. This is one of the reasons clubs dont want pitch invasions.