Ultras & Flag Poles

[The clitheroe kid]

this is an absolute outrage.They, whoever THEY are be, it stewards or higher need to take a long hard look at themselves and realise that we, as paying supporters are keeping them in a job. It is 1 of the finest sights in football seeing the clayton end in all its glory and to take that away would be like ripping the heart out of every supporter who stands there week in week out cheering the lads on.
At the end of the day this drastic action has been taken without any person being injured or as far as i can tell even complaining.

Taking the flags away is taking away our identity.Something needs to be done and quick

[theresonlyoneaccy]

Create a flag saying: "stanley ultras flying the flag since 2005"? Bit petty but it gets the message across...

[Willie Miller]

Originally Posted by theresonlyoneaccy

Create a flag saying: "stanley ultras flying the flag since 2005"? Bit petty but it gets the message across...

*Cough* 2004

[Stanleymad]

There is least one thing no one can take from ya is the chants/songs
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[stanleyhouse]

Sounds like the Bradford fans weren't too keen on our stewards or general organistion either.

Taken from the Bradford forum:

"A damn shame considering the level of support we take away from home, the ticketing etc was pathetic today, plenty paid an extra £2 for a seat to be told there weren't any left. We were told that our fans could not stand behind the 2 rows of seats due to health and safety but that just meant everyone stood in the gangways with another 200 still waiting at the turnstiles. This was so predictable and Accrington should have known this and either opened part of another stand, refused entry or made the game all ticket earlier. I'm not exaggerating when I say events like this on a bigger scale lead to tragedies like Hillsborough, the stewards were refusing people in the stand with the seats yet fans were saying the police had sent them there. No one seemed to be taking responsibility for it and they were clueless"

[david1]

I would be very interested to see what the Stanley management have to say about this ?The club needs more fans, not less .

[AccyAggro]

where has my post gone

[Stanleymad]

Just need to point out while everyone is annoyed is we keep calm & think on posts, language & any threats or those sort of ideas will be taken away from thread, as will make matters worse & the point lost.

[Stanleymad]

Originally Posted by AccyAggro

where has my post gone

See post 53.

[Pendle Red]

Originally Posted by stanleyhouse

Sounds like the Bradford fans weren't too keen on our stewards or general organistion either.

Taken from the Bradford forum:

"A damn shame considering the level of support we take away from home, the ticketing etc was pathetic today, plenty paid an extra £2 for a seat to be told there weren't any left. We were told that our fans could not stand behind the 2 rows of seats due to health and safety but that just meant everyone stood in the gangways with another 200 still waiting at the turnstiles. This was so predictable and Accrington should have known this and either opened part of another stand, refused entry or made the game all ticket earlier. I'm not exaggerating when I say events like this on a bigger scale lead to tragedies like Hillsborough, the stewards were refusing people in the stand with the seats yet fans were saying the police had sent them there. No one seemed to be taking responsibility for it and they were clueless"

That is not good reading and another Google Page Ranking disaster for the Club, in it's context it is a very serious matter.

Somebody needs to start taking ownership of what is going on around the Club at this moment in time and soon, everybody should be on the crest of the wave with our League position but things are slowly starting to come apart at the seams.

Everybody just wants what is best to take the Club forward please listen and don't alienate yourselves from the people who care the most

[Stanleymad]

Originally Posted by david1

I would be very interested to see what the Stanley management have to say about this ?The club needs more fans, not less .

Good point, its very strange after nearly 3 seasons in L2, suddenly now theres no flags allowed

[mab]

Originally Posted by stanleyhouse

Sounds like the Bradford fans weren't too keen on our stewards or general organistion either.

Taken from the Bradford forum:

"A damn shame considering the level of support we take away from home, the ticketing etc was pathetic today, plenty paid an extra £2 for a seat to be told there weren't any left. We were told that our fans could not stand behind the 2 rows of seats due to health and safety but that just meant everyone stood in the gangways with another 200 still waiting at the turnstiles. This was so predictable and Accrington should have known this and either opened part of another stand, refused entry or made the game all ticket earlier. I'm not exaggerating when I say events like this on a bigger scale lead to tragedies like Hillsborough, the stewards were refusing people in the stand with the seats yet fans were saying the police had sent them there. No one seemed to be taking responsibility for it and they were clueless"

My understanding on this is that the club(Accrington Stanley) are advised by the police to how many away fans are exspected!on saturday i am lead to believe the club was told that a max of 800 Bradford fans would be in attendance at the game ,this figure was then revised to 1400 tops.the away end including the whinneyhill seat's hold a max of 1300 away fans.But as we all no now this figure was way under estimated and so once the away end is full then what?? seating was hastily made available in the main stand aprox 100 seats,plus the other half of the whinney hill.and some got in to the clayton end.what im saying is that the club are told how many fans to exspect on the day and the club plan accordingly..hope this helps

[Stanleymad]

Originally Posted by stanleyhouse

Sounds like the Bradford fans weren't too keen on our stewards or general organistion either.

Taken from the Bradford forum:

"A damn shame considering the level of support we take away from home, the ticketing etc was pathetic today, plenty paid an extra £2 for a seat to be told there weren't any left. We were told that our fans could not stand behind the 2 rows of seats due to health and safety but that just meant everyone stood in the gangways with another 200 still waiting at the turnstiles. This was so predictable and Accrington should have known this and either opened part of another stand, refused entry or made the game all ticket earlier. I'm not exaggerating when I say events like this on a bigger scale lead to tragedies like Hillsborough, the stewards were refusing people in the stand with the seats yet fans were saying the police had sent them there. No one seemed to be taking responsibility for it and they were clueless"

Yeouch, not good at all, the club should of made it all ticket & sent the tickets to bradford, as quite clearly could of been more disasterous than it was. There was a long queue before game for the away end. Again highlights lack of fore sight - especially as game had been hyped up re most wanted coley stuff. Last thing on earth we want is another hillsborough!

[Pendle Red]

Originally Posted by mab

My understanding on this is that the club(Accrington Stanley) are advised by the police to how many away fans are exspected!on saturday i am lead to believe the club was told that a max of 800 Bradford fans would be in attendance at the game ,this figure was then revised to 1400 tops.the away end including the whinneyhill seat's hold a max of 1300 away fans.But as we all no now this figure was way under estimated and so once the away end is full then what?? seating was hastily made available in the main stand aprox 100 seats,plus the other half of the whinney hill.and some got in to the clayton end.what im saying is that the club are told how many fans to exspect on the day and the club plan accordingly..hope this helps

How can you be told how many to expect?

It's a public event it may have been two it may have been 3002

It was not all ticket, Bradford always travel in numbers, look back at our past attendances against the Bantams

Not having ago at you Mab here just common sense should tell you what to expect

The other thing is the maths just do not add up

[maccawozzagod]

Bradford always fill (or almost) our away end, it was odds on that they would do so again - especially with a new, high profile manager