Newport had many a problem last season and their reputation precedes them. You should see the Avon and Somerset turnout when Newport hit Bristol
CornishPaul":2vcpwyxs said:I have to disagree. Newport are well known for trouble. Have been for years in the lower leagues. They had a number of fans looking for trouble the 1st season they came down here. Trouble before and after the game. Then you no you attract the rain coat brigade on a boiling hot sunny day when there's a wiff of trouble.
If it kicks off everyone says where are the police? Why went they there. If they turn up to prevent it their scaring children. What a load of rubbish. I never seen any issue today. Didn't see any kids to frightened to move. Honestly moaning for no reason. Football must have been alright I suppose. Gota go home and kick the cat for some reason.
HC Green":2vcpwyxs said:Can anyone explain why D@C had that level of policing for 300 away fans? When at Northampton and Wimbledon there seem to be minimal policing for 700 and 900 away fans?
lyndhurst13":1e79xyjq said:GCH1965":1e79xyjq said:When were the steps blocked I went down them the police were stood at the bottom
I got out of the ground right on the final whistle, the stewards prevented my wife and I that we couldn't walk down the steps. I asked them what authority they had to prevent me from doing so to which they said the police had told them. By the time I had waked around the top and to the bottom of the steps people were being allowed down the steps. I asked a pc what the problem was he said he had no idea but the stewards had decided to block off the steps!!!!
Thanks for that insight.thirskgreen":2540fzxh said:I csn understand some of the frustration being vented in respect of delays exiting HP. But as Xy said, would it have been a love-in without the D&C presence? Possibly not. Pull up a sandbag and I'll briefly explain.....prior to matches, the football liaison officer of the hosting Force meets with counterparts of the visiting teams Force. Intel is exchanged over known hooligans and risk nominals. The Intel is risk assessed and the match is categorised. Police staffing is calculated on the category. Of course, many of the chavs involved are all talk and no trousers. But Plod can't take the risk if making that assumption because if they did walk the walk it could so easily end in disaster. A question was asked about the clubs financial obligation. The club pays for the officers who are utilised inside the ground hence why stewards are the preferred first line of defence. The remainder that are patrolling externally are primarily for public protection and not part of the bill. As for the comments about escorts on the A38? From my experience working for North Yorkshire Police I know that the preferred option is to pick up the coaches and get em to the ground so the fans can be managed efficiently. Much easier than having small pockets of fans including risk nominals spread over potentially all 4 corners of the city and beyond. Often, visiting fans to Middlesbrough and Sunderland will look to exit the A19 into places such as Thirsk, Northallerton, etc in search of pubs. Therefore, our traffic plot up and intercept them and take em to the northern point of the county. Cleveland police have a pool of outriders who then take over and take straight to the ground. Those who call it an overkill would be first to bump their gums if a couple coaches rolled in to somewhere like ivybridge unsupervised and the risk elements on board would be free to rampage for 20 or 30 mins before sufficient resources from the City arrived to regain control. The fact that we see so little trouble goes to show that the tactics employed are the right ones surely?
The Grumpy Loyal":rgd31z8e said:lyndhurst13":rgd31z8e said:GCH1965":rgd31z8e said:When were the steps blocked I went down them the police were stood at the bottom
I got out of the ground right on the final whistle, the stewards prevented my wife and I that we couldn't walk down the steps. I asked them what authority they had to prevent me from doing so to which they said the police had told them. By the time I had waked around the top and to the bottom of the steps people were being allowed down the steps. I asked a pc what the problem was he said he had no idea but the stewards had decided to block off the steps!!!!
I reckon I must have been stood next to you at the time of this, so I can concur. The stewards said they were blocking the steps on the orders of the police, who who mobbed up at the bottom of the steps. I walked back about 15-20 yards then jumped over the fence and down the bank and asked the coppers wtf they thought they were doing. They said it was nothing to do with them. Blaming each other for a crackpot decision just makes them both look like amateurs. Sadly not surprising though with the records of our police and stewards at games.