More Old Firm away fans overcrowding

[Carheenlea]

The practice of forcing entry, forged tickets or doubling up at turnstiles has been going on for a while with them, but this picture from Fir Park yesterday suggests the problem is getting worse.

That away end is quite clearly well over capacity and clubs must be starting to get concerned if their away stands are filled to what would be deemed unsafe levels.

You feel for the genuine ticket holding fans who’s match day experience and comfort is being affected by their fellow fans gaining entry to stadiums without genuine tickets.

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[Real Emerald]

It’s not just match day experience it’s dangerous and a disaster waiting to happen. The authorities do nothing to go against them but will be culpable when the inevitable does eventually happen.

[Trinity Hibee]

Noticed this when I watched 5 mins of the game. You can never see the stairs which says it all

[MWHIBBIES]

Only 2 things can stop this, the clubs and the police. Neither seem interested.

Motherwell away end is probably the best and easiest in the country to set up a check point outside the stand check tickets and stop this.

It's ridiculous, and someone will get hurt, and the daft old firm fans will blame everyone but themselves.

[Nicho87]

Someone has obviously had a really high quality printer stolen

Poor sod

[Chorley Hibee]

Yet another example of the authorities just rolling over and allowing the two arse cheeks to do as they please.

Any response from the Police, the League, our media etc?

Of course not, just complicit silence.

Unfortunately, it'll require a serious accident before action is taken, and as a previous poster stated, we'll then hear how it's everybody else's fault but their own.

[Lendo]

If anything were to happen they would be quick enough to point the finger at the home team for not ensuring their safety.

[JimBHibees]

Yet another example of the authorities just rolling over and allowing the two arse cheeks to do as they please.

Any response from the Police, the League, our media etc?

Of course not, just complicit silence.

Unfortunately, it'll require a serious accident before action is taken, and as a previous poster stated, we'll then hear how it's everybody else's fault but their own.

Agree and when the inevitable accident happens all will maintain they didn't know anything about. You would have thought there would have been an awareness of serious incidents at football grounds.

[JimBHibees]

If anything were to happen they would be quick enough to point the finger at the home team for not ensuring their safety.

Indeed their responsibility blah blah

[Hibs Go Bragh]

How do away games work for genuine celtic fans? Is it just a lottery where you stand as there's more than likely someone else in your space? Do you get a ticket for an away game and accept that you might be standing on the stairs if you're late to get in?

This is another problem caused by these self entitled ultra pricks!

[hibee-boys]

Nothing will be done until there’s an incident then we’ll here the usual poor us, heavy handed security/police etc no doubt.

[Northernhibee]

I was speaking to a friend who has worked security at a number of grounds and he claims that he was told that if fans of two certain clubs were to enter the pitch, you don’t engage with them.

[Jones28]

How long is it before something terrible happens with this? Especially worrying looking at the upper tier. People standing on steps and imbibing substances. It's so dangerous.

[Crab apple]

Presumably they are doing this using fake tickets or is it doubling up through the turnstiles?

[McD]

Yet another example of the authorities just rolling over and allowing the two arse cheeks to do as they please.

Any response from the Police, the League, our media etc?

Of course not, just complicit silence.

Unfortunately, it'll require a serious accident before action is taken, and as a previous poster stated, we'll then hear how it's everybody else's fault but their own.


When rangers fans overcrowded at rugby park a few years ago, they were forcing open fire exits to let more of their brethren in. Then during the match, some of them went onto the roof of a disabled viewing area, causing the roof to collapse - the rangers fans groups were screaming blue murder about Kilmarnock not ensuring their safety

[McD]

Presumably they are doing this using fake tickets or is it doubling up through the turnstiles?


I think it’s also a tactic to have some of them go into the stadium then try to open fire exits to allow more of them to enter


There was a video posted on here a few months back of stewards trying to bodily hold fire exits shut as Celtic fans were brazenly trying to batter it open

[Greenbeard]

Indeed their responsibility blah blah
But it is!

[Dmas]

Presumably they are doing this using fake tickets or is it doubling up through the turnstiles?

This is what they were upto at ER and Celtic accused us of being heavy handed and dangerous , there’s no backbone to the authorities here, there will be an accident at some stage be a whole host of finger pointing going on

[wookie70]

The only thing the police and stewards seem to do at ER these days is stop bairns with cartons of juice and block off home fans from making their way home after the game on their desired route. Its as if there isn't enough bother so they want to create more.

They have no issue allowing cars to exit the street at the Butterfly and drive through a Derby crowd, smoke bombs and flares who cares, idiots chucking coins etc will never be visibly policed etc etc. The police and stewarding have basically year or year made it clear that you can do anything you fancy if you are in a decent sized away support. It is massively unlikely they will do anything after the game either so we will continue to see over populated stands and the variety of dangerous behaviour we have to put up with at present until someone is seriously hurt or worse(hair catching fire viewed as comical)

[Keith_M]

If anything were to happen they would be quick enough to point the finger at the home team for not ensuring their safety.


The Rangers and their Fans had a right good whinge when Hibs put checks in place last season to prevent fans entering without tickets.

Hunbelievable that a club would publicly complain about appropriate safety measure being put in place for it's own fans... but that's Der Hun, I suppose.

[oneone73]

The Rangers and their Fans had a right good whinge when Hibs put checks in place last season to prevent fans entering without tickets.

Hunbelievable that a club would publicly complain about appropriate safety measure being put in place for it's own fans... but that's Der Hun, I suppose.

Thought that was the Celtc game that happened?

[superfurryhibby]

It should be getting policed, by the police.

[Keith_M]

Thought that was the Celtc game that happened?


Was it?

Just shows how bad my memory is.

:greengrin

[Lendo]

The Rangers and their Fans had a right good whinge when Hibs put checks in place last season to prevent fans entering without tickets.

Hunbelievable that a club would publicly complain about appropriate safety measure being put in place for its own fans... but that's Der Hun, I suppose.

Precisely. Mind when their fans climbed on top of Killie’s disabled wheelchair shelter and destroyed it, injuring their own disabled fans….then proceeded to still blame Kilmarnock!