17 banned.

Sammy

I think you need to read my post again.

Save your links for someone who condones it. :S

RP
It seems to me you are condoning it on grounds of their age or maybe you were being sarcastic and contrary to make a point, which is always good escape route. In fairness to you I could have posted the link against a number of previous posts, just that yours was the last one.

Tyldesley
I was aware when I posted the link that the flare that caused someone’s death was different to those being set off at Bolton. But if this kind of thing is allowed to carry on it can escalate into something more serious such as reported in the link.

I wasn’t there on Saturday but was at the Stoke game when flares were also set off about two rows directly in front of me. Whilst I didn’t feel in any immediate danger it wasn’t a pleasant experience and some of the younger kids around were very frightened by it.

Banning people from football matches for life for incidents that may seem petty at the time does appear harsh but is becoming more common. I agree that the majority if not all of the 17 banning orders were probably for incidents unconnected with the flares but as you rightly say if you are prepared to set off a flare inside a stadium then you deserve everything you get. I really don’t have a problem with that.

Your wrong. I wasn’t condoning the action of taking a flare into the ground. I was questioning the punishment due to there age.

Again, i suggest you read my post again before replying.[/quote]
The club statement doesn’t specifically state why they were banned so how do you know the punishment was harsh?

However, my view is that if a 15 year-old is identified setting off a flare inside a stadium then it is not unreasonable for them to expect to be banned, despite their age.

But you don’t know, do you? You think the club would ban 17 people, irrespective of their ages, without due cause?

Doesn’t this incident get us back onto the debate of sitting in your allocated seat.
Not sure how the club “have worked closely with the police” but do the club would have names of the fans that a seat or number of seats were sold to from their database??

The only other way they’ve managed to get 17 fans linked to the flare incidents is by witnessing it themselves and arresting them at the time. The types of incidents being mentioned [other than lighting and throwing flares,]seem to be cautionable offences only and do not warrant arrest or ban.

One of my mates lad knows one of the younger fans who have been banned and he claims to have done nowt, apart from be directly in the area of the incident. :woohoo:

As people have commented on here, if you play with fire you will get burned and luckily nobody did, apart from the perpetrators themselves.

PS As anyone mentioned how these flares have managed to get past the stewards searching people before allowing them to enter the turnstiles. I and others going in at the same time got the scarecrow search, being patted down from under arm to knees. :ohmy:

Read it properly, EL. They were banned for setting light to the flares. Eye-wateringly dangerous ;)

I dont know how to do that copy and paste thing so PLEASE go on to a stie called this northen soul really good article on there titled ban these thugs or summert anyway if anyone knows how doit put it on here cheers