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Criminal investigation opened into that John Terry song handout
Some people are just wilfully oblivious to the concept of "risk".There's news that an 8 year old girl got hit by coins when she was in the disabled bit of the ground. She and her father hold Chelsea season tickets.
Now, whilst it's fucking horrible this happened, what kind of special fuckwit takes an 8 year old girl to a match that everyone knows is going to be full of bovver? Even if they are in the disabled bit. The dad should be in front of a judge for this.
There's news that an 8 year old girl got hit by coins when she was in the disabled bit of the ground. She and her father hold Chelsea season tickets.
Now, whilst it's fucking horrible this happened, what kind of special fuckwit takes an 8 year old girl to a match that everyone knows is going to be full of bovver? Even if they are in the disabled bit. The dad should be in front of a judge for this.
The father blamed West ham,but the girl said it could have been their own that threw the coins.
To be honest, i was expecting last night to be a lot worse.
Make you right about taking a kid to a game like that though,in a ground that is untried and unknown.
In the land of if everything was just and fair, I'd have to agree, but it's not as if there werent warnings about trouble. I can say with utter certainty, there's no way I'd take any of my daughters with me to a match like that, knowing the concerns around safety. I mean even getting to and from the ground must've been a nightmare for her.In two minds with this, you wouldn't expect the disabled section to be exposed to this kind of shit and going to football might be one of the few things this little girl gets excited about and can enjoy. A group of wankers acting like 16 year olds shouldn't be able to dictate what people can and can't do
Seriously though. I love my daughter, and if she wanted to go to a particular game (in any sport), I would try everything possible to take her. But I would think twice about taking her to an event between two clubs with well-documented past violence at a stadium with an equally well-known serious problem with crowd management.The father blamed West ham,but the girl said it could have been their own that threw the coins.
To be honest, i was expecting last night to be a lot worse.
Make you right about taking a kid to a game like that though,in a ground that is untried and unknown.
In the land of if everything was just and fair, I'd have to agree, but it's not as if there werent warnings about trouble. I can say with utter certainty, there's no way I'd take any of my daughters with me to a match like that, knowing the concerns around safety. I mean even getting to and from the ground must've been a nightmare for her.
Did the song actually get sung in the ground?Good. That is the worst thing of all the shit that went down last night.
When you think about it, there is something outrageous about the notion that you need to devote police resources to people attending a football game. But that is the sad reality of the state of the sport; that some people are so thick they're unable to enjoy football properly and instead try to ruin it for the other 98% of humanity.Probably because they had half of London's police around the ground. Thing is they can't keep that level of security up every game without massive expenditure, bet they will give our fans fuck all protection.
FUCKING BUNGS MATESurely at some point West Ham have to get into serious trouble for these repeated incidents at their ground - like fines, docked points, games behind closed doors - the FA seems suspiciously quiet.
Surely at some point West Ham have to get into serious trouble for these repeated incidents at their ground - like fines, docked points, games behind closed doors - the FA seems suspiciously quiet.