Stewarding

[BusheyFox]

Does anyone know why there has  been a huge increase in the number of stewards in recent weeks manning the gangway to the left of the dugout in the West Stand? 
Looking around  the ground  the numbers really stand out and it seems to have coincided with Rodger’s’ position being under threat

Are  the club expecting the  supporters there , who are mostly middle aged by the way, to try to storm the dugout and attack  him?

[Izzy]

3 minutes ago, BusheyFox said:

Does anyone know why there has  been a huge increase in the number of stewards in recent weeks manning the gangway to the left of the dugout in the West Stand? 
Looking around  the ground  the numbers really stand out and it seems to have coincided with Rodger’s’ position being under threat

Are  the club expecting the  supporters there , who are mostly middle aged by the way, to try to storm the dugout and attack  him?

I think you've answered your own question

[Vacamion]

17 minutes ago, BusheyFox said:

Does anyone know why there has  been a huge increase in the number of stewards in recent weeks manning the gangway to the left of the dugout in the West Stand? 
Looking around  the ground  the numbers really stand out and it seems to have coincided with Rodger’s’ position being under threat

Are  the club expecting the  supporters there , who are mostly middle aged by the way, to try to storm the dugout and attack  him?

 

That's a bold statement.  

 

 

[Spudulike]

Don't mess with the Flask Mob. 

[Mike Oxlong]

They’re there to keep Brendan from doing a runner. 

Edited 2 November 2022 by Mike Oxlong

[tom27111]

Just now, Mike Oxlong said:

They’re there to keep Brendan from doing a runner. 

 

Maybe they're actually coaches advising Brendan?

 

Any coincidence we've been better lately? 

[mad biker]

16 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Don't mess with the Flask Mob. 

can`t see anything wrong with having a cuppa tea at half time without buggering off down to the concourse queueing for 3 days and paying  £23 for a shit cuppa with only plastic milk available :-)

[ozleicester]

They are just enforcing the restraining order that Brendan has put on Top... keeping him 100ft away. 

 

Explains a lot

[yorkie1999]

Can't work out why there's been such a large increase in security staff, i mean, it's not exactly boca juniours is it! Personally I think that someones makig a shed load of money from it somewhere and they seem to have got rid of the burger van from the back of the kop and replaced it with security staff. 

[davieG]

FOAD rings a bell.

[Fox92]

1 hour ago, yorkie1999 said:

Can't work out why there's been such a large increase in security staff, i mean, it's not exactly boca juniours is it! Personally I think that someones makig a shed load of money from it somewhere and they seem to have got rid of the burger van from the back of the kop and replaced it with security staff. 

It's daft. We're treated like away fans at home games, and that's why I put exactly that on the feedback email the other week.

[CosbehFox]

Yep. Screams of irony too. 
 

As it stands the club has approximately 30 to 35 stewards breaking their own ground regulations by standing or sitting on stairwells to supervise fans which may break those ground regulations. 
 

Hope the local H & S authority points out their stupidity. 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

11 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

Yep. Screams of irony too. 
 

As it stands the club has approximately 30 to 35 stewards breaking their own ground regulations by standing or sitting on stairwells to supervise fans which may break those ground regulations. 
 

Hope the local H & S authority points out their stupidity. 

Yeah same in SK1. Block up the aisles with stewards to stop people blocking the aisles. Peak LCFC middle management right there.

[Vlad the Fox]

There was concern over the oil protester gluing themselves to something at the last match hence the checks and maybe heavier presence.
 

Interestingly I heard a copper saying that while he couldn’t advocate using force against them he did point out that urine breaks down the glue  

[Swarles Barkley]

Yeah and more importantly why don’t they sit down straight away at kick off. Tired of telling the one near me

[gw_leics772]

Well, I'm gonna react if no-one else is.

 

Middle-aged, used like an insult, as though us middle aged are unlikely to be able to cause any trouble.

 

Well I'll have you know that once we have found a way to get to brendan with minimal resistance, stewarding, and no climbing over or bending under anything, we could cause some real aggro.

 

Actually  maybe not, I'm knackered just typing that. 

 

Wonder if I can get a yoof to throw my flask at him?

[gw_leics772]

Just now, Vlad the Fox said:

There was concern over the oil protester gluing themselves to something at the last match hence the checks and maybe heavier presence.
 

Interestingly I heard a copper saying that while he couldn’t advocate using force against them he did point out that urine breaks down the glue  

I say cut around them. If you cut straight through the neck, the rest of it is easier.

[Alfie.meadsy]

18 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Yeah same in SK1. Block up the aisles with stewards to stop people blocking the aisles. Peak LCFC middle management right there.

I have noticed more in SK1 recently 

[Mike Oxlong]

12 hours ago, BusheyFox said:

Does anyone know why there has  been a huge increase in the number of stewards in recent weeks manning the gangway to the left of the dugout in the West Stand? 
Looking around  the ground  the numbers really stand out and it seems to have coincided with Rodger’s’ position being under threat

Are  the club expecting the  supporters there , who are mostly middle aged by the way, to try to storm the dugout and attack  him?

It’s changed since the club noticed that the West Stand senior citizens have started coming to games kitted out in Stone Island. 

[Aleksz]

Sick of getting my drink took off me at the turnstiles too  no reason for it whatsoever 

[jamesmilner]

1 hour ago, gw_leics772 said:

Well, I'm gonna react if no-one else is.

 

Middle-aged, used like an insult, as though us middle aged are unlikely to be able to cause any trouble.

 

Well I'll have you know that once we have found a way to get to brendan with minimal resistance, stewarding, and no climbing over or bending under anything, we could cause some real aggro.

 

Actually  maybe not, I'm knackered just typing that. 

 

Wonder if I can get a yoof to throw my flask at him?

Looking at some of the so called "fight" fans , im quite sure most of the middle aged would do more damage !! 

[Balj]

Stewarding ratios are normally set by reference to "The Green Guide" - safety at events. I think it typically recommends 1 steward per 250 spectators. The training of them is a different matter!

 

Personally I've always got my flask and drink bottle in no problem but then the search of my rucksack is normally cursory at best - my own coffee over the concourse nonsense is a must, especially as its getting colder:)

[yorkie1999]

26 minutes ago, Balj said:

Stewarding ratios are normally set by reference to "The Green Guide" - safety at events. I think it typically recommends 1 steward per 250 spectators. The training of them is a different matter!

 

Personally I've always got my flask and drink bottle in no problem but then the search of my rucksack is normally cursory at best - my own coffee over the concourse nonsense is a must, especially as its getting colder:)

Is this a new guide, because until just recently there defineatly wasn't the amount of security staff we have now.(i say security staff because this new lot defineatly ain't stewards, a steward is there to help people as much as anything else), and that one outside sk1 who gets everyone in line!!! was he a sergeant in the army or something? i keep expecting to have to do 10 press-ups for not standing dead in line. 

[fox_up_north]

2 hours ago, Alfie.meadsy said:

I have noticed more in SK1 recently 

SK1 had its own little entourage last time I was there. Unreal. 

[SemperEadem]

2 minutes ago, fox_up_north said:

SK1 had its own little entourage last time I was there. Unreal.