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Away Fans at SOL Update

The other thing is, authorities automatically demonising and treating entire groups of travelling football fans as if they were criminals is Thatcher-like rhetoric. Massive step in the wrong direction.
 

Can just imagine other clubs retaliating

Banning Sunderland fans bringing footwear into ground
Banning Sunderland fans bringing coats, jackets, jumpers etc
 
Steward - ‘Excuse me Sir, please can you open your wallet and remove all the cards and receipts. And now remove your pocket lining from your trousers and put your socks and shoes over there ready for scanning. I know it’s cold Sir but now your need to remove your outer clothing and mid layers. Just need to ensure you’ve not got a penny hidden anywhere’

Cardiff fan - ‘No worries but you should know I’ve given 3 vapes, a pocketful of coins, some pyro and some glass to my kids to take in, you can’t touch them.’
 
Hmmmmmm returns said:
Steward - ‘Excuse me Sir, please can you open your wallet and remove all the cards and receipts. And now remove your pocket lining from your trousers and put your socks and shoes over there ready for scanning. I know it’s cold Sir but now your need to remove your outer clothing and mid layers. Just need to ensure you’ve not got a penny hidden anywhere’

Cardiff fan - ‘No worries but you should know I’ve given 3 vapes, a pocketful of coins, some pyro and some glass to my kids to take in, you can’t touch them.’
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Exactly. This hasn't been thought through at all.
Stubbs ftm said:
Impossible to police. I bet the charity buckets outside the away turnstiles will be fuller than normal though
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So if an away fan uses a £5 note to buy a programme, what does he/she do with the change??
 
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Hettonlass said:
Following a request made on Thursday morning, the EFL have agreed that coins and vapes will no longer be permitted in the away section of the North Stand at the Stadium of Light.

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Great reaction from the club this 👏
It was a matter of time before somebody was badly hurt or worse.
 
seaham ftm said:
The club can’t hide behind EFL approval for a net now then when they’ve green lighted this pretty quickly.
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The reality is; the EFL probably approved it knowing that we are in the process of moving the away fans.

It also wouldn’t surprise me if they were moved downstairs pretty quickly as the club will now be extremely concerned over any further incidents.

The security on Saturday will be mental mind. I do feel sorry for genuine Cardiff fans but Christ knows what pressure is now being piled on the club due to their failure to act in the past
 
Obviously coins and vapes are the only items that can be thrown from a great height according to the hierarchy of our club.....what an absolute joke of a response and totally ineffective.
 
6inarow said:
I'm pretty sure that's what it means though, moving the kids to accommodate the away fans
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They were going to move the family section anyway as it's not appropriate where it is now right next to the noisy singing bit.
 
Hank Scorpio said:
The reality is; the EFL probably approved it knowing that we are in the process of moving the away fans.

It also wouldn’t surprise me if they were moved downstairs pretty quickly as the club will now be extremely concerned over any further incidents.

The security on Saturday will be mental mind. I do feel sorry for genuine Cardiff fans but Christ knows what pressure is now being piled on the club due to their failure to act in the past
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They can’t stop people with pyro canisters what are over 100mm big generally but suddenly there’re going to be able to stop people with coins.
The hierarchy are clueless man.
 
seaham ftm said:
They can’t stop people with pyro canisters what are over 100mm big generally but suddenly there’re going to be able to stop people with coins.
The hierarchy are clueless man.
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What are they meant to do until the fans are shifted though?
 
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