theres some people on the pitch....

i noticed today the amount of pitch invasions from saturdays games.

any other day, bar the final home game this is a criminal offence, due to safety issues.

so my question is : what makes promotion/relegation avoidance a safe time to be on the pitch, whereas, one person on the pitch is not safe

The police can manage to deal with circa 5, 5000 is a different circunstance.

Sneinton Green wrote:

i noticed today the amount of pitch invasions from saturdays games.

any other day, bar the final home game this is a criminal offence, due to safety issues.

so my question is : what makes promotion/relegation avoidance a safe time to be on the pitch, whereas, one person on the pitch is not safe

Those stewards are big blokes, when they rugby tackle you then take you out back for a good kicking it really hurts and is therefore unsafe.

I must say I felt envious of the Saints fans on Saturday what a buzz, I will save my next pitch invasion until the next promotion, my be the first one ever in a wheelchair /invalid carriage by then though.

Generally pitch invasions are fine, especially if a promotion is being celebrated. However precedents have been set where things have gone wrong. Didn't former Argyle player Scott Laird get punched in one such invasion?

They do go wrong . A group of us went to watch Torquay All the Torquay fans invaded the pitch so I joined in. Then some bloke had an epileptic fit in the centre circle. Not good

Tavypilgrim wrote:

Generally pitch invasions are fine, especially if a promotion is being celebrated. However precedents have been set where things have gone wrong. Didn't former Argyle player Scott Laird get punched in one such invasion?

not sure of that one, although i was at newcastle, tuesday night back in 91 or 90, all argo fans got free admission (only 20 or so there), robbie 'the elbow' turner had just put us 2 up, when a geordie ran on and tw@ted him. papers said it was an alledged incident!

Sneinton Green wrote:

Tavypilgrim wrote:

Generally pitch invasions are fine, especially if a promotion is being celebrated. However precedents have been set where things have gone wrong. Didn't former Argyle player Scott Laird get punched in one such invasion?

not sure of that one, although i was at newcastle, tuesday night back in 91 or 90, all argo fans got free admission (only 20 or so there), robbie 'the elbow' turner had just put us 2 up, when a geordie ran on and tw@ted him. papers said it was an alledged incident!

Scott Laird got thumped by one of his own fans. I think it was Port Vale and can't be bothered googling it.