[Archived] Supporter Safety Put At Risk

[mark1875]

Rovers v Wigan

Supporter Safety Put At Risk

[Anti-Dingle-Brigade]

Link doesnt work

Now it does.

The 'source' is clearly a fan which sort of lowers the impact...

[glen9mullan]

Link doesnt work

Now it does.

The 'source' is clearly a fan which sort of lowers the impact...

The source is an employee and was active on the night in question

[Anti-Dingle-Brigade]

Yes but he is also a fan which makes it less dramatic as he has natural bias. Nonetheless, get this spread on Twitter etc.

[blue_n_white99]

Surely the Fire Brigade, Police must make an investigation into this,at best it would be considered reckless endangerment, wouldn't it?

[JAL]

Now this is a very serious issue.

[AllRoverAsia]

That poor little chicken - some barsteward fried it.

[arbitro]

From our seats in the Family Stand we saw two people on the Darwen End roof on the night in question. At first we thought it may have been some form of protest but in light of this it could have been club officials/stewards or even the fire steward on the roof. They were there for quite some time at the time smoke when was seen above the Darwen End.

Surely there are breaches of conditions of their safety license in light of this information.

[AggyBlue]

Now this is a very serious issue.

Correct. They can't fob off the HSE with lies.

[mark1875]

From our seats in the Family Stand we saw two people on the Darwen End roof on the night in question. At first we thought it may have been some form of protest but in light of this it could have been club officials/stewards or even the fire steward on the roof. They were there for quite some time at the time smoke when was seen above the Darwen End.

Surely there are breaches of conditions of their safety license in light of this information.

It was indeed confirmed in the letter we received regarding this that fire stewards on duty were on the roof opening safety hatches.

[Wolverine]

It may be an idea for anyone who witnessed this event to post about it - as arbitro has.

[glen9mullan]

Since this article went live, another steward who was on duty has come forward and completely backed the contents

[Stuart]

Has anyone heard if the stewards are being replaced with an outside agency? I've heard that normally last year's stewards are normally contacted by now about their positions for the coming season, and may not have been?

[glen9mullan]

Has anyone heard if the stewards are being replaced with an outside agency? I've heard that normally last year's stewards are normally contacted by now about their positions for the coming season, and may not have been?

Has anyone heard if the stewards are being replaced with an outside agency? I've heard that normally last year's stewards are normally contacted by now about their positions for the coming season, and may not have been?

Having spoke to a few they have said that they usually get asked on courses and have heard nothing, so there is a chance that Moulton's men may be used, but hard to know one way or the other tbh.

[blue_n_white99]

Who is Moulton, Kung fu Panda?

[Jock]

Who is Moulton, Kung fu Panda?

Yeah its him Phil Moulton.

[mark1875]

Smoke seen in the upper tier of the Darwen End at 11:55 onwards on this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSholpbYyhQ

[ABBEY]

I posted a few weeks ago that hong kong phooey is said to stopping anyone entering ewood in protests shirts...I HOPE SO ,,,BRING IT ON.

[dring1]

I saw smoke from the upper tier of the darwen end. thought it was a flair let of by the wigan fans obviously not.

[Hasta]

That video is absolutely shocking. Just watch Bradley Orr get skinned at 11:40. Shocking.

Seriously though I hope this snowballs but, like everything else, I feel they'll worm their way out of it.

[AndyNeil]

Rovers v Wigan

Supporter Safety Put At Risk

It will be interesting to see what, if any, the response is from the club about this article. Has the BRFC Action Group appraoched the club for a response, and if so, what was it?

[DE.]

It will be interesting to see what, if any, the response is from the club about this article. Has the BRFC Action Group appraoched the club for a response, and if so, what was it?

From the article:

We have also tried to discuss this incident with Blackburn Rovers who declined to comment on the matter.

[AllRoverAsia]

I had noticed it in the games I'd seen on TV but the video above highlights how many stewards and Plods Rovers employ to ''take care'' of the Rovers fans in the Darwen End. It looks like a 1:1 ratio. Patheic - and all on behalf of one bald sh1thead called STEVE KEAN.

[Ste B]

I would be very surprised if the club hadnt already investigated this incident and taken internal action. It would be a condition of the stadium licensing to review this.

The worry is that this is just one side of the story from disgruntled employees, so there is an argument that the club should put its side at some point.

[AndyNeil]

That will teach me to read the article properly...