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Post by thegrud1 on May 2, 2021 17:20:37 GMT
interesting...there was talk about points deduction following bolton protest......absolutley garantee wont happen now ...they wont upset man utd...would cost them money
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Post by andyl on May 2, 2021 17:31:21 GMT
I was just about to start a thread!!! Here we have a fan protest , a pitch invasion on the one hand and owner hubris / mismanagement on the other.
Surely , surely all precedent dictates a massive fine closure of ground and points deduction. ?
When we didn't fulfil a fixture and had difficulties we faced embargo, points deduction and near closure. Bury were extinguished. But years ago home clubs were always penalised for fan invasions.
I'd say a £5m fine to be disributed to div12 and NL clubs could be fair alongside a points deduction throwing them out of next year's Champions League. The absolute minimum.
How commentators filibustering didn't get to this I'm not sure. Just hope the FA does!!!
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Post by whitesince63 on May 2, 2021 19:47:03 GMT
Sadly Andy, we know that there won’t be any penalty, or if there is, it will be a trifling fine because that’s how it goes. They only penalise the weak or those that don’t really matter. I’m afraid whether we like it or not, money talks and the authorities, including the government will always bend over backwards to protect their pound of flesh!
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Post by andyl on May 3, 2021 7:33:44 GMT
And it seems that bwfc may be denied a stadium return or at least restricted to a limited one because of a stadium invading minority.
I've added this here and am not even going to bother to underline why.
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Post by OohMac on May 3, 2021 10:55:19 GMT
Thought the reason for going to the stadium was to show players and squad appreciation. When you turn up with flares and your bag of Stellas its clear on your motive. Isnt that area a non alcohol and a few fines should be given out?
The BN told the fans to stay away, or rather printed the club statement to ask that then before kick off showed a gallery of fans(arent they great?) It was hardly on point with the "you shouldnt be here" message.
Think our fans have behaved as bad if not worse at Leeds and Lincoln in recent times. Important to remember most fans did stay away. Most that went behaved. Those that didnt deserve should be detached from Bolton/football fan and be treated as any ordinary criminal. You dont read headlines like "Bolton fan in high speed police chase".
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Post by davidm on May 3, 2021 13:35:57 GMT
When you turn up with flares and your bag of Stellas its clear on your motive. Exactly. Back in the good old days when we could go to away games (is it only 1 season ago?), I regularly complained about our away fans and the use of flares. Standing up on seats for 90 minutes was bad enough but the flares were awful. I may well be an old codger but when those flares went off, it was dreadful, choking smoke. Way back on this forum, there are comments from me that someone will get hurt one day. All clubs have a group of stupid fans and we certainly have ours.
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