saintspete83 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Again at the saints Wigan game there was pyro being set off in the stands. It seems to be a familiar issue at the games now. Someone even thought it would be a good idea to throw one into the dual carriageway of the Steve Prescott Bridge. This needs a zero tolerance approach from the clubs as there is simply no need for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Manx RL Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 And have you raised this with the saints club? - Adepto Successu Per Tributum Fuga - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELBOWSEYE Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Seems to be a regular problem, wire fans have a problem away from home and I witnessed saints and Widnes and Wigan all doing it, needs clubs to be clamping down on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintspete83 Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 1 minute ago, Manx RL said: And have you raised this with the saints club? Not yet. They will be well aware as the stewards was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moove Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 31 minutes ago, ELBOWSEYE said: Seems to be a regular problem, wire fans have a problem away from home and I witnessed saints and Widnes and Wigan all doing it, needs clubs to be clamping down on it. Funnily enough it seems to always be when teams are playing away. There was a chap who got burned from one being thrown a couple of weeks back in the Saints end at Wire. The club put out a press release but the thing that hacks me off is they only did that because someone got hurt (thankfully not seriously). Seen it quite a few times on TV at other grounds too. It needs sorting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 This has certainly been an increasing problem over the past few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire Setter Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 12 hours ago, saintspete83 said: Could be related to the sponsor. Cheap lithium-battery vapes are known to explode like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleEyePie Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 The frustrating thing is that it seems to happen on a regular basis with certain Wigan fans at away games and yet as far as I'm aware the club hasn't made any comment on it at all. The small moronic minority of our fans are probably the worst for stuff like this and it's presumably because the club just does absolutely nothing about it, therefore they clearly tolerate it. I was stood down wind of the smoke bomb and because it's a roofed stand all the smoke just built up and traveled into the corner of the stands. Anyone with asthma or other respiratory issues would have been at risk and there's the obvious risk of someone getting burned too. Juvenile behaviour but unless clubs take it seriously they aren't going to stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 18 minutes ago, EagleEyePie said: The frustrating thing is that it seems to happen on a regular basis with certain Wigan fans at away games and yet as far as I'm aware the club hasn't made any comment on it at all. The small moronic minority of our fans are probably the worst for stuff like this and it's presumably because the club just does absolutely nothing about it, therefore they clearly tolerate it. I was stood down wind of the smoke bomb and because it's a roofed stand all the smoke just built up and traveled into the corner of the stands. Anyone with asthma or other respiratory issues would have been at risk and there's the obvious risk of someone getting burned too. Juvenile behaviour but unless clubs take it seriously they aren't going to stop. I think most clubs have them and it tends to be on.away trips where a few beers have been had. Clubs do need to clamp down on this stuff though as there is a risk of needing more segregation, stewarding and set family areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bod Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Didn't look very pleasant for the Wigan supporters stood downwind of the smoke bomb on Friday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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