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Originally Posted by DAV007
Do we pay many of the stewards?
I thought most where volunteers?
What is the hourly rate?
What attendance do we base our steward levels on?
I thought you had to pay for the police if they considered a certain away teams following to be troublesome?
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As a former steward in the days of Eric Whalley can I just say you do it for the love of the club and NO you shouldn't be watching the match, although it is hard not to watch when the excitement gets going. The club then paid about £15 per match which if you do the sums there were approximately 30 stewards per game) works out at £450 per match, 1 policeman in the ground costs the club near £600 per match which is why the majority of our matches are Police free. Also, to be a steward, you need to pass some basic exams which include crowd control, extraction of troublemakers and basic fire control and first aid. The attendance levels are always guesstimates which is why the club have a similar number of stewards per match regardless of size of crowd. One other point is that we have Ground Regulation Stewards borrowed from security firms which do cost a little extra, but how much I do not know.
As for the stewards who you think are thick/doing a pointless task, why don't you volunteer? Or would you like to sit on a seat that some kid has put his feet on after he has stood in dog dirt etc etc. I would guess no! They are only doing a thankless job, respect them please instead of criticising them.