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Originally Posted by Outback Ozzy
As a steward who assisted on Saturday, can I say in our defence:
1. The problem lay with the Shrewsbury players and fans. e.g. it has been said that a player opened the gate during practice earlier in the afternoon to retrieve a ball and never locked the gate. Secondly the fans are supposed to stay behind the crush barriers - that is why they are there. If you come passed them and end up on the pitch, you are going one way only - OUT
2. The stewards in question did not randomly pick up the 2 guys on the pitch side, they were told to!
3. Before complaining about stewards - read the ground regulations - every ground has them.
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Right then. Stewards are also in charge of safety. I've just watched the incident on virgin media and the gate is clearly unlocked. Health and safety is also the remit of the Stewards. It's not the players or supporters job. The Stewards failed in their duty and our lads paid the price. But don't worry, I've been told the two managed to get back in!