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Originally Posted by stanleyhouse
Sounds like the Bradford fans weren't too keen on our stewards or general organistion either.
Taken from the Bradford forum:
"A damn shame considering the level of support we take away from home, the ticketing etc was pathetic today, plenty paid an extra £2 for a seat to be told there weren't any left. We were told that our fans could not stand behind the 2 rows of seats due to health and safety but that just meant everyone stood in the gangways with another 200 still waiting at the turnstiles. This was so predictable and Accrington should have known this and either opened part of another stand, refused entry or made the game all ticket earlier. I'm not exaggerating when I say events like this on a bigger scale lead to tragedies like Hillsborough, the stewards were refusing people in the stand with the seats yet fans were saying the police had sent them there. No one seemed to be taking responsibility for it and they were clueless"
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My understanding on this is that the club(Accrington Stanley) are advised by the police to how many away fans are exspected!on saturday i am lead to believe the club was told that a max of 800 Bradford fans would be in attendance at the game ,this figure was then revised to 1400 tops.the away end including the whinneyhill seat's hold a max of 1300 away fans.But as we all no now this figure was way under estimated and so once the away end is full then what?? seating was hastily made available in the main stand aprox 100 seats,plus the other half of the whinney hill.and some got in to the clayton end.what im saying is that the club are told how many fans to exspect on the day and the club plan accordingly..hope this helps
