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Does any one know if Stanley are going to provide any kind of smoking shelter around perimiter of the ground or the Crown?:confused:

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Roofs take six years on average. :)

Actually there's a bus shelter, isn't there? You may need to shuggle up.

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Nice One!!:)

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If the bus shelter has sides you won't be able to smoke in there either.

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If they weren't building a roof, would it still be classed as enclosed? :rolleyes:

Swings and roundabouts, I suppose .......................and wind ups ................ who knows. ;)

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I think you may find that F.A rules have banned smoking in all stadia from 1st July regardles of roof or not. So once inside the ground confines, its no smoking I'm afraid.

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Premises will be considered 'enclosed' if they have a ceiling or roof and (except for doors, windows or passageways) are wholly enclosed either on a permanent or temporary basis.


Premises will be considered 'substantially enclosed' if they have a ceiling or roof, but have an opening in the walls, which is less than half the total area of the walls. The area of the opening does not include doors, windows or any other fittings that can be opened or shut.

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Most grounds are enclosed in that once inside the turnstile you enter the concourses. Wonder if the back of the Clayton End is classed as a concourse ?

Some clubs have arrangments to let home fans out at half time for a fag, I beleive Derby County do it, but they don't allow the away fans to do it.

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Apart from Wembley and Millenium Stadium no football ground has a roof yet is deemed to be an enclosed place. I have yet to figure out the logic in it ?

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Maybe they will let us smoke in the centre circle at half time :rolleyes:

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In the goalmouth during penalty shoot outs

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Crown has got a smoking shelter now in the beer garden.....:)

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Were NOT smoking anywhere in the ground, now on fishy site :mad:
I don't really mind for a normal footy match for 90 mins but if the tension and stress of last season is owt to go by thats another story isn't it :)
Anyone got any patches :)

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Sadly, if there is no smoking, then Accy are one supporter less.

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do you ever fly anywhere on holiday? If so then surely you survive without a cigarette until you are clear of the airport. Well this is just the same, 2 hours max without a fag. Jeez not rocket science and not hard to do. BTW just before you have a go at me, I used to smoke but flew to Australia on a number of occasions and I went 15 hours without - yes I was gagging for one when I got into the airport smoking room, but I managed. to say you won't support Stanley for that is IMHO a little bit sad.:eek:

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Bye then. I wouldn't even consider you a supporter if that's your attitude.

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some would say that you wouldn't see him for smoke

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As long as he's outside the ground, that's ok ;)

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Fancy making the effort to register for that viewpoint, first and last post?

I take it you're now busy writing to all the pubs, clubs, restaurants that you'll also NOT be visiting. :rolleyes:

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I understand not smoking on the terraces/stand but does this include the area where the catering unit is placed behind the terrace?:confused:

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I think the words smoking and catering should give you a clue pendle :)

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:confused:Is that a no?? As the catering unit produces fried food etc. that normally produces smoke??:confused:

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Now I have a vision of a couple of hundred gasping stanley fans crowding around the burger bar sniffing the smoke :)

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Now I understand I better buy new Top when available as an XXXL make room for the extra Burgers & Fries! :)

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I think we will be being told how many times we can use the toliet soon. (in general, not a dig at stanley)

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So when it gets tense or I get wound up I will only have smoke coming out of my ears :o

Lighting a fag makes me stop shouting at the ref as much....now what else can I do to stop myself getting banned? :D

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I was walking through Blackburn town centre today and there was a street vendor selling those bubble making things that kids love. He had a badminton racquet sized one held up in the wind and was filling Northgate with bloody bubbles. I thought "if I was allergic to standard washing up liquid could I sue this guy?" like wise for hayfever sufferers, should flower shops and market stalls be banned from displaying their goods anywhere near where an allergy sufferer may be subjected to the pollen? If I was a hayfever victim why should I be forced to alter my route to avoid flower shops? that is no different in my eyes to the smoking ban.

The daft thing is that there is a shop recently opened in Blackburn where they sell different flavoured tobaccos from around the world and all the customers sit around smoking it (apparently all legal - none of the wacky stuff!) ONLY A SMOKER WOULD WORK HERE OR FREQUENT THIS PLACE but now they are out of business as from sunday

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i wouldnt like to be a steward next season whos going to enforce this law:confused:theres going to ba lot more noise next season :D

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We have had this law in Scotland since last year and the stewards at Ibrox are usually only too happy to take peoples season tickets off them, supported by the management.

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It does not matter who does or does not want to steward, if anybody is seen sparking up they will be asked to put it out. If they are persistant, thye will probably be ejected. As I said, most of us like our foreign holidays and most of us fly to them, surely smokers can hang on for a couple of hours during a footie match!:confused:

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As a non-smoker I've always had a live-and-let-live approach to smokers (although the intolerant and politically correct mob would doubtless call that a live-and-let-die policy).

However, I confess to being puzzled by the 100% ban which ASFC feels compelled to impose on smokers.

Stadia in my home town of Halifax will not be subject to such indiscriminate regimentation, and followers of soccer, rugby union and rugby league will all be able to smoke in certain areas - even those with vestigial roofs.

www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/local-news?articlid=2988590

Is this because Stanley are governed by a League 2 edict ?

I ask the question genuinely.

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it was trialled in the Championship after summat like 65% (out of 40 odd thousand) of surveyed fans said they would rather have the ban. After a successful trail it was decided to roll it out across the Football League in line with the National Smoking Ban

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Thanks for that info , Rob.

It would appear that supporters of League football will be unable to smoke anywhere inside their ground, while Conference, Blue Sq, Unibond and lower leagues will have carte blanche .

Non-League is obviously set for a Renaissance, then ?

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Alright, so i have given you a few days to get all the non sensical comments off your chests. This smoking ban sucks ! Anyone who is a non smoker has the right to go into a non smoking establishment. By the same token, a smoker should surely have the right to have a smoking establishment? This is called Freedom of Choice, which this pox ridden Govt obviously doesn't believe in. And, to our smart Aussie friend (all Aussies think they are smart), i lived in South Africa for 14 years, and travelled frequently to Europe, and the Far East. Personally, i welcomed the ban on smoking on flights. Even as a smoker, there was nothing worse than sitting next to a smoker on an aeroplane.
I was in the Swan in Bolton yesterday, where hundreds defied the ban, and we were treated to some fantastic music from the Accrington Pipe Band. They were brilliant, and well done to them !

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shame the landlord will soon back down or he will loose is personel license

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What has any of this to do with Stanley? :(

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If we have to endure more of the nerve janglers that we had last season i'm gonna need patches,inhalors and gum ! anyone know a good cheap chemist ?:)

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What sort of trials were held ?

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I,ve been away for a lot of years but do I understand that you say, you can,t shout at the ref or you will be booted out? If so I have to smile when I think back to Peel Park and some of the stuff we gave to the refs.

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As a smoker the ban will certainly not put me off going to watch Stanley, in fact i`m not that bothered that i wont be able to smoke as i think i smoke way to much during the game anyway, when normally in the same time span i would only probably smoke one or two fags, depending on how early i get to the ground.

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That's something not mentioned yet, why should smokers arrive early as the club keeps advising and have a beer without a ciggie when they can stay in the pub until the last minute with a beer and a ciggie, remember its not just smokers who will arrive just in time but there mates as well. I think we will find more people turning up at the last minute to get in, lets hope that the club makes sure more than one turnstile is open.