Cheltenham Stewards

[gullsflyinghigh]

The 'old geezer' in question is Dave Harris, stands next to me and in front of Trojan at Plainmoor. Thoroughly nice chap, TUFC through and through (never misses a match home, away, reserve, youth) attends with his wife Nancy (who, despite constant protestations to the contrary is no longer 21). The idea that he is considered a sufficiently credible threat to the safety and security to CTFC and supporters around him is absolutely laughable. Stewards are all the same, too much testosterone, not enough IQ.

Matt.

Agreed. My mate said he was sat in front of this older guy at the game and said he caused absolutely no trouble throughout the game, said one thing which was believed to be along the lines of 'Blimey, what would happen if there was real trouble, eh?' and he gets kicked out, leaving his wife there by herself for the rest of the game, understandably worried. Absolute farce.

[Regiment]

Didn't see any steward related problems myself, but following the anal stewarding at Swindon in the JPT earlier in the season, i emailed TUFC and the email made it's way to Simon Baker, who then emailed me, to say he'd forwarded the comments onto the Swindon Chairman. I never heard anything back, didn't really expect to, but i was at least pleased our club was willing to forward the concerns of it's supporters.

i think clubs need to address the role of the steward. at the end of the day, they're there to ensure everyone in the ground is safe, and to assist the supporters if they need help etc. unfortunately, many of these jobsworths have taken it upon themselves to assume they are police/security, and feel they have a right to treat paying customers like children. its a shame, because for every decent one you get, there seems to be two complete ***ts.

[Awayday]

Didn't see any steward related problems myself, but following the anal stewarding at Swindon in the JPT earlier in the season, i emailed TUFC and the email made it's way to Simon Baker, who then emailed me, to say he'd forwarded the comments onto the Swindon Chairman. I never heard anything back, didn't really expect to, but i was at least pleased our club was willing to forward the concerns of it's supporters.

i think clubs need to address the role of the steward. at the end of the day, they're there to ensure everyone in the ground is safe, and to assist the supporters if they need help etc. unfortunately, many of these jobsworths have taken it upon themselves to assume they are police/security, and feel they have a right to treat paying customers like children. its a shame, because for every decent one you get, there seems to be two complete ***ts.

I sent an email to the Swindon FC Stadium Manager and mentioned how bad the stewards were that night, also the fact that when Milwall played the following Saturday (which was televised) how every single away fan was standing.......... I got a response back saying he will loook into it, but not had a response since.