Question for Paul D

[Samdy Gray]

That's a bit harsh IOB

I can't read IOB without thinking of 'ignorant old bastard'.

[axs]

i'm sorry leefer.but if you want the club to change stewards because they want you to quite rightly sit down then it will fall on deaf ears.
i dont want to get into an arguement over all seater stadiums but it is what it is.

as correct as you are, it would piss me off too, fortunately I stood up every game last season and wasn't asked to sit down once.

I'm still in favour of a standing zone, I think with todays policing and in a controlled environment it's perfectly workable.

[Arriba]

i'm sorry leefer.but if you want the club to change stewards because they want you to quite rightly sit down then it will fall on deaf ears.
i dont want to get into an arguement over all seater stadiums but it is what it is.

as correct as you are, it would piss me off too, fortunately I stood up every game last season and wasn't asked to sit down once.

I'm still in favour of a standing zone, I think with todays policing and in a controlled environment it's perfectly workable.

thats an issue for the football authoritys though, not stfc.
rules is the rules dude

[axs]

yeah, it works in other countries and it can here too, especially in the lower leagues where a good chunk of people want to stand but not cause trouble.

I've joined the national petition. *sigh*.

[Fred Elliot]

I think the Stewards are ace

[Samdy Gray]

Especially that chief one.

[Melksham Red]

The Tangos are a mob of bully boy nightclub bouncers always looking for a fight. I don't think the yellows speak a word of English between them. None should be anywhere near a league football match.

[Jamiesfuturewife]

It would help if people could email us with any specific issues they may have encountered, what (if anything) they've done to complain about it and what (if any) resolution there was to the complaint. As opposed to going into a meeting saying "You know, a lot of the fans aren't terribly keen on that fat heifer one. And something bad happened to someone's flask, although I'm not sure what".

   the full flask story can be found in the "things they are a changing" thread

[broomfield]

As has been mentioned elsewhere.. Some of the stewards are employed directly by the club..  these are the ones in the Exec area- I think!

The rest work for an outside agency. Reason for this is historic.

1: In order to meet expected gates, the club have to use a set number of stewards. This formula is set by the FA or is the FL not sure which!

When the stewards were employed by the club and recruited locally they couldn't get enough on a regular basis to meet these requirements. If there were too few stewards at the time that the gates were due to open the game would go ahead behind closed doors and there would beno income from the gates.

The original agency supplied stewards from across the region to meet our needs. These were generally of a good standard and no one complained.

Standards have been allowed to fall over the years as it has been difficult to recruit, even for the agencies.

2: Using an agency also helps with the admin.  No problems for the payroll dept. No need to raise all those Payslips and P60s. Just one monthly cheque to pay for them

[leefer]

O,K it seems i might be losing this debate,i only used the standing incident as a way of trying to explain,as for ARRIBA saying its not the clubs problem sorry mate thats Bull,if ime in the minority bye saying the stewarding is shocking....well the minority can still be heard eh!!Really though i should have just said what Melksham Red feels about them.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Wasnt moaning onion,just asking the Question.i sit in the Town End every match and when some fukwit tells me to sit down 30 seconds after weve just scored it pisses me off,if people want to see the match sitting down watch it in the other stands ,its not rocket science.Anyway Paul it may not be a problem to mr Rimmer and co but thanks for asking the club and hopefully this new regime which are doing the right things tick another box..thanks for getting back Paul.

To be fair it's a valid point raised. I'm not a fan of the stewarding either. I think i've got a bit used to all this good news this summer  

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

That's a bit harsh IOB

I can't read IOB without thinking of 'ignorant old bastard'.

Ace  

[Spencer_White]

wont be long before they raise the white flag on the standing all across the leagues.

Always was uninforcable.

[leefer]

Me too onion...ime really up for this season,Fitton and Co are taking us places!

[Arriba]

O,K it seems i might be losing this debate,i only used the standing incident as a way of trying to explain,as for ARRIBA saying its not the clubs problem sorry mate thats Bull,if ime in the minority bye saying the stewarding is shocking....well the minority can still be heard eh!!Really though i should have just said what Melksham Red feels about them.

you missed my point completely i think leefer.
i'm not disputing that our stewards are cunts.i have made numerous comments in different threads slating them.but basing your arguement on the standing issue wont hold any weight with the board of stfc.
i did think i made it clear first time, but hopefully you see where i'm coming from now.