Steward BL Upper Tier

[cahill]

This afternoon I ended up sitting in the middle of a load of Hallam University students. They were all foreign mainly Asian but some African, they were all female and extremely well behaved but very excited, some of them provided the Guard of Honour as the players entered the field and then returned to sit in the stand. A couple of older adults chaperoning them explained to me that it was the students first ever experience of a football match. Mid way through the first half a middle aged steward pushed his way through the seats and appeared very animated/aggressive with one student, pointing his finger in her face whilst being very red faced and angry. Turned out when I spoke with the escorting adults he told her to stop taking pictures with her phone. His behaviour ruined the rest of the first half for me.

SUFC push the boat out to encourage students to attend matches and work very hard at doing it for one aggressive idiot to ruin the day for at least one student, actually the one who was most enthusiastic in her support but keeping well within bounds of acceptable behaviour.

Could someone explain why the bloke intervened ? He spent the match facing the students staring and appeared overly hyper vigilant almost as if he was on drugs, either that or paranoia. I have his Steward number which I won't put on here.

Who do I speak to at the club ?

 

[Foxy]

This afternoon I ended up sitting in the middle of a load of Hallam University students. They were all foreign mainly Asian but some African, they were all female and extremely well behaved but very excited, some of them provided the Guard of Honour as the players entered the field and then returned to sit in the stand. A couple of older adults chaperoning them explained to me that it was the students first ever experience of a football match. Mid way through the first half a middle aged steward pushed his way through the seats and appeared very animated/aggressive with one student, pointing his finger in her face whilst being very red faced and angry. Turned out when I spoke with the escorting adults he told her to stop taking pictures with her phone. His behaviour ruined the rest of the first half for me.

SUFC push the boat out to encourage students to attend matches and work very hard at doing it for one aggressive idiot to ruin the day for at least one student, actually the one who was most enthusiastic in her support but keeping well within bounds of acceptable behaviour.

Could someone explain why the bloke intervened ? He spent the match facing the students staring and appeared overly hyper vigilant almost as if he was on drugs, either that or paranoia. I have his Steward number which I won't put on here.

Who do I speak to at the club ?

It would be one for Steve Hicks/Steve Bailey, if you give John Garrett a call or email, he'll put you in touch.

 

[diplomat]

Good job this steward isn't patrolling in Foxy 's zone he'd get banged up fo' sho'

 

[cahill]

Thanks for the replies

 

[United Aren't Back.]

This afternoon I ended up sitting in the middle of a load of Hallam University students. They were all foreign mainly Asian but some African, they were all female and extremely well behaved but very excited, some of them provided the Guard of Honour as the players entered the field and then returned to sit in the stand. A couple of older adults chaperoning them explained to me that it was the students first ever experience of a football match. Mid way through the first half a middle aged steward pushed his way through the seats and appeared very animated/aggressive with one student, pointing his finger in her face whilst being very red faced and angry. Turned out when I spoke with the escorting adults he told her to stop taking pictures with her phone. His behaviour ruined the rest of the first half for me.

SUFC push the boat out to encourage students to attend matches and work very hard at doing it for one aggressive idiot to ruin the day for at least one student, actually the one who was most enthusiastic in her support but keeping well within bounds of acceptable behaviour.

Could someone explain why the bloke intervened ? He spent the match facing the students staring and appeared overly hyper vigilant almost as if he was on drugs, either that or paranoia. I have his Steward number which I won't put on here.

Who do I speak to at the club ?

Email Steve Hicks.

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Oh..my nephew, i have just realised, pointed this steward out to me, angrily pointing at someone at half time, a woman surrounded by about 8 stewards.ludicrous if you ask me.

 

[cahill]

Hi mate

Not sure it was the same incident but thanks for the reply. I'm not criticising Stewards as such just the seemingly idiotic behaviour of one. He told one of the older men accompanying that the club Sheffield United, were losing money by people taking photos and making their own Calenders.

Whether he was carrying out instructions or more correctly misinterpreting an instruction in acting with vigour or just being stupid I don't know. Left a bad taste in the mouth. I know the student group and the adults accompanying were less than impressed. The club works hard to encourage them and then one idiot ruins it.

The man appeared over hyped to be honest, red faced and wound up the whole time

 

[Torrix1889]

Since when has taking a photo on your phone been a crime? If that's the case they should be chastising probably 75% of the crowd every week...mind you I remember as a kid of about 11 or 12 with a cheap film camera being told to stop taking photos in the South Stand by a Steward. I returned to my Dad upset as I had been told-off and my Dad tore into the Steward and his only defence was that any photograph taken within BDTBL was the property of SUFC..

If the Club have got a serious issue with photos being taken then they need to do something officially. They wont have of course, (impossible to do anything about 15,000 supporters with modern camera phones) so this is nothing short of blatant bullying.......report the idiot.

 

[Tynemouth Blade]

Since when has taking a photo on your phone been a crime? If that's the case they should be chastising probably 75% of the crowd every week...mind you I remember as a kid of about 11 or 12 with a cheap film camera being told to stop taking photos in the South Stand by a Steward. I returned to my Dad upset as I had been told-off and my Dad tore into the Steward and his only defence was that any photograph taken within BDTBL was the property of SUFC..

If the Club have got a serious issue with photos being taken then they need to do something officially. They wont have of course, (impossible to do anything about 15,000 supporters with modern camera phones) so this is nothing short of blatant bullying.......report the idiot.

Haven't Manchester United FC done something recently banning iPads etc to stop people videoing/taking pictures during games?
Although I seem to think they hid behind the 'Premiership rights' or some such bull!

 

[Russ]

Haven't Manchester United FC done something recently banning iPads etc to stop people videoing/taking pictures during games?
Although I seem to think they hid behind the 'Premiership rights' or some such bull!

They banned ipads with the reason given that they were obscuring some fans views. I remember listening to the report on the radio. Was nothing to do with taking pics on a mobile phone.

 

[Linz]

Photography used to be banned outright at grounds but many have now changed their regs to reflect the fact that everyone has a camera on their phone and specifically state that photography for commercial enterprise is banned, but photography for personal use is fine.

Not seen a match ticket for the Lane for a while but the regs should be on the back.

 

[Billyblade]

They banned ipads with the reason given that they were obscuring some fans views. I remember listening to the report on the radio. Was nothing to do with taking pics on a mobile phone.

They should ban ipads because you're at a football match. What the bleedin hell do you need your ipad for?

 

[raul]

They should ban ipads because you're at a football match. What the bleedin hell do you need your ipad for?

Something to amuse you until the 80th minute when United wake up?

 

[Ted Danson]

the steward was probably bullied when he was young and then failed his police exams

 

[Coily]

He told one of the older men accompanying that the club Sheffield United, were losing money by people taking photos and making their own Calenders.

That has to be one of the saddest things I've ever read... how is the club surviving the loss of possibly tens of pounds due to these handicraft fiends?

 

[metalblade]

You should be ok with any ordinary camera in the ground, things start getting tricky when digital SLR's are used, these are the rules at Wembley SLR cameras are not allowed if it is good enough for them it should be good enough at the lane. I can understand Man U banning i-pads when people are holding up an object the size of a roof slate to record all the game. Seems way over the top to kick off over a phone camera, then again one or two of the stewards at the lane are born thugs who delight in bullying youngsters and people not big enough to stand up to them.

 

[United Aren't Back.]

They should ban ipads because you're at a football match. What the bleedin hell do you need your ipad for?

That depends. We are talking sheff united here, and the bloke in front of me spent first half taking photos of friends, examining photos just taken, and checking Facebook. He seemed a lot more entertained than I was.

 

[Blackheath Blade]

Oh..my nephew, i have just realised, pointed this steward out to me, angrily pointing at someone at half time, a woman surrounded by about 8 stewards.ludicrous if you ask me.

I bet they wouldn't have surrounded a strapping six foot bloke with tattoos on his tongue and fists like hammers.
Fuckin cowardly bullies if you ask me.