I hate those plastic clapper things that they have at Fulham and Leicester.

If a young child put it in their mouth, they could choke.

Or worse, they might vote Brexit.

Flares and bags....

Yup those were the days, the terraces were awash with them back in the 70's when I first started going to Selhurst.

You would even get the odd pair of loon pants.

As we used to stand in those days if it was windy all that surplus material didn't half flap about!

Flares I get - a bit of colour & atmosphere. That said, remembering that what happened at Bradford is one of the reasons they're banned, I can see both sides of the argument.

The bangers were, at best, naive. Less than 2 weeks after a terror attack a few miles down the road, a country on "severe' alert & knowing that football stadia have been targeted in the recent past you'd kinda think folk would steer clear.

I wouldn't be surprised to see some serious repercussions for this - not least because they managed to get the things into the ground in the first instance - makes the stewards/security/police look like they've failed & could be seen as an encouragement to those that would want to do serious harm.

As regards the gear, that's been around in different forms for as long as I can remember. As has already been said, there will have been a fair few on/carrying something Saturday, both home & away.

Will this be five? It's gonna be five! It IS five!

If you are with a kid it's easy to take anything into the ground - Kids don't get searched at any point - same at Selhurst - they don't have the authority/people to search kids so if you want to bring something in that would normally be confiscated then get a kid to put it in their coat pockets.

two weeks in wales dan lamb chasing season
may be fans but how long before an accident occurs must be a reason why there banned or do you feel its acceptable adult behaviour

Its largely irresponsible, given the risks and lack of safety involved in both, but irresponsible is also fun.

There are genuine issues with flares (not least to do with the temperature they burn at, and the smoke they give off), in a confined space of a crowd, in the hands of someone with no professional training in how to properly handle such things (or the kind of chemical used in the flare / smoke bomb).

Then there is the noise of the bangers, which of course as a surprise can have 'unintended' effects on crowd members beyond atmospheric (not to mention the risks associated with smuggling in the devices in the first place).

Probably the best option, going forwards, really would be for the FA to allow clubs to utilise 'official smoke displays' to some extent for home and away fans in advance.

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