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OhthisbloodyPC Flag 16 Apr 18 9.38pm

It just occurred to me. When I got off the train at Selhurst on Saturday, and walked to The Two Brewers, there were huge numbers of those new types of police. (The ones that wear black baseball caps and look a bit tasty)

Not your normal plod, who often looks like he's been [poured into his trousers and someone forgot to say "Stop".

If these athletic looking plods were some kind of special forces, I'm guessing they would have cost a fortune to pay for.

I wonder if there's some sort of incentive for them to arrest someone and catch some overtime.

Football must be a great cash cow for the police.

I wonder if the Croydon Police have a massive rivals with their Sussex counterparts and taunt them with wads of cash they're making from over time and made up stories about confiscated knuckledusters.

Does anyone know how policing works at football games?

 

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View Mapletree's Profile Mapletree Flag Croydon 16 Apr 18 9.58pm Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

Originally posted by OhthisbloodyPC

It just occurred to me. When I got off the train at Selhurst on Saturday, and walked to The Two Brewers, there were huge numbers of those new types of police. (The ones that wear black baseball caps and look a bit tasty)

Not your normal plod, who often looks like he's been [poured into his trousers and someone forgot to say "Stop".

If these athletic looking plods were some kind of special forces, I'm guessing they would have cost a fortune to pay for.

I wonder if there's some sort of incentive for them to arrest someone and catch some overtime.

Football must be a great cash cow for the police.

I wonder if the Croydon Police have a massive rivals with their Sussex counterparts and taunt them with wads of cash they're making from over time and made up stories about confiscated knuckledusters.

Does anyone know how policing works at football games?

I thought the whole thing went really well. No trouble between fans, no made up knuckle dusters, no mistreating the away support and pretty friendly looking coppers

So very very different from the Sussex Police who looked mean and grumpy whenever I have been to a match.

 

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OhthisbloodyPC Flag 16 Apr 18 10.24pm

True.

I was glad nothing happened.

Did seem to be a lot of police but I suppose they have to do that

 

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chateauferret Flag 16 Apr 18 10.25pm

Originally posted by OhthisbloodyPC

It just occurred to me. When I got off the train at Selhurst on Saturday, and walked to The Two Brewers, there were huge numbers of those new types of police. (The ones that wear black baseball caps and look a bit tasty)

Not your normal plod, who often looks like he's been [poured into his trousers and someone forgot to say "Stop".

If these athletic looking plods were some kind of special forces, I'm guessing they would have cost a fortune to pay for.

I wonder if there's some sort of incentive for them to arrest someone and catch some overtime.

Football must be a great cash cow for the police.

I wonder if the Croydon Police have a massive rivals with their Sussex counterparts and taunt them with wads of cash they're making from over time and made up stories about confiscated knuckledusters.

Does anyone know how policing works at football games?

Is that not the new weed away strip?

 


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View Rudi Hedman's Profile Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 16 Apr 18 11.51pm Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

Originally posted by OhthisbloodyPC

True.

I was glad nothing happened.

Did seem to be a lot of police but I suppose they have to do that

The main reason nothing big happened is that most of the pubs were closed before the match and loads of our fellas we're in the ground drinking when their lads got to the ground. If the Brighton group that drunk at the Toby carvery in Purley Oaks were confronted along the route from Selhurst station to the ground then it would've been difficult to get control of and could've gone over the top.

 


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View Blue'n'red's Profile Blue'n'red Flag Field of Chels (Orpington) 17 Apr 18 4.13am Send a Private Message to Blue'n'red Add Blue'n'red as a friend

I saw a copper in a poofty looking yellow baseball cap dragging someone off by the entrance at the top of the Arthur ... also saw a load of Brighton fans detained a HUGE number of copppers surrounding them and 2 vans arriving ... the coppers shouting that “they don’t have tickets”???

Was also told it kicked off on Norwood high street after the game? 2 rows of riot police and both sets of fans?

 


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OhthisbloodyPC Flag 17 Apr 18 8.04am

Originally posted by Blue'n'red

I saw a copper in a poofty looking yellow baseball cap dragging someone off by the entrance at the top of the Arthur ... also saw a load of Brighton fans detained a HUGE number of copppers surrounding them and 2 vans arriving ... the coppers shouting that “they don’t have tickets”???

Was also told it kicked off on Norwood high street after the game? 2 rows of riot police and both sets of fans?


Some Brighton fans were singing about hating Palace and how we'd all run away on Boxing Day etc. They got on a Selhurst bound train at Clapham Junction. (What were they doing there?)

Then got off at Selhurst. Then, as we all trooped off down the tunnel together towards the station exit, started the song about wanting to kill Palace fans. Which was odd, because we were all mingled together, and they had the perfect opportunity to kill me right there. I'm 57 now, and got high blood pressure, Edema, an annoying cut on the back of my leg that won't heal up because of the blood pressure tablets, a swollen scrotum from a ball in the testicles incident 18 months ago that won't heal either. And I'm suffering from the legacy of a bike accident (which was entirely my fault).

So they could have killed me quite easily, but chose to keep singing. Which was actually far worse, because it was so embarrassing.

You really don't want to suffer The Death By A Thousand Cringes.

 

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View Badger11's Profile Badger11 Flag Beckenham 17 Apr 18 8.19am Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Whenever my mate gets into a confrontation he demands a "dance off" with his opponent. I thought this was a euphemism for a fight but he was serious (it actually defuses the situation).

However I don't fancy our chances against Brighton they are probably avid "strictly" fans it would probably end up like the "Blue Oyster bar" scene from Police Academy.

 


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View Pete53's Profile Pete53 Flag Hassocks 17 Apr 18 2.21pm Send a Private Message to Pete53 Add Pete53 as a friend

Originally posted by OhthisbloodyPC

Some Brighton fans were singing about hating Palace and how we'd all run away on Boxing Day etc. They got on a Selhurst bound train at Clapham Junction. (What were they doing there?)

A reference to Boxing Day 1979 presumably - says it all really when they have to drag up something that happened nearly 40 years ago to give them a sense of superiority, and when, probably, 99% of those singing it weren't even born.

 

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View Goal Machine's Profile Goal Machine Flag The Cronx 17 Apr 18 2.31pm Send a Private Message to Goal Machine Add Goal Machine as a friend

Went for my usual ‘crowd disperser’ in the Albion after the game. Left to get the train from Norwood Junction at approx 5:45 and the road was blocked off due to crowd trouble.

There were some rough looking lads, presumably Palace fans, looking like there were after some trouble. Didn’t see anything myself but the road was closed for about 25 mins. The pub security, at the old Weatherspoons, told me it was all kicking off.

Good there were know arrests, looking like it was handled far better then the reverse fixture

 

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View Goal Machine's Profile Goal Machine Flag The Cronx 17 Apr 18 2.31pm Send a Private Message to Goal Machine Add Goal Machine as a friend

Went for my usual ‘crowd disperser’ in the Albion after the game. Left to get the train from Norwood Junction at approx 5:45 and the road was blocked off due to crowd trouble.

There were some rough looking lads, presumably Palace fans, looking like there were after some trouble. Didn’t see anything myself but the road was closed for about 25 mins. The pub security, at the old Weatherspoons, told me it was all kicking off.

Good there were no arrests, looking like it was handled far better then the reverse fixture

 

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View topcat's Profile topcat Flag Holmesdale / Surbiton 18 Apr 18 9.56am Send a Private Message to topcat Add topcat as a friend

I think the Met got the policing right and completely showed up Sussex Police. It certainly helped the police that Brighton fans drank in Purley and Clapham Junction or came by coach avoiding mixing.

Inside the stadium the stewards seem to have done a good job and quickly got rid of the smoke bombs with little fuss again showing how it should be done.

I had mates drinking in the Sailor and the Albion (appropriately) who said that it kicked off a bit but nothing very serious. Brighton fans also vandalised a few cars between Selhurst and Norwood Junction, which is par for the course.

 


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