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I hope the person is caught and banned for life. I also hope the club reach out to the little girl who is too scared to go again invite her and her family to the next home game and give them the VIP treatment. She shouldn't miss out on a lifetime of memories and bonding with family and friends because of the idiotic act of 1 person.

 

I’ve written to the club. We are in L block row J - came from behind and to the right of us - so hopefully cctv can pick them up

 

However spectacular they may look they are dangerous to set off in a confined space with lots of people, never mind throwing them from the upper tier of a stadium.
I think the club is well within its rights to decide they do not want people who do this sort of thing in their ground.

 

I'm disappointed that this statement has been up for 90 minutes without being flagged up by anyone! I know that the police are always wanting to get better pay but this is not the way to go about it.

 

The only thing I have to question is people asking for a lifetime ban. A touch Draconian me thinks. Yes it's an idiotic thing to do but if a culprit is found then a few years ban and educating on why we at Bradford find 'smoke bombs'so abhorrent. Pyrotechnics are a major part of European football and to be fair do look spectacular. But we have a unique history, one which dictates these devices should never set foot in Valley Parade.

 

I took my granddaughter to the game on Saturday and when the flare went off she asked what is and I explained. The smoke drifted and could be smelt in the Main Stand and she was worried, but I just explained it had drifted across the pitch.

She shouldn’t have to be concerned about smoke at a football match, particularly after we had stopped to look at the memorial before kick off.

Let’s hope that’s the first and last time this happens by our supporters at Valley Parade or anywhere else for that matter.

 

Landed in row in front of me lad with little lass going mad steward said they were looking at cctv hope they get the *@?$ and ban him

 

I though someone had seen my trousers when I saw thist theread

 

The club may have to start thinking about more targeted searches.

I know, for example, that at clubs in Spain where there are very clearly defined "ultras" sections those going into those sections are checked far more stringently than the cursory check done elsewhere in the ground. Maybe we need to consider likewise for the Kop Upper?

I've also seen people complaining that no stewards went to the area the pyro was thrown from afterwards - what would have been the point? The numpties there would have closed ranks, probably started giving the steward a load of grief and started one of their witty "£2 an hour" chants.

Football crowds have to be self-policing when someone steps out of line like they have here.

 

No one in this day or age, or any other age, should attend a sporting event where they is any risk to their health and safety. Yet someone has clearly decided that should not be the case and has wilfully and indiscriminately endangered others. It's obvious that most, if not all, those people who stand or sit around the culprit simply don't have the guts to step forward and do the right thing, probably because they are cowardly, easily influenced and fearful of breaking ranks. It is my hope that one of them is brave enough to show some humanity and identify the culprit but sadly, these idiots don't have the balls because they follow the pack and can't think or act for themselves.

 

This is what's wrong with the parents of Bradford today. I did this and that when I was younger blah blah.

No, teach your kids to be better than you!

 

Hope the t@wat is found and banned, probably should be arrested if you chucked something like that at someone in the street or at a copper I doubt they’d be looked kindly on.

 

It came completely out of the blue and landed among people in the lower kop. Utter madness. You can't imagine what sort of moron would do that. Someone must have seen whoever did it. I traced the trajectory backwards as it left a trail in the air and it came from about the middle of L block, a bit towards the Midland Road side. Hope CCTV pick it up.

 

Hope the young girl is alright. We can not let these morons win, the clubs future is the young fans.
Someone knows something and they should come forward, the sooner these idiots are banned the better for me.
Make them go sit in the nearest police station on a match day

 

Unfortunately in this day and age both him and his mates would think it was funny and obviously an acceptable thing to do, these morons make me apprehensive to attend away days but throwing a flare aimlessly into the lower kop is beyond belief needless to say I hope the culprit is found.

 

If he's a ST holder he'll lose the loyalty points for the game

 

They need a ban from all football.