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As far as I can recall Rod, no nothing was ever brought against Millwall as a club or any individual supporters. I also emailed EFL about it separately and also included some of the footage from outside the ground. I pointed out that since New Wembley was opened only 1 team had invaded the pitch and put players at risk!! I also pointed out that it was about the 6th time that season they had invaded pitches at different grounds! I believe after months of waiting for a reply 'following the investigation' EFL said it was a matter for Wembley as they sorted staffing and for the FA even though a flagship EFL competition. Basically washed their hands of it.....cos of who it was and they'd just been voted EFL Family club of the year...think I posted on C&B to this effect at the time?

 

A very good piece, a common sense approach. We have to remember that football in this country is pretty much the best policed in the world and to an extent is also the most sanitised. We have to come down heavy handed on football violence but what happened against Peterborough? A sense of perspective please.

 

Sorry Roger that's absolute rubbish, they are young guys who celebrated a goal with our players it's as simple as that. I'll be honest I cringed reading the details of it, absolutely embarrassing. If the FA do come to us so show them where the double standards are in the game. Awful bit of work over a nothing incident, statement like that and the way it is worded is poor.

You've clearly done a great job for the club Roger but don't let that cloud the fact that this was just people enjoying themselves, let's not kill the buzz of a ball flying in the top corner and wild celebrations. Statements like that will make VP a morgue with no excitement or enthusiasm, ultimately we've had very very little to cheer all season so to put a dampener on it with this crap is very poor for me. Instead of our fans did this and did that, tell the FA that they are useless and incompetent. Stand together, Bradford vs THE FA. People power is under valued and with momentum can carry campaigns like this, regardless of whether James sent x amount of emails they are easy to brush aside, thousands of people wanting answers aren't.

Don't bend over for them.

 

Exactly. On a pittance an hour and just given a jacket and here’s your position in the ground. Off you go

If they started wrestling people to the ground we’d soon be on here up in arms.

No blames with the stewards for me.

 

Simple solution
Put an 8 lane Olympic standard running track round the pitch.
Be knackered by the time they reach the touchline

 

I get it with the Rochdale incident, it wasn't pretty viewing but the other two incidents have been blown out of proportion. Are we wanting to squeeze the last bit of life out of English football? Honestly, if we are being punished in any way for what happened in the Peterborough game then i feel like walking away from football.

 

Great post. There isn't anyone who was at that game who, if a true football fan, would not have celebrated with the players like the fans at the front of the kop did. Maybe the players should celebrate in front of the Midland Road and get a lukewarm round of applause for their efforts.

 

I thought that but the OP's pic shows someones right toe on the dead ball line. We are fecked now.

 

We need VAR for this!

 

How depressing does a season have to be or how young do you have to be before the rules don't apply anymore. Not sure your definition of the pitch stands up to scrutiny either.

 

But they didn't go on the pitch, simple as that. Unless the definition of the pitch has extended to "anywhere but the stands" in order to criminalise a few more fans for getting over excited.

 

If the FA and League enforced the rule about players leaving the pitch without permission many of these borderline incidents would not happen. The authorities should look at their own lack of enforcing rules before throwing clubs under the bus.

 

Honestly, the reaction from some is priceless. Its gettmg to the stage where you daren’t celebrate for fear of upsetting someone. Remember the Leeds game at VP in the cup. Leeds fans going mental when they scored, then we did the same. Maybe they should have just sat down and politely clapped when they scored.

 

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/31/policed-football-fans-enemy-manchester-city-bournemouth-police-stewards?CMP=share_btn_tw&__twitter_impression=true

Worth a read on the subject

 

What part di the players play in this? Should they be warned not to come that close to the fans, especially in what was a very emotional atmosphere in a must win game. Anyone stuck rigid with the rules, remember emotion makes football. Without it we have a sterile atmosphere that is one step away from being told when to applaud. Don’t mistake my comments for sticking up for the sizeable following of f*ckwits that regularly act like braindead morons, as was witnessed at Rochdale. Each situation should be weighed up on its merits, if the Peterborough ‘incident’ is deemed as punishable then supporting football is dying little by little in this country.

 

It's pathetic RT, really is.

 

I understand what you're saying Stafford, but how can we let the FA do nothing against Millwall for their antics at Wembley then allow anything for fans celebrating with our players.

The reasoning that the FA had nothing to do with the security or however it was worded is fine, but surely we can't be liable for a security firm either if that's the case. The FA are a ruling body but that doesn't mean that they don't make mistakes and them mistakes should be challenged, do you not agree that the article was worded quite strongly for what the incident actually was? Talks of 3 year bans etc, that is way OTT and another way to isolate fans.

The amount of times where a goals in at the kop end and the players have run towards the hoarding and the fans go celebrate with them is countless, we aren't the only football ground that this happens it and I could probably put money that similar incidents happen up and down the country every Saturday.

I understand control, but don't isolate a crowd because of over zealousness.