Ferdy you are spot on. The RFL should announce anyone who is hammered will not be allowed in. No drink should be allowed on the terraces. I know a lot are responsible and enjoy a drink but its getting out of hand. The stewards are a joke. One guy got about ten warnings before being kicked out. A hardline attitude needs to be taken or a serious incident will take place sooner rather than later

8 of us went down. We had a few on the train, a few beforehand and a few in he ground. None of us felt the need to be abusive or spoil the game for other people despite the beer.

Knobheads are s, drink or no drink but I agree drink does exacerbate the situation.

There were announcements on the external concourses from about 12 noon stating that spectators would not be allowed into the stadium if they were found to be intoxicated. Here in lies the next problem, automated turnstiles. As long as you are sober enough to get your ticket into that machine there is no problem. You are in the stadium where you are free to cause more havoc. WSNL need to check their procedures and have properly trained people outside the ground preventing these people form getting into the game.

Saying that, if that was in effect yesterday then there would have only been about 50k in the stadium lol

Also, I was lurking Wembley Way pre-game with a few Leeds fans, mixing with the unwashed and all that, and they had the honour of having a dead rat thrown at them. Suspect it was Warrington fans but can't confirm it. But why would they want to be throwing away a square meal like that.

Yep there were plenty who'd clearly had a few who behaved and just enjoyed themselves and agree 100% a fine fellow is and always will be a fine fellow!

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Agree knobs are knobs regardless but some get worse with a skin full. If you are too drunk then you can't come in to the ground. Simple.

yes it was

I don't know if I've been lucky or you've been unlucky. If such incidents are happening (which from what you say they clearly are) I agree that they need to be dealt with decisively. One of the great things about our game is the respect we have traditionally shown one another.
I take a group of about ten every year whoever gets there. I get 'earlybird' tickets which has the downside that we always seem to get in amongst the opposition fans when Wires get there. This has happened for both Leeds finals. We've had nothing but good natured banter even when, understandably, there has been great disappointment all around us.
I would be sickened and saddened if I saw the things reported here but the vast majority of the Leeds fans should feel proud of themselves. I hope we behave as well when we lose one (and we will).

Thanks for that. I think it is pot luck, but it is becoming a repetitive part of our final appearances that some people let the club down. I've got past where it makes me angry, just saddens me now. Some of these people should not be allowed near a rugby ground with the state they are in.

How many people heard the announcements outside Wembley that intoxicated people would not gain admission......then they serve alcohol to ANYBODY who is capable of opening their wallet and handing over cash.

There might be an argument for a "lower league day out" mentality as I understand that Warrington have problems with Hull and Salford BUT have even more problems when the lower teams come to town (even having a fire at Fax V Fev).

That's like blaming the police for crime, or the fire brigade for fires.

The stewards might not always deal with things as well as we'd like but the initial problem isn't caused by stewards, it's caused by mindless idiots embarrassing themselves, their clubs and the game.

Yes but the "fix", the answer to the question "how do we solve it" is not to expect an aggressive alcoholic to give up making a nuisance of him/herself but to enforce a no-tolerance attitude within the licensed premises.

The only reason that grounds employ stewards is to comply with H&S regulations, no other reason, if they weren't required by law to provide stewarding then they wouldn't - but they are also required by law to regulate the behaviour of their patrons on licensed premises in the same way that every pub landlord is, and as we all know, it just doesn't happen.

Its a sad fact that inside a sporting venue you can get away with aggressive and disruptive behaviour that in any other licensed premises would have you refused service and/or evicted, or result in the premises losing their licence - can you imagine the local magistrates refusing an alcohol licence to Wembley or Old Trafford Stadiums ?

I agree with what you saying but even if we had the best stewards in the world, or even the police inside the ground, it would still reflect badly on our club to see a number of people arrested or thrown out. The problem lies with irresponsible people. I will take my son again, mainly because he loves it as much as I do, but I will worry about who we'll be sat with just like I did this year.

On the stewards we had two blokes prowling the touch line. With "rapid response team" that made me laugh throughout the game. If I was going into a hostile ground I couldn't hand pick two people I would want less backing me up or sorting problem out!

Had the misfortune to have someone rather drunk sat right behind us yesterday in block 250 yesterday who spent most of the second half continually calling the referee names that I wouldn't repeat on here.

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