Quote: Davide Longo "7 stewards operate the East Stand, all briefed to allow supporters to exit the stand whenever necessary. I have passed on your comments to the Managing Director of Key Security, so we can eliminate this issue with immediate effect'"
Hi Davide, can I also add to the comments above about the stewards? I was stood in the East Stand paddock. In the second half we swapped ends and stood at the north end of the paddock. Throughout the second half there were a fair few adults standing on the wall next to the pitch and lots of kids standing at the other side of the wall, on the grass behind the advertisement hoardings.
This meant that anyone stood in the paddock behind the adults had their view obscurred. I also wondered if folk being on the other side of the wall was against safety regulations. If not it doesn't strike me as safe anyway considering how often I've seen players land in the hoardings.
Throughout the second half as well there were stewards that were wandering up and down the paddock and stopped to look at the folk either on or at the other side of the wall, but didn't say anything. In previous years the stewards have made sure that no one does this sort of thing, even going as far as making sure kids don't sit on the wall in prematch or half time, which worked fine.
It was a little disappointing as two Huddersfield fans were stood next to us at the beginning of the half, but got a bit frustrated and had to move elsewhere because of the obscured view. It was also disappointing because I'd brought my girlfriend down to Belle Vue for the first time and her experience in the second half was marred slightly because she couldn't see what was going on a lot of the time.
Cheers!
