Is it worth a banning order? Surely not Hugh Grant and Richard Osman. Anyone got footage? Anyway it's seriously sumptuous now, just hope we can squeak a win against the bees as that has banana skin written all over it. I do feel Naaarwich will help us though.
Who cares... They were having fun
Not offended, not at all, I wish half the Hammersmith end had piled on for reademption! Tee hee
As long as the club doesn't get a fine.
Quote from: Twig on April 10, 2018, 11:03:37 PM
As long as the club doesn't get a fine.
Which is quite possible.
Fair Play to the lads, it was great timing, the crowd had.juat gotten to their feet to claim / cheer the red card, and then them two arseholes ran out of nowhere (I mean that in the loving sense)... It was great fun, and they dragees one off to Hammersmith, and one to Putney :D
They likely will get banned, unfortunately.
Quote from: thebumponleroyshead on April 10, 2018, 10:17:06 PM
Is it worth a banning order? Surely not Hugh Grant and Richard Osman. Anyone got footage? Anyway it's seriously sumptuous now, just hope we can squeak a win against the bees as that has banana skin written all over it. I do feel Naaarwich will help us though.
I've got a video, but no idea how to put it up on here!
I'm glad you think so. What if the referee added us extra 2 minutes on and Reading had scored? Would it then be such innocent fun? Well now they will probably be banned at least until the end of the season and should we go up they miss the lot. That's fun isn't it!
Those 'fun-loving' idiots (a) jeopardised the game for us and (b) will almost certainly now face bans from Craven Cottage and any other EFL/Premiership ground. Anyone else fancy having such a laugh?
I saw one of them after the game. He didn't look happy. Must have been about 15/17 years old. Police taking all his details down. 100% will be banned
Human emotion, just kids over exubertant !!
I remember playing against a bikers team and we were winning 2-0
After the 2nd goal a few of them road their bikes onto the pitch
Match Abandoned
Maybe if it was two nubile naked ladies running in the pitch I would have smiled.
However I think the majority of fans got it right when they chanted
'Wa.....rs as they were escorted off the pitch
Quote from: Southcoastffc on April 11, 2018, 12:29:44 AM
Those 'fun-loving' idiots (a) jeopardised the game for us and (b) will almost certainly now face bans from Craven Cottage and any other EFL/Premiership ground. Anyone else fancy having such a laugh?
How can a ban be enforced? They will not be video tracked. They can use someone else's card to buy tickets? Just curious how a ban is enforced?
Quote from: Slaphead in Qatar on April 11, 2018, 10:57:04 AM
Quote from: Southcoastffc on April 11, 2018, 12:29:44 AM
Those 'fun-loving' idiots (a) jeopardised the game for us and (b) will almost certainly now face bans from Craven Cottage and any other EFL/Premiership ground. Anyone else fancy having such a laugh?
How can a ban be enforced? They will not be video tracked. They can use someone else's card to buy tickets? Just curious how a ban is enforced?
I'm also curious how long the ban would likely last.
That's the problem, all the fun is being taken out of the game, and fining the club would be a ridiculous decision.
I can remember my mate running on to the pitch about 35 years ago and giving the opposing team (who hadn't been paid for a while) monopoly money, telling them "here's your wages"
It was a funny as ferk.
Disagree with those condoning this behaviour. What if it had stopped the game and forced it to be replayed? E.g. one fell over and banged his head and had to go to hospital?
That could have cost us 2nd place.
Quote from: Slaphead in Qatar on April 11, 2018, 10:57:04 AM
Quote from: Southcoastffc on April 11, 2018, 12:29:44 AM
Those 'fun-loving' idiots (a) jeopardised the game for us and (b) will almost certainly now face bans from Craven Cottage and any other EFL/Premiership ground. Anyone else fancy having such a laugh?
How can a ban be enforced? They will not be video tracked. They can use someone else's card to buy tickets? Just curious how a ban is enforced?
I think they'll devise a method to identify them. I recall Kevin Moore removing a lad from the Benfica Bar many years ago after trouble at an England game, literally pulled him out the the queue for pies!
Quote from: thebumponleroyshead on April 10, 2018, 10:17:06 PM
Is it worth a banning order? Surely not Hugh Grant and Richard Osman. Anyone got footage? Anyway it's seriously sumptuous now, just hope we can squeak a win against the bees as that has banana skin written all over it. I do feel Naaarwich will help us though.
Disagree, I think Millwall is the banana skin, hope I'm proved wrong and there are no banana skins!!
Quote from: Fulham Joe on April 11, 2018, 03:26:16 PM
That's the problem, all the fun is being taken out of the game, and fining the club would be a ridiculous decision.
I can remember my mate running on to the pitch about 35 years ago and giving the opposing team (who hadn't been paid for a while) monopoly money, telling them "here's your wages"
It was a funny as ferk.
Sorry Joe but I think you are wrong. When supporters run on the pitch it can provoke unpredictable outcomes. It could have been seen by the away supporters as provocation and kicked off violence, it could have resulted in one of the lads being injured when tackled by a steward, or a steward could have been hurt, a player might have taken it upon himself to try and control one of them and been hurt, it could have resulted in Fulham losing their lead through loss of concentration etc. etc. I don't see this as harmless and neither will the authorities. A fine for the club is very likely and that does not help us at all.
A friend of mine did it at Bolton away many years ago in the Promotion to the Premier year.He was arrested and had to go back to Bolton for his Court appearance. He was fortunate to get a Magistrate who was at the game and gave him a very large Fine,about a Grand.He could have banned him for three years from all grounds,but let him off because of his over exuberance got the better of him.
I think clubs in Championship can be fined up to £50k on FAs discretion for pitch invasions.
That's 2-3 groundsmans salaries for an entire year.
Not very funny then!
Not the first time it's happened this season, either - someone ran on and tried to do something to Tom Cairney after the Bristol City disaster in October. He was sitting 3 rows behind me and refused to put the ball back in play with about 5 minutes to go, too. I have no idea what happened to him, but pitch invasions are almost always unacceptable. Hope those two idiots get the book thrown at them. And what's more, their ages are no excuse.
Same kind of mentally that let's off a flare in a packed area of fans. We have a poor reputation with the league, rail companies and other clubs, and fans wonder why we get some strong stewarding and policing.
I just wish they gave Martin's tummy a tickle!
I had assumed they were Reading Fans for some reasonam
The reaction of the crowd to them was not sympathetic too them.