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Post by toddy1953 on Feb 27, 2020 10:47:58 GMT
Saw this on FB When did this come into effect? ❕Help keep our young Gas supporters safe! 📞 If you see an unaccompanied child at the game this weekend, call the number below or inform the nearest steward! #BristolRovers Attachment Deleted |
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Post by gasheadbatesy on Feb 27, 2020 11:00:14 GMT
To improve matchday experience.
Keep the little bastards under control.
Noisy gets.
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Post by bornagain04 on Feb 27, 2020 11:47:25 GMT
They certainly seem to be upping the security recently. Even doing pat downs outside turnstiles! Or is that just me 🤔
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Post by chewbacca on Feb 27, 2020 12:02:04 GMT
Don't be a grass.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Feb 27, 2020 12:10:22 GMT
How strict a definition of accompanied are we talking about?
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Post by toddy1953 on Feb 27, 2020 12:38:57 GMT
How strict a definition of accompanied are we talking about? Not sure, but asking people to ring a number or report to a steward if you see anyone under 14 unaccompanied seems to imply that they must be accompanied by an adult at all times & therefore I would assume not allowed in the ground if not accompanied- unless they are going to be segregated in a kids only pen? i suppose it’s a safeguarding issue? |
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Feb 27, 2020 13:00:23 GMT
How strict a definition of accompanied are we talking about? Not sure, but asking people to ring a number or report to a steward if you see anyone under 14 unaccompanied seems to imply that they must be accompanied by an adult at all times & therefore I would assume not allowed in the ground if not accompanied- unless they are going to be segregated in a kids only pen? i suppose it’s a safeguarding issue? Istm stopping unaccompanied kids coming in would be pretty easy for stewards, so this is about kids who are accompanied in but then split up from their parent, or something. Seems a bit weird. Do parents come in with a bunch of kids and then bugger off for the duration, or something? What about those youth teams that come in with a few coaches? The kids aren't allowed to go off and buy some crisps from the hut without a coach having to go with them? Also, do we have to report Jayden Mitchell-Lawson if he slips his marker? |
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Post by gaelgas on Feb 28, 2020 3:20:47 GMT
They certainly seem to be upping the security recently. Even doing pat downs outside turnstiles! Or is that just me 🤔 To be honest I'd stop that if I were you, if they find out you're not actually a steward you might get in trouble. |
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Post by gregsy on Feb 28, 2020 7:34:26 GMT
I used to travel from sea mills to twerton alone when I was 12.... What's the issue here?
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Post by althepirate on Feb 28, 2020 7:41:00 GMT
I reported two but they turned out to be players, bloody Garner and his new signings!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2020 8:44:50 GMT
I used to travel from sea mills to twerton alone when I was 12.... What's the issue here? Changed times now though Paul. Parents and the PC brigade have insured things like this latest gas rule for want of a better word are common place as we all now know. Can remember travelling to away games on the supporters club coaches, as well as on trains at 11 years of age with a few mates of the same age. Understandable though now, especially when you see hardly any kids out playing in the street and on local greens kicking a ball about etc.The computer and to a lesser extent the child abductors have put a stop to all of that. A bit sad when a dieing club with such an old decrepid fanbase and I include myself in that, are stopping younger fans from coming along on their own. |
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Post by eastville1966 on Feb 28, 2020 9:01:49 GMT
Times have sadly changed. Back in the 1970s I used to walk down to Eastville with a few mates from Hillfields and Fishponds regularly - we were all 11 or 12 years of age. Never any problems with parents who used to fund such trips. Such a sad reflection of today's society where kids are encouraged to attend a yoof climate rally without issue but are discouraged from attending a football match by themselves.
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 28, 2020 9:43:32 GMT
Times have changed. When we left Bristol I had to catch a bus from rural Somerset to Taunton catch the train up to TM and then walk or a bus from Temple Way to the ground and back again when I was 12/13. I would never have let my children do that 25 years ago and my grandkids are monitored 24/7 now so wouldn’t be allowed to go anywhere like that. In many ways it’s a real shame but understandable.
However, at Taunton at the cricket I often see children 10/11/12 in small groups unaccompanied, wandering around the ground, unless their parents are somewhere in the ground. In those days I used to go to Taunton and spend the whole day there unaccompanied with mates. I’m sure that happens at the cricket in Bristol too. Perhaps cricket is different?
UTG!
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Post by toddy1953 on Feb 28, 2020 14:23:09 GMT
Times have changed. When we left Bristol I had to catch a bus from rural Somerset to Taunton catch the train up to TM and then walk or a bus from Temple Way to the ground and back again when I was 12/13. I would never have let my children do that 25 years ago and my grandkids are monitored 24/7 now so wouldn’t be allowed to go anywhere like that. In many ways it’s a real shame but understandable.However, at Taunton at the cricket I often see children 10/11/12 in small groups unaccompanied, wandering around the ground, unless their parents are somewhere in the ground. In those days I used to go to Taunton and spend the whole day there unaccompanied with mates. I’m sure that happens at the cricket in Bristol too. Perhaps cricket is different? UTG! Totally get that Wareham, As a 11/12 year old I would travel from Hartcliffe to Eastville, with my younger brother. Catch the bus to Old Market & walk the rest, even on night games, when we would leave home at 6 all winds & weather. Never had a phone at home, so no way of contacting parents. Stopping off in the chipper on Stapleton Rd. Occasionally ‘bigger’ lads would try to nick your money or chips, but there was always some blokes that would step in to help out & watch out for you. Always had to be wary, but didn’t stop you going next time. Something definitely wrong with society if a 14 year old can’t go to watch their favourite football match unless accompanied by an adult. I suppose it’s a safeguarding or safety issue, inside the ground, which highlights another trend on how society is today. |
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Post by Dr Gas on Feb 28, 2020 14:42:08 GMT
I too used to travel from 'artcliffe (I live in the posh end, not the bit by Toddy, BTW  ) I started going to games on my own in 1963, when I was just 9 years old. I was the old un of our group and used to take my younger brother, when he was just 4 years old, as well as having younger mates coming along. I can remember one Boxing Day game against Swansea in 1970 when our entourage of about 10 walked to and from the game. I was 17 by then and my next door neighbour was 16 but the rest, my brothers and their friends, were all under 14. |
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Feb 28, 2020 15:04:28 GMT
I used to travel from sea mills to twerton alone when I was 12.... What's the issue here? Changed times now though Paul. Parents and the PC brigade have insured things like this latest gas rule for want of a better word are common place as we all now know. Can remember travelling to away games on the supporters club coaches, as well as on trains at 11 years of age with a few mates of the same age. Understandable though now, especially when you see hardly any kids out playing in the street and on local greens kicking a ball about etc.The computer and to a lesser extent the child abductors have put a stop to all of that. A bit sad when a dieing club with such an old decrepid fanbase and I include myself in that, are stopping younger fans from coming along on their own. Bang on the money. Another case of shooting ourselves in the bloody foot. The kids of 12 and up like to be with their own peer group and I see this as unnecessary and draconian |
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Post by wsmjohn on Feb 28, 2020 15:06:40 GMT
I started to go to games at 12/13, catch train from Weston and Stapleton road train connection. No connection on night games, walked through Bristol to Templemeads and walked back to the Bournville. Sometimes home just before 12 and school the next day, always worried I would miss the train and sleep at station. Sad times but perhaps on reflection I was a little young but streetwise.
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Feb 28, 2020 15:07:45 GMT
Times have sadly changed. Back in the 1970s I used to walk down to Eastville with a few mates from Hillfields and Fishponds regularly - we were all 11 or 12 years of age. Never any problems with parents who used to fund such trips. Such a sad reflection of today's society where kids are encouraged to attend a yoof climate rally without issue but are discouraged from attending a football match by themselves. Us New Cheltenham blues would meet up with those areas and we could be as many as 150 + of us, by the time we got to Easton way Great memories |
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Feb 28, 2020 15:09:59 GMT
Times have changed. When we left Bristol I had to catch a bus from rural Somerset to Taunton catch the train up to TM and then walk or a bus from Temple Way to the ground and back again when I was 12/13. I would never have let my children do that 25 years ago and my grandkids are monitored 24/7 now so wouldn’t be allowed to go anywhere like that. In many ways it’s a real shame but understandable.However, at Taunton at the cricket I often see children 10/11/12 in small groups unaccompanied, wandering around the ground, unless their parents are somewhere in the ground. In those days I used to go to Taunton and spend the whole day there unaccompanied with mates. I’m sure that happens at the cricket in Bristol too. Perhaps cricket is different? UTG! Totally get that Wareham, As a 11/12 year old I would travel from Hartcliffe to Eastville, with my younger brother. Catch the bus to Old Market & walk the rest, even on night games, when we would leave home at 6 all winds & weather. Never had a phone at home, so no way of contacting parents. Stopping off in the chipper on Stapleton Rd. Occasionally ‘bigger’ lads would try to nick your money or chips, but there was always some blokes that would step in to help out & watch out for you. Always had to be wary, but didn’t stop you going next time. Something definitely wrong with society if a 14 year old can’t go to watch their favourite football match unless accompanied by an adult. I suppose it’s a safeguarding or safety issue, inside the ground, which highlights another trend on how society is today. They can go to AG though. |
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 28, 2020 17:44:44 GMT
I started to go to games at 12/13, catch train from Weston and Stapleton road train connection. No connection on night games, walked through Bristol to Templemeads and walked back to the Bournville. Sometimes home just before 12 and school the next day, always worried I would miss the train and sleep at station. Sad times but perhaps on reflection I was a little young but streetwise. I don’t know what vintage you are wsmjohn but istr the last train for Taunton left very soon after the match about 9.30/9.45 from TM and we used to hare out of the ground because the next train was about 4.00 in the morning and of course no mobiles in those days. In those days was a 7.30 ko and 10 minute HT. We were finished by 9.10/9.15. Still a rush. UTG! |
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