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Post by midlandgas213 on Jan 24, 2016 10:15:32 GMT
What was going on in the Gloucester Road after the match there seemed to be police everywhere and traffic at a standstill blue lights and sirens going off all the time was there a problem in the area haven't seen so many police for ages at a game
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 24, 2016 10:21:37 GMT
Posted this on the one of the match threads last night:
Anybody know what happened to the Paramedic(?) near the Glos Rd/Filton Ave lights, when I walked past he was sat on the ground covered in blood from a nasty looking head injury, whilst being tended Toby other paramedics, was it just a bad fall?
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Post by midlandgas213 on Jan 24, 2016 10:32:55 GMT
Yes I did see that post but this was more like a major police operation hope the medic was ok
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Post by Wembley_Gas on Jan 24, 2016 10:58:29 GMT
What was going on in the Gloucester Road after the match there seemed to be police everywhere and traffic at a standstill blue lights and sirens going off all the time was there a problem in the area haven't seen so many police for ages at a game They suddenly realised that with all those fans leaving the stadium at the same time and all the extra police on hand the traffic would be so bad that they would never get home in time for their tea....so they put their blues and twos on so that they could beat the traffic and their sausage and mash was still warm when they got in...phew! Nearly had a crisis there.
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Post by wsmjohn on Jan 24, 2016 11:14:57 GMT
There was fire engine as well speeding down the road as we came out.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 11:16:12 GMT
There was fire engine as well speeding down the road as we came out. That was because The Gas were on fire yesterday!
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Post by Gas-Ed on Jan 24, 2016 11:29:57 GMT
Apparently some bloke was shouting that he could smell gas. Emergency services on the scene soon after.
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Jan 24, 2016 12:06:10 GMT
Before the game about 50 Argyle fans were being escorted by the police and surrounded by vans and horses up the Gloucester Rd. They didn't seem to be a very threatening bunch and were made up of older scarf wearing supporters as well as a few lads. Just past the Ashley Down Rd junction this escort was brought to a halt by the plod because they were headed for a large mob of Rovers outside the Queen Vic and Cafe Grounded opposite. I guess there were about 200 or 300 Rovers fans in the road with traffic brought to a standstill..
We had been walking just behind the Argyle fans and along with everyone else not actually in the escort was told to cross the road and go around. As this was happening I was thinking. whether the police actually cause problems or prevent them. The escort with the horses and the blue lights drew attention to and gave a centre of attention for all the dicks who want to run around throwing handbags and causing disruption. Maybe the escort was necessary because there were people in it who were intent on doing nasty things like smashing up a pub but it didn't look like it to me as they were marched past. If there had been no escort, no flashing blue lights, no horses, no vans the Argyle fans could have just walked up the Gloucester Rd like the normal human beings they are, and there would have been no centre of attention and no drama!
Why was it necessary for the police to act the way they did? Is everyone safer because of it (in my view the Argyle fans were less safe!) or do they cause the unnecessary mayhem and disruption that they are trying to prevent?
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Post by nolongernonleaguegas on Jan 24, 2016 12:09:19 GMT
If there wasn't that amount of police escorting the plymouth fans up they would've been killed. Rovers were all up glos road near the VIC both sides of the road
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Jan 24, 2016 12:15:10 GMT
If there wasn't that amount of police escorting the plymouth fans up they would've been killed. Rovers were all up glos road near the VIC both sides of the road No they wouldn't even a self respecting wannabe hooligan is not going to start a 200 on to small groups of away fans that are just minding their own business walking up the road. They would have been safer just blending in like most of them did, many of them wearing colours.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 24, 2016 12:21:51 GMT
There was fire engine as well speeding down the road as we came out. There's was also a seemingly serious RTA off Filton Ave, when I arrived back at my parked car a totally wrecked car was being lifted on to a low loader, with the junction taped off by the Police/Fire brigade.
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Jan 24, 2016 12:26:06 GMT
Was thinking the same. Loads outside the Vic including three vans literally blocking the front of the pub. Then the Anchor had another 4 vans plus 20 or so officers lines up outside the front.
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Post by socrates on Jan 24, 2016 12:32:51 GMT
If there wasn't that amount of police escorting the plymouth fans up they would've been killed. Rovers were all up glos road near the VIC both sides of the road No they wouldn't even a self respecting wannabe hooligan is not going to start a 200 on to small groups of away fans that are just minding their own business walking up the road. They would have been safer just blending in like most of them did, many of them wearing colours. Self respecting wannabe hooligan ?
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Jan 24, 2016 12:41:06 GMT
No they wouldn't even a self respecting wannabe hooligan is not going to start a 200 on to small groups of away fans that are just minding their own business walking up the road. They would have been safer just blending in like most of them did, many of them wearing colours. Self respecting wannabe hooligan ? Yes mate even hooligans talk about respect, and not fighting with loners, scarfers, women, children and old people. Apparently.
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Post by socrates on Jan 24, 2016 12:46:31 GMT
Self respecting wannabe hooligan ? Yes mate even hooligans talk about respect, and not fighting with loners, scarfers, women, children and old people. Apparently. Oh ok. It just sounded like a bit of a contradiction that's all. I suppose if nobody got hurt on Gloucester Road then it probably worked. I think the policing of football matches in this country is pretty good to be fair. It's certainly improved since the dark days of the 80s where Thatcher considered all fans to be animals and the policing reflected that.
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Post by bluebeard on Jan 24, 2016 13:30:05 GMT
Self respecting wannabe hooligan ? Yes mate even hooligans talk about respect, and not fighting with loners, scarfers, women, children and old people. Apparently. Can you let the 82'ers know about this? Might make for a nicer experience at the Bristol derbies next season.
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Post by midlandgas213 on Jan 24, 2016 14:06:40 GMT
Yes mate even hooligans talk about respect, and not fighting with loners, scarfers, women, children and old people. Apparently. Oh ok. It just sounded like a bit of a contradiction that's all. I suppose if nobody got hurt on Gloucester Road then it probably worked. I think the policing of football matches in this country is pretty good to be fair. It's certainly improved since the dark days of the 80s where Thatcher considered all fans to be animals and the policing reflected that. You leave Maggie thatcher out of this she did more good to this country than any one else since churchill
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 14:19:56 GMT
Oh ok. It just sounded like a bit of a contradiction that's all. I suppose if nobody got hurt on Gloucester Road then it probably worked. I think the policing of football matches in this country is pretty good to be fair. It's certainly improved since the dark days of the 80s where Thatcher considered all fans to be animals and the policing reflected that. You leave Maggie thatcher out of this she did more good to this country than any one else since churchill Someone is desperate for a bite....
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Post by oldtoteender on Jan 24, 2016 18:41:51 GMT
If we get the UWE built can we move Gloucester road as well as i quite like it.
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Post by curlywurly on Jan 24, 2016 19:05:28 GMT
If there wasn't that amount of police escorting the plymouth fans up they would've been killed. Rovers were all up glos road near the VIC both sides of the road I don't buy this for a minute. As someone else has said, the escorted fans were low key, and definitely not looking for trouble themselves. I suppose the escort is standard, but realistcally, they would have made their way up the gloucester road, individually with no trouble. As others have said, the fact that the Police group everyone together raises "interest". The vast majority have described, drinking with, standing alongside, chatting with Plymouth fans. No trouble. We are not neanderthals.
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