Positive_Canary 48 Posted December 11, 2023 Lots of talk about Ipswich fans staging some sort of 'Blue Action' orchestrated arrival with illegal devices such as smoke bombs and flares etc for the home team coach. I think this is fraught with the possibility of things getting out of hand and spilling over to when our own squad arrives. We've seen this before with bricks and all sorts being lobbed at team vehicles before big games. It surely can't be acceptable, for a device which it is illegal to possess at a sporting event to be carried, let alone used, to intimidate, or to create the atmosphere and environment which acts as a trigger for disorder. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NFN FC 1,142 Posted December 11, 2023 Call the RSPCA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GenerationA47 822 Posted December 11, 2023 6 minutes ago, NFN FC said: Call the RSPCA Typo for RoSPA..? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NFN FC 1,142 Posted December 11, 2023 9 minutes ago, GenerationA47 said: Typo for RoSPA..? No typo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robert N. LiM 5,744 Posted December 11, 2023 Not surprised to learn that a fanbase obsessed with the past are still wearing flares, but banning them seems harsh. I'm here all week. Try the fish. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 7,552 Posted December 11, 2023 3 minutes ago, Robert N. LiM said: Not surprised to learn that a fanbase obsessed with the past are still wearing flares, but banning them seems harsh. I'm here all week. Try the fish. Careful mate the Suffolk police force will be after you soon with their wooden batterns and pointy hats.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creedence Clearwater Couto 1,468 Posted December 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Positive_Canary said: Lots of talk about Ipswich fans staging some sort of 'Blue Action' orchestrated arrival with illegal devices such as smoke bombs and flares etc for the home team coach. I think this is fraught with the possibility of things getting out of hand and spilling over to when our own squad arrives. We've seen this before with bricks and all sorts being lobbed at team vehicles before big games. It surely can't be acceptable, for a device which it is illegal to possess at a sporting event to be carried, let alone used, to intimidate, or to create the atmosphere and environment which acts as a trigger for disorder. Good. Players need to know what they’re walking into. Should fire them up. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Positive_Canary 48 Posted December 11, 2023 9 minutes ago, Creedence Clearwater Couto said: Good. Players need to know what they’re walking into. Should fire them up. Not if it involves things being thrown at the coach or players being harrassed or verbally abused on the way into the stadium. If Suffolk Police don't prevent illegal devices such as flares or smoke bombs from being used outside the ground, after having had ample prior warning that this might happen, it will reflect very badly on them if there is violence as a result. Anyone in possession of pyrotechnics around a sporting event can tecnhically be arrested and charged. It is also punishable with a three month prison sentence and a six month banning order from stadia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NFN FC 1,142 Posted December 11, 2023 4 minutes ago, Positive_Canary said: Not if it involves things being thrown at the coach or players being harrassed or verbally abused on the way into the stadium. If Suffolk Police don't prevent illegal devices such as flares or smoke bombs from being used outside the ground, after having had ample prior warning that this might happen, it will reflect very badly on them if there is violence as a result. Anyone in possession of pyrotechnics around a sporting event can tecnhically be arrested and charged. It is also punishable with a three month prison sentence and a six month banning order from stadia. That'll be an upgrade for them 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Holt 580 Posted December 11, 2023 Looks great and is a spectacle. Something I’d love to see us do one day. Maybe when we win league one next year. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlands Yellow 4,583 Posted December 11, 2023 Our fans would look cool wearing Birmingham/Oxford bags. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keith Scott 289 Posted December 11, 2023 OP is a proper wet lettuce. Hopefully won't be many of his ilk going. Probably wants the fans to sing nice songs to each other and shake hands at full time. More flares and less NFN's with their hot flasks of tea I say. All the best. Big Keith Scott. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NFN FC 1,142 Posted December 11, 2023 16 minutes ago, Keith Scott said: OP is a proper wet lettuce. Hopefully won't be many of his ilk going. Probably wants the fans to sing nice songs to each other and shake hands at full time. More flares and less NFN's with their hot flasks of tea I say. All the best. Big Keith Scott. Oi! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlands Yellow 4,583 Posted December 11, 2023 Ipswich Crazy and Mustard Man are going to gurn at the City players as they get off the bus. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Pants 4,777 Posted December 11, 2023 3 hours ago, Positive_Canary said: Lots of talk about Ipswich fans staging some sort of 'Blue Action' orchestrated arrival with illegal devices such as smoke bombs and flares etc for the home team coach. I think this is fraught with the possibility of things getting out of hand and spilling over to when our own squad arrives. We've seen this before with bricks and all sorts being lobbed at team vehicles before big games. It surely can't be acceptable, for a device which it is illegal to possess at a sporting event to be carried, let alone used, to intimidate, or to create the atmosphere and environment which acts as a trigger for disorder. Don't me such a fanny mate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yellow 63 25 Posted December 11, 2023 Let them get on with it, doubt if we could muster a rattle to swing at the return fixture. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mello Yello 2,500 Posted December 11, 2023 Flares...Tank Tops...Dumbo collared shirts and platform shoes...a candid display of seventies fashion... ...but sadly, is the current fashion in Suffark...although a dozen or so folk have also been seen wearing shell-suits.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Positive_Canary 48 Posted December 11, 2023 37 minutes ago, Capt. Pants said: Don't me such a fanny mate. Well I'm putting it out there for Suffolk Police to make a formal statment regarding what people can and can't do. Encouraging the use of flares and smoke bombs either inside or outside the ground is effectively encouraging people to break the law. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Satriales 880 Posted December 11, 2023 13 minutes ago, Positive_Canary said: Well I'm putting it out there for Suffolk Police to make a formal statment regarding what people can and can't do. Encouraging the use of flares and smoke bombs either inside or outside the ground is effectively encouraging people to break the law. I'm sure the Suffolk/Norfolk police forces have a strategy in place for the game. It's probably a hassle they could do without but it is what it is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C.I.D 333 Posted December 11, 2023 36 minutes ago, Mello Yello said: Flares...Tank Tops...Dumbo collared shirts and platform shoes...a candid display of seventies fashion... ...but sadly, is the current fashion in Suffark...although a dozen or so folk have also been seen wearing shell-suits.... ITFC branch of Ninja Turtles maybe ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norfolk Mustard 106 Posted December 11, 2023 At the 1-1 game where Max Aarons made his debut I took my (then 13 y/o) with me. Familiar with that area from business trips, we parked near the Ranelagh Road roundabout & walked from the car wearing yellow shirts. No police presence whatsoever on the mile or so walk to the stadium. Comments were getting increasingly spicy from supporters in blue, especially when we walked past home fans queuing to enter at the Sir Bobby Robson end. Still no police presence - not one! It was only when we went around the corner we found ourselves 'the wrong side' of the police cordon. They quickly ushered us through to join the away section & we finally felt safe. Tbh, I was naive & misjudged the potential consequences that day. Lesson learned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 7,552 Posted December 11, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Norfolk Mustard said: At the 1-1 game where Max Aarons made his debut I took my (then 13 y/o) with me. Familiar with that area from business trips, we parked near the Ranelagh Road roundabout & walked from the car wearing yellow shirts. No police presence whatsoever on the mile or so walk to the stadium. Comments were getting increasingly spicy from supporters in blue, especially when we walked past home fans queuing to enter at the Sir Bobby Robson end. Still no police presence - not one! It was only when we went around the corner we found ourselves 'the wrong side' of the police cordon. They quickly ushered us through to join the away section & we finally felt safe. Tbh, I was naive & misjudged the potential consequences that day. Lesson learned. "Comments were getting spicy" I'm surprised you could understand what they were saying without the help of some kind of translation guide Edited December 11, 2023 by cambridgeshire canary 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratton canary 157 Posted December 11, 2023 9 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said: "Comments were getting spicy" I'm surprised you could understand what they were saying without the help of some kind of translation guide Like it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dame to Blame 105 Posted December 11, 2023 5 hours ago, Positive_Canary said: Lots of talk about Ipswich fans staging some sort of 'Blue Action' orchestrated arrival with illegal devices such as smoke bombs and flares etc for the home team coach. I think this is fraught with the possibility of things getting out of hand and spilling over to when our own squad arrives. We've seen this before with bricks and all sorts being lobbed at team vehicles before big games. It surely can't be acceptable, for a device which it is illegal to possess at a sporting event to be carried, let alone used, to intimidate, or to create the atmosphere and environment which acts as a trigger for disorder. Excellent will add to the atmosphere , i guess it will probably upset the snowflakes and goodie two shoe brigades 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenny Foggo 1,172 Posted December 11, 2023 Bring it on.. sounds really tinpot to me but if it make them happy on their cup final day... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
East Rider 585 Posted December 11, 2023 It's as tinpot as tinpottyness can get but lest be honest here. They are desperate for a result against us and desperate times call for desperate measures. Sad as hell, but there you go. I also suspect the reason for it may backfire badly, forge a siege mentality with our lot and therefore probably end embarrassingly for them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham Paddons Beard 2,648 Posted December 11, 2023 This is the biggest game for the Binners since we beat them in the playoffs. They are losing the plot . It’s like a countdown to the second coming of Santa. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Positive_Canary 48 Posted December 12, 2023 17 hours ago, Graham Paddons Beard said: This is the biggest game for the Binners since we beat them in the playoffs. They are losing the plot . It’s like a countdown to the second coming of Santa. It’s certainly their Cup Final. A new tranche of young fans riding on the back of their only real run of decent form in over a decade. It would be great to put the brakes on what they have done so far this season and play a part in ousting them from the automatic places. Would love to see Rowe get a late winner before we all wipe our feet and go back to the city to celebrate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Buh 3,662 Posted December 12, 2023 (edited) Ipswich town fans ain’t going to do s41t lol bunch of mutated wannabe Londoners living in an honest to god post apocalyptic nightmare every day. They are a really small time mentality, diet coke club apparently crippled in fear that they don’t win by a massive margin. I truly and honestly would like nothing more than for the entire county of Suffolk to be accidentally dragged into a rogue man made black hole created in a physics experiment and that it later emerges that it was in fact generated deliberately to do the human race a f@&ing favour. Edited December 12, 2023 by The Real Buh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
East Rider 585 Posted December 12, 2023 2 minutes ago, The Real Buh said: Ipswich town fans ain’t going to do s41t lol bunch of mutated wannabe Londoners living in an honest to god post apocalyptic nightmare every day. Not only are they a really small time mentality, diet coke club apparently crippled in fear that they don’t win by a massive margin. I truly and honestly would like nothing more for the entire county of Suffolk to be accidentally dragged into a rogue man made black hole created in a physics experiment and that it later emerges that it was in fact generated deliberately to do the human race a f@&ing favour. I'm beginning to see why your short stint at the United Nations ended so abruptly. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites