Stoke policing verdict

The journalist David Conn is very hot on police-fan “relationships” such as this. May be worth sharing with him. Active on Twitter.

Is currently very vocal on the shenanigans at the champions league final, and has been for many years on Hilsborough.
 
Before the game the police were looking/expecting something. When I got off the train they were speaking to everyone coming out of the station. Anyone with a Teesside accent was being told that we were not to go to the city centre. They were harassing some young lads about what they were doing, why they were there early. I just told the lads to walk away.

I was suppose to meet a mate of mine that lives in Stoke but they literally followed me and told me I was not to go into the centre and go directly to the ground. It was super early. In the end I just met my mate in a pub close to the ground but all very antagonistic and unnecessary. When it all kicked off afterwards I really was not that surprised.

Thanks for sharing the report. Makes for interesting reading.
 
Mfc79 said:
Boycotte the stoke away game on 17th August?

They'll be going on sale fairly soon though.
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I think a complete stay away would send the right messsge. But if everyone doesn’t buy into it.. then it just looks like our support is crap.

Any other type of protest will just be seen as antagonistic.
 
DidsburySmog92 said:
Before the game the police were looking/expecting something. When I got off the train they were speaking to everyone coming out of the station. Anyone with a Teesside accent was being told that we were not to go to the city centre. They were harassing some young lads about what they were doing, why they were there early. I just told the lads to walk away.
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If you read the report Cleveland police were expecting disorder and so Staffordshire police deemed it high risk. how and why Cleveland police deemed trouble likely to occur we will never know. Football intelligence is a grey world they use secrecy laws to hide themselves from any form of scrutiny. Unfortunately it seems Staffordshire police like so many before tried to justify a large police presence by antagonising and instagating confrontation with Boro fans.
 
clay said:
The report is back from my complaint to Staffordshire Police, and I'm so angry I'm literally shaking.

They held us back but didn't communicate it. When everyone filled the concourse, the police opened the doors to prevent a crush, then immediately radioed to their colleagues that we'd "burst through". It never ****ing stops, does it?

They've found the organisation "unacceptable" but let off the officer who sprayed the pepper spray. If I've got the upload to work then the full report is here: https://we.tl/t-3PcVNcqyYC

This still isn't over.
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Tried viewing the report, not working for me?
 
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