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Complaint against Charlton steward upheld

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,267
edited June 2017 in General Charlton
The former Charlton manager mentioned is Theo Foley
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  • Northstandpieeater
    Northstandpieeater Posts: 730
    Ffs dont get our of your pram. Jesus.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,620
    Katrien has got to write to a fan. That's gotta be a first.
  • Hartleypete
    Hartleypete Posts: 4,704
    Just proves what horrible people run and are employed by our once great and respected club.
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,623
    Like the quote about if the Steward had spoken to him like that before he had the disability he would have knocked him out

    Shocking however that this sort of shit still goes on
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,054
    I'm glad that the club has accepted the recommendations, but what if they hadn't'? The worrying thing about that document is that it reads as if the IFO doesn't have any teeth.
  • Northstandpieeater
    Northstandpieeater Posts: 730
    Stig said:

    I'm glad that the club has accepted the recommendations, but what if they hadn't'? The worrying thing about that document is that it reads as if the IFO doesn't have any teeth.

    Had you heard of rhem before today i hadnt rhey prob have no teeth. If i was in this situation id now make a complaint to the SIA who license the steward.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,422
    I think you'll find the IFO can levy fines for clubs rejecting their recommendations. So it's kind of a do this or get a fine scenario.

    I could be wrong but I thought this was the case otherwise why would the clubs tail be so deep between its legs?
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,581
    edited June 2017
    Dazzler21 said:

    I think you'll find the IFO can levy fines for clubs rejecting their recommendations. So it's kind of a do this or get a fine scenario.

    I could be wrong but I thought this was the case otherwise why would the clubs tail be so deep between its legs?

    Doesn't it say their recommendations are non binding?

    Section 1

    Line 6
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    The steward should be sent round personally to apologise.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    So, whats happening with the 'steward' who attacked one of our fans?

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  • bertpalmer
    bertpalmer Posts: 1,774
    Does anyone know if it was Theos son Adrian who is now in a wheelchair,we played for Inter Fico together in the 70s was a really a great bloke and very decent player at our level then.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,242
    So that's now 3 different issues involving stewards at a Charlton home game from last season.

    Coventry
    Gillingham
    Swindon
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,843
    Despite my hatred of them, I can't really blame the regime for the incident. But the initial response to the complaint looks typically slow and half-hearted, just trying to fob it off. They have no idea about customer/fan engagement. No idea at all.
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,259
    LargeAddick said:

    Katrien has got to write to a fan. That's gotta be a first.

    Yes. I'm yet to receive anything
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,819
    cabbles said:

    LargeAddick said:

    Katrien has got to write to a fan. That's gotta be a first.

    Yes. I'm yet to receive anything
    That's odd, I thought she was a giver..::
  • J BLOCK
    J BLOCK Posts: 8,321
    Davo55 said:

    Despite my hatred of them, I can't really blame the regime for the incident. But the initial response to the complaint looks typically slow and half-hearted, just trying to fob it off. They have no idea about customer/fan engagement. No idea at all.

    I can, they have created a culture where this sort of client service is acceptable.
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,488
    This is terrible, yet unsurprising.
  • fat man on a moped
    fat man on a moped Posts: 933
    bertpalmer said:

    Does anyone know if it was Theos son Adrian who is now in a wheelchair,we played for Inter Fico together in the 70s was a really a great bloke and very decent player at our level then.

    I think it may have been Paul Foley, his brother
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,759
    Doesn't feel like Charlton does it?

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  • HantsAddick
    HantsAddick Posts: 2,423
    Sad to think our once friendly, family club has sunk down to this level. I blame RD and KM, they set the standards.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    I might have this wrong, but Tony Keohane and Katrien Meire seem to hold Charlton fans in utter contempt.
    Is there a platform where the positive contributions of those two are listed?
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,475
    Davo55 said:

    Despite my hatred of them, I can't really blame the regime for the incident. But the initial response to the complaint looks typically slow and half-hearted, just trying to fob it off. They have no idea about customer/fan engagement. No idea at all.

    This was my initial reaction as well. No matter who owns the club, there will always be stewards who react poorly to situations or to whom the hi vis jacket feeds their God complex. And let's be honest, supporters with special needs are treated as second class citizens throughout football in this country.

    That said, their response seems like it was half-hearted.

    Also, apparently the disabled supporters liaison has left. Does anyone still work at the club?
  • church-lane
    church-lane Posts: 935
    bertpalmer said:

    Does anyone know if it was Theos son Adrian who is now in a wheelchair,we played for Inter Fico together in the 70s was a really a great bloke and very decent player at our level then.

    Don't think it's Adrian, I think it's his youngest son.
    I used to go with Theos middle son to watch Adrian play at Inter Fico, might have seen you play Bert.
  • HantsAddick
    HantsAddick Posts: 2,423
    seth plum said:

    I might have this wrong, but Tony Keohane and Katrien Meire seem to hold Charlton fans in utter contempt.
    Is there a platform where the positive contributions of those two are listed?

    Do their positive contributions amount to a list? I'm hard pressed to think of anything let alone a list.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,817
    I don't see how "Don't get out of your pram" can ever be humourous and to someone in a wheelchair it's downright rude.
  • Addicted
    Addicted Posts: 2,804
    If you set out a tone from the top of Club vs Fans then this is the sort of shit that ends up happening
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,234
    The Club smothering themselves in more glory.
  • alan dugdale
    alan dugdale Posts: 3,078
    Addicted said:

    If you set out a tone from the top of Club vs Fans then this is the sort of shit that ends up happening

    Agreed. Through the Lennie and Curbs years, this just wouldn't happen. The club was the fans in those days.
    Today, those in charge are, in KM's words, "At War" with the fans. Gives a steward a confrontational mindset, straightaway.
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,846
    Remember Adrian playing for Welling - often saw Theo down there watching.

    Adrian was a busy sort of player who could er, get his foot in, like his Dad apparently.

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