Safety incident at Barnsley game.

Covered End said:

Blimey, I'm not suggesting for one moment a dodgy light is not a cause for concern. 

I'm saying but clearly failing to explain that CL is swamped with negativity, a substantial amount from people not even at the games and not even in the country. 

Personally, if I saw a dodgy light I'd alert everyone around me to move to one of the 4,500 empty seats & inform the club asap. 

I wouldn't start a thread on CL about it, but as I said if I'm in the minority and the majority find CL full of cheer, then fair enough. 

Mind you I did have 17 likes to my post, so it seems plenty agree. 

Fans can't move other fans. That's something which only stewards/club officials can do. Especially as the fans underneath the light fitting wouldn't have noticed it.

They were informed during the first half, as frankly some of us were getting f**king concerned about it. If that light had fallen, someone would have been killed, as the light fittings are heavy and 30 feet above the seating below. Someone at the club SHOULD have noticed this, this isn't a faulty hand dryer or broken toilet lock, so I'm baffled why you don't think this is threadworthy.

I posted this on the match thread. The light fitting is in the middle of the picture, and was waving around in the wind, as it was only held on by a cable.

The daft thing about it was the stewards were trying to move us at half time & asking us to sit in other parts of the stand. Problem was it was half time & around 50% of the fans in blocks F&G weren't in their seats as they were either going to the loo or for a pint. So no-one could tell what seats were legitimately free & what ones would be taken come 4pm. 

In the end only a few rows were moved.....but I spent a good part of the 2nd half looking up at the light & not down on the pitch. 

golfaddick said:

The daft thing about it was the stewards were trying to move us at half time & asking us to sit in other parts of the stand. Problem was it was half time & around 50% of the fans in blocks F&G weren't in their seats as they were either going to the loo or for a pint. So no-one could tell what seats were legitimately free & what ones would be taken come 4pm. 

In the end only a few rows were moved.....but I spent a good part of the 2nd half looking up at the light & not down on the pitch. 

The head steward/stadium manager came over to talk to someone in front of me during the first half and seemed fairly blasé about it, as if it wasn't an issue, so it was a slightly surprise that they then decided to act during the HT interval, which as you say isn't ideal. 

cafcfan1990 said:

Covered End said:

AFKABartram said:

Covered End said:

You can tell the team are winning when the moaning has to revert to a light that may fall in a stand that was 75% empty & fans can move elsewhere. 

Then also fans complaining about Barnsley fans, when they could also move to any of the 4,500 spare seats.

Bloody hell, the incessant moaning on CL is reaching even greater heights. 

Who’s moaning about it? 

My mate Lewis Coaches from The Netherlands. 

So 1 person? 

His brother Dave from Barry too.

Gribbo said:

clb74 said:

Covered End said:

Lewis Coaches said:

You have no idea what I was doing or where I am this weekend.
Charlton will be hearing from more people this week re this incident.

Trust nothing falls down on anyone.

Apologies C, but your first 3 words were "didn't attend yesterday", so I'm presuming you wasn't there. 

You do realise Charlton life gets me into alot of trouble with the Wife?
I can't be the only one.
I sit here reading one of the various threads,  smirking or laughing to myself at the goings on on Charlton life. 
The wife walks into the room or looks over and says you on that Charlton life again , you wanna get a life.

I just tell my Mrs I'm watching Red Tube, when she suspects I'm lurking on here and you can see the look of relief on her face

And yours?

After the Lincoln game was in the Rose pub in Dartford, got talking to a bloke in there who is an electrician - told me that he used to be a contractor at The Valley up until late 2019 - he now refuses to work at The Valley as the electrics are now non compliant, and in his view dangerous to work on - told me a lot of money would need to be spent to bring up to scratch……

T_C_E said:

I have it on good authority that should the fitting been in danger of falling the block would have been closed, after it had fallen 

HardyAddick said:

Lordflashheart said:

After the Lincoln game was in the Rose pub in Dartford, got talking to a bloke in there who is an electrician - told me that he used to be a contractor at The Valley up until late 2019 - he now refuses to work at The Valley as the electrics are now non compliant, and in his view dangerous to work on - told me a lot of money would need to be spent to bring up to scratch……

Would it be down to the club to pay or is it a Landlord issue ie Roland?

I suspect it’s an FRI lease (Fully Repairing and Insuring) so down to the club and not RD - @AirmanBrown will I suspect know the lease terms 

golfaddick said:

The daft thing about it was the stewards were trying to move us at half time & asking us to sit in other parts of the stand. Problem was it was half time & around 50% of the fans in blocks F&G weren't in their seats as they were either going to the loo or for a pint. So no-one could tell what seats were legitimately free & what ones would be taken come 4pm. 

In the end only a few rows were moved.....but I spent a good part of the 2nd half looking up at the light & not down on the pitch. 

You continued to sit under a light that you thought might crash down and kill you? We’re not playing that badly mate.

Redrobo said:

golfaddick said:

The daft thing about it was the stewards were trying to move us at half time & asking us to sit in other parts of the stand. Problem was it was half time & around 50% of the fans in blocks F&G weren't in their seats as they were either going to the loo or for a pint. So no-one could tell what seats were legitimately free & what ones would be taken come 4pm. 

In the end only a few rows were moved.....but I spent a good part of the 2nd half looking up at the light & not down on the pitch. 

You continued to sit under a light that you thought might crash down and kill you? We’re not playing that badly mate.

Not sure it would kill, but woulda thought you'd be very light headed

Cutbacks

Just to add a different angle to this, when my company used to maintain the electrics at The Valley including the emergency lights we regularly reported faults and safety issues to the club, all of which were ignored for months before being rectified.

On one occasion all the emergency lights in the South Stand had malfunctioned and the club held two home games before the problem was solved, and this was during the winter months when it is dark at 16.30, it could have been very messy if there had been a power cut.

I could tell you a lot more but wont however this is not a new thing, been going on for years at The Valley

Lordflashheart said:

After the Lincoln game was in the Rose pub in Dartford, got talking to a bloke in there who is an electrician - told me that he used to be a contractor at The Valley up until late 2019 - he now refuses to work at The Valley as the electrics are now non compliant, and in his view dangerous to work on - told me a lot of money would need to be spent to bring up to scratch……

Remember the night game a few years back that was delayed due to floodlight failure for about half hour?
Had a lump of wood wedged into the contactor (switch) in order to keep it energised.
All components open to touch. 
Had a steward stand at the switchroom door in order to prevent anyone entering.
And as for the central batteries/UPS for the emergency lighting.
That hasn't been maintained for years.
Maintenance doesn't bring in revenue, hence it gets pushed to the back of the queue.

Swisdom said:

LargeAddick said:

There has been a toilet in the East Stand where there hasn’t been a lock on it for two seasons now. The lamp will have to join the repair queue.

Can you advise roughly whereabouts in the East this unlockable door might be found?  I never go in the East but can see if I can get someone to rectify

In the Women's ain't it @LargeAddick