Brilliant VOTV article, Airman doing what he does best a through & honest article about what happened and poor comms for Millwall but also the ticket debacle at Play Off semi final & Final.
I'm totally staggered that The Met had 295 officers on duty....where were they? Doing what the Met does best sitting in White vans or standing in large groups being ineffective.
Sadly no one in authority wants to hold their hands up and say they got it wrong, this is across the wider society from the very top down. However the club showed contempt with their lack of response and survey. Its easy to communicate the good times but when they're are genuine concerns from the fan base, please don't cynically ignore them & try & fob off the fans with a half baked survey but get on the front foot and communicate to the fan base. Thats all we ask and that this doesn't happen again.
Airman - Rick, my father used to love reading VOTV arriving in the post firstly in Devon then when he lived in Bath, phoning me often saying have you read what Rick wrote. He never meet you but he held you in the highest regard. VOTV was and is the very best of football fanzines. COYA's
295 officers on duty?
And neither the safety officer or the police gold commander in the control room thought it was worth deploying a few at the bartram entrance at the end of the game?
Incredible.
295 OFFICERS YES 295 as reported in VOTV unbelievable, its a wider MET police problem, officers aren't deployed to prevent but to react tearing around London in unmarked cars and white vans. I was in Brixton last night groups not just youth but elders openly smoking crack or whatever and dealing no coppers around. This was at 6pm before cinema and after having a meal in electric avenue, felt lawless and not very safe.
Try this one next time you do a journey in London see how many officers you see on the streets. I have done countless journeys Spot The Officer Patrolling on the Street, guess what theyre rarer than a rhino or snow leopard......just usual 3 police cars & officers around a stopped car or a youth. They however appear in large numbers well in white vans or clustered together chatting at rallies, football matches, Notting Hill carnival, state occassions.....earning overtime!
A slight diversion, but agree Goldfinger in the Control Centre had all the "tools" sorry officers to police this match, keep Millwall behind and deploy officers behind the JS to prevent Millwall forcing the gate and attacking fans, but neglected to do this. Wall of silence from MET & Club continues......
Brilliant VOTV article, Airman doing what he does best a through & honest article about what happened and poor comms for Millwall but also the ticket debacle at Play Off semi final & Final.
I'm totally staggered that The Met had 295 officers on duty....where were they? Doing what the Met does best sitting in White vans or standing in large groups being ineffective.
Sadly no one in authority wants to hold their hands up and say they got it wrong, this is across the wider society from the very top down. However the club showed contempt with their lack of response and survey. Its easy to communicate the good times but when they're are genuine concerns from the fan base, please don't cynically ignore them & try & fob off the fans with a half baked survey but get on the front foot and communicate to the fan base. Thats all we ask and that this doesn't happen again.
Airman - Rick, my father used to love reading VOTV arriving in the post firstly in Devon then when he lived in Bath, phoning me often saying have you read what Rick wrote. He never meet you but he held you in the highest regard. VOTV was and is the very best of football fanzines. COYA's
295 officers on duty?
And neither the safety officer or the police gold commander in the control room thought it was worth deploying a few at the bartram entrance at the end of the game?
Incredible.
295 OFFICERS YES 295 as reported in VOTV unbelievable, its a wider MET police problem, officers aren't deployed to prevent but to react tearing around London in unmarked cars and white vans. I was in Brixton last night groups not just youth but elders openly smoking crack or whatever and dealing no coppers around. This was at 6pm before cinema and after having a meal in electric avenue, felt lawless and not very safe.
Try this one next time you do a journey in London see how many officers you see on the streets. I have done countless journeys spot the officer on the street, guess what theyre rarer than a rhino or snow leopard......just usual 3 police cars around a stopped car. They however appear in large numbers well in white vans or clustered together chatting at ralleys, matches, state occassions.
A slight diversion but agree Goldfinger in the Control Centre had all the "tools" sorry officers to police this match, keep Millwall behind and deploy officers behind the JS to prevent Millwall forcing the gate and attacking fans, but neglected to do this.
I think the Rozzers seem to apply a safety in numbers policy nowadays, nothing to see here sir please pass along.
Brilliant VOTV article, Airman doing what he does best a through & honest article about what happened and poor comms for Millwall but also the ticket debacle at Play Off semi final & Final.
I'm totally staggered that The Met had 295 officers on duty....where were they? Doing what the Met does best sitting in White vans or standing in large groups being ineffective.
Sadly no one in authority wants to hold their hands up and say they got it wrong, this is across the wider society from the very top down. However the club showed contempt with their lack of response and survey. Its easy to communicate the good times but when they're are genuine concerns from the fan base, please don't cynically ignore them & try & fob off the fans with a half baked survey but get on the front foot and communicate to the fan base. Thats all we ask and that this doesn't happen again.
Airman - Rick, my father used to love reading VOTV arriving in the post firstly in Devon then when he lived in Bath, phoning me often saying have you read what Rick wrote. He never meet you but he held you in the highest regard. VOTV was and is the very best of football fanzines. COYA's
295 officers on duty?
And neither the safety officer or the police gold commander in the control room thought it was worth deploying a few at the bartram entrance at the end of the game?
Incredible.
TOOTING RED ARMY - 295 OFFICERS YES 295 as reported in VOTV unbelievable, its a wider MET police problem, officers aren't deployed to prevent but to react tearing around London in unmarked cars and white vans. I was in Brixton last night groups not just youth but elders openly smoking crack or whatever and dealing no coppers around. This was at 6pm before cinema and after having a meal in electric avenue, felt lawless and not very safe.
Try this one next time you do a journey in London see how many officers you see on the streets. I have done countless journeys Spot The Officer Patrolling on the Street, guess what theyre rarer than a rhino or snow leopard......just usual 3 police cars & officers around a stopped car or a youth. They however appear in large numbers well in white vans or clustered together chatting at rallies, football matches, Notting Hill carnival, state occassions.....earning overtime!
A slight diversion, but agree Goldfinger in the Control Centre had all the "tools" sorry officers to police this match, keep Millwall behind and deploy officers behind the JS to prevent Millwall forcing the gate and attacking fans, but neglected to do this. Wall of silence from MET & Club continues......
Can only assume that the majority of the 295 officers were hiding with the SMT of Charlton.
Brilliant VOTV article, Airman doing what he does best a through & honest article about what happened and poor comms for Millwall but also the ticket debacle at Play Off semi final & Final.
I'm totally staggered that The Met had 295 officers on duty....where were they? Doing what the Met does best sitting in White vans or standing in large groups being ineffective.
Sadly no one in authority wants to hold their hands up and say they got it wrong, this is across the wider society from the very top down. However the club showed contempt with their lack of response and survey. Its easy to communicate the good times but when they're are genuine concerns from the fan base, please don't cynically ignore them & try & fob off the fans with a half baked survey but get on the front foot and communicate to the fan base. Thats all we ask and that this doesn't happen again.
Airman - Rick, my father used to love reading VOTV arriving in the post firstly in Devon then when he lived in Bath, phoning me often saying have you read what Rick wrote. He never meet you but he held you in the highest regard. VOTV was and is the very best of football fanzines. COYA's
295 officers on duty?
And neither the safety officer or the police gold commander in the control room thought it was worth deploying a few at the bartram entrance at the end of the game?
Incredible.
TOOTING RED ARMY - 295 OFFICERS YES 295 as reported in VOTV unbelievable, its a wider MET police problem, officers aren't deployed to prevent but to react tearing around London in unmarked cars and white vans. I was in Brixton last night groups not just youth but elders openly smoking crack or whatever and dealing no coppers around. This was at 6pm before cinema and after having a meal in electric avenue, felt lawless and not very safe.
Try this one next time you do a journey in London see how many officers you see on the streets. I have done countless journeys Spot The Officer Patrolling on the Street, guess what theyre rarer than a rhino or snow leopard......just usual 3 police cars & officers around a stopped car or a youth. They however appear in large numbers well in white vans or clustered together chatting at rallies, football matches, Notting Hill carnival, state occassions.....earning overtime!
A slight diversion, but agree Goldfinger in the Control Centre had all the "tools" sorry officers to police this match, keep Millwall behind and deploy officers behind the JS to prevent Millwall forcing the gate and attacking fans, but neglected to do this. Wall of silence from MET & Club continues......
Can only assume that the majority of the 295 officers were hiding with the SMT of Charlton.
Do they put on a nice bit of tea and cakes in the control room?
Brilliant VOTV article, Airman doing what he does best a through & honest article about what happened and poor comms for Millwall but also the ticket debacle at Play Off semi final & Final.
I'm totally staggered that The Met had 295 officers on duty....where were they? Doing what the Met does best sitting in White vans or standing in large groups being ineffective.
Sadly no one in authority wants to hold their hands up and say they got it wrong, this is across the wider society from the very top down. However the club showed contempt with their lack of response and survey. Its easy to communicate the good times but when they're are genuine concerns from the fan base, please don't cynically ignore them & try & fob off the fans with a half baked survey but get on the front foot and communicate to the fan base. Thats all we ask and that this doesn't happen again.
Airman - Rick, my father used to love reading VOTV arriving in the post firstly in Devon then when he lived in Bath, phoning me often saying have you read what Rick wrote. He never meet you but he held you in the highest regard. VOTV was and is the very best of football fanzines. COYA's
295 officers on duty?
And neither the safety officer or the police gold commander in the control room thought it was worth deploying a few at the bartram entrance at the end of the game?
Incredible.
TOOTING RED ARMY - 295 OFFICERS YES 295 as reported in VOTV unbelievable, its a wider MET police problem, officers aren't deployed to prevent but to react tearing around London in unmarked cars and white vans. I was in Brixton last night groups not just youth but elders openly smoking crack or whatever and dealing no coppers around. This was at 6pm before cinema and after having a meal in electric avenue, felt lawless and not very safe.
Try this one next time you do a journey in London see how many officers you see on the streets. I have done countless journeys Spot The Officer Patrolling on the Street, guess what theyre rarer than a rhino or snow leopard......just usual 3 police cars & officers around a stopped car or a youth. They however appear in large numbers well in white vans or clustered together chatting at rallies, football matches, Notting Hill carnival, state occassions.....earning overtime!
A slight diversion, but agree Goldfinger in the Control Centre had all the "tools" sorry officers to police this match, keep Millwall behind and deploy officers behind the JS to prevent Millwall forcing the gate and attacking fans, but neglected to do this. Wall of silence from MET & Club continues......
Can only assume that the majority of the 295 officers were hiding with the SMT of Charlton.
Do they put on a nice bit of tea and cakes in the control room?
Got to have something to help pass the time when you're sitting around, doing nothing, on a Saturday afternoon.
Brilliant VOTV article, Airman doing what he does best a through & honest article about what happened and poor comms for Millwall but also the ticket debacle at Play Off semi final & Final.
I'm totally staggered that The Met had 295 officers on duty....where were they? Doing what the Met does best sitting in White vans or standing in large groups being ineffective.
Sadly no one in authority wants to hold their hands up and say they got it wrong, this is across the wider society from the very top down. However the club showed contempt with their lack of response and survey. Its easy to communicate the good times but when they're are genuine concerns from the fan base, please don't cynically ignore them & try & fob off the fans with a half baked survey but get on the front foot and communicate to the fan base. Thats all we ask and that this doesn't happen again.
Airman - Rick, my father used to love reading VOTV arriving in the post firstly in Devon then when he lived in Bath, phoning me often saying have you read what Rick wrote. He never meet you but he held you in the highest regard. VOTV was and is the very best of football fanzines. COYA's
295 officers on duty?
And neither the safety officer or the police gold commander in the control room thought it was worth deploying a few at the bartram entrance at the end of the game?
Incredible.
TOOTING RED ARMY - 295 OFFICERS YES 295 as reported in VOTV unbelievable, its a wider MET police problem, officers aren't deployed to prevent but to react tearing around London in unmarked cars and white vans. I was in Brixton last night groups not just youth but elders openly smoking crack or whatever and dealing no coppers around. This was at 6pm before cinema and after having a meal in electric avenue, felt lawless and not very safe.
Try this one next time you do a journey in London see how many officers you see on the streets. I have done countless journeys Spot The Officer Patrolling on the Street, guess what theyre rarer than a rhino or snow leopard......just usual 3 police cars & officers around a stopped car or a youth. They however appear in large numbers well in white vans or clustered together chatting at rallies, football matches, Notting Hill carnival, state occassions.....earning overtime!
A slight diversion, but agree Goldfinger in the Control Centre had all the "tools" sorry officers to police this match, keep Millwall behind and deploy officers behind the JS to prevent Millwall forcing the gate and attacking fans, but neglected to do this. Wall of silence from MET & Club continues......
Can only assume that the majority of the 295 officers were hiding with the SMT of Charlton.
Do they put on a nice bit of tea and cakes in the control room?
Got to have something to help pass the time when you're sitting around, doing nothing, on a Saturday afternoon.
There was a Millwall fan on 5live yesterday morning gloating over the fact that they played 2 local derbies away in a week, and in both of them the home fans were held back.
There was a Millwall fan on 5live yesterday morning gloating over the fact that they played 2 local derbies away in a week, and in both of them the home fans were held back.
I rest my case - or in actual fact i don't rest my case if the police response to my complaint doesn't give the response i want - there will be no stone left unturned to make sure this shit doesn't happen again even if the club, cast and airman brown don't seem capable of understanding or addressing what the real issue with last week is. I will be doing everything possible to make sure this doesn't happen again - its an absolute insult and no charlton supporter should accept this.
There was a Millwall fan on 5live yesterday morning gloating over the fact that they played 2 local derbies away in a week, and in both of them the home fans were held back.
I rest my case - or in actual fact i don't rest my case if the police response to my complaint doesn't give the response i want - there will be no stone left unturned to make sure this shit doesn't happen again even if the club, cast and airman brown don't seem capable of understanding or explaining what the real issue with last week is. I will be doing everything possible to make sure this doesn't happen again - its an absolute insult and no charlton supporter should accept this.
So if you don't get the response you want, you won't be renewing your season ticket next season?
There was a Millwall fan on 5live yesterday morning gloating over the fact that they played 2 local derbies away in a week, and in both of them the home fans were held back.
I rest my case - or in actual fact i don't rest my case if the police response to my complaint doesn't give the response i want - there will be no stone left unturned to make sure this shit doesn't happen again even if the club, cast and airman brown don't seem capable of understanding or explaining what the real issue with last week is. I will be doing everything possible to make sure this doesn't happen again - its an absolute insult and no charlton supporter should accept this.
So if you don't get the response you want, you won't be renewing your season ticket next season?
if you keep trying you might eventually say something funny - go on, have another go
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unbelievable, its a wider MET police problem, officers aren't deployed to prevent but to react tearing around London in unmarked cars and white vans. I was in Brixton last night groups not just youth but elders openly smoking crack or whatever and dealing no coppers around. This was at 6pm before cinema and after having a meal in electric avenue, felt lawless and not very safe.
Try this one next time you do a journey in London see how many officers you see on the streets. I have done countless journeys Spot The Officer Patrolling on the Street, guess what theyre rarer than a rhino or snow leopard......just usual 3 police cars & officers around a stopped car or a youth. They however appear in large numbers well in white vans or clustered together chatting at rallies, football matches, Notting Hill carnival, state occassions.....earning overtime!
A slight diversion, but agree Goldfinger in the Control Centre had all the "tools" sorry officers to police this match, keep Millwall behind and deploy officers behind the JS to prevent Millwall forcing the gate and attacking fans, but neglected to do this. Wall of silence from MET & Club continues......