mgow Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Our BoD and our off field administration have presided over a number of incidents ranging from shambolic, embarrassing, underhand, incompetent through to simple naivety. This occasion is not one of those and for people to surmise (as some have done earlier) that somehow our club is as equally culpable as the host club is baffling. The responsibility lies with the host club alone IMHO. To me, Hearts totally failed to react when the queue started building up. This must have started around 1440 but it took until bang on kick off to get a total of 6 turnstyles open. However, I can't understand how they ever though the two turnstyles would be enough: Crowd predicted at 400 Assume all queued up at 1430, which I think most people would agree should be early enough. With 2 gates, you need to get someone through each gate every NINE seconds to get everyone through by 1500 (never mind all the way to a seat). Perhaps others with more experience could tell me if that "run rate" is feasible even for all ticket. Once you add in the cash element, I would be doubtful. On the day, I think our transaction took 3 times that. For the record, we arrived at the back of the queue at 1447 which I am happy to concede is cutting it close. We reached our seats at 1511. Between us, we paid £32 for the privileged. A key challenge for every club in the SPFL is persuading away fans to make a second visit to their grounds each season. This type of thing doesn't help at all. It could have even stopped a first visit: perhaps if it hadn't been our eldest's first trip to Tynecastle or if it been much later when we reached the front of the queue or (whisper it) had we been still outside & it was Hearts not Thistle that has opened the scoring... All that said, it was a refreshing change to meet both stewards and police who were able to smile and treat people like grown ups. It is also not a bad problem to be attracting larger crowds to see us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Come on now PT, don't be paranoid! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willjag Posted January 7, 2014 Members Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 So where were these big queens anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberteeb Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 This doesn't merit it's own thread but what was the police presence like in the away stand at Tynecastle? Easter Road had multiple times what you'd normally expect due to 'intelligence' and it was pretty shady in the first half, nobody likes to watch a game of football like that (in fairness they were sound as when asked what the deal was at half time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Board bashing from the usual suspects Nothing from me........ yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda-jag Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 police left us alone as far as i noticed. same with stewards. stood at base of stand watching, but left us to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurph Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 G4S asked some people to move from the stairwell but that's all the bother we had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberteeb Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 police left us alone as far as i noticed. same with stewards. stood at base of stand watching, but left us to it. They did that at Easter Road as well, loads down the front staring up, a big huddle of them in the corner to our left and a few dotted up the unused bit of the otherwise empty stand. It's needless, costly and ruins the atmosphere. Got to hope this smoke bomb craze never catches on with us otherwise we'll all be getting stopped and searched out our nut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda-jag Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 wouldn't say we were over policed or over stewarded (after all, they were only expecting a maximum of 400 of us), and what was there watching us seemed a reasonably low number in comparison to firhill and other away games i've been at. having said all that i was watching the game, didn't think at time whether poli ce and stewards were high or low in number, but looking back now, i'd say was lower than we'd normally expect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambies Lost Doo Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 I was at Easter Road and never noticed any "over zealous" policing. Suppose it's what you are looking out for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberteeb Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 I was at Easter Road and never noticed any "over zealous" policing. Suppose it's what you are looking out for. Who said anything about "over zealous"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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