Club statement : Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:26 am  

http://www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... ent-180815 ‘misconduct and unacceptable behaviour of spectators’ at Saturday’s game against the Bradford Bulls

http://www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... ent-180815 ‘misconduct and unacceptable behaviour of spectators’ at Saturday’s game against the Bradford Bulls

Re: Club statement : Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:38 am  

What a sad state of affairs, segregation is the only way forward.

Re: Club statement : Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:44 am  

bellycouldtackle wrote:

What a sad state of affairs, segregation is the only way forward.

I agree , however it comes as a matter of course at all modern stadia. I can't see how it can be totally enforced at Belle Vue
you have to feel sorry for the club on this

Re: Club statement : Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:02 am  

bellycouldtackle wrote:

What a sad state of affairs, segregation is the only way forward.

You're right the main away support should be on the western terrace the odd 1 or 2 scattered about isn't a problem it's when you get a few in you increase the chances of incidents happening. The way I saw it was Bradford fans starting to abuse Wakefield fans and some Wakefield responding. If Bradford weren't in the north stand it wouldn't have happened.

Re: Club statement : Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:17 am  

Stewards should direct away supporters to the western terrace before entering the ground, as once in via doncaster road it
is harder to do.

ALL away fans know the North stand is our "home/vocal" end.Do we congregate in the southstand or Weldon road end NO!!! Because
we respect it is there "end".

Bradford clearly made a point of turning up on mass to occupy the North stand,were we not then supposed to go in there ourselves.

With our ever dwindling support the club and players need us to be heard, not the away fans.

Re: Club statement : Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:22 am  

or why not identify the people causing problems at your games and ban them and make your ground a bit more welcoming to away supporters rather than just saying you can't stand there unless you wanna get a smack of one of our idiot fans.

Re: Club statement : Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:24 am  

meast wrote:

or why not identify the people causing problems at your games and ban them and make your ground a bit more welcoming to away supporters rather than just saying you can't stand there unless you wanna get a smack of one of our idiot fans.

This^^

Re: Club statement : Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:29 am  

cross lane cat wrote:

Stewards should direct away supporters to the western terrace before entering the ground, as once in via doncaster road it
is harder to do.

ALL away fans know the North stand is our "home/vocal" end.Do we congregate in the southstand or Weldon road end NO!!! Because
we respect it is there "end".

Bradford clearly made a point of turning up on mass to occupy the North stand,were we not then supposed to go in there ourselves.

With our ever dwindling support the club and players need us to be heard, not the away fans.

There were no stewards inside the ground when I entered at half two. Were they only employed to work form ten to three onwards I wonder. It’s no wonder the North Stand has a fair few Bulls fans in.

Having said that I don’t think segregation would’ve changed the behaviour of the moronic element of our supporters. They still shout disparaging remarks to Cas fans about their sexual partners all with from the safety of a line of stewards.

Re: Club statement : Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:29 am  

jack in the box wrote:

I agree , however it comes as a matter of course at all modern stadia. I can't see how it can be totally enforced at Belle Vue
you have to feel sorry for the club on this

It worked well enough against Cas. Seemed to be only a few Cas who were with Wakefield supporters in the North Stand. I'm not sure if any additional bodies were required to achieve the result from the stewarding team but it was worth it. Potential additional cost was weighed up against another RFL fine I'm sure.

There seems be an attitude of 'we'll take the North Stand' from visiting fans this year as well, maybe online keyboard heroes but it does create a grudge ahead of games and again points to segregation being the way forward. The unacceptable to conclusion to hostilities on Saturday seems to have been rooted in some gobbing off getting out of hand. Avoidable if only a moderate level of segregation was in place.

Re: Club statement : Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:31 am  

meast wrote:

or why not identify the people causing problems at your games and ban them and make your ground a bit more welcoming to away supporters rather than just saying you can't stand there unless you wanna get a smack of one of our idiot fans.

Michael Carter wrote:

As a Club we will not tolerate such things and will cooperate fully with any investigation. I will not tolerate any form of abuse, and if there are culprits who are proven to be guilty of this, they will be banned from ever attending another game in which this Club plays.