Play-off final inquiry Options

[Greg]

Just for your information - I didn't see this posted anywhere else:

NUNEATON Town have been cleared by the FA of any wrongdoing in the aftermath of their play-off final win against Chippenham Town.

A Boro fan was accused of striking Chippenham's Alan Griffin moments after Nuneaton won the Zamaretto League Premier Division play-off final.

The FA carried out an investigation into the incident and have now told the club no further action will be taken.

Boro chairman Ian Neale said: "We complied fully with the investigation and the FA told us they were happy with our planning and stewarding for the game.

"If you have 3,000 people at the game with some of them intent on invading the pitch it is hard to stop. If one of them allegedly does something stupid that is also hard to stop.

"The FA made a couple of recommendations to us and I've met with the senior steward to make sure we implement them. We are pleased with the way we steward games and we're pleased with the outcome of the investigation."


Good news, eh?

[ROBIN BLUE WIG]

Just for your information - I didn't see this posted anywhere else:

NUNEATON Town have been cleared by the FA of any wrongdoing in the aftermath of their play-off final win against Chippenham Town.

A Boro fan was accused of striking Chippenham's Alan Griffin moments after Nuneaton won the Zamaretto League Premier Division play-off final.

The FA carried out an investigation into the incident and have now told the club no further action will be taken.

Boro chairman Ian Neale said: "We complied fully with the investigation and the FA told us they were happy with our planning and stewarding for the game.

"If you have 3,000 people at the game with some of them intent on invading the pitch it is hard to stop. If one of them allegedly does something stupid that is also hard to stop.

"The FA made a couple of recommendations to us and I've met with the senior steward to make sure we implement them. We are pleased with the way we steward games and we're pleased with the outcome of the investigation."


Good news, eh?

what bollock's ,but i ain't surprise............u got to laugh about the stewarding of the game (the lack of)but the f.a is a joke at the best of times .

[fishnchips]

Another spineless display by the FA.

From the 100 plus nauseating posts that appeared on here for weeks after the game I would have thought that Nuneaton would have been banged to rights.

Oh well Blue Wig. Oh well.

[StPauli]

Pathetic. Utterly pathetic.

[sandie]

Pathetic. Utterly pathetic.

Not quite the full version from what I have been told - where is the reference to the life ban on the supporter who hit Griff, or the details of improvements the FA have INSISTED not advised the club to take, or the results of an on-going enquiry by the local licensing authority etc. Ian Neale is full of ........... and selects his weasle words well

[Rich735]

Just for your information - I didn't see this posted anywhere else:

NUNEATON Town have been cleared by the FA of any wrongdoing in the aftermath of their play-off final win against Chippenham Town.

A Boro fan was accused of striking Chippenham's Alan Griffin moments after Nuneaton won the Zamaretto League Premier Division play-off final.

The FA carried out an investigation into the incident and have now told the club no further action will be taken.

Boro chairman Ian Neale said: "We complied fully with the investigation and the FA told us they were happy with our planning and stewarding for the game.

"If you have 3,000 people at the game with some of them intent on invading the pitch it is hard to stop. If one of them allegedly does something stupid that is also hard to stop.

"The FA made a couple of recommendations to us and I've met with the senior steward to make sure we implement them. We are pleased with the way we steward games and we're pleased with the outcome of the investigation."


Good news, eh?

Hi,

This a copy of the e-mail my wife received from the local Council with regard to the sale of drinks etc.

"Dear Mrs Chappell
I refer to your email of 3rd June to Warwickshire Police. Unfortunately I did not see the original but received a copy of Mr Neale's response to you
I recently met with the Designated Premises Supervisor at Nuneaton Town FC and discussed with him issues raised by other Chippenham Supporters which were similar to those raised by yourself.
I was of the opinion that there may have been a breach of the conditions of the existing licence and I therefore formally reminded the Club (through the Designated Premises Supervisor) of the terms of their licence and the penalties for non compliance, which can be severe.
This is the first incident reported to us regarding the Club and I do not propose to take any further action in respect of this occasion but it would obviously be borne in mind when deciding what action to take should any further incidents arise.
Since being made aware of your complaint I have also discussed the issues with the Club Chairman.

Yours sincerely

Les Jackson
Principal Business Regulation and Support Officer
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council"

Richard

[Cepen Park]

We really are starting to sound like sore losers, or at least a club full of daily mail readers. Time to stop being outraged and move on folks!

[Greg]

We really are starting to sound like sore losers, or at least a club full of daily mail readers. Time to stop being outraged and move on folks!

Ah CP - the voice of reason at last. When the incident was first reported, Ian Neale said that the club would deal with the issue internally and strongly. The photo was published, the guilty party came forward and was given a lifetime ban. Sadly, this was not enough for many at Chippenham who started to report Nuneaton to every official body that moved. Finding and punishing the person who offended was not enough - some Chippenham supporters seemed to want much more.

Just one question springs to mind - what would Chippenham and its fans gain from any sanctions taken against Nuneaton?

[Space Raider]

We really are starting to sound like sore losers, or at least a club full of daily mail readers. Time to stop being outraged and move on folks!

Thankyou George, I was beginning to think I was the only one who had moved on from this.

[Dauntsey Boys]

We really are starting to sound like sore losers, or at least a club full of daily mail readers. Time to stop being outraged and move on folks!

You're right, lets just sweep it under the carpet and forget it ever happened.

I'm not sure you'd be of the same opinion had you been there on the day.

CTFC and its supporters have nothing to gain other than knowing they did everything possible to prevent a repitition of the ugly scenes for other non-league fans in the future.

[Greg]

You're right, lets just sweep it under the carpet and forget it ever happened.

I'm not sure you'd be of the same opinion had you been there on the day.

CTFC and its supporters have nothing to gain other than knowing they did everything possible to prevent a repitition of the ugly scenes for other non-league fans in the future.

Don't you feel that the decisive action taken by the club would be as effective as maybe a fine from the FA?

[Cepen Park]

I don't think anything has been swept under the carpet, action has been taken, and we gain nothing from repeating ourselves. I wasn't there on the day, but I've seen enough stuff at football games to think we're sounding a bit pious and its just a little embarrassing harping on about it 3 months later.
I mean we've never done anything wrong have we?

[Rich735]

Ah CP - the voice of reason at last. When the incident was first reported, Ian Neale said that the club would deal with the issue internally and strongly. The photo was published, the guilty party came forward and was given a lifetime ban. Sadly, this was not enough for many at Chippenham who started to report Nuneaton to every official body that moved. Finding and punishing the person who offended was not enough - some Chippenham supporters seemed to want much more.

Just one question springs to mind - what would Chippenham and its fans gain from any sanctions taken against Nuneaton?

I think you are missing the Point it was not only on the pitch that had problems it was in stands as well, I personally think reporting Nuneaton to the Authorities was justified because my son and wife and lots of Chippenham Supporters were in the area that came under a lot of abuse and had alcoholic drinks thrown at them etc. and my young son was very distressed by it all and took him several hours to recover from, I was even threatened by several Nuneaton fans? if I did not take their pictures.
Now if you think that is acceptable and quite normal to take place at football match then I am sorry you are not living in the real world.

[Greg]

I think you are missing the Point it was not only on the pitch that had problems it was in stands as well, I personally think reporting Nuneaton to the Authorities was justified because my son and wife and lots of Chippenham Supporters were in the area that came under a lot of abuse and had alcoholic drinks thrown at them etc. and my young son was very distressed by it all and took him several hours to recover from, I was even threatened by several Nuneaton fans? if I did not take their pictures.
Now if you think that is acceptable and quite normal to take place at football match then I am sorry you are not living in the real world.

I am sorry you suffered that kind of abuse - it clearly has no place in football. My point is that surely it is the individuals who perpetrated this that should be punished? Nuneaton Town has tried to do that by punishing the individual who allegedly assaulted your player.

I understand that Chippenham had similar problems not so long ago. I'm sure your club officials will tell you that they did everything possible to prevent hooliganism - but if idiots are determined then the club's ability to stop them is limited.

[VS Boro]

I am sorry you suffered that kind of abuse - it clearly has no place in football. My point is that surely it is the individuals who perpetrated this that should be punished? Nuneaton Town has tried to do that by punishing the individual who allegedly assaulted your player.

The photo was published, the guilty party came forward and was given a lifetime ban. Sadly, this was not enough for many at Chippenham who started to report Nuneaton to every official body that moved. Finding and punishing the person who offended was not enough - some Chippenham supporters seemed to want much more.

I don't think anything has been swept under the carpet, action has been taken, and we gain nothing from repeating ourselves. I wasn't there on the day, but I've seen enough stuff at football games to think we're sounding a bit pious and its just a little embarrassing harping on about it 3 months later.
I mean we've never done anything wrong have we?

^^^^^^^^ I totally agree ^^^^^^^^

When this blew up I could find very little to defend the alledged incidents. I said so on here, but was still banned for some reason.
My only "defense" for the club was 12 months earlier, a more or less identical game (probably with more visiting supporters) took place without any trouble. Using that as a precident could indicate the club were right with what they did...........only in hind-sight could that now be critisised.

Although it can be claimed the picture was inconclusive, my gut reaction is something untoward did happen. The perpitrator has been banned, so that can only back up this belief.

Nuneaton Town have learnt from this experience. They have been given "advise" and I am sure they will learn from that. I very much doubt if a similar game takes place again the game wont be segregated and no way will alcohol be permitted on the terraces as (I believe) that is not permitted within the conference leagues.........even if it was, I very much doubt Nuneaton Town would do so again.
As for "attacking a player"........totally indefensible, but very hard to stop. Given perimeter is 400 yards, and to stop everyone a steward must be placed 5 yards apart, then thats 80 stewards needed......or one per 40 spectators...........I think not.

You think you have it bad........http://www.twohundredpercent.net/?p=8206. Please dont read the link as a way of defusing an indefensible (IMO) event that took place at Liberty Way.

Finally, I have been verball abused in town........I dont go to council and demand that a random pub has its licence revoked. 1st I dont know what pub sold the drink(s) (how do you know it was Liberty Way) and more importantly its more the responsibilty of the drinker to behave responsibe. I know some people who can drink like fish and not be abusive, where as others can have a half a shandy and take on the world