Its Wearing Thin Now

I know where you're coming from with this Dave, I had a taste of it myself when I was down recently; but if your friends were to carry out the very simple act of stepping up a level and keeping off the yellow boxes (which are there and at all grounds for a very singular reason) there would not be a problem for the stewards to be pedantic over.

It's not as if there were a lot of people there last night was it, but for any people at all trying to make their way to the buffet/toilet with folk blocking their way and making the whole process slower, it's both annoying and rather spoiling the quality of their night out rather than yours.

By the way, how many "heroic Weymouth fans" braved the coast road last night? The idiots on the radio reckoned around 150, if that was so; make sure the next time you go to Weymouth you let them know how impressive that was- one hundred and fifty(whao!) popping just down the road showing just how much retaining their "professional club" means to them. Nearly as impressive as when WFC went ape at Christmas and congratulated themselves on the "huge gate" when we provided over half the fans at the (w)rec yet they somehow neglected to recognise that fact in favour of claiming it was a huge endorsement for the "people of Weymouth" in their wish to support the club.

I too had this from a steward on the coventry game. I was walking along the front when on the rail i suddenly noticed my cousin and his lad. They live in the cotswolds and didnt know they were coming down and i hardly got 15 seconds to say hello when he asked me to move on!

As for weymouth being in turmoil off the pitch you have to hand it to the players as they are on a decent run of results seeing they havent been paid for a while.

Maybe we should install a rule that missed chances result in no pay!!

My daughter (10 years old) had her fluffy little doggy hand back searched, when I questioned it they just looked and growled at me. I will be taking her season ticket back to the club for an explanation and a refund. A kid like that should not even be considered a risk let alone searched, she was shocked as I was! F*cking discusting the stewards should be ashamed of them selves!

Please enlighten us if you know more! They didn't actually play us off the park, more to do with us missing chances.

Just for the record there are no yellow boxes in front of where I stand and I have no problem with rules that are sensible and are policed in a sensible manner.

Merse was indeed moved on in the Coventry match and to be fair with a 6000 crowd and the popside filled up, the path at the front of the rail needed to be kept clear. The problem now is that our home gates are much lower and anyone standing on the path by the rail will not be blocking anyones path on the popside and remember we are talking about times before the game has started anyway.

This has never been a problem before in all the years I have been going to Plainmoor, it has only started happening in the last six or seven games and sorry but people are going to want and stop and say hello to anyone they may see standing on the popside.

As it has never been a problem before why is it now seen as one, to be fair to the stewards they are only doing what they have been told to do, but someone needs to tell them that some common sense needs to be used, as I have said we are after all paying customers.

I will be looking to have a word in Phil's ear as well the next time I see him(chelstongull) You see the big black steward was the first one to want to come and have words with us, my mate Big Al told me this guy gives out deodorant in the mens toilets, so I said to Al is it only you he gives them too ;D seems he works in a night club and his job is in the toilets giving out this stuff to the men.

So back to Phil, he only went and told the guy he would only be a few Min's as he was talking with his DAD, sorry Phil but have you looked in the mirror lately the steward did come back after Phil had gone and I told him I was in fact the son and he then said he thought it was that way around.

Lets see a return to common sense in the ground and the club remembering that we are not there to be just controlled when there is no need and more importantly we are paying to be there and as such need to be treated better.

I think the main problem is the walk way seems to have been now determined as a 'no standing and/or talking zone' without this been communicated to the thousands of fans who attend Plainmoor.

Its part of the pleasure in going to Plainmoor to have a quick chat with your friends and/or family.

Take your point 100% about the H&S aspect but at the Coventry game no attempts of any 'standing' were made to get the fans off the yellow boxes. They seem happy when its quiet (no real point) and not when its busy (then it needs reinforcing).

Dave, I don't think the Steward thought you were my son - even though I am in the last weeks of my 49th year - not that you'd know!!

A guy I work with has lived in Weymouth for a number of years and I invited him up the match last night. He is not a Weymouth fan but has friends who are. He bumped into these friend in Boots and Laces and they were talking about the next 48 hours being the last for Weymouth. These guys had travelled down for the match last week as well and bolstered the local economy considerably judging by the session they went on. They travel all over the country to watch their team. My point is that rather than be described as '150 heroic fans' in an a apparently 'is that all you take away' tone, I prefer to think of the individual fans. These boys are devastated about the demise of their club. We must all remember how utterly distraught we felt at the end of the season before last. I really thought that was the end of our club and god did it hurt. It certainly kept last night's result in perspective for me.