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Matchday policing issues thread (Millwall 2025 onwards)
Thought it might be a good idea to dedicate a thread as otherwise important issues risk being lost in among other threads. Obviously if admin disagree they will delete.
What i witnessed today was over-policing on a grand scale. however the dust is yet to settle and stories of what went poorly and what went well is probably still to emerge.
The Casey review of Met Police culture found serious insttutional cultural problems, but i suspect one that was missed is that they are still stuck in the dark ages when it comes to policing football fans, and we bear the brunt each time we play Millwall in particular.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65110300
https://www.met.police.uk/police-forces/metropolitan-police/areas/about-us/about-the-met/bcr/baroness-casey-review/
I'll post a few pics later of what i saw and could barely believe, unless there's a move to close such a thread meanwhile.
What i witnessed today was over-policing on a grand scale. however the dust is yet to settle and stories of what went poorly and what went well is probably still to emerge.
The Casey review of Met Police culture found serious insttutional cultural problems, but i suspect one that was missed is that they are still stuck in the dark ages when it comes to policing football fans, and we bear the brunt each time we play Millwall in particular.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65110300
https://www.met.police.uk/police-forces/metropolitan-police/areas/about-us/about-the-met/bcr/baroness-casey-review/
I'll post a few pics later of what i saw and could barely believe, unless there's a move to close such a thread meanwhile.
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Over policing in some areas, none in others, shambles and total lack of understanding what the scum are about.8
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1) An exec box, full of Millwall supporters. When they equalised, it got very heated around me at the back of the Curbs stand. And the one steward who arrived obviously couldn't do anything by herself, BUT no backup or police arrived either.
This box
2) a group of Millwall fans broke through the emergency gate between the Jimmy Seed and Curbs, with fights breaking out on the stairs up to Lansdowne Mews with Charltonsupporters. Again hardly a steward, and no police.
A baffling lack of police in many areas of the ground. They all seemed to be standing in front of the control box, rather than doing anything useful.
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There seemed to be about 100 police stood doing nothing outside the Rose of Denmark, so don't know why they didn't put a few of them up by the Jimmy Seed.1
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Speaking from afar, I'll have a wild guess and say there were no incidents of note before the game.Also, if the spanners were kept in after the game and let us out on our peaceful way then a lot of this s*** that went on would not have happened?2
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There were so many policy vans outside the ground, never seen it policed like that ever at charlton, even various millwall games
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I was struck by how many police there were, firstly at the station, then on Floyd Road.
A lot of vans parked up in Charlton Church Lane, and several more elsewhere. Seems they want to treat millwall as the millwall of old, and this just adds to the tension.
I had presumed along with many others that they would be stretched today in particular so it felt very much like overkill. So what is the justification? Is it to appear stretched in order to preserve budgets?
Before the game there was a line down the middle of Floyd Road. I am used to seeing it after games. So why before today?
Then there a squadron of reinforcements marching up Floyd Road to join their colleagues in the victory of the station. Did anyone see a "risk group' arrive at the station in the half hour before kick off?
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Chunes said:There seemed to be about 100 police stood doing nothing outside the Rose of Denmark, so don't know why they didn't put a few of them up by the Jimmy Seed.
It seemed no-one could get in once the police had surrounded it and it wasn't clear if anything had happened there. About 6 police vans attended as well as 2 horses and police on foot, and then the vans sped off. Again not sure the police actually engaged with any trouble at this location.
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Basically to sum it up.
Old Bill are fucking useless
They would rather arrest someone for an abusive tweet.
Millwall fan's by and large are interbred uneducated low life scum
Night Night all21 -
killerandflash said:1) An exec box, full of Millwall supporters. When they equalised, it got very heated around me at the back of the Curbs stand. And the one steward who arrived obviously couldn't do anything by herself, BUT no backup or police arrived either.
This box
2) a group of Millwall fans broke through the emergency gate between the Jimmy Seed and Curbs, with fights breaking out on the stairs up to Lansdowne Mews with Charltonsupporters. Again hardly a steward, and no police.
A baffling lack of police in many areas of the ground. They all seemed to be standing in front of the control box, rather than doing anything useful.15 -
shirty5 said:killerandflash said:1) An exec box, full of Millwall supporters. When they equalised, it got very heated around me at the back of the Curbs stand. And the one steward who arrived obviously couldn't do anything by herself, BUT no backup or police arrived either.
This box
2) a group of Millwall fans broke through the emergency gate between the Jimmy Seed and Curbs, with fights breaking out on the stairs up to Lansdowne Mews with Charltonsupporters. Again hardly a steward, and no police.
A baffling lack of police in many areas of the ground. They all seemed to be standing in front of the control box, rather than doing anything useful.3 - Sponsored links:
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Old bill at the ROD admitted to us to they got it badly wrong today. Don't think things were helped by the Greenwich line being out of action either.0
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Was there many plod in the ground?
Surely it should be a given there would be some in each stand.0 -
killerandflash said:shirty5 said:killerandflash said:1) An exec box, full of Millwall supporters. When they equalised, it got very heated around me at the back of the Curbs stand. And the one steward who arrived obviously couldn't do anything by herself, BUT no backup or police arrived either.
This box
2) a group of Millwall fans broke through the emergency gate between the Jimmy Seed and Curbs, with fights breaking out on the stairs up to Lansdowne Mews with Charltonsupporters. Again hardly a steward, and no police.
A baffling lack of police in many areas of the ground. They all seemed to be standing in front of the control box, rather than doing anything useful.0 -
shirty5 said:killerandflash said:shirty5 said:killerandflash said:1) An exec box, full of Millwall supporters. When they equalised, it got very heated around me at the back of the Curbs stand. And the one steward who arrived obviously couldn't do anything by herself, BUT no backup or police arrived either.
This box
2) a group of Millwall fans broke through the emergency gate between the Jimmy Seed and Curbs, with fights breaking out on the stairs up to Lansdowne Mews with Charltonsupporters. Again hardly a steward, and no police.
A baffling lack of police in many areas of the ground. They all seemed to be standing in front of the control box, rather than doing anything useful.0 -
ElfsborgAddick said:shirty5 said:killerandflash said:shirty5 said:killerandflash said:1) An exec box, full of Millwall supporters. When they equalised, it got very heated around me at the back of the Curbs stand. And the one steward who arrived obviously couldn't do anything by herself, BUT no backup or police arrived either.
This box
2) a group of Millwall fans broke through the emergency gate between the Jimmy Seed and Curbs, with fights breaking out on the stairs up to Lansdowne Mews with Charltonsupporters. Again hardly a steward, and no police.
A baffling lack of police in many areas of the ground. They all seemed to be standing in front of the control box, rather than doing anything useful.
The club want the money, fuck the consequences4 -
Any strategy that prioritises the movement of 3k away fans over 17k+ home fans is doomed to fail. It has been tried before and I thought it was consigned to the annals of history13
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shirty5 said:ElfsborgAddick said:shirty5 said:killerandflash said:shirty5 said:killerandflash said:1) An exec box, full of Millwall supporters. When they equalised, it got very heated around me at the back of the Curbs stand. And the one steward who arrived obviously couldn't do anything by herself, BUT no backup or police arrived either.
This box
2) a group of Millwall fans broke through the emergency gate between the Jimmy Seed and Curbs, with fights breaking out on the stairs up to Lansdowne Mews with Charltonsupporters. Again hardly a steward, and no police.
A baffling lack of police in many areas of the ground. They all seemed to be standing in front of the control box, rather than doing anything useful.
The club want the money, fuck the consequences
We can disregard all the s*** from the club regarding today.2 -
Gisappointed said:Any strategy that prioritises the movement of 3k away fans over 17k+ home fans is doomed to fail. It has been tried before and I thought it was consigned to the annals of history2
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oohaahmortimer said:
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Croydon said:Gisappointed said:Any strategy that prioritises the movement of 3k away fans over 17k+ home fans is doomed to fail. It has been tried before and I thought it was consigned to the annals of history0
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Croydon said:Gisappointed said:Any strategy that prioritises the movement of 3k away fans over 17k+ home fans is doomed to fail. It has been tried before and I thought it was consigned to the annals of history
Problem is that Millwall fans, like Charlton probably come from all over now. So many would no doubt find their own way to the area... Whereas the police have taken the approach of: "They're Millwall fans, so must come from that area"0 -
I hope the club tell the OB, we tried it your way, it didn’t work. Next time we’ll keep them in after the game.16
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ForeverAddickted said:Croydon said:Gisappointed said:Any strategy that prioritises the movement of 3k away fans over 17k+ home fans is doomed to fail. It has been tried before and I thought it was consigned to the annals of history
Problem is that Millwall fans, like Charlton probably come from all over now. So many would no doubt find their own way to the area... Whereas the police have taken the approach of: "They're Millwall fans, so must come from that area"2 -
ForeverAddickted said:Croydon said:Gisappointed said:Any strategy that prioritises the movement of 3k away fans over 17k+ home fans is doomed to fail. It has been tried before and I thought it was consigned to the annals of history
Problem is that Millwall fans, like Charlton probably come from all over now. So many would no doubt find their own way to the area... Whereas the police have taken the approach of: "They're Millwall fans, so must come from that area"
It's not a high profile enough game for it to be a bubble fixture like the south coast or south Wales derbies, but it makes no sense to close the station completely for one set of fans if you're not even going to force the other to use it.3 -
blackpool72 said:Basically to sum it up.
Old Bill are fucking useless
They would rather arrest someone for an abusive tweet.
Millwall fan's by and large are interbred uneducated low life scum
Night Night all
I used to respect the police but they are fcking clueless these days.
They were everywhere today apart from the places they were needed most. Thick cnuts.5 -
Croydon said:Gisappointed said:Any strategy that prioritises the movement of 3k away fans over 17k+ home fans is doomed to fail. It has been tried before and I thought it was consigned to the annals of history
As a neutral I left before final whistle and at front of queue I was faced with 3 large and not very well behaved police horses keeping fans in. A narrow exit, 20ft wide, nobody behind knew what was going on, pushing from the back, fallers, a potential Hillsborough.
Eventually common sense prevailed and exit was allowed to maintain safety.
I went down Brentford nick, waited nearly 3 hours for Inspector in charge to appear and gave him pelters. I don't think the experiment was repeated.
Funnily enough, we met again at Sunday football and he is now a good friend. Not sure if he remembers me from then.0 -
guinnessaddick said:I hope the club tell the OB, we tried it your way, it didn’t work. Next time we’ll keep them in after the game.0
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Can people please email photos and first hand evidence to secretary@castrust.org and we will compile and raise with the club. Thank you. (Doesn’t matter if you’re a member or not)20
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oohaahmortimer said:
I mean, the people in that stand are apparently so dangerous that 20,000 of your own fans need to be inconvenienced for their own safety, but you man the gate with a couple of minimum wage stewards.
I'm totally sick of these c*nts turning up and us rolling out the fucking red carpet for them, with a VIP lane back to the train station. Totally embarrassing.47