Not sure if this has been discussed before so apologies and sink if necessary.
Went in the Yates in Southampton yesterday and went to take a walk to the ground about 2:15ish.Tried to leave but the OB wouldnt let me and my two mates. Then about 30/40 of us got hearded down to the ground by the police. There were a few Charlton herberts within the group, but i tried to explain to the copper that i wasnt with this group of lads he basically pushed me back into the group. Complete and utter overkill by the police imo. Even filming the group on camera. Didnt get this before the game at places like millwall and Leeds!!
Anyone else get escorted to the ground or was it just the group i somehow managed to be part of?!
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Take a wander, find a decent little backstreet boozer and do what you like without the eyes of the law & their hand held cameras in your face.
If you saw the group aswell then u would understand the overkill. Id say 80% were aged 15-18....it was actually pretty embarrasing if anything. Im only 26 and i felt old!
feckoff
You cant just walk off and find a pub. I walked off from the station and a few mins later two ob on bieks were sent up the road to escorted me to the yates.Told them I was meeting someone in the spoons and was told I have to go to the yates.
Got told I would be given a section 27 which means that I would have to leave the area. When I tried leaving after the game I was told I couldnt, I said well give me a section 27 then and he responded that he would nick me for drunken disorderly. clap clap clap.
Yeah same.
Had no choice of pub. The whole city came to a stand still while we were marched Yates'.
I'm with you.
My family fought (and died in some cases) against a fascist police state.
We seem to be sleepwalking into one if we are not careful.
That wouldn't be the one that got himself nicked and threw up during the process would it? Wasn't there but endured his posse's attempts to get him out of custody by mobile phone - like the police are going to release him into the care of one of his equally drunk teenaged mates. Moved seats to get away from them, they weren't in the slightest bit interested in the game and a complete pain to be honest.
Must have been walking alongside you, jelly legs was in front of me. Was cringey having a bunch of lagered up 16 year olds giving it the biggun.
Sounds like them.
Was fairly gone by the time we left yates' so you could have had a black cape on for all i knew, unfortunately!
Apparently a fio was at Waterloo clocked some of the likely characters getting on, low and behold there is a welcoming commitee waiting at SC.
I remember last season we went to Winchester to have a quiet beer, still got found there and suffered the same treatment of being marched round all day!
I was suprised they took us to a pub that sold us beer in glass glasses (if that makes sense !) if they really thought it was going to kick off. Especially as there were lots of Saints fans in there, seemed an odd choice.
Yates when OB came in we went upstairs had another beer no prob.
Got off one stop after Southampton Central went side street boozer. 30 mins later the CAFC FIOs turned up in civvies ? left almost straight away. We got into Waterloo about 10.30 PM.
No probs.
lol