For those who don't seem to heed the warnings passed over by the Club and insist on taking such devices to away games - despite both the protaganists at Bournemouth and Watford having their collar felt and receiving banning orders, then please take notice of the message below from the Ground Safety Officer at Turf Moor.
“Burnley Football Club is a family club and the Safety Team is committed to providing the best customer experience for all people attending the ground. To ensure that items that may affect that customer experience, are not brought into the ground, Burnley F.C. have a number of stringent entrance procedures.
These include
• Offering an ‘amnesty period’, allowing supporters a chance to leave any items outside the ground that may breach ground regulations
• A tiered and thorough system of search both outside the ground and inside the turnstiles
• The use of Sniffer Dogs outside the turnstile and also on the coaches before spectators depart, searching for flares, fireworks or other pyrotechnics
• A robust prosecution policy if anyone is found with such an article in their possession
These systems are to ensure the safety of all people attending matches and Burnley F.C. encourage all supporters to arrive early for the fixture as a slight delay at the turnstiles may be inevitable.”
Safe journeys and enjoy the game.
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• The use of Sniffer Dogs outside the turnstile and also on the coaches before spectators depart, searching for flares, fireworks or other pyrotechnics
• A robust prosecution policy if anyone is found with such an article in their possession
What if you wanted to take the fireworks to the ground to take advantage of their generous amnesty, only to be stopped on the way on a coach by sniffer dogs?
Firstly I am only passing on a message. If it helps prevent a Charlton fan being arrested and receiving a banning order then that's good news surely?
Secondly, I feel that Burnley's request was polite and reasonable - better a heads up than someone getting dragged away to a Lancashire nick for a few hours.
Thirdly - are you going tomorrow? Because of our 'growing reputation' in the use of pyrotechnics (and the local Constabularies around the Country are well aware of what has happened at recent away games) some of us are going to have to put up with some bloody great alsation sticking it's nose in our gonads, just to make sure we aren't carrying any pyrotechnics.
The treatment of away fans by OB has improved significantly over the past few years (those that went to Cardiff last season were shocked by thepositive way we were treated by both the Police and the Stewards) and I for one, don't really want it going back to the dark days of some of the nightmare experiences I witnessed at grounds up and down the country in the '70s and '80s.
You may think flares are fun and add to the atmosphere - unfortunatley, the Clubs, the Police and most importantly, the majority of the fans don't.
Is that not too difficult to accept?
For once lads, can we set an example to the team and play ball
How do you know this?
It's quite simple, they're against the law and the law will come down heavily on you if you decide to ignore. It's up to you.
You can carry on asking inane questions or disputing facts but the bottom line is YOU WILL GET NICKED IF YOU ATTEMPT TO TAKE PYROTECHNICS INTO FOOTBALL GROUNDS
But if they're banned then they're banned, fair enough if you bring one and get aay with it. But if you get caught then that's your problem as far as I'm concerned, must admit though sniffer dogs is a bit extreme, should the Lancashire tax payers money not be better spent elsewhere?