dickhead on the pitch seeking notoriety is a regular occurrence at St Andy's when they play Villa .. difficult to stop unless every inch of the pitchside is patrolled by stewards and o b .. the intruder ? .. a good kicking round the back of the stand should be the order of the day .. instead he'll spend a few hours in the nick and then get a community service order or whatever they're now called
No chance. Football fans get sent down these days for chucking a flare so there's absolutely no doubt this guy is going down too
Always an overreaction when it happens at a football match. Idiots like him do it every weekend out on the booze. It's got nothing to do with football and everything to do with him being a complete bell.
It’s not an overreaction mate
I disagree. The bloke who did it obviously deserves locking up but there always seems to be a lot made about it when it happens on a football pitch. Security should undoubtedly be tighter, it should be extremely difficult for a spectator to make it onto the pitch, but these incidents are a lot rarer then the ones happening every night in clubs and kebab shops across the country but will lead to people talking about getting this shit out of our game etc. Of course it shouldn't happen but we are talking about a few isolated incidents rather than regular occurrences.
Because it's happened on a professional football pitch and not in a kebab shop.
If it happened in a church or on stage at a tellytubby's reunion concert there would also be a big reaction
And you’re sure that Grealish is religious and a Telly Tubby fan ?
"Birmingham City Football Club would like to apologise to Jack Grealish and Aston Villa Football Club for an incident in this afternoon’s derby match.
"We deplore the behaviour of the individual who committed this act and rest assured he will be banned from St. Andrew’s for life. The club will also support any further punishment this individual may face in the eyes of the law.
"The club will be working with the relevant authorities to investigate all the circumstances and we will be reviewing our stadium safety procedures.
"What happened has no place in football or society. Jack is a Birmingham lad and regardless of club allegiance should not have been subjected to this – there are no excuses.
"Again, we apologise to Jack and all at Aston Villa Football Club."
They have always been rough. I remember back in the 90s when they played Leeds (I think) on tele and one of them chucked a snooker ball from the stands at Gary McCallister.
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"Birmingham City Football Club would like to apologise to Jack Grealish and Aston Villa Football Club for an incident in this afternoon’s derby match.
"We deplore the behaviour of the individual who committed this act and rest assured he will be banned from St. Andrew’s for life. The club will also support any further punishment this individual may face in the eyes of the law.
"The club will be working with the relevant authorities to investigate all the circumstances and we will be reviewing our stadium safety procedures.
"What happened has no place in football or society. Jack is a Birmingham lad and regardless of club allegiance should not have been subjected to this – there are no excuses.
"Again, we apologise to Jack and all at Aston Villa Football Club."
*posting for a friend
I’m not actually sure it’s the same guy
Condones......
Maybe worth checking before posting.
And to think some people wanted the EFL to buy Charlton