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Post by Sword65 on Oct 29, 2024 13:45:24 GMT
That's a fair point,but the club does employ and allegedly train the security so they must take a small percentage of the blame. I've read of several clubs recently including Sutton United who will not allow away fans a seat disabled or otherwise. Now there may be no rules being broken here but it's just petty mindedness to shit on disabled people in this way. The Sutton situation was that they didn’t have seats in the away end, I believe. So you had to buy a seat in the home end and keep your trap shut, Unbelievable Jeff! |
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Post by jackster on Oct 29, 2024 14:44:56 GMT
I don’t know where the allocated disabled spaces were, but if they were in the main stand but were only paying the standard price then the club had every right to move them. Def has a legal right But Less convinced about the moral right. Basically it comes down to whether you care enough about looking after disabled, wheelchair bound supporters, by allocating them preferential spectating facilities. |
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Post by OldBoy73 on Oct 29, 2024 16:23:21 GMT
I don’t know where the allocated disabled spaces were, but if they were in the main stand but were only paying the standard price then the club had every right to move them. Bless you Dave - always defending your club! Those amber and black specs are sure powerful! For me though this is morally wrong and for me therefore not defensible especially when we are supposed to be a community club. |
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Post by hempsteadgaz on Oct 29, 2024 16:40:39 GMT
Disabled fans at ours get a great view from the disabled platform in the main stand. Raised , under cover and uninterrupted views. And a chairlift to the main viewing area.
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Post by deadly on Oct 29, 2024 17:40:31 GMT
Yea, yea.
That's right, rub it in.
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Post by Harry on Oct 29, 2024 17:43:27 GMT
Seems like a really hard nosed decision by somebody.
For a community club, this is not a good look.
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Post by nick on Oct 29, 2024 17:47:16 GMT
If the photos that got reproduced on Facebook are genuine, it seems that the wheelchair based supporters at the front end of the Genco, couldn't get out of the rain.
How can anyone think this is right thing to do ?
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Post by Benny on Oct 29, 2024 19:45:49 GMT
We used to do things better than this. We used to be better than this.
Anyone designing a brand new stadium on a hill from scratch, the disabled fans would get the best view in the ground without complex ramps.
Nobody would risk that goodwill for a few pounds.
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Post by Raymondo316 on Oct 29, 2024 20:29:36 GMT
Wheelchair users were always in that area at the top of the main stand since the Gallagher opened, there's been a lift there from the beginning and then in the summer the club just decided they needed to be moved. Multiple people have commented about it and have said they've tried getting an answer from the club, but they're getting no reply.
One of the fans who is in a wheelchair has been following this club for over 50 years, I remember seeing him loads at Sittingbourne & Ashford as well.
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Post by jdl on Oct 29, 2024 20:30:01 GMT
Isn't there a disabled lift between the Spitfire lounge block and the MS?
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Post by Raymondo316 on Oct 29, 2024 20:31:29 GMT
Isn't there a disabled lift between the Spitfire lounge block and the MS? Yes it's been there since the stadium opened |
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Post by jdl on Oct 29, 2024 20:33:39 GMT
Isn't there a disabled lift between the Spitfire lounge block and the MS? Yes it's been there since the stadium opened Well, just give them some spaces up in the posh bit. Surely they deserve a bit of comfort? |
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Post by jdl on Oct 29, 2024 20:33:58 GMT
Except Sword of course!
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Post by stones1 on Oct 29, 2024 21:22:47 GMT
Yes it's been there since the stadium opened Well, just give them some spaces up in the posh bit. Surely they deserve a bit of comfort? That’s where they were. If the club want to maximise revenue and move them from there to sell the seats then fair enough; but for the sake of optics if not morality make sure whatever alternative found is suitable |
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Post by pwoodstone on Oct 29, 2024 22:03:21 GMT
Well, just give them some spaces up in the posh bit. Surely they deserve a bit of comfort? That’s where they were. If the club want to maximise revenue and move them from there to sell the seats then fair enough; but for the sake of optics if not morality make sure whatever alternative found is suitable Nah it’s not fair enough. Where does it bloody end. We, as a club, mainly Oliver, will use grassroots this and that when it suits but if this is what has happened, to make a few extra thousand, it isn’t right. I’d like the club to comment though. It might be a mis-communication. |
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