KHV Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Love them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Cool topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Love them also. More the better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lions_Roar Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Hate them. Leave them to rugby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Our attempt at the start of last season (or was it the season before?) was pretty weak. Not love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Supporter Stevo985 Posted December 3, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2013 PA systems at Darts matches. Love them or hate them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Pyrotechnics, pre-match music, goal celebration music, cheerleaders and mascots can all sod off. Turn up, have a pint, watch football, leave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Supporter PieFacE Posted December 3, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2013 Pyrotechnics, pre-match music, goal celebration music, cheerleaders and mascots can all sod off. Turn up, have a pint, watch football, leave. Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I was a teenage flare mule. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 some meat on the bones - The rising use of flares in British football could lead to someone being killed, according to Policing Minister Damian Green. The warning comes as a survey found a third of British football supporters have been affected by pyrotechnics at stadiums while 86% are concerned for their safety. Meanwhile, fans as young as eight are used as 'mules' to smuggle flares and smoke bombs into Premier League fixtures. Pyrotechnic incidents have risen sharply in recent seasons, with the first three months of this season recording 96 such events. In the whole of last season there was 172, while the season of 2011-12 recorded 72 incidents. Just eight pyrotechnic events were noted for the 2010-11 season. "It's the biggest concern we've got among fans at the moment," Cathy Long, head of supporter services at the Premier League, told BBC Sport. "There have been incidents across the world where people have had bad injuries or died. We've been lucky that our leagues haven't had such major issues yet, but we want to stop that from happening." It is a sentiment shared by Member for Ashford, Mr Green, who said: "someone could get killed". More commonly associated with games on the continent, phrases such as 'no pyro, no party' are becoming popular in Britain, while pyrotechnic paraphernalia is becoming easier and cheaper to buy. "The European influence is very, very strong," explained Football Supporters' Federation caseworker Amanda Jacks. "I've no doubt people think pyro creates a better atmosphere and enhances supporting their team. Whether or not that's true, it's illegal. "A lot of supporters may be unaware that the use or possession of pyrotechnics is actually illegal and the ultimate sanction is prison. "Rather than seeing 'no pyro, no party' I'd like to see 'pyro could mean prison' and that's a very real possibility if fans are convicted of using pyrotechnics. They might end up seeing Christmas inside a cell." According to the UK Football Policing Unit, the clubs involved with the most pyrotechnic incidents (five) in 2013-14 were Manchester United, Everton and Wigan Athletic. not bothered by them personally, would like to think it adds something to the atmosphere but the reality is probably its just pissed up idiots i dont seem to know the difference between a flare and a smoke bomb, the "flare" that spurs threw on to the pitch, wasnt that a smoke bomb? i dont want them in the holte, but at the same time in a big night game these would be cool - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator BOF Posted December 3, 2013 Moderator Share Posted December 3, 2013 I like the pyrotechnics. It's the nimrods holding them that I'm uncomfortable with. So in that sense I think their days are numbered because they're too dangerous in an age of control where you can just launch something explosive at rival fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 This video from when Hammarby opened their new stadium earlier this year is pretty crazy. Skip ahead to about 16min in. It looks like they nearly burned their new stadium down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Not for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I'm not a fan of official displays. Like the Champions League final trophy presentation they have all that shitty confetti and sparklers, it looks crap. I think flares and smoke bombs make a good spectacle but they are banned here and rightly so. Anyone remember Diana Ross missing this sitter? Baggio got a lot of stick for missing that penalty but Diana's is worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 she didnt actually miss. It was a perfectly placed shot as the piece of grass it landed was the trigger for knocking down the goals. Just a great piece of skill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iqXaVfX7o8 now thats a quality pyro show, a big slap in the face for health and safety bods! Edited December 3, 2013 by KHV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I've gone off smoke bombs after the one thrown at West Brom landed right next to me. Not pleasant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I prefer flares, cuz it makes the scene look crazy...if you lit a flare at a game in the States, you'd be cuffed and put in a jail cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I prefer flares, cuz it makes the scene look crazy...if you lit a flare at a game in the States, you'd be cuffed and put in a jail cell. And sent to Guantanamo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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