Larkhall Dosser

When i got my 2 tickets at 1pm this afternoon, the office were up to Section P3. There were seats left i understand in P1 and P2 but from what i heard there were single seats here and there. A guy next to me tried to buy tickets for the West Stand behind goals, but was told that club had been told to start selling from section O outwards and that they wouldnt release sections behind goals until other sections had been close to sold out. P3 where i am starts at seat 61 up to 89 and front o back row b to row uu. Here is a link which shows the sections which should give us an idea what has been sold so far http://www.hampdenpark.co.uk/visitor-information/stadium-plan.html. Tam

at least there would be absolutely no chance of anyone poaching those 2 feckers from us if the story is indeed true

Would take Tel back in a sec as long as when he was driving down the A9 to come back he reached 70 mph opened the door and launched that prick Malpas out on his erse.

Rocky Unfortunately its not as easy as that sounds. All the stands are constantly monitored by the police in the control room in the south stand. If they see that something is happening the word goes down the line from the control room/senior stewards and the stewards are then expected to carry out whatever instruction they are asked to do. Unfortunately there are only a few stewards who read these forums so i cant give an opinion on their behalf. Using the sitting discussion i totally agree it would make our job easier but if we turned a blind eye as you suggest, we wouldnt be there for long. The hastle i get sometimes, i wonder if id be better packing it in and getting an East Stand season ticket which i used to have up until a few years ago lol. I wish i could give you a better answer. Think at the end of the day its down to the way an individual steward deals with someone. Some do go over the score and ive seen it happen. Im a 'Well fan through and through and enjoy stewarding even tho it is for peanuts lol

Rocky The sitting down argument is old ground that has been raked over several times. First and foremost the sitting down and bouncing about is a health and safety issue. I personally wish that the grounds had terracing, as i liked to walk from one end to another when the teams changed ends but in an all seated stadium you are stuck in the same place. I can appreciate to, where the the posters who think that we are out to stifle fun are coming from but the bulk and i say bulk of the stewards are not there to deliberately spoil anyones fun. In carrying out duties and enforcing certain issues, of course 'sitting ' being one of them, we are going to be seen as spoilsports. However in saying that, i know that there are individuals stewarding at Fir Park who shouldnt be stewards. Lets face it, as long as the H&S policies are in force, us stewards will enforce it as best we can but try and enforce it with a human face and not some power hungry despot with a yellow jacket. Ive worked in the Cooper for 4 years now and make time to say hello to my regulars. 'sweetie money' - yip agree there. If youve experienced the stewarding at other clubs, you'll see that we are not the worst. As Wellboy 60 stated in another earlier thread, if youve got an issue with stewarding speak to the stand supervisor and they will try and address the issue instead of saying nothing then coming on here and having a go at us. Finally i want the Cooper back as much as the next man. Do you think i like seeing my fans being kicked out for both sides of the OF.

Been reading this thread and would like to point out that as far as the Cooper is concerned. myself along with my fellow stewards did our best to get the Celtic Fans in the Cooper seated. In fact after ignoring requests for them to sit down, several were ejected from the ground. In fact on some of the noticeboards we have been accused of being over zealous. Where have we heard that before? I am unable to comment on the South Stand as i was too busy to see what anyone else was doing. Stewards on this noticeboard seem to be on a hiding to nothing. The bulk of stewards do their best for people, but we can never seem to please anyone. But i wont let the constant negativity get to me. I will do my best to treat people with respect regardless of what team they support.