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Thread: No Smoking

  1. #11
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    It is a little sad if people will not attend games if they are not allowed to smoke. It has been banned inside stadiums in England for a number of years now and hasn't made any difference to attendances. At one ground down south you also get bodily scanned before you get near the ground and them bodily searched before you go through the turnstiles. The smoking ban will at least give be the security staff something to do. The ban I suspect affects every club not just Queens.

  2. #12
    too many rules and regulations being forced on football these days ,between those and prices to watch games nowadays im now beginning to think its a waste of time attending ,the whole matchday experience isnt the way it used to be no fun anymore being expected to stand and watch like robots no drink allowed in ground is also draconian ,thats where german football stands out with its head high only decent games to go watch nowadays are in the junior leagues as thay chose not to go down the rules and regulation path ,went to watch glenafton a few times with a 12 pack of cans sitting at my feet ,everyone seemed to have some sort of drink on them atmosphere was buzzing ,yes a bit of crowd punchup here and there but seen as banter ,never seen a policeman yet at those games ,all in all a great matchday experience ,what we are getting howadays in the senior leagues i think id rather either go watch junior football or be an armchair fan .
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  3. #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Francis_begbie_HFC View Post
    too many rules and regulations being forced on football these days ,between those and prices to watch games nowadays im now beginning to think its a waste of time attending ,the whole matchday experience isnt the way it used to be no fun anymore being expected to stand and watch like robots no drink allowed in ground is also draconian ,thats where german football stands out with its head high only decent games to go watch nowadays are in the junior leagues as thay chose not to go down the rules and regulation path ,went to watch glenafton a few times with a 12 pack of cans sitting at my feet ,everyone seemed to have some sort of drink on them atmosphere was buzzing ,yes a bit of crowd punchup here and there but seen as banter ,never seen a policeman yet at those games ,all in all a great matchday experience ,what we are getting howadays in the senior leagues i think id rather either go watch junior football or be an armchair fan .
    12 cans in 90 minutes. That's a can every 7.5 minutes. Hardcore!

  4. #14
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    Don't see a thing wrong with letting fans smoke out in the open air . It's the only pleasure some fans get when attending Palmerston .

  5. #15
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    On the drinking front, I was at a Fulham vs Notts Forest game back in February or March and it was refreshing to see alcohol for sale inside the stadium. To think Scottish football has had a blanket ban in place soon after the Old Firm 1980 Scottish Cup Final. I assume that the smoking ban is across all Scottish football grounds?

  6. #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by ALBERTZ_11 View Post
    On the drinking front, I was at a Fulham vs Notts Forest game back in February or March and it was refreshing to see alcohol for sale inside the stadium. To think Scottish football has had a blanket ban in place soon after the Old Firm 1980 Scottish Cup Final. I assume that the smoking ban is across all Scottish football grounds?
    Yes, you can buy alcohol at English grounds, but you cannot take it into the stands.

  7. #17
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    It would great to be able to have a drink at the game for those who would like to have one. Its great going to the rugby and having a few, sitting/standing next to opposition fans and having some good fun. Sadly though there are still a few who can't control themselves and ruin it for everyone.

    Interestingly having seen a few games in Germany it is fantastic with the alcohol although the police presence there is completely different. Dortmund for example they have watch towers with water cannons and the police are geared up more than troops in Iraq. Safe to say they deal with any situation before it escalates, quickly and efficiently. In the UK sadly the British public feel as if their civil liberties are being challenge and would not take kindly to the police being able to take such strong action.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ODB View Post
    Yes, you can buy alcohol at English grounds, but you cannot take it into the stands.
    Yes, true enough but still not too bad an idea. I doubt if Scottish football would ever resort to those rules.

  9. #19
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    Item number 22 of the ground regulations from the spfl specifically bans all smoking the club doesn't have a choice

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    Ground Regulations(edited to Fit)

    GROUND REGULATIONS -
    ENTRY TO THIS GROUND, WHETHER ON PAYMENT OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE DEEMED FOR ALL PUPOSES TO CONSTITUTE AN UNQUALIFIED ACCEPTANCE TO BE
    BOUND BY AND AN UNDERTAKING TO COMPLY WITH THESE GROUND REGULATIONS AND RELEVANT FOOTBALL RULES.
    1. All matches are played in accordance with the RULES AND REGULATIONS of The Scottish Football Association, The Scottish Professional Football League and, where applicable, the
    Regulations of FIFA/UEFA Competitions
    2. PLAY OR AN EVENT cannot be guaranteed to take place on any particular day or at any particular time and the relevant Home Club ("Club/Event Organiser") at the match concerned
    ("the Match") or event in the stadium to which these Regulations apply ("the Ground") reserves the right to change its advertised fixtures without prior notice and without liability.
    3. All TICKETS for Matches ("Tickets") sold/issued ("Allotted") by or on behalf of the Club/Event Organiser are issued on the express conditions that no Ticket holder shall sell or transfer
    same for a higher price than appears on the face of the Ticket. In the event of any breach of this regulation
    4. In the event of a MATCH BEING ABANDONED after having kicked-off, you may be entitled to a refund of the admission charge paid in the determination of the Club/Event Organiser
    acting reasonably. Where a Match is abandoned before the expiry of the first half, admission arrangements for the re-arranged fixture will be issued to those who attend the abandoned
    Match. The arrangements in cases where the Match is abandoned after the expiry of the first half shall be a matter for the discretion of the Club/Event Organiser.
    5. In the event of a MATCH BEING POSTPONED, for any reason, before having kicked off, any Ticket purchased for the Match will be valid on the postponed date.
    6. All persons entering the Ground must pay for admission or otherwise hold a genuine TICKET or other permission from the Club/Event Organiser which was validly issued.
    7. Unauthorised persons are not permitted to ENTER UPON THE FIELD OF PLAY, trackside or any place which is not a spectator area. Such incursions will be treated with utmost
    seriousness and will be liable to arrest and criminal proceedings
    8. Only persons specifically authorised in writing by the Club/Event Organiser are permitted to offer Newspapers, Periodicals or any other ARTICLES FOR SALE in the Ground and any
    charitable collection will only be permitted within the ground with the prior written consent of the Club/Event Organiser.
    9. Unnecessary NOISE such as from the use of radio sets and behaviour likely, in the opinion of the Club/Event Organiser to cause confusion, annoyance, fear, upset or nuisance of any
    kind is not permitted in any part of the Ground.
    10. The use of disorderly, violent and/or threatening behaviour and/or the use of foul and/or abusive language, racial, sectarian, homophobic or discriminatory abuse, singing and/or chanting
    of any kind and damage to property is all strictly forbidden, is UNACCEPTABLE CONDUCT and each and all of same and if constituting a criminal act and/or acts may result in arrest and/or
    prosecution and/or in conduct which does not constitute a criminal act and/or in the case of a criminal act, a 'ban' from the Ground, regulated football Matches, the confiscation of any Ticket
    purchased or held and/or any other sanction as may be determined by the Club/Event Organiser and/or in the case of a failure to comply with and/or a breach of Football Rules by the
    relevant Football Body..
    11. The following articles MUST NOT BE BROUGHT INTO THE GROUND viz prohibited weapons, knives, fireworks, smoke canisters, air-horns, flares, weapons, dangerous or
    hazardous items, laser devices, bottles, glass vessels, cans, poles and any article that might be used as a weapon and/or compromise public safety. It is an offence punishable
    by law and Unacceptable Conduct for any person to enter or attempt to enter the Ground whilst in possession of any article which is a firework or any article or substance whose purpose
    or any part of its purpose is the emission of a flare for purposes of illuminating or signalling or the emission of smoke and/or gas and any person in possession of such articles will be refused
    entry to the Ground and if having entered, to expulsion from the ground and such other sanction as may be determined by the Club/Event Organiser and reported to the Police.
    12. It is a criminal offence and UNACCEPTABLE CONDUCT for any person to enter or attempt to enter the Ground: 1 whilst in possession of a container or any other item which is or was
    capable of holding liquid or any other thing and which, if thrown, would be capable of causing injury to another person; 2 whilst in possession of alcohol; and/or 3 whilst drunk.
    13. Any person entering the ground may, at the sole discretion of the Club/Event Organiser be SEARCHED and is deemed to have consented to be so searched, for any item or Material the
    possession or use of which may result in and/or cause or contribute to Unacceptable Conduct.
    14. STANDING IS FORBIDDEN in seated spectator viewing areas.
    15. BANNERS and/or other articles which could, or might be used as a weapon, or cause annoyance or unnecessary obstruction or offence and/or which may cause or contribute to
    Unacceptable Conduct are not permitted within the ground.
    16. Under no circumstances is it permitted to THROW or otherwise cause any objects or Materials to enter on to the pitch, pitch surroundings, track(s) and/or Technical Area.
    17. At all times, the RIGHT OF ADMISSION is reserved to and by the Club/Event Organiser and no transfers within the Ground are permitted. Spectators found in an area for which they do
    not have a valid Ticket may be ejected.
    18. MOBILE TELEPHONES, SMARTPHONES and other similar mobile telephonic devices ("Mobile Devices"), excluding cameras which are not part of and subsidiary to a Mobile Device,
    are permitted within the Ground, PROVIDED THAT, (i) they are used for personal and private use only, which, and by way of example only, shall not include the capturing, logging, recording,
    transmitting, playing, issuing, showing, or any other communication of any material ("Capturing), for any commercial purpose; and (ii) no material that is Captured by a Mobile Device or other
    device may be published, communicated, transmitted, sent, broadcast and/or otherwise made available by any means to any third party including, without limitation, social networking sites
    or any other means of communication and/or transmission.
    19. Save as provided in paragraph 18 above, NO PERSON (other than a person who holds an appropriate licence) MAY RECORD, TRANSMIT, PLAY, ISSUE. CAPTURE, LOG,
    BROADCAST, SHOW OR OTHERWISE COMMUNICATE ANY MATERIAL including and/or comprising any audio, visual or audio-visual Material or any information or data, by digital or
    other means, in relation to a Match taking place in the Ground, any players or other persons present in the Ground and/or the Ground, nor may they bring into the Ground or use within the
    Ground (or provide to, facilitate or otherwise assist another person to use within the Ground) any equipment or technology which is capable of capturing, logging, recording, transmitting,
    playing, issuing, showing or otherwise communicating (by digital or other means) any such Material as described above. Any person failing to comply with these restrictions is deemed to be
    liable to have such equipment, technology and Material in whatever form, confiscated without compensation by the Club/Event Organiser. Copyright, Database Rights and any other
    intellectual property rights in any such unauthorised recording or transmission is assigned (by way of present assignation or assignations of future rights) to the relevant Football Authority
    organising the Match in its relevant Competition.
    20. All PERSONS ENTERING GROUND are admitted only subject to these Ground Regulations and to the Football Rules and Regulations of The Scottish Football Association and The
    Scottish Professional Football League
    21. The Club/Event Organiser reserves the right: (i) for its employees, agents, security staff and contractors to REMOVE FROM THE GROUND; and (ii) to IMPOSE SANCTIONS as regards
    future entry to the Ground on, any person who does not comply with these Regulations and/or the Rules of The Scottish Football Association, The Scottish Professional Football League
    and/or, where applicable, the Regulations of the FIFA/UEFA Competitions or whose presence in the Ground is or could reasonably be considered as constituting a source of danger, nuisance
    and/or annoyance to other persons within the Ground.
    22. SMOKING [INCLUDING ALL PIPES AND E CIGARETTES] IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN in ALL areas inside the Ground [
    23. On no account will admission to the Ground be granted to a person who is subject of a current FOOTBALL BANNING ORDER.
    24. CCTV cameras may be in use in and around the Ground and recordings of images, both moving and still, from such CCTV cameras and any other cameras in or on the Ground may be
    used in any proceedings and/or for any purposes relating to the management and/or control of the Ground by the Club/Event Organiser, the Police, the Visiting Club and the relevant Football
    Authority. By entering the Ground you are deemed to have consented to the use of such images from such CCTV systems and cameras and for such images to be shared with and/or used
    by the Club/Event Organiser, the relevant Football Body and by and with the owners and operators of any Club participating in any Match at which such images are captured and/or recorded.
    INFORMATION

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