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This country must be a laughing stock with the rest of Europe when it comes to Health and Safety, absolute do gooders withnothing better to do...we used to have about 200-300 young boys in that corner, lucky if theres30-40 there on Saturday, the board the stadium manager and the club in general wont have any fans to "protect" if this carries on...

All ticket games v motherwell you coudnt make it up.

Totally agree on all points

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The stadium manager has said it many times, whether you believe it or not.

Question - if you can’t take one part of the ground in isolation why is it the Derry always targeted in these safety discussions?

The Shankly on Celtic Boxing Day, stewards and police withdrawn. **** themselves, no closure threat

No reason to disbelieve you, just haven't heard it said myself.

The Derry is the least safe part of the ground and the only part over which there are serious concerns except when the twin cheeks visit at which point the police **** themselves, withdraw and leave them to it.

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Your aff your nut if you think getting in an pot the Derry is quicker now.

Been proved. Don't sit there myself but it's usually empty by the time I get from my seat at the back of The Coxy to the exit - never was before the changes.

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Totally agree on all points

Ffs im away for a lie doon.

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Same as you, I've been in crushes but never in The Derry. The old Provie exit was great for it, as a bairn you just lifted your legs and got carried along by the crowd. Safe? Nope. We live in a H&S age that encourages people to sue over the slightest breach. Club needs to assess the risk and reduce it to ALARP. I sat in The Coxy on the night of the DAB game where the crowd surged toward the DAB fans when we scored, looked awesome but found out people were injured / trampled during the surges so there has been incidents in The Derry.

They didn't 'please' the police and council they addressed legitimate police safety concerns that the council were asked to look at.

They let the fans down by doing what they needed to do in order to keep The Derry open and make sure the fans had their favourite place to sit? Pair o' *******s eh?

To be fair the areas that some clubs have specifically set aside for younger, noisier fans tend to be minters, look at the fermers and Motherwell areas; DABs tried it too, realised it was a minter and pulled the plug.

Parts of Dens are a tip no denying that, unfortunately the place just is not up to the H&S requirements of a modern football stadium.

One ****ebag.

They kept it on life support be as well dead which what one of them wanted.

So how many were hospitalised, stitches, sprains, broken bones or deaths the night of the dab game.

Zero.

Although there was reports of a smashed phone screen, a trampled handbag and some smudged make up I believe.

I've had scarier nights watching the x files.

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Been proved. Don't sit there myself but it's usually empty by the time I get from my seat at the back of The Coxy to the exit - never was before the changes.

Cause every ****s out the back trying to squeeze through a nine foot wide gap instead of walking thru a 40 foot wide exit.

I take it your on the wind up.

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P.s I've never seen the most respected in there either or out the back watching the shuffling and jostling.

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It's not as much of a minter than our ground or complete silence at games.

Ours wasn't even manufactured it was a natural thing that started 4 or 5 years ago but they couldn't wait to stamp it oot.

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Cause every ****s out the back trying to squeeze through a nine foot wide gap instead of walking thru a 40 foot wide exit.

I take it your on the wind up.

Me, on the wind up? Never.

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One ****ebag.

They kept it on life support be as well dead which what one of them wanted.

So how many were hospitalised, stitches, sprains, broken bones or deaths the night of the dab game.

Zero.

Although there was reports of a smashed phone screen, a trampled handbag and some smudged make up I believe.

I've had scarier nights watching the x files.

Don't have details but more than one person needed first aid treatment that night directly as a result of the surges.