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    19 minutes ago, Lord Lockin said:

    Has this happened ???

    It's in this post

    12 hours ago, Bad Robot said:

    thanks for the info, do you know if battery medicines, sun cream and battery charging banks were taking off fans?

    They’re trying to blame the water on a burst pipe 😡the above translated:

    Dehydrated fans: Sevilla fail to host the final

    "The water situation was terrible"

    Eintracht Frankfurt

    05/19 - 14:32

    Many fans not only experienced nervous torture in the Europa League final, which was exciting until the last second of the penalty shoot-out, they also suffered from a lack of water and sometimes dehydrated in the sweltering hot stadium. Seville has disqualified itself as a venue for future major sporting events.

    Many supporters left the stadium in silence and exhausted, desperate for water. What FC Sevilla and its catering allowed themselves to do in the Europa League final between Eintracht Frankfurt and Glasgow Rangers (5: 4 on pens) on Wednesday is a scandal.

    Many fans took their seats in the stadium early and initially sat in the sun due to the lack of a roof on three sides of the stands. Even later, the heat hardly left the stadium, which resembled a huge headlock. The organizers should have been prepared for thirsty followers. Despite all the preliminary talks, they weren't. Some of the small kiosks closed before kick-off. Several fans described their experiences to kicker.

    "They had no coins - everything now cost 10 or 20 euros"

    "The water situation was terrible," says Elias, who went six hours without water. Some outlets closed an hour before (!) kick-off. "Desperate SGE supporters pushed up the shutters, and the Spanish police came immediately with batons. Wagons with water were pushed through the aisles, but when you asked if you could buy something, they always said 'no'," says Elias 

    Matthias was with his ten-year-old son on the back straight in the upper tier and says himself that he was "lucky in disguise". Just before all the drinks were sold out, he bought two more bottles of cola. The first of two stalls was closed just ten minutes after kick-off. At the other, the electronic cash register system did not work. "They then at least switched to paying in cash, but didn't have any coins for change. Everything now cost 10 or 20 euros," reports Matthias.

    Shortly thereafter, there was also a shift in the shaft at the second stand: "Here the Spanish police reacted very well and started to pour water into the empty cups and bottles they had brought with them at the sinks. That saved the people next to us, but in the middle of the second half then the source was either all or off."

    The Rangers complain to UEFA - which announces an examination

    As the kicker learned from club circles, a burst water pipe was the problem. Those who were unlucky dehydrated in the stands. Rangers experienced the same problem, the club has already complained to UEFA.

    The association, as the organizer of the game, announced on Thursday that the problems are being examined together with the local organizing committee, the stadium operator, the food and drink concessionaires and the police.

    During the game, Eintracht also tried to exert pressure through all channels, but the meager water supplies were always sold out after a few minutes.

    The club doesn't see UEFA so much as responsible for this, but above all FC Sevilla and their catering. The ailing stadium also caused problems. A supporter told kicker at the airport that one of the capos (lead singers) fell and was injured because something collapsed underneath him.

    To make matters worse, after the game there was almost nowhere to buy anything outside of the stadium, many fans only got something to drink in their hotels or stood under lawn sprinklers. The taxi situation also proved catastrophic. All in all, Seville was not a worthy venue for the final - and UEFA's award was a mistake.

    Julian Franzke

     

    Stadium facilities.

    in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, blueoutthedome said:

    What a fuckin nightmare that stadium was how nobody died in there I will never know no water I am heading for seventy and I was struggling and I’m still felling the effects of it at least the teams had a water brake I would like to know where they got the water from it must have been like gold dust uefa and the spanish police have got a lot to answer for as supporters are herded through the streets like cattle small children and women  what a disgrace .

     

    I hope you recover soon. Maybe see a doctor if your still suffering the effects.

    Stadium facilities.

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    Posted

    10 minutes ago, Lord Lockin said:

    the club should have been over and find out exactly how this whole thing was going to be policed, they might have been able to stop the utter shambles before it happened and before peoples health was put at risk.

    I agree, what i'm finding puzzling is why did Seville say they have disqualify themselves as a venue for future major sporting events. Did they have a official stadium safety certificate to host this event? 

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    Posted

    25 minutes ago, mearns loyal said:

    I’d like to know which of the many Rangers members of staff who were/ had been in Seville knowing that temperatures would be approaching 100 felt this shithole of a stadium would be a safe venue for our fans… or do they genuinely not give a fuck?

    I'd like more detail on whether it was our club or the SFA that agreed to this venue being safe.

    Stadium facilities.

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    Posted

    10 hours ago, Bad Robot said:

    thanks for the info, do you know if battery medicines, sun cream and battery charging banks were taking off fans?

    They’re trying to blame the water on a burst pipe 😡the above translated:

    Dehydrated fans: Sevilla fail to host the final

    "The water situation was terrible"

    Eintracht Frankfurt

    05/19 - 14:32

    Many fans not only experienced nervous torture in the Europa League final, which was exciting until the last second of the penalty shoot-out, they also suffered from a lack of water and sometimes dehydrated in the sweltering hot stadium. Seville has disqualified itself as a venue for future major sporting events.

    Many supporters left the stadium in silence and exhausted, desperate for water. What FC Sevilla and its catering allowed themselves to do in the Europa League final between Eintracht Frankfurt and Glasgow Rangers (5: 4 on pens) on Wednesday is a scandal.

    Many fans took their seats in the stadium early and initially sat in the sun due to the lack of a roof on three sides of the stands. Even later, the heat hardly left the stadium, which resembled a huge headlock. The organizers should have been prepared for thirsty followers. Despite all the preliminary talks, they weren't. Some of the small kiosks closed before kick-off. Several fans described their experiences to kicker.

    "They had no coins - everything now cost 10 or 20 euros"

    "The water situation was terrible," says Elias, who went six hours without water. Some outlets closed an hour before (!) kick-off. "Desperate SGE supporters pushed up the shutters, and the Spanish police came immediately with batons. Wagons with water were pushed through the aisles, but when you asked if you could buy something, they always said 'no'," says Elias 

    Matthias was with his ten-year-old son on the back straight in the upper tier and says himself that he was "lucky in disguise". Just before all the drinks were sold out, he bought two more bottles of cola. The first of two stalls was closed just ten minutes after kick-off. At the other, the electronic cash register system did not work. "They then at least switched to paying in cash, but didn't have any coins for change. Everything now cost 10 or 20 euros," reports Matthias.

    Shortly thereafter, there was also a shift in the shaft at the second stand: "Here the Spanish police reacted very well and started to pour water into the empty cups and bottles they had brought with them at the sinks. That saved the people next to us, but in the middle of the second half then the source was either all or off."

    The Rangers complain to UEFA - which announces an examination

    As the kicker learned from club circles, . Those who were unlucky dehydrated in the stands. Rangers experienced the same problem, the club has already complained to UEFA.

    The association, as the organizer of the game, announced on Thursday that the problems are being examined together with the local organizing committee, the stadium operator, the food and drink concessionaires and the police.

    During the game, Eintracht also tried to exert pressure through all channels, but the meager water supplies were always sold out after a few minutes.

    The club doesn't see UEFA so much as responsible for this, but above all FC Sevilla and their catering. The ailing stadium also caused problems. A supporter told kicker at the airport that one of the capos (lead singers) fell and was injured because something collapsed underneath him.

    To make matters worse, after the game there was almost nowhere to buy anything outside of the stadium, many fans only got something to drink in their hotels or stood under lawn sprinklers. The taxi situation also proved catastrophic. All in all, Seville was not a worthy venue for the final - and UEFA's award was a mistake.

    Julian Franzke

    "Seville has disqualified itself as a venue for future major sporting events". :pipe:

     

    Stadium facilities.

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    Posted

    10 hours ago, Lord Lockin said:

    I've answered you on another post about the police they were a disgrace and didn't give a fuck about supporter safety, over 90 degree heat and they took a small bottle of sun cream off my wife when we were entering the ground 

    I still think everyone who went should give their testimony to their RSC, then all the RSC should unite and the file a class action against the hosts/Spanish police. It's horrific what people had to experience and now have the worry as to whether they get sick from the tap water.

    Stadium facilities.

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    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Bad Robot said:

    I don’t believe a police safety guy or council resilience person would be at the stadium unless a major incident occurred. At football clubs you would have stadium safety officers but in reality it’s not really proper workplace health and safety as most people know it. These jobs normally fall to ex police top brass who know more about crowd safety and security.

    I thought the police plan the health and safety of the match, they could have sent for emergency bottled water and turned the taps on. 

    Stadium facilities.

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    17 minutes ago, sRcFoCt said:

    The taps would have probably have been hooked upto a water tank ran out I mean our fans were that desperate for water they were drinking from tanks probably with dead animals in it to risk legionaries disease aswell

    Let's hope no-one gets legionaries disease

     

    Symptoms of Legionnaires' disease include:

    a cough

    difficulty breathing

    chest pain

    a high temperature

    flu-like symptoms

    https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/legionnaires-disease/

    Stadium facilities.

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    Posted

    4 minutes ago, Bad Robot said:

    The club needs a main SLO with a wage, this could then be backed up with 10 volunteer SLOs. I’m sure we’d get 10 decent fans willing to put in their time for free.

    Good idea, they could have a SLO for each section as it's a lot for one person to handle, pay them a living wage as the board don't need such big bonus's.

    Stadium facilities.

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    Posted

    4 minutes ago, CR3 said:

    Struggling to understand why a place in 35+ degree heat hosting such an event didn’t have bottles of water stocked up by the truckload, disgrace.

    Or why the police health and safety officer didn't make a call for emergency bottled water and insist the taps were turned back on.

    Stadium facilities.

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    19 minutes ago, Lord Lockin said:

    Just home so haven't had time to read all the posts, the whole fuckin set up at that dump was fuckin disgraceful, thank fuck I wasn't in the top tier. I've been to a good few away European game and nearly every one's a been shambles getting into the game, the only difference this time was the police trying to antagonise our supports hoping to get a reaction, bastards, is it going to take someone getting seriously injured before the club and this so called SLO fuckin do something to aid the supporters.

    I believe the SLO has reported the 'high temperatures and no water situation' to UEFA.  Maybe those that went should file a class action against the Police match official who was in charge of health and safety. The police official could have insisted the water was turned back on in the bathrooms and emergency bottled water was brought in immediately.

    *****The Official Europa League Final Match Thread*****

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    3 minutes ago, esquire8 said:

    I agree but money is what drives the main corporate board.

    They give us a chunk of money up front and run the entire retail where we don't have to put any money in to run it. They get the vast majority of the profits made the other end. 

    I hope the chunk of money is better than we got with Ashley as that along with the ST money should be for running the business. I seem to remember king saying that what was earned in winnings would go into strengthening the team does this still apply now he's gone?

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