BridgeIsBlue 66,818 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Football fans should combat abuse by reporting "anything which makes them uncomfortable", a senior Police Scotland officer has said. Assistant Chief Constable Bernard Higgins said fans should report incidents to officers or stewards.Mr Higgins told BBC Scotland bigotry was no more acceptable in a football ground than anywhere else.And he warned that someone could be seriously injured, or even killed, by fans setting off flares at matches.Speaking to BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme, Mr Higgins said: "This season so far, we've had 32 incidents of pyrotechnics or flares being thrown or discharged at matches. Some of the incidents it's been three, four, five, six flares that have been thrown."That's a real danger, someone is going to get hurt. We've had a couple of real near misses. But it is potentially really quite life threatening."It compromises the safety of the event."Speaking about sectarian incidents, the senior officer said: "Somebody once talked about the 90-minute bigot, but there is no such thing.""If you are sitting at a game and you're uncomfortable because of something you see or something you hear, the reality is people around you will probably be uncomfortable as well."That's unacceptable. What I would urge you to do is go and report it to the steward or go and report it to a police officer."'Eroded trust' Much of the abuse heard at football grounds is a potential breach of the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act.That legislation was introduced in 2012 in a bid to clamp down on sectarianism.Earlier this week, the Scottish Parliament's public petitions committee heard calls for the law to be scrapped.The Fans Against Criminalisation campaign group argued the legislation had eroded trust between supporters and police and had failed to tackle bigotry.But Mr Higgins said a report of offensive behaviour need not lead to heavy-handed action.He said: "We don't necessarily have to arrest everybody. We've got a whole range of options available."The stewards can go and warn an individual to calm down - as can my officers - right the way through the whole quantum of stewards deciding to eject the person and, as an ultimate sanction, my officers arresting them."In the BBC interview, Mr Higgins said offensive behaviour was not just a problem for Celtic and Rangers."We've arrested people associated with 16 different clubs in Scotland," he said."So it's not exclusive to the Old Firm, it's not exclusive to the top flight. That's 16 clubs right the way through all divisions." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-35317169 "Daddy that man called me a bad word" In the year of our lord 2016 this is what it has come to Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RM Monitor And Standards Officer 112,899 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 It's getting pathetic.Us and the tarriers would need to attack this shite together for the good of the fans but it will never happenThey're honking their songs are vile but to kid on yer offended is a riddy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullies_bowly_legs 3,950 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Football fans should combat abuse by reporting "anything which makes them uncomfortable", a senior Police Scotland officer has said.Well I would never have thought of reporting to the police that my Duke of Argylls were making me uncomfortable. Think they'll apply the ointment?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitzer007 198 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 When our police force is more stretched than ever before and morale is at an all time low they are expected to deal with shite like this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeIsBlue 66,818 Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 If they want to sing songs glorifying the murder of children and British soldiers then let them,they're only showing themselves up for what they really are.One word in our battlecry and we get slaughtered for it I obviously don't like the filth that they come out with,but I've honestly never lost any sleep over it.Is it just me or did everybody not grow up slagging fuck out your best pals etc over anything and everything,then you become older and suddenly turn into a petulant child over songs at a football game Unbelievable,and for all the ghuests lurking this thread YOU started all this nonsense over the famine song,nearly the biggest pisstake in Scottish football and you run crying to the authorities over it.Even Bruce Jenner has more balls than you lot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris182 6,531 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Fuck sake man, the death of banter on the terraces. I'm not speaking about any song in particular by the way. This brings into question ANY songs/chants at the football - if one person gets morally offended it'll be jumped on. Football in this country is fucked. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeIsBlue 66,818 Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 Seeing they junkie bastard spoon burning Hibs fans sitting in Ibrox makes me uncomfortable,can I report that officer?Thinking about it,we could actually be clever with this at games Rip the utter piss right out of them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tontospal 1,116 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Perhaps if the police and stewards did their jobs and searched people before they go through the turnstiles this wouldn't be an issue.Indeed after the Paris incidents it is even more alarming. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markem 7,407 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Seen a guy yesterday that just looked the name calling type. I am frightened right now. Haven't even left the house. Gonna phone 999 and get a police escort to work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tam57 698 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Well I would never have thought of reporting to the police that my Duke of Argylls were making me uncomfortable. Think they'll apply the ointment?? yes with a truncheon Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 It's not just in football, it seems right across society no offence is allowed to be caused. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMotor 2,208 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 "If you are sitting at a game and you're uncomfortable because of something you see or something you hear, the reality is people around you will probably be uncomfortable as well."That's unacceptable. What I would urge you to do is go and report it to the steward or go and report it to a police officer."That is the most pathetic thing I have ever read. These idiots should be ashamed of themselves. "Being uncomfortable" or annoyed about something never has been and never should be a criminal issue. And why is it only at football matches?I am uncomfortable on Ryanair flights as they keep trying to sell me scratchcards, I want them arrested. Tarantino fills his scripts with the n-word and calls people lovers of mothers; who is protecting me when I go to the cinema? What about those twats who put sauce on a fish supper? That's seriously upsetting, both to my eyes and nose. Jail them.What a fucking pathetic little country. Embarrassing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WadeWilson 4,670 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Scum.Tell them fuck all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WadeWilson 4,670 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Perhaps if the police and stewards did their jobs and searched people before they go through the turnstiles this wouldn't be an issue.Indeed after the Paris incidents it is even more alarming.I thought the point was we don't want a police state?You're playing right into their hands there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Robot 21,513 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 If they want to sing songs glorifying the murder of children and British soldiers then let them,they're only showing themselves up for what they really are.One word in our battlecry and we get slaughtered for it I obviously don't like the filth that they come out with,but I've honestly never lost any sleep over it.Is it just me or did everybody not grow up slagging fuck out your best pals etc over anything and everything,then you become older and suddenly turn into a petulant child over songs at a football game Unbelievable,and for all the ghuests lurking this thread YOU started all this nonsense over the famine song,nearly the biggest pisstake in Scottish football and you run crying to the authorities over it.Even Bruce Jenner has more balls than you lot.bang on that the scum started it and hell slap it into them. The law was written by bigots aimed at us but has backfired on them and if they weren't in the dock they wouldn't still be putting the boot into us. Iv seen pathetic arseholes at Ibrox complain about sweary words and at that point I told them what I thought of them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Avenger 22,569 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Plod is now a job for the intellectually challenged and the amount of taigs that have now joined only reinforce that.Deflecting onto this pish helps them not to do any real work as rape crime, drug and human traficking and child sex abuse continue to rise at the hand of both the new and the old immigrant population. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathen fish boy 8,660 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 thumbs coupon scares and offends me,who do I phone Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wully 49,709 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 pm Boab and he'll grass for you Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeparateEntityMyArse 55,399 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 I'm offended by folk being offended at me offending them.There's not enough plod to deal with this offending which I find offensive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SasaPapacLoyal 348 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Seen a story about a Hivs fan reporting some guy at ibrox to the police for playing an imaginary flute. Cunt was then complaining that the police didn't take any action. Absolute madness. Folk like that should just stay home Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prso's headband 36,807 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Football will eventually die out completely the way this is going. For me what happens in 90 minutes (singing, abuse, standing) stays in 90 minutes. If you continue to sing "banned" (fucking pathetic anyway) songs outside then the police have reason to pick you up. Other than that this is a fucking travesty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATP-FOREVER 5,231 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Seeing they junkie bastard spoon burning Hibs fans sitting in Ibrox makes me uncomfortable,can I report that officer?Thinking about it,we could actually be clever with this at games Rip the utter piss right out of them.If a poor pass from Halliday makes you uncomfortable - can he be reported ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATP-FOREVER 5,231 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Seen a guy yesterday that just looked the name calling type. I am frightened right now. Haven't even left the house. Gonna phone 999 and get a police escort to work.So you live in Bolton, close to the lurgan bigot ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueshoff 12,850 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 I feel uncomfortable when people sing TBB and don't use the correct words. Who do I report this to?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeparateEntityMyArse 55,399 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Fat burd in front of me eats a pie, a Mars bar and 3 bags of crisps before kick off every game. She's repulsive and smells of foostiefatburdness. Where's plod cause she offends my stomach giving me the boak. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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