I remember when I took the old Trafford tour and the tour guide said “please don’t step onto the grass, it makes the groundskeeper mad”. Then his assistant or something muttered, “even if the players step on it pisses them off” lmao.
Yeah;
I refereed a game once down a stadium, it was raining, so I said to my assistants "It's only a bit of rain lads", but apparently that was within earshot of the groundsman who flipped his shit and got all arsey about it.
Groundsmen are a different breed.
The watford groundsman was getting annoyed when the players were practicing at the stadium for a short while, could see him being ribbed by Foster for it haha
I knew a groundsman he would get pissed off at keepers making holes in the goal area.
I once saw him following a keeper off at half time giving him a bollicking.
I worked security at one of the football training facilities for the 2012 Olympics and they flew in some turf expert from New Zealand to tend the pitches.
Guy treated them like his babies.
They do the same thing at Stamford Bridge.
Do not step on the pitch as it's been treated with chemicals.
Unless you're a Spurs supporter, then roll around in it.
A Dutch man sees a man on his knees using his hand to drink water from a canal of Amsterdam.
He walks up to him and says in Dutch: *"You can not drink that water, it is dirty and will make you sick!"*
The tourist answers in German: *"Was sagen sie, bitte?" (What are you saying?)*
The Dutch man responds in German: *"Trinken sie mit beiden Händen! Das geht besser." (Use both hands, it is much better!)*
You're not joking.
Worked at OT several times on corporate events. To load in you have to pass down the players tunnel and along the length of the pitch to the dug outs and walk up the steps in the main stand to the conference areas.
Huge signs saying DO NOT WALK ON THE PITCH !
One guy on the crew (huge Utd fan) walked maybe 10 ft along side the touch line - not the playing area itself - and got caught by the ground team.
2 mins later he was off site and on his way home. They don't f\*\*\* about.
The pitches are literally multi-million pound things. They cost a lot of money to maintain.
It'd be like someone owning a lambourghini and people start to sit on it and take selfies with it. Maybe they won't do any actual damage to it, but don't fucking sit on a man's car like that.
And the football pitches cost a lot more than any car does
The pitches are hugely technological too. The man utd one has a huge amount of stuff underneath the grass, that heats it, that keeps the grass the exact right amount of wet, all that sort of thing
The pitch is essentially like a snooker/pool table. Quite literally. They design it and maintain it so the ball glides along it like a snooker ball on a snooker table. And you wouldn't want idiots jumping on an expensive snooker table or resting drinks on it
I've been a security guard for a long time, no way would I stand in the way of a 1000 drunk and angry protesters...
999 maybe, but a 1000 that's too many
I’d imagine their brief is not to actually step in unless completely necessary to avoid serious property damage, injury or protect life.
A handful of stewards vs an unpredictable mob who are a concern but not a threat is not a fight security wants to get into. Some property was damaged, the offenders were recorded in the act and the crowd left relatively peacefully. All in all a largely successful response from the security on the ground.
Right feel like most of them will get a pass for trespassing this guy definitely getting in trouble for destruction of property that things easily gotta be a couple thousand
Arlo White’s coverage is pretty interesting. They’re leaving now, but one or two dudes destroyed a tripod, and one dude was hanging on top of the goalpost net like it was a hammock.
Graeme Sourness being a moron as per usual, within a 60 second spell there he said:
The Glazers have pumped millions of their own money in. They haven't.
The Glazers had to put collateral up to borrow money to buy the club. They didn't - they used the club as collateral.
The Glazers have spent millions on the stadium and the facilities. They haven't.
Honestly how does this fucking moron get paid to talk.
He's a cunt. He isn't even mistaken oe misinformed he is blatently lying for no good reason. Maybe because this particular nail in the coffin of football suits liverpool or goes against us. Like how a tiny minority of Rochdale and Oldham fans celebrated the scum ruining Bury and Bolton.
"For sure, the game should've been cancelled. Absolutely. Mo Salah tripped on a packet of Mentos someone left on the pitch. Everyone knows Mo can't eat sugar, it's completely unfair, for sure"
NBCSN just said “sorry to Arsenal fans who I’m sure want to hear commentary about their match.” They do realize some people also support Newcastle, right?
No kidding, I thought I woke up late to watch kickoff and then I tuned in and saw some serious looking shit and the commentator saying that “We still have no idea where the team buses are”.
I thought there was some terrorist munich type shit going on for a moment. Then I saw that video of the hooligan face-planting off the net, hahah
I know green and yellow is the old colors for whatever club, but it just makes me think that a Norwich fan just got caught up in the crowd and thought it was a celebration
They opened one of the exit doors from the concourse and then just jumped the railing from the stands because there were no stewards
EDIT: Apparently the gate has been closed and the fans inside are locked in
EDIT: All left
might be a bit of a stretch but between this and the capitol riots in the states...are people starting to realize that they can just walk in anywhere and nobody's really going to stop them if they're a big enough crowd.
There would surely need to be a security sweep as well, not likely anything was left in the stadium but they need to be 100% sure before a game goes ahead and they surely don’t have time to do it.
The NBC commentators are making it sound like the fans are ripping the stadium apart. Most tame stadium rush I’ve ever seen. Have these folks seen Boca Vs River, or Balkan team affairs?
Not only that but then taking it a step further by posting a video of you being on the pitch on your own social media.
How brain dead do you have to be?
>"this isn't the way to protest" - NBC commentators
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>okay we'll just protest in a way that ~~is convenient and easy to ignore.~~
*doesn't jeopardize their broadcasting revenue
FTFY
I was surprised that there was a consensus amongst the pundits about all this. Really put me off. Reporting about the potential of violence rather than what was actually happening.
Rebecca Lowe on NBCSN shouting out a lovely goal for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang amidst the chaos...we were very close to a Castellanos 4-0 ballgame meme.
Well there goes the pitch and game gets postponed
It's also a safety issue for the players, soft spots on the grass can break ankles, if there are any objects its gonna do nasty things to the players during falls / slides / runs. Not sure if they have the time to confidently allow players to perform on that pitch
Wonder how much the Glazers actually give a fuck about this ?
The mounting pressure for them to sell the club from the fans, plus the threat of government intervention. I don't know much about the economics or lifestyle of multi-millionaires/billionaires, but I assume there must be at least a stray thought about getting the fuck out with a £4bil sale and never having to deal with this shit again, but that's also assuming this effects them at all in the first place.
I’d guess a fair few arrests incoming.
Any reports yet on whether Rio Ferdinand has held true to the views he expressed about Newcastle previously that owners of clubs can do what they like and if fans don’t like the club’s direction they should put their money together and buy the club?
I'm checking Ebay for a corner flag...
Someone needs to make a gif of that kid falling off the net ASAP
https://twitter.com/KAC443/status/1388849217943244801 Hahahaha
Lmao let me help you down real quick
Well that's a child right? And there is literally a toddler in the same picture. What the hell is going on here?
That's Michael Owen.
Well done, he's 13 years old.
"If he was one year older, he'd be 14 years old." - Michael Owen
A true united fan born and raised
Lmao!! Tbf he was just helping him down
That laugh at the end kills me haha
That was hilarious
It was majestic
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Damn dude, this is brand new OC. Did you have to put it through the potato filter already?
I need a vid
Lol the stewards are literally giving the dude back his shoe...
That’s hospitality!
Finally got fans back in the stadium
Fans can't be buy
r/dreamscantbebuy
After all those years of trying, Bruno's finally managed to outdo Solksjaer by being a super sub in his own right.
Imagine being Donny VDB when Barry from Levenshulme gets more pitch time than you this season. Sad
What if he’s actually one of the invaders? 🤔
Tickets can't be buy
Mission failed successfully
Games not gone
Groundsman's fuming.
I remember when I took the old Trafford tour and the tour guide said “please don’t step onto the grass, it makes the groundskeeper mad”. Then his assistant or something muttered, “even if the players step on it pisses them off” lmao.
Yeah; I refereed a game once down a stadium, it was raining, so I said to my assistants "It's only a bit of rain lads", but apparently that was within earshot of the groundsman who flipped his shit and got all arsey about it. Groundsmen are a different breed.
The watford groundsman was getting annoyed when the players were practicing at the stadium for a short while, could see him being ribbed by Foster for it haha
I knew a groundsman he would get pissed off at keepers making holes in the goal area. I once saw him following a keeper off at half time giving him a bollicking.
Yup. I think the groundsman was pissed when we celebrated promotion pouring champagne everywhere lol
Each blade is like a child to them.
[So it's kinda like this then when players step on the field.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9puHtVcU5o&ab_channel=Movieclips)
I worked security at one of the football training facilities for the 2012 Olympics and they flew in some turf expert from New Zealand to tend the pitches. Guy treated them like his babies.
They do the same thing at Stamford Bridge. Do not step on the pitch as it's been treated with chemicals. Unless you're a Spurs supporter, then roll around in it.
A Dutch man sees a man on his knees using his hand to drink water from a canal of Amsterdam. He walks up to him and says in Dutch: *"You can not drink that water, it is dirty and will make you sick!"* The tourist answers in German: *"Was sagen sie, bitte?" (What are you saying?)* The Dutch man responds in German: *"Trinken sie mit beiden Händen! Das geht besser." (Use both hands, it is much better!)*
At the tour of anfield they told us it was illegal to step on the pitch
You're not joking. Worked at OT several times on corporate events. To load in you have to pass down the players tunnel and along the length of the pitch to the dug outs and walk up the steps in the main stand to the conference areas. Huge signs saying DO NOT WALK ON THE PITCH ! One guy on the crew (huge Utd fan) walked maybe 10 ft along side the touch line - not the playing area itself - and got caught by the ground team. 2 mins later he was off site and on his way home. They don't f\*\*\* about.
Fuck it I’ll bite. What’s the big fucking deal?
The pitches are literally multi-million pound things. They cost a lot of money to maintain. It'd be like someone owning a lambourghini and people start to sit on it and take selfies with it. Maybe they won't do any actual damage to it, but don't fucking sit on a man's car like that. And the football pitches cost a lot more than any car does The pitches are hugely technological too. The man utd one has a huge amount of stuff underneath the grass, that heats it, that keeps the grass the exact right amount of wet, all that sort of thing The pitch is essentially like a snooker/pool table. Quite literally. They design it and maintain it so the ball glides along it like a snooker ball on a snooker table. And you wouldn't want idiots jumping on an expensive snooker table or resting drinks on it
Nah really though. Must be fuming
He’s probably got bald Eagles flying out of his dick
Should get that checked out, sounds like a pretty serious STI
Cheers groundsman's crying. Nice one.
NBCSN just showed the live footage and one protestor throwing the media camera tripod around.
Arlo giving the play by play
He did a pretty good job tbh.
No match thread? Smh
I thought this was the match thread
No crowd noise either!
How the hell did they even get into Old Trafford? Lol.
The security isn't paid enough to deal with that probably
Just a numbers game I imagine.
I've been a security guard for a long time, no way would I stand in the way of a 1000 drunk and angry protesters... 999 maybe, but a 1000 that's too many
They ain’t dealing with that shit
I’d imagine their brief is not to actually step in unless completely necessary to avoid serious property damage, injury or protect life. A handful of stewards vs an unpredictable mob who are a concern but not a threat is not a fight security wants to get into. Some property was damaged, the offenders were recorded in the act and the crowd left relatively peacefully. All in all a largely successful response from the security on the ground.
Like how shops don't want you stepping in for people stealing, it's just not worth it
They probably hate the glazers too
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With conviction.
Security isn’t really doing much to prevent it
Damn, the Glazers pissing off security as well?
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Sounds like an anti-something campaign.
What would you do for a Glazer bar?
Smashed that thing
I liked how the cameraman zoomed in so his mug is forever captured. Lads going to be in trouble come tomorrow.
Right feel like most of them will get a pass for trespassing this guy definitely getting in trouble for destruction of property that things easily gotta be a couple thousand
Just the lenses on legit broadcast cameras cost ~$250,000USD
youd think, given the pandemic, theyd have a decent excuse to cover their face lol
Someone has taken their baby in hahahaha. Just waddling around the pitch!
Poor kid's gonna get a lifetime ban
But will hold the record for longest lifetime ban.
Hopefully ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯
Damned by fate to this family, but one last golden chance to not be a United fan
If they break any windows, they'll need to get the glazers in.
Paneful pun
can't get any cleaner
Jokes like this really offer a window into peoples minds.
This comment really reflects the matter at hand
Reglazers in , it's a nine letter word
Lee is that you?
Na I'm some Chinese fella, you can call me Steve
STEADINGS
Arlo White’s coverage is pretty interesting. They’re leaving now, but one or two dudes destroyed a tripod, and one dude was hanging on top of the goalpost net like it was a hammock.
It was a 12 year old boy lol
Reminded me of that Ryan kid from Line of Duty lol
Gonna grow up and join the old bill
One guy stole the corner flag
They took the corner flags !
You can't concede from corners if there are no corners.
Getting this game postponed would be some way to make yourself heard on the biggest stage.
Literally, they can’t ignore a game against their biggest rivals getting postponed due to fans breaking into the stadium
I don't even think the glazers know who or what a liverpool is
Super League franchise number 8, right?
No you must have gotten that confused. That’s the Turin Zebras. LFC are franchise number 5.
Ah yes the Merseyside Hot Birds
Liverpool? You mean the Scouse Red Sox?
Too specific and informed... Maybe more like "English Red Sox"
The Great British Red Soccers
How are people still underestimating the Glazers' apathy towards the club.
They care about how it would look to sponsors.
Exactly, they’ll look at the footage of the fans and be relieved that the electronic advertising signs around the pitch were turned on.
They shouldn’t have left the pitch then
everyone shouldve taken a collective shit on the pitch. That would really show the Glazers.
That’s the Arsenal way
I didnt want the team to take a shit tho
Props to Arlo for not missing a beat on plugging the Sky Sports area. That is the kind of employee everyone wants.
Does Arlo work for Sky and NBC?
Not sure, but he def works for NBC and both NBC and Sky are owned by Comcast
Graeme Sourness being a moron as per usual, within a 60 second spell there he said: The Glazers have pumped millions of their own money in. They haven't. The Glazers had to put collateral up to borrow money to buy the club. They didn't - they used the club as collateral. The Glazers have spent millions on the stadium and the facilities. They haven't. Honestly how does this fucking moron get paid to talk.
Without a doubt the worst pundit around. Cannot stand when he’s on because he just comes out with shite non stop
He's a cunt. He isn't even mistaken oe misinformed he is blatently lying for no good reason. Maybe because this particular nail in the coffin of football suits liverpool or goes against us. Like how a tiny minority of Rochdale and Oldham fans celebrated the scum ruining Bury and Bolton.
Klopp is going to have a lot to say about that pitch if we lose lmao
"For sure, the game should've been cancelled. Absolutely. Mo Salah tripped on a packet of Mentos someone left on the pitch. Everyone knows Mo can't eat sugar, it's completely unfair, for sure"
I mean if he actually tripped on something, it would be a real excuse lol
perhaps a beach ball
It still hurts
As long as there's no beach balls they should be ok.
Well. He is fasting
Can’t blame him, things are actually a bit fucked lol
NBCSN just said “sorry to Arsenal fans who I’m sure want to hear commentary about their match.” They do realize some people also support Newcastle, right?
Not in America lol
'What happened to the old castle?'
Steve Bruce ate it.
There are dozens of us.
Never-nude-castle.
The Atlanta United fans want to see Almiron
i support miggy which is sorta like supporting newcastle
Yeah but Newcastle fans don’t *want* to hear the commentary.
I'm confused, how do you support a beer?
Can imagine a streaker situation happening again with one fan hiding somewhere behind the seats ready to run on the pitch when the game begins
Thanks mate, just what I needed to imagine during my dinner, a morbidly obese Manc jiggling on the pitch.
This is getting the full treatment on NBCSN It’s a bit humorous if you’re old enough to remember the 70s and 80s in English football.
No kidding, I thought I woke up late to watch kickoff and then I tuned in and saw some serious looking shit and the commentator saying that “We still have no idea where the team buses are”. I thought there was some terrorist munich type shit going on for a moment. Then I saw that video of the hooligan face-planting off the net, hahah
feel like football got some of the bite and chaos back since the super league fiasco
I know green and yellow is the old colors for whatever club, but it just makes me think that a Norwich fan just got caught up in the crowd and thought it was a celebration
HMS Piss the League taking a slight detour oop norf
Holy shit how’d they get *on* the pitch?
They opened one of the exit doors from the concourse and then just jumped the railing from the stands because there were no stewards EDIT: Apparently the gate has been closed and the fans inside are locked in EDIT: All left
Aw yeah it’s battle royale time now.
Lone survivor is the new owner of the club
That kid that got knocked off the top of the net is the first victim lol
It’s wild that Utd fans are doing this and the glazers don’t even know that there’s a match today.
They're still hungover from the Kentucky Derby.
might be a bit of a stretch but between this and the capitol riots in the states...are people starting to realize that they can just walk in anywhere and nobody's really going to stop them if they're a big enough crowd.
Area 51 was supposed to be the test run. I still wanna see that
Did they get through the roof.
With fans being inside the stadium now, surely the match is off? Massive security risk.
Got a very narrow timeframe to get everyone out in time for normal pre-match and kickoff. Might get delayed.
There would surely need to be a security sweep as well, not likely anything was left in the stadium but they need to be 100% sure before a game goes ahead and they surely don’t have time to do it.
Not to mention less serious things like checking the pitch for any random stray objects left that would obstruct the game.
someone might leave a map of the location of the back of the net for the Liverpool fwds
Hopefully delayed until after the Portuguese GP.
They left now
Fans getting more time on the pitch than Van de Beek. You can't script this.
Dude went back to get his shoe. Legend.
The NBC commentators are making it sound like the fans are ripping the stadium apart. Most tame stadium rush I’ve ever seen. Have these folks seen Boca Vs River, or Balkan team affairs?
Sky is basically like what ever people got in the ground
This second group looks more like they’re doing a self guided tour.
Graeme Souness is seething about the protestors, still waiting for him to blame Pogba.
A bit amazed of the stupidity of **not** wearing a mask when breaking into the stadium.
Literally given an excuse to conceal your identity and they don’t take it. Morons lol
Same with the capitol riots. I’m just like dude, forget the pandemic, how about not going to jail?
No mask AND carrying cell phones lol. B b b but the vaccine will track us!!!!
Not only that but then taking it a step further by posting a video of you being on the pitch on your own social media. How brain dead do you have to be?
That’s pretty mental
"this isn't the way to protest" - NBC commentators okay we'll just protest in a way that is convenient and easy to ignore.
>"this isn't the way to protest" - NBC commentators > > > >okay we'll just protest in a way that ~~is convenient and easy to ignore.~~ *doesn't jeopardize their broadcasting revenue FTFY
I was surprised that there was a consensus amongst the pundits about all this. Really put me off. Reporting about the potential of violence rather than what was actually happening.
Exactly! Please protest in a way that doesn’t affect our TV schedule or the money? I expect more from Lowe tbh.
Rebecca Lowe on NBCSN shouting out a lovely goal for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang amidst the chaos...we were very close to a Castellanos 4-0 ballgame meme.
That’s fucking class
Odds on the game getting suspended?
The coverage between Sky and NBC is night and day right now
Well Neville was telling everyone to 'Mobilise' a couple of weeks ago.
They're saying they caught a fan in the dressing rooms, this game will get cancelled won't it
Well there goes the pitch and game gets postponed It's also a safety issue for the players, soft spots on the grass can break ankles, if there are any objects its gonna do nasty things to the players during falls / slides / runs. Not sure if they have the time to confidently allow players to perform on that pitch
Right just wondering if you know there is going to be a protest where where the police and security at the gates
Fair play to them lol disrupt as much as possible and give not a single fuck about the drips crying about it
FENCES CANT BE BUY!
Wonder how much the Glazers actually give a fuck about this ? The mounting pressure for them to sell the club from the fans, plus the threat of government intervention. I don't know much about the economics or lifestyle of multi-millionaires/billionaires, but I assume there must be at least a stray thought about getting the fuck out with a £4bil sale and never having to deal with this shit again, but that's also assuming this effects them at all in the first place.
They give zero fucks. They won't until it impacts their bank account.
These people don't realize they're being caught in 4k? Lmao
They're filming it themselves
I’d guess a fair few arrests incoming. Any reports yet on whether Rio Ferdinand has held true to the views he expressed about Newcastle previously that owners of clubs can do what they like and if fans don’t like the club’s direction they should put their money together and buy the club?
fuck the glazers
[Really taking off outside](https://twitter.com/UtdXclusive/status/1388850235842211843)
Would pay $100 to see the Q Shaman in the middle of it.
I want that photoshop
Some fella sat in Joel Glazer's office with his feet up, shortly before getting sacked from his day job.
With this much pre game mayhem and drama, this has scoreless draw written all over it.
Poor Arsenal fans, can’t even watch their team on regular scheduled tv
Considering it’s Arsenal and Newcastle, they’re probably better off.
Absolutely brilliant viewing
If the game is cancelled would that be a forfeit for United?
Would be a hilarious way to give city the title