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How many Lincoln fans will be in the home end?
If they do win the league tomorrow (hopefully through Cardiff failing to win than by them beating us), I hope we have sufficient stewarding in place. Possible pitch invasion situation.
I wouldn't begrudge them entering the pitch providing our players can leave safely and there is a barrier between home and away.
I remember the joyous occasion at Kidderminster where there were celebrations with the players on the pitch (not me I hasten to add, I stayed in the stands). It was handled by them very well that day.
I think some of our fans however might feel a bit aggreived and react sourly but hopefully we are graceful and respect their achievement.
Edited by Sev at 10:39:24 on 17th April 2026
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I have a vet on Stevenage upsetting their celebration! Of course when I bet on Stevenage they usually lose but I always try
Edited by fragiletension at 14:05:25 on 18th April 2026
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You have a vet upsetting their celebrations?!
Did he bill them for something?? š¤Ŗ
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He bills for everything to everyone
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Reminds me of that day in Kidderminster, (along with the play off final win against Torquay) will always be the highlight of my time supporting Boro. After winning promotion that afternoon, Graham Westley had us eating out of his hand. He made sure everyone was back on the terrace before he presented every single player to us all. What a day that was.
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The day in Kidderminster we all ended up on the pitch
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Some of us stayed in the stands.
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Well, the dullards did.
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Thatās only because you could get your leg over the fence!
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Truth can hurt y'know.
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Agree and what we do t want us another Scott Laid type incident , you just need one idiot even if the majority are only trying to celebrate.
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I 100% get why people do it. Its just exuberance, perhaps exacerbated by the need for some to capture and share the moment with the lads on social media.
It's now 'the done thing' when you secure anything, promotion, play off place, 4th from bottom...
Maybe we're just old.
Actually no maybe about it.
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Aye, couldn't get on the pitch as it had fencing around it š
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Agreed, up there with my top days as a Boro fan.
Edited by RockyBottom at 20:24:48 on 17th April 2026
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Iāve let them know that parking on the grass verge along BHW is ok.
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No problem with them but hope we spoil the party for obvious reasons
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A combination of being stressed out by this season, and no wanting to see Lincoln fans run on the pitch, i have opted to play cricket instead. See you all at Donny!
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Theyāve sold out the away end.
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That's why he said in the home ends ;).
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Oh yeahā¦!
Yes there will be some in the home stands.
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Which I have absolutely no issue with whatsoever, and fully understand why they would want to be there to experience it, provided they aren't dicks about it (which I am sure they won't be).
Plus let's be honest, we aren't selling it out so it helps us financially. There have been a good few games, and will be every season in L1, where I really do feel we should accommodate more away fans in the corner of the stand snd maximise revenue, albeit I understand and appreciate the workarounds it creates.
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Iād rather that than the grown adults in West Ham and Spurs shirts that Iāve seen on the ET the past few weeks.
Edited by bcb1994 at 23:01:08 on 17th April 2026
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I couldnāt care what they wear as long as theyāre paying for a ticket and supporting us!
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Could see a lot more of those from one of them next season, in the South stand though.
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It's got to be worth the extra effort surely? Provided of course the increased numbers are approved by the relevant parties.
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Agreed. I donāt have an issue with it if theyāre not idiots, as itās all increased revenue for us. And if they are idiots and get kicked out then we still have their money!
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*but* if there's a pitch invasion we are at risk of a fine.
Mansfield for example got hit with a Ā£10k fine for a promotion celebrating pitch invasion couple of seasons back.
Not sure if we did? Maybe it depends on how the SAG report it, whether the club are deemed to have taken all reasonable precautions?
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Seems strange we would get fined for away fans actions.
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Our ground, our responsibility. Can hardly fine Lincoln if our stewards and plans aren't up to scratch.
(Im sure our plans and stewards are up to scratch but you get my point).
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So how do they stop them , say 20 stewards In front of North Stand and they all run on.Accept may be the rules but in practice etc .
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Rotherham did a drill the other week, did a tannoy announcement to move to situation 38 or some other nonsense and about 40 stewards all suddenly appeared in front of us. Then 5 minutes later after they were all bored disappeared off again
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Thinking of it think it may have happened. At ours too in recent yrs with a weird announcement like that ?
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Simple.codeword. pre-briefed. Stewards all move to a dedicated spot. Needs to be very quick and simple.
They have similar drills for partial and full evacuation of a stand or of the stadium in emergencies.
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They dont. They can't. Would create more risk to public safety if they tried to.physically and forcinly stop them, thats why they have been known to open gates once its clear its happening, safer than fans clambering pitchside barriers en mass.
Unless its a very small number of pitch invaders obviously.
But they have to take reasonable steps (barriers, tannoy warnings, visible enhanced stewarding deterrent, police presence, visible CCTV cameras etc.)
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Live rounds and water cannons.
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Water-cannons seem somewhat redundant if weāre using live ammo š
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Don't tell that to Mr Trump.
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We have got all required precautions in place just in case, but at the end of the day if they want to invade the pitch then they will.
As long as they just celebrate, and both sets of supporters don be idiots, then I have no issue with it. We should just applaud their achievements.
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They may not even want to and save celebrations for their last home game.
(Anyway I don't think we will lose so they may not have anything new to celebrate)
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Agreed. Iād certainly prefer to win the league at home rather than away.
Hereās hoping!
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Echoes my view perfectly.
Weld some fixings into the concrete to enable a slot in barrier & gap at the South end of the main stand, rront to back. Couple of aditional and highly visinle CCTV cameras. One-off infrastructure cost.
Family tickets only on a risk assessed basis.
We'd recoup the cost in no time. Even with inevitable additional stewarding.
Edited by BALDOCKBORO at 13:10:05 on 17th April 2026
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Just do away with segregation altogether, it'll sort itself out.
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Well, at least one man and his daughter in the family section I noted on their forum.
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Never had any problem with Lincoln City fans home or away so let's hope the Cardiff loss and their 0-0 with us all goes off well.
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I was thinking a draw for Cardiff would be best, keep Reading down and practically out of the playoff race if so.
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