Get the stewards prepared

[Rex]

Brum support locked in, buses damaged, high police support, police horses on the pitch, sky cameras. Stewards ducking for cover.

Then again it could all pass as a non event.

[The Cap]

I know Brum's a city 17 but

heard a whisper that over 500 000 are now coming down

is taking the pi*$ mate.

If that's the case then we can expect all roads and transport systems out of Brummage to be on lock down over the weekend then!

[Jerry St Clair]

Might not be that bad, they have less than 2,000 tickets (1,400 I read somewhere, not sure if thats true) and they have let quite a few 'corporate' supporters have tickets. one example is they charged £99 for a ticket, coach journey and lunch at Newbury race course

About 5 mins walk from my house then. It'll be windmills at 10 paces, I tell thee.

[Terminal Boardom]

If I recall, last season some visiting Blues fans were particularly unpleasant. They've never been the nicest of souls, but traditionally over the years, even as far back as the seventies, 'last day of the season' for followers of Brum has traditionally been eventful. Crystal Palace away comes to mind, Adolf Hitler on the pitch swapping blows. Quite funny really. But last season outside the Mad I saw a group of them set about some younger, quite passive looking Reading fans until they were dissuaded by some older more...erm, physically imposing Royals. I'd classify Blues as still being a club more than capable of attracting a large element who can be quite volatile 'without any provocation' and so Sunday's pressure cooker atmosphere can only assist in bringing them to the boil. Stewards? I've yet to see at Reading that would convince me that the vast majority of them have any use as soon as there is a major public order incident. A volatile football crowd 'at it' as Cardiff were at Christmas and to an extent Bristol City's mob (although probably in terms of violence a good job for the sake of reasonable peace they won that day) always appears to expose our stewards' limitations. It's at that point that the constabulary are generally required.

If things don't go City's way on Sunday I think the potential for disorder is quite strong. A few tempers have been fraying at St. Andrews this season. It's usually at the dog end of a season their lesser-restrained boys and girls let off steam. They were protesting on the pitch last year and it got reasonably nasty when they went down. And against Preston last week more similar.

Yes, do up your tabards tight around those straining bellies boys and girls. Your 'stewarding skills' may well be called upon in some kind of depth, if you get my Rorke's Drift.

Anyone remember the Zulu Warriors? IH has just about summed up the opportunity for mayhem. Q is, how many of the 2,000 or so coming down have the desire for mayhem? Not sure how the OB will handle those without tickets so it could be somewhat "entertaining". Thank o*ford we aren't playing Millwall

[The 17 Bus]

Might not be that bad, they have less than 2,000 tickets (1,400 I read somewhere, not sure if thats true) and they have let quite a few 'corporate' supporters have tickets. one example is they charged £99 for a ticket, coach journey and lunch at Newbury race course

About 5 mins walk from my house then. It'll be windmills at 10 paces, I tell thee.

Not seen you at the boot sale there, or have you gone up market now??

[Sun Tzu]

LOL if they have ripped people off by offering 'lunch' in Newbury when the game kicks off at 1.15 in Reading !!

[Jerry St Clair]

Not seen you at the boot sale there, or have you gone up market now??

Yeah, I now go to the Tadley one!

[Forbury Lion]

Following the nonsense that went on during that Preston game it is time that Birmingham were deducted points for the behaviour of their fans, 10 points from the star of next season IMHO.

If they misbehave this season in the last game then a points deduction this season would be more appropriate... not sure how many, probably just enough to drop them down to 7th place.

[Rex]

Following the nonsense that went on during that Preston game it is time that Birmingham were deducted points for the behaviour of their fans, 10 points from the star of next season IMHO.

If they misbehave this season in the last game then a points deduction this season would be more appropriate... not sure how many, probably just enough to drop them down to 18th place.

[Royal Lady]

Brum fans seemed convinced they're bringing 7000 down with them.

[Sun Tzu]

Not a patch on the 500,000 Brighton brought......

The internet is great for inventing numbers.

[The 17 Bus]

3million brum fans are curerently destroying reading town centre, TVP have advised all local residents to keep out of the town tonight.