Ashton Gate vandalism - extra £1 on all away tickets.

[OurManFlint II]

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How does insurance work in stadiums, I'd have though criminal damage would be covered?

Also you'd want to see the exact numbers, as it says it'll start with Millwall. I'd also ask for an independent audit, don't want Bristol getting in Martyn Lawrence Bullard for the refit!

[The Bloop]

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That's pretty piss poor from the club tbh.
Not sure how much the repairs will cost, but this will raise around £10k-£15k between now and the end of the season, and will come from the pockets of our most loyal fans, not the brain dead imbeciles who managed to get hold of a ticket through a mate for Ashton Gate.
What will happen if there's a repeat at Anfield on Sunday? Another £1 on top?
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

[life on mars]

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Somehow I don't think even a fiver would stop them .

[Hilts]

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I hope the supporters groups respond to this.

[SunderlandBluebird]

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Really poor. The booking system is already a rip off with a group booking of 6 tickets costing £6 instead of £1. Now it would cost £12 for the foreseeable.

Just don’t get how this will solve anything bar asking the fans who did nothing and had to put up with toilets being shut at Bristol to fork up. About 500 will go to Huddersfield in a few weeks on a Tuesday evening and they’ll have to pay extra for the privilege because a few idiots did that, stupid logic.

[Cardiff-Cal]

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This decision will be reversed I guarantee it.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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How does insurance work in stadiums, I'd have though criminal damage would be covered?

Yeah, should be covered. Probably have some sort of excess to pay if they claimed though, and would harm their claims record and maybe future premiums, so they were probably more than happy when we offered to pay.
I think the offer was the right thing to do, but charging fans who had nothing to do with it certainly isn't.

[stan butler]

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How the **** does that make sense? So I need to pay and extra £1 because some coked up dork can’t be trusted to go to a football match without smashing up the bogs.

At a time when costs are rising and wages are stagnating this seems a bit of a PR blunder.

Stick your hand in your pocket Vinny you tight prick.

So you shouldnt pay an extra quid because you wasn't involved but Vinny has to pay for it all?
Was Tan one of those in the toilets wearing an hoodie?

For the record i think it's wrong the fans have to pay a quid for something they didn't do

[stan butler]

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Wayne Nash's idea?

[dml1954]

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This is a good idea. Something has to be done. The EFL or individual clubs could easily have banned ALL City fans from attending away games for the foreseeable future as a result of this incident (and other previous). Would people have preferred that ? The actions of the minority do unfortunately reflect on all of us and perhaps this decision will focus peoples minds and make some think twice before engaging in this sort of thing again. There were a number of people filmed in those toilets that weren't actively engaged in the vandalism but just stood around watching and laughing. Why didn't they step in and try to stop it ? Why should the club have to pay for the actions of a bunch of moronic people who follow the club ? It has happened too often in the past and the club has always paid the price in fines and costs. If this is the kind of activity fans are going to engage in at away grounds then it probably would be better if no one went.

[stan butler]

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That was my first thought. Used to work a treat in the army.

Then again it's Choo and Dalman, so maybe we're giving them too much credit.

Just about to say similar

[Whisperer]

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Fair play to the club I say......still can't believe that no one knew any of them or seen anything on the day. Club should put the CCTV footage on Cardiff TV for everyone to see and maybe recognize a few of them.

[J R Hartley]

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Shouldn’t be up to fans to self-police drunken idiots. That’s what the police and stewards are paid for.

[Jeff Mansfield]

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This is collective punishment - punishing everyone for the criminal actions of a few. The club is wrong to do this..