What do Sir Alex Ferguson, Brendan Rogers, Vincent Kompany, me, Malcolm Clarke (chairman of the Football Supporters Federation) and many others (not including Gordon Taylor) have in common?
Answer we’re all against introducing netting to football grounds, although admittedly some people’s opinions carry more sway than others, i.e. mine counts for nothing.
The reason the call for the introduction of netting came was because in the thrilling Manchester derby on Sunday, as United were celebrating a last minute winner Rio Ferdinand was hit in the face by a coin thrown from the crowd.
Ferdinand seemingly got over the incident very quickly posting on Twitter “what a shot”; clearly whoever threw the coin is an idiot and should be charged, but it must be remembered it’s just one incident and I think those who want netting are over-reacting.
Why should tens of thousands of people have to stand behind a net because one or two people thought throwing things at players was a good idea?
But if netting isn’t introduced what can be done to stop incidents such as the one on Sunday, well Ferguson has a more sensible and workable solution which is to have more vigilant stewarding.
Maybe to improve the vigilance of stewarding all Premier League players could give a small percentage of their wages so more can be hired and better CCTV can be installed, and those fans who do misbehave can be identified, removed or charged much easier.
Still think we need netting, well recently released figures show fans are behaving better arrests are down 24% from previous seasons, and I don’t think it would be fair to introduce netting and, as in every aspect of life, let the minority ruin it for the majority.
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