NEWSFLASH: Malcolm Statement

[smeghead]

Wel I hope this initiative has some effect.

The problem is that after these fools have their fun at the football they dissapear for a significant period of time. The ones who pay for it in the interim are the decent Bulldogs fans who continue to go to the games. But by the sounds of it this is a price most are willing to pay if it means discussion on the NRL getting back to behaviour on the park

 

[jimmy_the_greek]

my dad has been a doggies supporter for 30 years and tells me there were crowd problems from back then...things are not going to change now...although i hope the problem is fixed..

 

[TUFF TITAN]

Voting Poll
What do you think is the most effective way to deal with violent fan behaviour at Rugby League games?
Ban the guilty participants from attending future games.
31%

Penalise the clubs by deducting competition points and issuing fines.
8%

Increase security at the games to protect other fans and spectators.
9%

A combination of the above.
50%

None of the above.
2%


Poll Archive

I VOTED FOR Increase security CAN'T BELIEVE IT ONLY GOT 9% ;()

http://dsl.optusnet.com.au/

 

[0neye]

CHANNEL Nine sports boss Steve Crawley says that the bad behaviour of a small number of so-called Bulldogs supporters will not influence his decision on what game to schedule for the network's Friday night coverage. While debate raged this week about whether the club should be allowed to continue playing night games following the incidents inside and outside Telstra Stadium last week, it is Nine that chooses which game to broadcast. "I'm not a social worker, I'm a television producer and my feeling is that the viewers are entitled to see the best game of the round each Friday night on Channel Nine," Crawley told Sin Bin. "The actions of a minority who aren't genuine Bulldogs supporters won't affect that." Crawley's comments come after criticism within the game of Andrew Voss for suggesting the Bulldogs should be banned from playing home matches at night, but the network's executive producer of sport said he had no problems with members of his commentary team expressing independent views on issues. "Vossy is entitled to his opinion but it won't influence what games I choose," Crawley said.

RAY SAID DOGS ARE OK ;()

 

[The Way I See It]

The easiest way to stop these guys is Lock them up in there Kennels and keep these muts away from normal civilisation.
The best way to stop them would be to give them dog tags and be chained up on a chair or beam.

 

[TUFF TITAN]

Points threat


March 25, 2006

THE Bulldogs could be stripped of four competition points with no further warning if their fans misbehave again, National Rugby League chief executive David Gallop said last night.

Mr Gallop raised the spectre of lost points after hooligans were involved in scuffles inside and outside Telstra Stadium after the round two win over Wests Tigers last Friday.

Speaking before last night's game against Newcastle, Mr Gallop said: "We haven't formally suspended points.

"But the threat is clearly there that competition points are in jeopardy and the next step might be to suspend points or it might just be to deduct them, depending on the incident."

A suspended penalty of the loss of four competition points over hooliganism expired at the end of the 2004 season, leading some fans to believe a similar threat would have to be made before points were actually deducted.




"It's no surprise to me," Bulldogs CEO Malcolm Noad said when told of Gallop's comments.

"I had some private conversations with David during the week and he made some public comments that the threat of imposing a points penalty was there."

Mr Gallop added: "It would be a great shame but in 2004, coupled with the other procedures adopted by the club, it was an effective deterrent."

The NRL boss added there had been no decision on who would pay for the added police presence at EnergyAustralia Stadium last night.

Knights boss Ken Conway was unconcerned by the threat of trouble.

"We haven't had any trouble with the Bulldogs fans in the four years I've been at the club," he said.

"We've had the odd rowdy barracker but all that rubbish has been confined to Sydney

 

[0neye]

Police on the prowl to keep Dogs on leash
Email Print Normal font Large font By Edmund Tadros
March 25, 2006

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AdvertisementIT WAS a night of anger and frustration for Bulldogs fans - but no violence.

At the end of a week of speculation about possible fights at the Bulldogs versus Newcastle Knights game, only three people were refused entry and there were no reported arrests by the 100 police at the game.

The police, including general duty officers, operational support group, dog squad officers and one PolAir chopper, were deployed on and around the ground.

"Our officers had a good, positive response from the crowd, with many fans saying, 'it's good that you're here'," said Superintendent David Swilks, Waratah Local Area Commander and head of the police operation at the game.

"Our officers even reported that there was little sledging from either side's stands, which you would normally expect."

Long-time Bulldogs supporter Mano Goodman, from Gordon, said: "Look, it's simply that Bulldogs fans tend to show a lot of passion and, given the intake of alcohol, that intake can sometimes be led astray."

One minor incident did occur during half-time after a Knights fan in his 50s, who had been drinking, walked through a small crowd of Bulldogs fans who were sitting on the "drinking hill" at the southern end of the stadium.

"He walked through the army spilling his drink," Goodman said. "He wanted to start some sh*t. No one touched him, but something was about to occur."

Another witness told the Herald the man was told to leave by Bulldogs fans and did so just as police arrived and spoke to the group. When one Bulldogs supporter from this group of about 30 fans was asked what happened, he became aggressive and said: "Why? Why do you want to know? So you can write about it and start something."

Another Bulldogs supporter said: "Now everyone knows not to mess with Bulldogs fans anymore."

Kerina Marshall, 34, her daughter Elise, 4, and her mother, Robyn Evans, 56, all from Newcastle, have always watched the Knights' games from the allocated seating in front of the drinking area. "This may be the drinking end," Ms Evans said, "but we've always sat here."

As cries from the crowd of "smash 'em", "kill 'em" and "get 'em" broke out, Ms Marshall explained: "It comes from the ladies mainly, we love the yelling, we love the passion." Two men were kicked out of the ground in the last five minutes of the game, one because he was intoxicated and the other for causing a disturbance, police said.