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by Bolton Bill
Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:48 pm
Forum: On the Terraces
Topic: WHY ARE FOOTBALL CLUBS ABOVE THE LAW? FANS HAVE NO RECOURSE
Replies: 16
Views: 2932

Re: WHY ARE FOOTBALL CLUBS ABOVE THE LAW? FANS HAVE NO RECOU

northbank123 wrote:"Mere public order offence" :lol:
"Threatening words or behaviour" = To be exact!
by Bolton Bill
Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:19 pm
Forum: On the Terraces
Topic: WHY ARE FOOTBALL CLUBS ABOVE THE LAW? FANS HAVE NO RECOURSE
Replies: 16
Views: 2932

Re: WHY ARE FOOTBALL CLUBS ABOVE THE LAW? FANS HAVE NO RECOU


How can someone have 'doubts' about his innocence?
He did nothing connected with football or Arsenal and was wrongly banned due to pressure exerted by police.
He had a brawl in a pub unconnected with football, which he admits, and now is banned from a football ground???????
How can that be right ...
by Bolton Bill
Thu Oct 22, 2015 10:42 am
Forum: The Cannonballs
Topic: THE FRANKSAV MUSIC THREAD
Replies: 1777
Views: 697770

Re: THE FRANKSAV MUSIC THREAD

by Bolton Bill
Thu Oct 22, 2015 8:04 am
Forum: On the Terraces
Topic: WHY ARE FOOTBALL CLUBS ABOVE THE LAW? FANS HAVE NO RECOURSE
Replies: 16
Views: 2932

Re: WHY ARE FOOTBALL CLUBS ABOVE THE LAW? FANS HAVE NO RECOU

Because other ombudsmen protect lay individuals either from monopolies/oligopolies and/or from bodies from which they are particularly vulnerable (e.g. police, waterways, housing)

Going to watch top-tier football is an absolute luxury and not a god-given right like some people seem to think, and ...
by Bolton Bill
Wed Oct 21, 2015 1:02 pm
Forum: On the Terraces
Topic: WHY ARE FOOTBALL CLUBS ABOVE THE LAW? FANS HAVE NO RECOURSE
Replies: 16
Views: 2932

Re: WHY ARE FOOTBALL CLUBS ABOVE THE LAW? FANS HAVE NO RECOU

Because other ombudsmen protect lay individuals either from monopolies/oligopolies and/or from bodies from which they are particularly vulnerable (e.g. police, waterways, housing)

Going to watch top-tier football is an absolute luxury and not a god-given right like some people seem to think, and ...
by Bolton Bill
Tue Oct 20, 2015 2:48 pm
Forum: On the Terraces
Topic: WHY ARE FOOTBALL CLUBS ABOVE THE LAW? FANS HAVE NO RECOURSE
Replies: 16
Views: 2932

WHY ARE FOOTBALL CLUBS ABOVE THE LAW? FANS HAVE NO RECOURSE

How come in nearly every industry that an Ombudsman's adjudication is legally binding, BUT for football clubs this is not the case? The Independent Football Ombudsman is the final point of call for a football fan with a grievance against a football club, however the Ombudsman's judgement can be ...