Flares on Pitch

[West Acton]

Twice now we have had flares thrown on the pitch and a considerable delay while we have waited for Nigel form the Health and Safety department to arrive with his bucket and sand

Flares seem to be the flavour of the month at the moment so would it not make sense to have the bucket by the corner flag so Nigel can respond straight away better still can a steward not just kick the flare off the pitch so we can get on with the game. H&S gone mad cant move a flare until the bucket arrives

[Rangers77]

All those toss ers wearing high viz jackets and not one of them could deal with it until it went out...

[West Acton]

All those toss ers wearing high viz jackets and not one of them could deal with it until it went out...

Exactly mate just walk on and boot it off the pitch that's what happened 10years ago. But now we wait for some guy to bimble onto the pitch at his on pace

[QPRDave]

Do these brummie b**tards know how much that pitch cost??!.......Poor ol groundsmen's gonna be there hours now with vinegar and white wine trying to get that burn out!

[West Acton]

Would have been quicker to put the sprinklers on to put it out instead of waiting for that geezer to trot on

[Factamondo]

dunno what all the fuss is about...in the 70's thousands of flares at a match n not a problem...we've gone soft!

[vespa]

dunno what all the fuss is about...in the 70's thousands of flares at a match n not a problem...we've gone soft!

Boom boom !

[Factamondo]

im here all week vesps...............

[Kevin Mcleod]

http://youtu.be/bvWXsDKw-v0

[SuperHoopNik]

Nothing compared to this, watch about halfway through.

[Factamondo]

Article in todays currant bun on this very topic!

[QPR_NW10]

No idea what the fuss is about. Heaven forbid someone tried to inject a bit of atmosphere into the game...

[Kevin Mcleod]

Where would they buy those flares, are they illegal?

[QPRWEBBIE]

I was told yesterday that there is a website that encourages away teams taking flares to the game and they have to video it and send it in for viewing and this site actually sends the flares to the fans.

[TBLOCKRANGER]

It's annoying. We were 1 up and the flare stops the game and then you have 5 minutes added on. Considering we weren't to blame the injury time added is always nail biting, so Birmingham in a way get an advantage.
I reckon whatever team throws the flare gets penalised. So if QPR are one up and like yesterday the opposition fan throws the flare, then no extra time is given by the ref.
If the team in the lead threw the flare then the time is added plus some.