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Re: A good atmosphere encourages the team

Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:15 pm

Midfield general wrote:so why dont the club move the family section..? Is it solely down to the Police..?


yes because it costs an arm and a leg to police a game and it would cost more if the stands were swapped and we would probably have to take a capacity cut advised by the SAG
this way the club can sell more tickets and reduce the costs to policing

Re: A good atmosphere encourages the team

Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:18 pm

I sit in Ninian so it doesn't effect me but I know of people in the canton who dont want to move and I guess there will be some in the family stand who don't want to move either.

Re: A good atmosphere encourages the team

Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:40 pm

Midfield general wrote:how does the police costs work out then..? is there a minimum number or something..?


ok there are 5 categories of football match which is calculated by risk at every football game across the country

Club security only - no trouble expected, no police are required, let the match stewards get on with it
Category A match - Low risk of disorder, some police presence usually requested.
Category B match - Medium risk of disorder, police required in sufficient numbers to employ tactics suitable to reduce potential threat
category C match - High risk of disorder. There probably will be trouble and policing is definitely needed and the police need sufficient numbers to deal with the level of problems that they anticipate.
category C+ match - Increased risk of disorder is likely. You know there is going to be trouble and you know that you are going to have a lot of police at the ground, not only for trouble but to ensure that peoples safety is secured.

Costs
Club security only - costs nothing
Category A - is minimal
Category B - around £18,000 per match
Category C - £40,000 per match
Category C+ - £40,000 + per match
A bubble trip will reduce a game from Category C+ game to a Category B but the costs will be the same due to the large scale escort required.
If we swapped the stands every game would be a minimum of Category B as the stands are the club gets away with a lot of games as club security only or Category A so saving a large amount of money over the season

Re: A good atmosphere encourages the team

Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:56 pm

Midfield general wrote:are those figures just what the club needs to pay..? because I know the South Wales council taxpayers also pay towards the policing at every game.


i believe thats what the clubs pay with tax payers money on top aswell