Head Steward & Safety Officer Meeting

i think you'll agree that if you look at the difference in stands over the amount of stewards deployed, the family stand at times only has three of four stewards, whilst tufc operating rules state that the ground cannot be opened until they have i believe 28 stewards. on the pop side we have a minimum of 10 stewards and 2 supervisors, the reason we have two supervisors is because of the half time use of boot and laces, we utilise one supervisor to oversee the issuing of the passes and also to liaise with the door staff in the pub and to supervise our own stewards at the boot and laces end.
the other supervisor (myself) usually runs around sorting out all the other operational issues of the pop side. moving the stewards into working and workable positions, etc etc
also as you stated the family stand is seated whilst the pop side isn't.
hope this clarifies this for you.
also if you notice the age of the stewards on each side, they are deployed to the areas, that best suits there ability to deal with any situations that may arise,
as i have stated previously i have many years experience in the job actually starting as a bouncer (thats when we could be called bouncers) in the pubs and clubs in the west end of London, having served in HM forces,
now things have changed and the title door supervisors applies, i have always been a great believer in treating others as you wish to be treated.
however the other thing that has changed is to do my job, i have to be trained,
i hold my SIA licence, cost £245, course length one week, of my own time,
NVQ 2, course no cost financially but commitment to study and be marked on performance
the latest which i started last weekend
NVQ 3 course no cost again, but commitment to even more home study, marked on performance and tested on skills and knowledge.
however the point i am trying to make is, i have a real commitment to myself and to you all that i can and will always strive to improve myself and the things around me that i have the ability to change, and although some people will respond to this, others won't, i have joined this forum to try and resolve many issues raised.
and i hope that i will continue to serve you all to the best of my ability at Plainmoor for many years
thanks once again
Steve 004

Steve 004 you were doing so well with you last post and then you went told how you were a bouncer and ended up scaring half the members too death

I think its a forum first to have a steward on board and one who will liste and also take the time to explain things from the other side so to speak. It has always been the case that stewards have often in the past been slagged to death on forums and when the Plymouth lot first got here, I was as guilty as anyone for doing so. Mind you it was with good reason, but now we have moved on in the ground and I know most I talk to feel things are much better now.

There are still a few things that can be improved, but I do feel having you on here is a step forward in the right direction. Hope you are enjoying your Holiday, but it does sound to me the other boss in your life has you on a working holiday at home

GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!
i met with Plainmoor safety officer, and have discussed a few issues raised on here, i have positive news with reference the c word song,
i now have it on good authority that we have the club's backing to deal with this situation, with one warning and your out, however i will try to do this tactfully and hopefully without causing problems to escalate, and without causing the situation to overflow and disturb others enjoyment of the game. however if we do not get the problem resolved it may mean use of restraint methods being employed to remove the offenders.
this is the last resort action and i want to try to maintain order and enforce the club's rules, without ejection of anyone.
Steve 004

Thanks for doing all this Steve.

Its good to know that Stewards can be approachable and are doing their best to accommodate the fans as well as enforcing the club rules and of course the law, in what must be at times a difficult job.

Keep up the good work.

as quoted by daveR
I'm not to sure that it should just be left to the stewards to give out the message, as I fear it will just lead some to start some sort on anti steward thing in the ground.

If it is just going to be left down to the stewards, then the message will have to be loud and clear, because as you know. my view was that removing fans from the ground had to be used only as the last resort.

with reference this statement i agree totally and will address this with the safety officer, however i also feel that removing one or two that still continue to sing the song after a warning will at least start the message to the small minority that this will be the result of there actions should it continue
as you and i have spoken about before the last thing i want and you want is for fans to be removed but i think the hard line to a few will result in the others towing the line
steve 004

With all the posts on this thread, I nearly decided to make a brand new board, I was trying to think of a name for it and then Merse came into my head for some reason.

So a great board name would have been Stewards Inquiry or an I just getting even more madder. ;D