Police cancel Bolton-Rangers game | TalkCeltic

Dempsey · Jul 19, 2006

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/5192684.stm

Bolton's pre-season friendly with Rangers at the Reebok Stadium on 25 July has been cancelled on the advice of Greater Manchester Police

he official reason given by the local match commander was that not enough officers would be available on the day. "It is with deep regret that, on the advice of Greater Manchester Police, it has been cancelled on the grounds of safety," said a Bolton statement.
Rangers said they were "astonished", having previously had police approval.

It would only happen to Rangers, not enough officers to cope with their thugs

gerrymceltic · Jul 19, 2006

I see the the police checked with police forces all over England about the Huns visits there over the last 10 YEARS, must have left a good impression!!!! I wonder will the usual suspects jump on the bandwangon again, going on about both half of the Old Firm being just as bad as each other, without actually looking at the records of both sets of supporters.:31:I know it will never happen but I'd love to get rid of the term 'The Old Firm'.It just puts into people minds, who don't know both teams, that we're just as bad as each other.

Rav3n · Jul 19, 2006

Dempsey said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/5192684.stm

Bolton's pre-season friendly with Rangers at the Reebok Stadium on 25 July has been cancelled on the advice of Greater Manchester Police

he official reason given by the local match commander was that not enough officers would be available on the day. "It is with deep regret that, on the advice of Greater Manchester Police, it has been cancelled on the grounds of safety," said a Bolton statement.
Rangers said they were "astonished", having previously had police approval.

It would only happen to Rangers, not enough officers to cope with their thugs

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Actualy it's not because Rangers fan are 'thugs'... It's because Rangers were given 5,000 tickets and more than 12,000 people are expected to be traveling down in hope of getting a ticket at the game. For health and safety laws the police would be required to have 'x' amount of officers and Greater Manchester Police can't provide that many at this time of year, also something about the facilities not being suitable...

Chief Supt Dave Lea, divisional commander for Bolton, said: "There has been some speculation as to the reasons behind the public safety concerns that led to the decision of Greater Manchester Police not to provide policing services at the match between Bolton Wanderers and Glasgow Rangers on Tuesday 25 July.
"The agreed ticket allocation for Glasgow Rangers was 5,000. However, the club subsequently provided information that Bolton Wanderers should expect 12,000 fans to turn up for this event.

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"A review of intelligence surrounding the event indicated that these numbers may be further swelled by holidaymakers from the Glasgow region attending Bolton on the day from Blackpool.
"Information provided by Glasgow Rangers indicated that in excess of 120 coach parties would be attending, which were not capable of being received at the Reebok stadium. A normal full Premiership fixture would attract no more than 17 coaches.
"Given the uncertainty around accurate numbers of supporters attending, and the probability of many thousands of fans without tickets descending upon Bolton, it was not possible to further plan for this event within the margins of public safety that we normally employ.
"Greater Manchester Police is highly experienced in policing football, having some of the largest teams in the country and the world based here, and our expertise in policing such events safely is outstanding. It is in this context therefore that this decision not to provide policing services was made."
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Dempsey · Jul 20, 2006

Rangers fans cause trouble and that law is the first thing that would be shoved in the Chief Supt. face when half the city gets wrecked. They are hooligans.

regicfc · Jul 20, 2006

:56::56:

KevF2416 · Jul 20, 2006

We salute you Greater Manchester Police:50:

squire_2 · Jul 20, 2006

Ha-*-Ha!! The scum bags have put their club into a good trustworthy position havent they? :56: :56: :56:

hoops are us · Jul 20, 2006

You would never see a Celtic game cancled because of a lack of police. So the Gers are known everywhere for there bad temper.

Boro_Bhoy · Jul 21, 2006

Also Rangers fans were fighting with Bolton fans while in Porto last season do you think that might have anything to do with it?

ronnie1uk · Jul 21, 2006

just shows you that everytime theres a testimonial or just an ordinary friendly game they always ask us cause they know that no matter how many we take to these games there wont be any trouble, rangers fans are a joke, just like there team

nemo · Jul 22, 2006

AYe they certainly seem to have a bad element and especially when they travel to games outside of Scotland! Good enough for them!