Concerning Trend? The Woodville Oval Incident 3/7

[locky801]

According to someone on the Adelaide Now Thread, North supporters are no longer the worst in the League, still trying to fathom how they got that title but wow all the experts who attend every Sturt game (NOT) slamming their supporters. Get a life people, the whole issue in this is quite simple, if it had been supporter Vs supporter would not have even been reported in the media, player involved, it's a big as the Truro murders (no offence intended), let it rest

[Voice]

Firstly, as I've already said earlier, it was my decision to go to the more populated end of Woodville as the atmosphere at the other end of Woodville is pretty flat. In hindsight, my bad and it won't be happening again.
There was plenty of banter going on between cheersquads and other members of the crowd through the whole day but the only heated argument was between us and weslo around half time as we were being threatened with eviction because we were continuing on with the banter.
I was questioning them as to why there was a problem with this when I've seen many worse things happen without punishment. They had no answer to this besides continually threatening anyone who was having a go at them with eviction.
The banter continued in the 3rd quarter and still no real issue.
In the last the Eagles cheersquad moved to the other end and we stayed where we were. 4-5 Eagles players parked themselves around 5m away from us, none of them saying a word except for Treeby. When the Eagles kicked the sealer Treeby turned to the cheersquad and said exactly what csbowes mentioned earlier in the thread which was (as he grabbed his crotch) "suck on my n-ts you c---s, take a look at the f---ing scoreboard.
I proceeded to approach weslo, who were 2m away from the Eagles players to ask them why that is tolerated when we were threatened with eviction for less. They proceeded to tell me they heard nothing (remember, they were 2m away from Treeby) which inflamed the situation more. All the while Treeby and some other cheersquad members continued with the verbals.
Things were way to close and it no-one really threw a first punch, it kind of just momentarily exploded with some push and shove between some cheersquad members and Treeby and some Eagles fans. More cheersquad members approached the fraca, including myself to try and break it up but I can see that this would have been quite scary for Treeby as he wouldn't have known some of us only wanted to break it up. He ran back towards the grandstands and yes he was chased.
The stupid part about this is when Treeby saw the 2 burley fellas that you see in the photos were going to back him up, he stopped and faced his pursuers. This is where the main problem started and once again I tried to break it up. I copped a whack in the nose, no idea if it was an Eagles fan or a Sturt fan and I don't really care. It was over pretty quickly from there. Little spotfires broke out after that but nothing major.
If I can think of anything else I'll post it as soon as I can.

Pretty open shut case. Banter going all day Sturt fans decided to get physical after the winning goal was scored. Spat the dummy basically.
Im sure if Sturt won all the Sturt fans would have shook Treeby's hand and wished him luck for the rest of the season,. NOT!!!!

Voice. If your boys cant handle "look at the scoreboard" after losing a game. And doggies are winning this weekend by five goals at three quarter time. Id suggest you and the rest of the CS leave. Your not going to like we what we have ready for you.

Sturt fans you guys are unbelievable.

It's people like you who weren't there but think you know everything that are causing this situation to be worse than what it is.
You're also pretty stupidly suggest you're going to provoke another situation if you win this weekend. Real smart fella you are

[Barto]

Pretty open shut case. Banter going all day Sturt fans decided to get physical after the winning goal was scored. Spat the dummy basically.
Im sure if Sturt won all the Sturt fans would have shook Treeby's hand and wished him luck for the rest of the season,. NOT!!!!

Voice. If your boys cant handle "look at the scoreboard" after losing a game. And doggies are winning this weekend by five goals at three quarter time. Id suggest you and the rest of the CS leave. Your not going to like we what we have ready for you.

Sturt fans you guys are unbelievable.

Obvious troll is obvious.

Royal City, If your boys cant handle going out in public without setting off incendiary devices, I'd suggest you and the rest of your supporters leave.

Centrals fans, you guys are unbelievable.

[CUTTERMAN]

Agree Barto, Royal pain in the arse. Mate if that is all you have to add to this then save everyone your inane muck-raking and keep it to yourself. Don't start trying to be a hero and start to agitate more trouble. Some people are deadset mental pygmies, and that goes to those few in the Sturt Cheersquad, the Eagle supporters involved, Weslo and Treeby himself.
Voice, thanks for doing your best to help make the SCS a better unit , it's appreciated by alot of people, can't help but think that you've been let down by others.

[Dog_ger]

It's time to stamp out all Riff Raff from the SANFL.

Maybe It's time to stamp out the Riff Raff from our secondary schools.

Bring Back the Cane.

Parents who complain get a week in jail.

We have lost all forms of disapline in this new millenium.

Hence the driving death toll amoungst our young..!

The School system is a joke.

Forget pay rises, Teachers.

Teachers are a joke.

Baby Sitters

While the rest of society works....!

If we can hide 10,000 unemployed as teachers, it will look good on our unemployment records....

[on the rails]

Geez Dogger - you post some shit but turning this into an anti teachers post is pathetic. It appears from your child like structuring of your posts that you need some help from an ENGLISH teacher!

[Dutchy]

The SANFL would like to update the public on its investigation into the Saturday matchday incident between Sturt and Woodville-West Torrens supporters.

This incident has received significant media attention. However, we wish to make clear that this type of behaviour is the exception - not the rule - at SANFL games.

There are almost 100 senior League matches held every year and most play out without any serious incidents either on or off the field.

We are extremely disappointed that the actions of a few have affected the majority. The SANFL is taking immediate and decisive action.

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Within the next 24 hours, we will be meeting with all parties - the Woodville-West Torrens Club and player Leigh Treeby, the Sturt Football Club and the supporters identified from the incident and Weslo Security.

We have received a number of preliminary reports from all parties, including a report from the police. However, in order to ensure that all information is received and we are able to make a fair assessment, we are obtaining more information before we determine what level of action should be taken.

We can say this:

a) The SANFL has a terrific record of maintaining a positive crowd atmosphere in the League competition, which is attended by more than 260,000 supporters each minor season, the vast majority of whom behave appropriately.

b) We pride ourselves on the SANFL competition's family-friendly reputation. It's a reputation we've earned through many years of providing fantastic family entertainment and it's an essential part of the SANFL matchday experience.

This type of behaviour not only reflects negatively on the individuals involved but also the club they support, the SANFL competition and our game in general.

Needless to say, this matter will be dealt with very seriously and we will be advising the public of the results of this investigation as soon as possible.

[Punk Rooster]

Geez Dogger - you post some **** but turning this into an anti teachers post is pathetic. It appears from your child like structuring of your posts that you need some help from an ENGLISH teacher!

it's Dog_ger...

[Mickyj]

Email from the Club

Unfortunately, our team's fantastic win on the field on the weekend and the Club's launch of the book 'Best of Both Worlds' which honours the Woodville, West Torrens and Woodville West Torrens Football Clubs has been overshadowed by an unsavoury incident in the crowd in which one of our players, Leigh Treeby, was involved in.



The Woodville West Torrens Football Club is co-operating with the SANFL led investigation into the matter which will take in representatives of all of the stakeholders present on the day and will not be making any further comment in regard to the situation until the conclusion of this investigation.



As a Club we are committed to Woodville Oval being a venue in which families can enjoy themselves without this type of disturbance. We have a family friendly area which is a 'dry zone' as well as our 'E - Zone' which is a reserved area for our junior members and their families. We are the only club in the SANFL competition to have a secondary area reserved for families and we believe it highlights our commitment to make Woodville Oval a quality venue for both Eagles and opposition supporters.



This incident will be dealt with and the Club will not waiver from this commitment. We will provide an update to our members once the investigation is complete.



Regards



Chris Davies

CEO

[Dog_ger]

Email from the Club

Unfortunately, our team's fantastic win on the field on the weekend and the Club's launch of the book 'Best of Both Worlds' which honours the Woodville, West Torrens and Woodville West Torrens Football Clubs has been overshadowed by an unsavoury incident in the crowd in which one of our players, Leigh Treeby, was involved in.



The Woodville West Torrens Football Club is co-operating with the SANFL led investigation into the matter which will take in representatives of all of the stakeholders present on the day and will not be making any further comment in regard to the situation until the conclusion of this investigation.



As a Club we are committed to Woodville Oval being a venue in which families can enjoy themselves without this type of disturbance. We have a family friendly area which is a 'dry zone' as well as our 'E - Zone' which is a reserved area for our junior members and their families. We are the only club in the SANFL competition to have a secondary area reserved for families and we believe it highlights our commitment to make Woodville Oval a quality venue for both Eagles and opposition supporters.



This incident will be dealt with and the Club will not waiver from this commitment. We will provide an update to our members once the investigation is complete.



Regards



Chris Davies

CEO

No-One is Blaming "The Great Eagles Football Club".

Which is very highly respected in the SANFL.

This Sick Event Could Have Happened at Any Venue.

Every SANFL Supporter stands in embarrasment to our "Great Game"

[Bluedemon]

Email from the Club

Unfortunately, our team's fantastic win on the field on the weekend and the Club's launch of the book 'Best of Both Worlds' which honours the Woodville, West Torrens and Woodville West Torrens Football Clubs has been overshadowed by an unsavoury incident in the crowd in which one of our players, Leigh Treeby, was involved in.



The Woodville West Torrens Football Club is co-operating with the SANFL led investigation into the matter which will take in representatives of all of the stakeholders present on the day and will not be making any further comment in regard to the situation until the conclusion of this investigation.



As a Club we are committed to Woodville Oval being a venue in which families can enjoy themselves without this type of disturbance. We have a family friendly area which is a 'dry zone' as well as our 'E - Zone' which is a reserved area for our junior members and their families. We are the only club in the SANFL competition to have a secondary area reserved for families and we believe it highlights our commitment to make Woodville Oval a quality venue for both Eagles and opposition supporters.



This incident will be dealt with and the Club will not waiver from this commitment. We will provide an update to our members once the investigation is complete.



Regards



Chris Davies

CEO

Hey Chris, every ground has a family friendly area sponsored by Savings & Loans.

i wonder what will happen to Treeby, nothing probably as the eagles will want him for the finals.

[redden whites]

Charging towards other spectators ......
The most pathetic words in football are "Banter" and" Passion"
You can usually associate both with "d*ckhead"

[csbowes]

Can anyone report what CD had to say. I missed it.

He said the Sturt Cheer Squad were feral pricks especially the bloke who follow Carlton too

Love you to mate

What rubbish... he follows Fremantle... deep down he knows that's true!

[CENTURION]

So, when's The Royal Commission?

[csbowes]

I came back into the cheersquad 2 years ago to try and stop all of the goings on and have been pretty successful in doing so up until now.
This may shock you to hear this but the thought has come across my mind to pull the pin myself. Ther problem with this is the same people will still group together and will then be less identifiable when something occurs.
In saying that I may have to pull myself out of the position of running the cheersquad as I'm about to add the first new member of the voice clan later this year and I don't want to have this sort of drama in my life.
Tomorrow I will no doubt be fielding phonecalls from the SANFL and also the police I guess and it's not a position I want to be in.
Who can take over that is responsible will be the question and my answer to that is I can't think of anybody so this may be the end of the cheersquad. If it is then so be it.

I'd just like to say that I reckon the Voice has done a fantastic job with the cheer squad over the last few years and his calming influence began more than two years ago. I was part of the cheer squad up until 2000, when I moved to England, but when I flew back for the 2002 finals series, I remember a Centrals fan looking for a fight at the 2002 GF and the Voice took it upon himself to go over, calm the bloke down and no violence ensued. There was no threats or big man stuff from the Voice at the time, purely talking the guy down from being so agro and our day wasn't marred with a fight.

.. particularly my day, since I seemed to be the one he wanted to beat up!

The squad has been better behaved in recent years. I know it might seem like there are a lot of incidences, but I'd say they are pre-2007, when the squad, even when I was around, did have regular problems with Centrals and North Adelaide. A lot of the guys in the squad are generally well behaved, but there are a couple of loose canons and fortunately the Voice commands respect, which he is due, and with that I think a number of incidents have been avoided. There's a couple of other guys there, who I've known for years, who also provide a calming influence.

Personally, I hope the Voice stays in the squad, family must take precedent, no doubt, but like he said, there are few people (can only think of Vangeli there Voice) who could take over the running of the squad and keep it doing what it does best, which is really the cheering.

[spell_check]

Hey Chris, every ground has a family friendly area sponsored by Savings & Loans.

i wonder what will happen to Treeby, nothing probably as the eagles will want him for the finals.

The area alluded to is separate from the Savings and Loans area.

Outing Treeby for 6 or whatever weeks is something, and doesn't jeopardise his chance to play in the finals. I initially said "pack your bags" but it seems a bit too harsh. From what's been said, he didn't start the violence; but provoked it, a lengthy holiday should suffice. And he'll know to steer clear of troublemakers in the future.

[csbowes]

Pretty open shut case. Banter going all day Sturt fans decided to get physical after the winning goal was scored. Spat the dummy basically.
Im sure if Sturt won all the Sturt fans would have shook Treeby's hand and wished him luck for the rest of the season,. NOT!!!!

Voice. If your boys cant handle "look at the scoreboard" after losing a game. And doggies are winning this weekend by five goals at three quarter time. Id suggest you and the rest of the CS leave. Your not going to like we what we have ready for you.

Sturt fans you guys are unbelievable.

So Treeby is completely innocent in this matter?

You sir, are a knob if that is the case.

[Adelaide Hawk]

Spelly, I always thought provocation and initiation of violence were one and the same

[MightyEagles]

Email from the Club

Unfortunately, our team's fantastic win on the field on the weekend and the Club's launch of the book 'Best of Both Worlds' which honours the Woodville, West Torrens and Woodville West Torrens Football Clubs has been overshadowed by an unsavoury incident in the crowd in which one of our players, Leigh Treeby, was involved in.



The Woodville West Torrens Football Club is co-operating with the SANFL led investigation into the matter which will take in representatives of all of the stakeholders present on the day and will not be making any further comment in regard to the situation until the conclusion of this investigation.



As a Club we are committed to Woodville Oval being a venue in which families can enjoy themselves without this type of disturbance. We have a family friendly area which is a 'dry zone' as well as our 'E - Zone' which is a reserved area for our junior members and their families. We are the only club in the SANFL competition to have a secondary area reserved for families and we believe it highlights our commitment to make Woodville Oval a quality venue for both Eagles and opposition supporters.



This incident will be dealt with and the Club will not waiver from this commitment. We will provide an update to our members once the investigation is complete.



Regards



Chris Davies

CEO

Hey Chris, every ground has a family friendly area sponsored by Savings & Loans.

i wonder what will happen to Treeby, nothing probably as the eagles will want him for the finals.

Read it again, he said 'We are the only club in the SANFL competition to have a secondary area reserved for families' as in there is another area besides the Savings and Loans family friendly area.

[spell_check]

Spelly, I always thought provocation and initiation of violence were one and the same

You mean words and actions are the same?