Possible points deduction ?

[karlos]

The fans shouldn’t be on the pitch full stop, however if the keeper as assaulted a fan and not the other way round shouldn’t he be suspended?

[drfcsteve]

The fans shouldn’t be on the pitch full stop, however if the keeper as assaulted a fan and not the other way round shouldn’t he be suspended?

Not really if the fan shouldn’t be on the pitch in the first place.

Anyway statement from the club now up. Hopefully plenty of video evidence to ban the morons.

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

The fans shouldn’t be on the pitch full stop, however if the keeper as assaulted a fan and not the other way round shouldn’t he be suspended?

It's quite clear they've exaggerated what happened. I think it's clear there's some verbals to the keeper (not right) and he did probably feel quite intimidated which is not at all right.  So the exaggeration doesn't exclude that because the idiots shouldn't be on the pitch.

But he's clearly not assaulted.  I've no idea why he goes back in to an area full of fans if he is intimidated though, that's odd.

Thought their defender giving verbals to the family stand after the second goal got his comeuppance though.

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

Also, what's with their defender full on pelting the ball in to the stand? Bizarre.

[LondonRover1]

Sky bet will be pushing for a points deduction so they don't have to pay out on our top half bets!

Whether or not they are exaggerating is one thing but those morons should never have been on the pitch. They damage the reputation of a club as a whole.

[Park Rover]

The only reason their bench ran onto the pitch was because they obviously know what their keeper is like, clearly an hot head. Watched him throughout the game, He clearly deliberately kicked the ball at Ironsides when he just stood near him, then panicked and scrambled to collect the ball: when Ironsides was waiting to take the penalty, he was in his face and refused to go on the line, when you watch the clip he walks in to the fans from a safe place and body slams the fan to the floor ( not defending the fans who ran onto the pitch at all) This was a clear assault by the keeper and that fan should complain to the Police, Their manager is trying to deflect from their keepers actions: if this was investigated by the FA/Police, wouldn’t it be a shame if the Keeper was banned for the play offs !

[wilts rover]

The fans shouldn’t be on the pitch full stop, however if the keeper as assaulted a fan and not the other way round shouldn’t he be suspended?

Not really if the fan shouldn’t be on the pitch in the first place.

Anyway statement from the club now up. Hopefully plenty of video evidence to ban the morons.

Has the statement been taken down as I can't see one? There is one about the club being under investigation for a pitch invasion at the Accrington Stanley game  - and warning of possible EFL sanctions should it happen against Barrow!!! - but I can't find anything about the Barrow pitch invasion?

[IDM]

Surely there’s no time for a points deduction hearing - and potential appeal - between now and the play offs..?

[ChrisBx]

Absolutely no chance of a points deduction. There's no precedent and it wouldn't be proportionate in the circumstances.

[anton123]

There has been loads of pitch invasions this weekend form numerous teams , are they been talked about having points deducted? , if keeper was assaulted then maybe a case but he clearly wasn’t so that’s the end of the matter , probably a 30k fine at most

[dknward2]

So if it is 30k fine let's say that could cost us signing someone or making improvements to the training ground the 50 or so people that came on the pitch need to be charged and invoiced somehow to cover the fine.

[mushRTID]

I hope we highlight that their keeper has actually manhandled a fan.

[Pside]

Club just made a statement

[Padge_DRFC]

Class A drugs and 15 year olds aren't a good combination

[DonnyBazR0ver]

What should concern us now is fans behavior at Colchester and Gillingham. Under these circumstances, is it a wise move to request more tickets for Gillingham?

Probs best to wait for the dust to settle and let the club decide what's best.

[wilts rover]

Club statement on Barrow now up

https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2024/april/crowd-statement/

[silent majority]

Maybe those moaning about ticket restrictions for away games need to think again.

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

Maybe those moaning about ticket restrictions for away games need to think again.

On the flip side, perhaps the minority shouldn't harm the majority.  Just monitor and ban the trouble causers.

[Copps is Magic]

Hopefully the Barrow goalkeeper will do the right thing and send flowers to the fan he threw the ground.

[Copps is Magic]

Club statement on Barrow now up

https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2024/april/crowd-statement/

Crowd 'trouble', really? That's a very loaded term isn't it synonymous, let's be honest, with football violence but we're talking here about a few kids and idiots who got excited.

[drfcsteve]

I’d say it was a few kids but plenty of grown men that can’t handle their ale and went for the sole purpose of trying to punch a steward.

[silent majority]

Maybe those moaning about ticket restrictions for away games need to think again.

On the flip side, perhaps the minority shouldn't harm the majority.  Just monitor and ban the trouble causers.

You can only ban supporters from your home games. The restrictions are designed to prevent those banned from attending away games and getting the club into trouble.

The problems the club had at Stockport earlier in the season justified all the restrictions the club imposed.

[TonySoprano]

Can't blame anyone for celebrating the way they did.
It was a visceral outpour of emotion after witnessing an epic comeback, in the last home game of an epic season.

It was about the moment, it was about the last 3/4 years of absolute shit, it was the realisation that were no longer shit, and we've got our club back.

Even mcann got a booking for celebrating the way he did.

The only thing that should come of this is an apology from Pete wild for his lie, and their keeper for assaulting the Rovers fan.

It's quite pathetic by rovers for calling it crowd trouble aswell

[Peebles Rover]

Can’t blame anyone for celebrating the way they did? Yes you can. There’s no excuse.

[drfcsteve]

The vast majority of the crowd have experienced 3 years of shit and managed to celebrate without being a bell. I’ve never felt the need to celebrate by punching a steward and anyone that does I don’t want in the Eco Power.

[Silkscarf]

Morons invading the pitch. No excuse for it.

Similar morons on the forum earlier in the season are thankfully far less common now.

[streathamdave]

No one should be running onto pitch, even less so causing bother. I expect club will get a fine and quite a few banning orders will be made. Seperate from this though the chants from Barrow fans were a total disgrace . I had a friend from Barrow at Uni so I know that some of them are OK. Before anyone asks, I'm not adding details here.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Can't blame anyone for celebrating the way they did.
It was a visceral outpour of emotion after witnessing an epic comeback, in the last home game of an epic season.

It was about the moment, it was about the last 3/4 years of absolute shit, it was the realisation that were no longer shit, and we've got our club back.

Even mcann got a booking for celebrating the way he did.

The only thing that should come of this is an apology from Pete wild for his lie, and their keeper for assaulting the Rovers fan.

It's quite pathetic by rovers for calling it crowd trouble aswell

You need to have another think. You can see with most of them it was premeditated not spontaneous. The goals were just the trigger for them to make their move from where they positioned themselves. They knew exactly what they were doing, and they knew the consequences.

[colincramb]

Can't blame anyone for celebrating the way they did.
It was a visceral outpour of emotion after witnessing an epic comeback, in the last home game of an epic season.

It was about the moment, it was about the last 3/4 years of absolute shit, it was the realisation that were no longer shit, and we've got our club back.

Even mcann got a booking for celebrating the way he did.

The only thing that should come of this is an apology from Pete wild for his lie, and their keeper for assaulting the Rovers fan.

It's quite pathetic by rovers for calling it crowd trouble aswell

Grow up pal

[vaya]

Can't blame anyone for celebrating the way they did.
It was a visceral outpour of emotion after witnessing an epic comeback, in the last home game of an epic season.

It was about the moment, it was about the last 3/4 years of absolute shit, it was the realisation that were no longer shit, and we've got our club back.

Even mcann got a booking for celebrating the way he did.

The only thing that should come of this is an apology from Pete wild for his lie, and their keeper for assaulting the Rovers fan.

It's quite pathetic by rovers for calling it crowd trouble aswell

Poundland Danny Dyer.