Fan arrested, released without charge

[StuBoot]

I thought you said you were bald?

Not necessarily bald, maybe Brazilian?

 

[Harvies elbow]

Rothfield tried to make a big deal of it on controversy corner tonight, what if he had a knife, remember what happened to the tennis player, all that but was laughed out.
The other blokes thought it was a beat up...

 

[urulion]

I Just wish Greenturd would focus his energies on fixing the game, instead of inflaming a non-existent situation. Always having a go at Manly, when other supporters of some other clubs make our indiscretions look childish. How is that even a half legitimate excuse to take our final away from Brookie? When he was CEO of the dogs he should have been hanged due to some of the things that occurred with some of their supporters.

I cannot help but think, that once the new guy takes over from Beattie, Greenturd will be next to go. I just get this feeling that after his NRL time is over, there is a job waiting for him at the Storm. Taking bellyache to the basketball, purchasing a ring for Smith's wife, Storm players not getting charged when they should. I just wonder if there is an interest with the Storm, because it seems a little un-natural for someone that should be neutral to act this way.

 

[ricardo]

So old mate leaned across to Will with a mobile in hand and said some rude words? This happens at every ground. What a beat up

 

[HappilyManly]

Rothfield tried to make a big deal of it on controversy corner tonight, what if he had a knife, remember what happened to the tennis player, all that but was laughed out.
The other blokes thought it was a beat up...

Nothing has changed in Tennis or any other sport.

If someone wants to get close to a famous person, they will

 

[globaleagle]

Nothing has changed in Tennis or any other sport.

If someone wants to get close to a famous person, they will

Even that guy who hugged john howard a few years ago was carrying a screw-driver!

 

[HappilyManly]

Even that guy who hugged john howard a few years ago was carrying a screw-driver!

The bit the NRL miss is that nothing happens without Chambers accosting the Fan during game time

 

[mave]

Massive Media beat-up the battle of Brookvale mk2 all week.
Fan get fired up during the match and sails close to the wind of whats acceptable.
Massive media beat-up all the next week about poor fan behaviour at Brookvale.

I see a pattern here.

 

[PONTIAN SEA EAGLE]

If you were going to belt someone it should have been scam smith.

 

[The '47ers]

Even that guy who hugged john howard a few years ago was carrying a screw-driver!

It wasn't a screwdriver, he was just happy to see him!

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Great piece by Andrew Webster in the SMH today. Really nails the whole re: Brookvale Oval issue and inaction at the state and local government level.

 

[HappilyManly]

OPINION

NRL backs away from finals threat, but many battles ahead for Brookie

Andrew Webster



The cranky Manly fan who somehow found himself in the middle of the Lottoland tunnel, going toe-to-toe with the Sea Eagles’ enormous personal security guard as well as Storm centre Will Chambers, emailed the club on Monday.


Security and police swooped on a Manly fan, centre, who confronted Melbourne Storm’s Will Chambers on Saturday night at Lottoland.

Security and police swooped on a Manly fan, centre, who confronted Melbourne Storm’s Will Chambers on Saturday night at Lottoland.CREDIT: GRANT TROUVILLE © NRL PHOTOS


He was dropping a line to apologise but added that all he wanted was a photo.


I’m not sure how you take photos of people, but I don’t try to bash them with my mobile phone — even if it is Will Chambers. Seen how much a replacement screen costs for an iPhone 8 these days? Outrageous.


(He did, however, hold onto his can of Jim Beam, and given the price of grog at the footy this is totally reasonable, almost admirable).


The offender in question was arrested by police but will not be charged unless Chambers, who was leaving the field while being sin-binned, wants to push ahead with the matter


Chambers won’t do that. It’s now in the hands of the NRL, which will wait until later in the week to deliver its own punishment.


Don’t expect the life ban that Melbourne Storm chief executive Dave Donaghy wants, but probably one of those indefinite suspensions that allows head office to have a bet each-way.


NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg will also step back from his threat to stop Manly from hosting a final at Fortress, er, Lottoland in the first week of the finals series.


A single angry fan is one thing. A riot is another.


The Sea Eagles have also promised more security than what's expected at the G20 Summit to line the famous tunnel, once made of chicken wire but now Perspex, that keeps out the unwashed. Not that it did Chambers any good.


Our great game of rugby league, allegedly the greatest game of all, can look unprofessional at times, with its Bubblers (Todd Carney), poodle-crosses (Mitchell Pearce), Danny the Dolphins (Julian O'Neill), Schlossy’s shoes (also O'Neill) and the like.


You’d expect this stuff in pub footy or the bush — not the National Rugby League, the multi-billion-dollar sport that it is.


But it rarely looks as bad as when an angry fan comes within striking distance of a player as that player leaves the field after he has been sin-binned, by lunging through a gap in the Perspex fence of the tunnel.


You’d expect this stuff in pub footy or the bush — not the National Rugby League, the multi-billion-dollar sport that it is.


Previous NRL administrations must wear the blame for some of it. How such an amateurish set-up has been allowed to exist for decades staggers even people at Manly.


But most of the blame rests with various levels of government that have allowed Brookvale Oval to wither as it has over the years.


Surely this was a point not lost on NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Northern Beaches Mayor Michael Regan, who were both in attendance at Saturday’s game and are, we’re assured, as legitimately passionate about the Sea Eagles as ScoMo is about the Sharks.


For years, politicians have promised truckloads of funds to redevelop Brookvale Oval, only for the plans to never materialise.


While all three layers of government, and the Sea Eagles, will contribute to the $36.1 million centre of excellence at the northern end of the ground, the facelift is about 30 years coming.


The club’s battle with first Warringah then Northern Beaches council has been well documented. The ground is on Crown land but managed by the council.


While the Sea Eagles pay enormous hirer's fees of close to $500,000 per annum, the council has done scant work on the ground for years.


Manly hopes the centre of excellence, which will also feature of 3000-seat grandstand, will be the anchor for the start of further redevelopment of the ground and surrounding precinct. As Parramatta is learning with Bankwest Stadium, as pro sport around the world has known for years, that is the future.


People will argue that suburban grounds matter more than the $2.1 billion being lavished on a new Allianz Stadium and an upgraded ANZ Stadium.


Unlike other Australian cities, Sydney actually needs both.


It needs functional, world-class stadiums for headline games and events, as well as club football. And it needs quality suburban grounds in places like the northern beaches and the Sutherland Shire.


But this is where clubs, too, need to keep their end of the bargain.


Manly’s crowds this season have surged because they are a different club in comparison to last year. Run a shabby club, have an unprofessional team, and fans won’t turn up — like last year when they failed to reach the finals following the Trent Barrett debacle.


My most enduring night at Brookie was the first Battle of Brookvale in 2011, when the only violence occurred on the field.

The crowd was heaving that night. That main grandstand is so close to the action, you often feel like you are on the end of the backline. Magical stuff.


Just before kick-off, though, there was a long queue for food in the tiny canteen underneath the grandstand.


As the seconds ticked closer to the whistle, fans became more agitated as they waited. Finally, the bloke in front of me got his hotdog but was so frantic the frankfurt fell out and onto the asphalt-covered ground.


All good. He picked it up, dusted it off, put it back in the bun and took a bite before scrambling to his seat before kick-off.


Manly fans deserve a better stadium than this. And, as much as you might not like him, so does Will Chambers.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/nr...attles-ahead-for-brookie-20190902-p52n87.html

 

[nightster]

OPINION

NRL backs away from finals threat, but many battles ahead for Brookie

Andrew Webster



The cranky Manly fan who somehow found himself in the middle of the Lottoland tunnel, going toe-to-toe with the Sea Eagles’ enormous personal security guard as well as Storm centre Will Chambers, emailed the club on Monday.


Security and police swooped on a Manly fan, centre, who confronted Melbourne Storm’s Will Chambers on Saturday night at Lottoland.

Security and police swooped on a Manly fan, centre, who confronted Melbourne Storm’s Will Chambers on Saturday night at Lottoland.CREDIT: GRANT TROUVILLE © NRL PHOTOS


He was dropping a line to apologise but added that all he wanted was a photo.


I’m not sure how you take photos of people, but I don’t try to bash them with my mobile phone — even if it is Will Chambers. Seen how much a replacement screen costs for an iPhone 8 these days? Outrageous.


(He did, however, hold onto his can of Jim Beam, and given the price of grog at the footy this is totally reasonable, almost admirable).


The offender in question was arrested by police but will not be charged unless Chambers, who was leaving the field while being sin-binned, wants to push ahead with the matter


Chambers won’t do that. It’s now in the hands of the NRL, which will wait until later in the week to deliver its own punishment.


Don’t expect the life ban that Melbourne Storm chief executive Dave Donaghy wants, but probably one of those indefinite suspensions that allows head office to have a bet each-way.


NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg will also step back from his threat to stop Manly from hosting a final at Fortress, er, Lottoland in the first week of the finals series.


A single angry fan is one thing. A riot is another.


The Sea Eagles have also promised more security than what's expected at the G20 Summit to line the famous tunnel, once made of chicken wire but now Perspex, that keeps out the unwashed. Not that it did Chambers any good.


Our great game of rugby league, allegedly the greatest game of all, can look unprofessional at times, with its Bubblers (Todd Carney), poodle-crosses (Mitchell Pearce), Danny the Dolphins (Julian O'Neill), Schlossy’s shoes (also O'Neill) and the like.


You’d expect this stuff in pub footy or the bush — not the National Rugby League, the multi-billion-dollar sport that it is.


But it rarely looks as bad as when an angry fan comes within striking distance of a player as that player leaves the field after he has been sin-binned, by lunging through a gap in the Perspex fence of the tunnel.


You’d expect this stuff in pub footy or the bush — not the National Rugby League, the multi-billion-dollar sport that it is.


Previous NRL administrations must wear the blame for some of it. How such an amateurish set-up has been allowed to exist for decades staggers even people at Manly.


But most of the blame rests with various levels of government that have allowed Brookvale Oval to wither as it has over the years.


Surely this was a point not lost on NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Northern Beaches Mayor Michael Regan, who were both in attendance at Saturday’s game and are, we’re assured, as legitimately passionate about the Sea Eagles as ScoMo is about the Sharks.


For years, politicians have promised truckloads of funds to redevelop Brookvale Oval, only for the plans to never materialise.


While all three layers of government, and the Sea Eagles, will contribute to the $36.1 million centre of excellence at the northern end of the ground, the facelift is about 30 years coming.


The club’s battle with first Warringah then Northern Beaches council has been well documented. The ground is on Crown land but managed by the council.


While the Sea Eagles pay enormous hirer's fees of close to $500,000 per annum, the council has done scant work on the ground for years.


Manly hopes the centre of excellence, which will also feature of 3000-seat grandstand, will be the anchor for the start of further redevelopment of the ground and surrounding precinct. As Parramatta is learning with Bankwest Stadium, as pro sport around the world has known for years, that is the future.


People will argue that suburban grounds matter more than the $2.1 billion being lavished on a new Allianz Stadium and an upgraded ANZ Stadium.


Unlike other Australian cities, Sydney actually needs both.


It needs functional, world-class stadiums for headline games and events, as well as club football. And it needs quality suburban grounds in places like the northern beaches and the Sutherland Shire.


But this is where clubs, too, need to keep their end of the bargain.


Manly’s crowds this season have surged because they are a different club in comparison to last year. Run a shabby club, have an unprofessional team, and fans won’t turn up — like last year when they failed to reach the finals following the Trent Barrett debacle.


My most enduring night at Brookie was the first Battle of Brookvale in 2011, when the only violence occurred on the field.

The crowd was heaving that night. That main grandstand is so close to the action, you often feel like you are on the end of the backline. Magical stuff.


Just before kick-off, though, there was a long queue for food in the tiny canteen underneath the grandstand.


As the seconds ticked closer to the whistle, fans became more agitated as they waited. Finally, the bloke in front of me got his hotdog but was so frantic the frankfurt fell out and onto the asphalt-covered ground.


All good. He picked it up, dusted it off, put it back in the bun and took a bite before scrambling to his seat before kick-off.


Manly fans deserve a better stadium than this. And, as much as you might not like him, so does Will Chambers.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/nr...attles-ahead-for-brookie-20190902-p52n87.html

Did you do an edit to that article HappilyManly ? - You said - "The club’s battle with first Warringah then Northern Beaches council has been well documented. The ground is on Crown land but managed by the council."
The article said - The club’s battle with first Warringah then Northern Beaches council, which owns the ground, has been well documented."
I'm assuming that you are correct.

 

[HappilyManly]

Did you do an edit to that article HappilyManly ? - You said - "The club’s battle with first Warringah then Northern Beaches council has been well documented. The ground is on Crown land but managed by the council."
The article said - The club’s battle with first Warringah then Northern Beaches council, which owns the ground, has been well documented."
I'm assuming that you are correct.

I just copied and pasted so bits may have ended up in the ether.
If I add an opionion I always delineate with --- and emojis


Thats why the link is there , to get the full article with images etc

But the Council does own the land, hence the ongoing issues about maintenance

 

[nightster]

I just copied and pasted so bits may have ended up in the ether.
If I add an opionion I always delineate with --- and emojis


Thats why the link is there , to get the full article with images etc

But the Council does own the land, hence the ongoing issues about maintenance

I wasnt criticising you - just saw the discrepency and thought if it IS owned by the Crown then it is possible that they would sell it as they are currently selling off lots of Crown parcels to offers submitted.

 

[HappilyManly]

I wasnt criticising you - just saw the discrepency and thought if it IS owned by the Crown then it is possible that they would sell it as they are selling off lots of Crown parcels

I was criticizing the writer for convoluting Crown and Council

Brookie's ownership has been discussed since the nineteen 30s but somehow Webster has missed this fact

Wikipedia
Miss Jane Malcolm (later known as Jane Try) from Brookvale, was officially opened in 1911 as Brookvale Park. "Presumably inspired by local resident action at that time to secure a public park or village green for the suburb, Jane Malcolm presented to the Minister for Lands the largest of the four lots from Lot 47A (the lot measuring 4 acres 1 rood 41⁄4 perches) – under a caveat that it only ever be used for public recreation purposes. Although the ‘dedication’ refers strictly to the first lot of land donated by Jane Try, subsequent acquisitions by Council of the other lots owned by Mr & Mrs Try were described specifically for the purposes of public recreation or for enlarging the Park"[4]

 

[nightster]

I was criticizing the writer for convoluting Crown and Council

Brookie's ownership has been discussed since the nineteen 30s but somehow Webster has missed this fact

Wikipedia
Miss Jane Malcolm (later known as Jane Try) from Brookvale, was officially opened in 1911 as Brookvale Park. "Presumably inspired by local resident action at that time to secure a public park or village green for the suburb, Jane Malcolm presented to the Minister for Lands the largest of the four lots from Lot 47A (the lot measuring 4 acres 1 rood 41⁄4 perches) – under a caveat that it only ever be used for public recreation purposes. Although the ‘dedication’ refers strictly to the first lot of land donated by Jane Try, subsequent acquisitions by Council of the other lots owned by Mr & Mrs Try were described specifically for the purposes of public recreation or for enlarging the Park"[4]

Yet more accuracy from a sports journalist - Not

 

[Harvies elbow]

Top of the class Webby...

 

[HappilyManly]

Yet more accuracy from a sports journalist - Not

Mayor Reagan would love nothing more than having Brookie entered into the State Trust and free the rate payers of the maintenance costs

Gladys needs to step up as Baird failed us

 

[Captain Moondog]

So they're not going to hang him then?

Manly fan spared life ban over Will Chambers confrontation
Phil Rothfield, Sports Editor-at-large, The Daily Telegraph
September 5, 2019 3:37pm
Subscriber only
The Manly Sea Eagles fan who was arrested at Brookvale Oval last weekend for confronting Storm centre Will Chambers in the players’ tunnel will be banned from attending games for two years.

The NRL, the Manly club and police have agreed on the disciplinary action after the fan apologised to the Sea Eagles for his actions when Chambers was sent to the sin bin during their clash with Melbourne on Saturday night.

The fan has a week to respond to the NRL integrity unit’s charge.

“The NRL has issued a preliminary Banning Notice to an individual involved in an incident at Saturday night’s match between the Manly Sea Eagles and Melbourne Storm,” a spokesman told The Daily Telegraph.


“The spectator will now be given an opportunity to respond to the Banning Notice before any penalty is imposed.”

The spectator was restrained by security, handcuffed and removed from the ground by police, who have not charged him.

If the ban is imposed he would be banned for two years before he is allowed to apply to have the ban lifted.

The NRL integrity unit launched an investigation after the ugly incident marred the Storm’s 36-6 win over the Sea Eagles at the northern beaches suburban venue.

Coach Des Hasler apologised to Chambers after the game on behalf of the Sea Eagles.


The NRL has threatened to strip Lottoland of finals hosting rights unless Manly address security concerns after the Sea Eagles fan lashed out at Chambers.

The incident highlighted the shortcomings at the ground as a fan wearing a Manly jersey appeared to reach through the players’ tunnel to lash out at Chambers as the Storm centre left the field after being sin binned.

NRL CEO Todd Greenberg said that unless improvements were made to the venue in the next two weeks, the Sea Eagles would not be allowed to host a finals game at their spiritual home.

However, Manly chairman Scott Penn says the game has nothing to worry about in the future.