http://www.pafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsD...1317958,00.html

"Candidates must be able to communicate and liaise with members of the public in a friendly respectable manner"

Found this rather amusing.

Rather ironic that the picture accompanying the story shows lots of people standing up having fun. 'Want to ruin their fun?' might have been a more appropriate heading.

I couldn't believe that either.

The cheeky bastards!

And a cracking example that can be used by SUSD and the FSF showing the utter hypocrisy of the situation :D

Maybe one of us should apply. Get a little information from the inside! It would mean then that we know what stewards are actually taught!

Shotgun not me!

I was actually thinking of applying, although not over the age limit so cant, just to see how long it would be before they sack me for letting everyone stand. We actually had a few top quality stewards who were quite funny and let us stand ( i know can u belive it) but the majority were total c****. Apparently according to a very unreliable source ( you might no him sean [ joe rees] ) that the main t*** is leaving, the superviser bloke. so anyway, hope we get a good bunch of stewards like the minority last season, well we can dream.
Also i think for one game next season every person in the country, who do not like stewards to wear florescent jackets, and take them out after ten minutes as a protest. I believe it would look good haha.

that be funny if everyone was dressed up as a steward :D

hope you get some better ones this season

would be a half decent job, that is untill you get fired for not encouraging fans to stand.

still getting paid to watch football...

If only that was the prevailing attitude...!

Yeah ive heard of joe, dhs lad??? :S not too sure. I hope that trouting dick is leaving he chucked my mate out and gave me countless slips of paper, got abuse every time he came near the zoo corner haha.

Anyway that would fit in with the reasons why they are applying for new stewards so hopefully its true!

And yeah, i know we slate them most of the time but we do have a few decent stewards. One of them loves it as soon as he asks one person to sit he waits for everyone to sing stand up if you love the greens then laffs and just walks off.

But then we get the absolute animals the preston fans experienced.

How old do u have to be anyway?

Yer thats him.
And i think you have to be 18 but im not definate on that.
Yeah he got some stick and he gave me one of those stupid sheets of paper but i wouldn't take it, so he walked off and never gave me one again, just gave me evils lol. But he really was a t***. You still going to sit in block 16 next year because im in row y block 16, and 16 will be quality again this year

yeah mate im row x or w i think i never go to the right seat cos its right under the nose of the stewards so i always move over a bit.

A friend of a friend has become a steward since the start of last season and he has done trout all work apart from wotch people on the concourse at half time, then is off duty and gets to wotch all the game.

That would be the best position lol

Stolen from a lad on RIM - r.e. United stewards

Yorkie

Can you find out how long ago that was please? Also, ask what training he got and whether or not he was accompanied by a fully trained steward?

Ta.

A mate of mine did that for our game at home to Wimbledon this season. Everyone knows the usual stewards, but for this game, due to Wimbledon's large support, the club asked for fans to volunteer as stewards. Many did, including one who just stood with us and did his usual song-starting, much to the amusement of the chief steward when he came round. Anyway, my mate took advantage of the situation and decided to wear a fluorescent jacket so he could stand where he liked to get a better view (like the raised club shop entrance, in front of the "No standing in this area" sign). It was quite funny when people started asking him where the bar/toilets were, despite the obvious "British Gas" on his back!