Can I just settle this.

It WAS a lad in the North Stand, and it was a single laser pen. Half-way up the block just to the right of the posts as we looked from the South.

He was identified and pointed out to stewards by the 20th minute, plus photographs were taken of him actually directing the laser at our players.

This was then taken to the Control Room, who for some unknown reason, took around an hour to throw him out.

He was eventually ejected at around 68 minutes.

Let's not have any "not possible" replies please, as several hundred people saw the offense being committed and it was caught on film.

Apologies, I assumed it was a (sub-)military grade single laser before posting on here as I only saw the one person shining a laser, at the same time as the blob was on Sam both times and on Pat the once. Had no idea that multiple lasers were going off. Was it planned or something



As for the post above, I was (one of) the ones who pointed him out to a steward, glad to hear the news.

Is it an offence?

Two lads with pens then. One in North, one in South.

going off the shape of the green light on the ground when sam was collecting the ball it had to come from the north, ie, tear drop pointed towards the south so couldn't have been from the south. plus the stewards where trying to spot it from the south. saw the young lad being thrown out of the south, fair enough if he did have a laser then take it off him and have a word but the abuse he got was way ott!

Yes.

I know a policeman who has actually arrested someone for doing precisely this.

And there was no "second gunman" - It was a single laser pointer, aimed by a guy in a grey hoody, half-way up that block in the North stand.

Laser pens can shoot a decent beam of light over way more than 100 metres.

Unless, of course, there are a whole load of chavs running around with "military" spec lasers and pointing them at aircraft and police helicopters.

If a 'street' laser pen can cause problems for aircraft at several hundred feet (as they do fairly regularly), I'm fairly sure it could be easily seen and cause a distraction from the North to the South or vice versa.

A member of this board was informed of the 'South Stand' culprit and informed the stewards, the pen was confiscated by the stewards and he was ejected, only to be allowed back in some time later after apologising.

This all happened 5-6 rows behind me.

Absolute tool, Eddie said he was thrown out... Saints put a high ball into the corner early mins and the green light was all over the place, looked alot like it put Tomkins off.


Probably a latics fan

Glad the culprits where caught, No need for it. From where I was sat in the south it looked like there was a green laser coming from the north, the angle of it was obvious, happened a number of times after saint's put up a bomb shinging towards the south east corner from the north.

I actually thought the officials would have said or done something but wouldn't surprise me if they didn't even notice.

Second time this has happened now this season. Hope it doesn't happen again.

Yep, definately, he was sat with a guy in a white top, and stood behind them both was guy in a royal blue top, I pointed them all out to the stewards too, who said yes, weve, got eyes and cameras on him right now just waiting until he does it again

If you look at the Pat Richards kick there is no way the laser was from the South Stand as he has is back to the South stand and the green laser is all over his face.

Therefore surely there were two pens involved?

Was one of them on the 'grassy knoll' ?

The stewards need sacking. If they knew who it was they should have handed him over to the police.

If this isn't nipped in the bud it could escalate. Imagine a few fans using them at the grand final and affecting the outcome of the game? Imagine if a player gets his eye damaged?

I cannot believe the lad in the South stand did it as well. Why put off your own player? The fact he was let back in is ridiculous. Lifetime ban for me.

As far as I know, he was let back in because they got the wrong person, he had an electronic cigarette which lights up and they thought it was a laser which it wasn't. I know for a fact that a St Helens fan in the North was ejected and handed over to police during the second half.

Ok fair enough then.

Seem to remember something similar happening in the Cup game at Fev earlier in the season? Definitely not welcome.

T!t

not at the game but on tv the green light looked as though it was pointing touch line to touch line ,,,,,,,,,so that one wouldnt have come from either north or south

As I said earlier, IT WAS IN THE SOUTH. The lad was stood a few rows behind me I even seen the pen when he had hold of it then the stewards took him and spoke to him then let him back in

If that was the case then there were 2, because there was 100% a lad in a grey hoody in the north who was shining the green one that was aimed at Sam when he was returning a kick and Pat while he was converting Tommy's try.

That was the electronic cigarette - Not a laser pointer.

I really dont understand the mentality of the idiots that do stuff like this, its pathetic.

MattyB, you brought back memories of a cracking holiday. I must apologise as that may have been me and my younger brother and sister in Gran Canaria in '99 (harmless fun at the time).

Anyway, more to the point about away fans and our stewards.

Why are they not all over the away fans like we are treated elsewhere?
Widnes, they were filming us with a camcorder.
Langtree Park, and Halliwell Jones have bouncers rather than stewards. Very intimidating at times..

Laser pens have gone up in quality. I know for a fact for a mere 7 quid, you can buy a green laser pen which will cover 2 pitches and still be strong. They were selling them at golborne parkside at the weekend, the kids were having a great time with them. The very same pens would have no trouble reaching their beam from north to south stand.