I now need to use a walking stick.
I will need it to get to my seat on Saturday.
Are there other users on herewith walking sticks and are they permissible
or taken off you by stewards.
I seem to remember some time ago someone had their umbrella taken off them.

I have attended games using my walking stick without any comment from stewards. Bit difficult getting it through the turnstile though, got it trapped in the mechanism somehow

Disability rules make it impossible for them to take walking sticks off people, even if they wanted to. They are permitted.

Ambulant wheelchair users can take those in too, though you might find it's up to you to find somewhere to put it!

A friend of mine who sits a couple always has his walking stick with him

I used crutches then a walking stuck with no problem. I don’t think they’d be allowed to remove it from you unless you were using it as a weapon. Incudentially I found a folding walking stick was easier. Hope you’re okay Dave.

A couple of London Clarets use the metal fold up one's so you can hide it away in the ground

Mind you I joke that they appear as a walking stick, they are adjustable so they can become a 2.2 rifle or a putter for crazy golf

My dad uses his in the cricketfield. No issues

Thanks very much everyone.
Shop missing a trick then... claret and blue walking sticks.

Recovering from severe Influenza. Put me in hospital for nearly a week.
Doc said it would be a month to get fully over it.
He ain't wrong. It wiped me out.

Wokingclaret wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 24, 2025 12:03 pm

A couple of London Clarets use the metal fold up one's so you can hide it away in the ground

Mind you I joke that they appear as a walking stick, they are adjustable so they can become a 2.2 rifle or a putter for crazy golf

Made me think of "The Day of the Jackal" when I read this ...

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 24, 2025 12:23 pm

Made me think of "The Day of the Jackal" when I read this ...

Same here

I had a bit of an email exchange last season re searching my 86 year old dad at the Bournemouth home match. The SLO kindly sent me details of what you can bring into the ground rather than answer the question.

What it says is you can bring crutches and walking aids but must notify in advance. Would be good that everyone on this thread emailed them each week to notify them. Just nonsense regulations for me but they will soon change if get a full inbox each week.

Most of our refs this season have been allowed in with their white canes, so I reckon you’ll be fine.

Rodleydave wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 24, 2025 12:17 pm

Recovering from severe Influenza. Put me in hospital for nearly a week.
Doc said it would be a month to get fully over it.
He ain't wrong. It wiped me out.

Did you have the jab, Dave? I'm not making a judgment btw. Just wondering how effective it was. I had flu some years ago, and while it didn't hospitalise me, it sure made me ill, scary ill. I didn't get my fitness levels back for ages. I don't qualify for a free jab, however, after that illness, I started paying for one every autumn, usually from a supermarket pharmacy.

I've been stuck behind several people with walking sticks trying to get out at the final whistle.
Just give it 5

Row x wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 24, 2025 7:44 pm

I've been stuck behind several people with walking sticks trying to get out at the final whistle.
Just give it 5

Or just chill and give a bit of leeway to those who aren't as able-bodied as you.

Clovius Boofus wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 24, 2025 7:51 pm

Or just chill and give a bit of leeway to those who aren't as able-bodied as you.

Or be respectful to the majority and just wait a short while.
It's what I'll do if I get to that point, a bit of common decency towards others

Row x wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 24, 2025 7:59 pm

Or be respectful to the majority and just wait a short while.
It's what I'll do if I get to that point, a bit of common decency towards others

I just tend to cut people a bit of slack for the sake of a few minutes. It's called good manners. I also don't tell people when they can or cannot leave a football stadium.

Clovius Boofus wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 24, 2025 8:06 pm

I just tend to cut people a bit of slack for the sake of a few minutes. It's called good manners. I also don't tell people when they can or cannot leave a football stadium.

Neither do I.
But if you're a little bit slower than most, manners would suggest you let others go first.

Row x wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 24, 2025 7:59 pm

Or be respectful to the majority and just wait a short while.
It's what I'll do if I get to that point, a bit of common decency towards others

Tricky one, isn't it. There's a point of view that old people deserve sympathy because they can't do what they used to do and we should make allowances; there's also a point of view that they are nuisances who ought to keep out of the way of fitter people.

Have you considered leaving 5 minutes before the end of the game to avoid the crowds?

I read that the current flu vaccine covers three strains... but not the one that is laying people out.

Rodleydave wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 24, 2025 12:17 pm

Recovering from severe Influenza. Put me in hospital for nearly a week.
Doc said it would be a month to get fully over it.
He ain't wrong. It wiped me out.

Are you the Pope? I heard on the radio news about it. The holy one, not the goalkeeper!

dsr wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 24, 2025 9:46 pm

Tricky one, isn't it. There's a point of view that old people deserve sympathy because they can't do what they used to do and we should make allowances; there's also a point of view that they are nuisances who ought to keep out of the way of fitter people.

Have you considered leaving 5 minutes before the end of the game to avoid the crowds?

That's why the ground empties before the end!
Never realised there were so many using walking sticks. I thought they were all Doctors on call.

Clovius Boofus wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 24, 2025 8:06 pm

I just tend to cut people a bit of slack for the sake of a few minutes. It's called good manners. I also don't tell people when they can or cannot leave a football stadium.

I am one of those who cant move as fast as I used to and I feel your comments represent what most educated well mannered people would do , comments like leave early or stay longer show no thought and an obvious ignorance of peoples health and needs.

If I stand up but dont leave I get brushed against and find I could fall, leaving early means I can miss goals and why should I leave early just so one or two able bodies can get out 20 seconds quicker. I actual fact im in the Bob Lord and at the end of a row and 3 steps to the exit so I do get up and lake my way to the exit when the extra time has been played (normally what ever the time given there's 20 second or so more time so but the time I reach the exit steps to go down the whistle is blown as there is a rail between the downwards steps people who want to get down quick can use one side I hold on to the rails going down and I apologise to the people following me, I have never had any one push past me or be rude, all say just take your time or say its ok. once down the steps i can walk at a reasonable pace not fast but people can get past easy enough, and can walk to the town centre without stopping 2 years ago I had to stop every 100 meters ( I had torn my achilles tendon and due to not getting diagnosed quick enough damaged both my knees)

I never thought that walking down or up stairs could hurt as much as it does , and that after a game I get home and am good for nothing for several hours.
But the seat I have is what I consider to be the best seat in turf moor and have had it for some 20 years its right behind the away team dugout 4 rows back so I get a really good view. I don't as yet use a stick ( I did after the operation on my achilles used a crutch for some 8 weeks ) the stewards used to open up a gate for me to get in and took my ticket to register through the turnstile, never a problem with them. the people who sit next to me would help get my the crutch under our seats and would help get it out at the end of the game. Obviously when you can see a crutch or stick people can see you have a reason to be slow. But as I said before I tell people around me why I'm moving slow down the stairs so people can understand.
This getting old with injuries is no fun but the alternative is worse lol

Rodleydave wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 24, 2025 12:14 pm

...Shop missing a trick then... claret and blue walking sticks.

I had one for a while, one of the collapsible metal ones, though it never made it to the Turf... I bought it in Curacao and lost it in Ecuador when some bar steward nicked it in a bar, near the end of a long days walking, but when I'd still got a couple of miles - thankfully downhill - back to our hotel.

As to anyone questioning whether you should be courteous/give priority to those of us who hobble our way out with a stick, do please remember that we have sticks... Beware small men and cripples!