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Flags, Fire Safety Certificates & The Stanno Flag

Scotty

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It's been apparent that during the course of this season some grounds have denied entry to flags without fire safety documents. This being the case for Eric, The Stanno Flag & others.

For me this all first came about when I requested to take Eric or the Stanno Flag to Argyle last December for the JPT match. I contacted Home Park
purely to ask if there was somewhere he could be stored during the
match but was then point blankly told that without a said Fire
Certificate they wouldn’t be allowed into the ground.

However with the Stanno Flag I contacted many a ground in advance to
enquire of the same and was told that I should just bring him along.
These included Huddersfield, Oldham, Brentford, Yeovil, & Hereford,
there’s a few more which slip my mind. It’s not a regulated thing
merely a choice made by the clubs safety officer but certainly
becoming more popular and I’m sure at some point something official
will come about.

I'm aware of a lot smaller flags being denied entry to various grounds this season and those interested can also contact AA Flags for a quote to have it sprayed and issued with the necessary docs.

On production of the Stanno Flag it simply wasn’t something that I
thought about and therefore it wasn’t in my request to AA Flags.
Perhaps in hindsight that was a bad thing however at the time I was
caught up in the adrenalin and emotion of ensuring it was completed in
time for the Bristol Rovers match, the first since Adam’s passing.

Somehow I need to raise £300 this summer, the quoted cost, for the
fire retardant spray treatment it requires, to almost certainly allow
it to come anywhere with us next season. This will also issue it with
the necessary Fire Safety Certificate which would be supplied by AA
flags, it's manufacturer.
I would still out of courtesy, prior to departure, make contact with
the necessary club advising that it will travel as some away ends
simply aren’t big enough to cope with it.
Hope this helps and if anybody has any ideas on how I could generate
the funds for the above then let me know

Scotty
 

OmanGrecian

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A boat party like the one a couple of years back, but charge a few quid extra which will go towards the flag.

The boat party could be to celebrate Stanno's life, a successful season and a relegation party for Argyle.
 

Cheggers

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How about you charge a few quid for the honor of signing the shirt. Therefore you as signatory travel wherever it does.
I'd pay a fiver to sign it.
 

ForeverECFC

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maybe you should just use it for home games
 

Hants_red

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How about you charge a few quid for the honor of signing the shirt. Therefore you as signatory travel wherever it does.
I'd pay a fiver to sign it.
I like that idea.
 

memoman

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if anybody has any ideas on how I could generate
the funds for the above then let me know
Get a local business(es) to pay for all/part of the work in exchange for an ad at the bottom of the shirt?
 

zyderman

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ooooohhhhhhhhhh sh*tarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr aaaarrrrrrrrr
Set up a justgiving for it? Plenty of people would give a quid for it.
 

GRECIANS1904

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How about you charge a few quid for the honor of signing the shirt. Therefore you as signatory travel wherever it does.
I'd pay a fiver to sign it.
great idea I would pay me, dad and my son then before it gets too old and damaged raffle it off money to the Stanno charity fund
 

i8cornwall

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dont no if this would work but how about ST holders or people who sit in one stand pay into a fund, such as there would be a total for the people in the bank and then the flybe for a certain amount of time then who ever raises the most gets to have the flag in there stand for the season at home games?
 

memoman

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dont no if this would work but how about ST holders or people who sit in one stand pay into a fund, such as there would be a total for the people in the bank and then the flybe for a certain amount of time then who ever raises the most gets to have the flag in there stand for the season at home games?
big bank would walk it! :D
 
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