He was in the south stand, young teenage lad, they took it off him looked like they were going to throw him out then they let him back in and he went back to his seat.

When Sam was collecting the ball in the south east corner the light was from the North stand no doubt, was a clear green light from a person halfway up the Saints stand third block along from the right. S/he also aimed it at Pat when trying to convert early on. I didn't notice anyone in my stand (South) but then they couldn't have shone it in my eyes from there I suppose.

Good point, hope never to see that sort of crap in the game again. Did they manage to do anything about the person selling them (can they?)?

Whilst I wouldn't condone it if an away fan did it, I could understand they were trying to disadvantage the opposition.

For a home "fan" to do it...crazy. Don't get how some people work.

I wouldn't bet against this being the next craze to sweep idiot fans across super league.

People selling laser pens on the street? Reminds me of being a kid in Puerto Pollensa.

Like I said, this wasn't a cheap laser pen.

Reminds me of the time I took the missus to Gran Canaria back in 1999, we were walking back from a bar and she grabs me and tries to get me onto the floor (

) whilst shouting "Get down, someone is trying to shoot you".

Aparrently, someone from a block of apartments was shining a red laser pen on my forehead. I told her to get up, stop being stupid and that she'd been watching too many Terminator films.

Most around me picked out the area in the North Stand it came from.
I was sat in the south and most where convinced they could see the very culprit in the Saints end.

I was too engrossed in the match to bother letting them point the person out.

Not possible.. Unless they have access to military hardware or laboratory grade equipment.

Spent big money on laser for shooting purposes and at that distance the dot would be bigger than a cricket ball. IT WAS SOUTH STAND, OR VERY END OF EAST STAND.

Yes it is. If they were being sold outside and more than one person going to the match bought one.

Read the post.... Not possible from north stand!

Read the post.... Not possible from north stand!

I saw one shining on East stand touchline, about half way in the first half, that was green as well. Don't know where it came from. Absolute muppets whoever think they're funny or "cool".

There must have been multiple going off at once then. As there was a green light going off in the north stand at the same time as the light was on Sam. And if it was purely the south stand it couldn't have been on Pat at the other end too, could it?

Correct, the only explanatuion is multiple laser pens in all stands. I sat in S2 and could only see the light on the floor in SE corner. Quality lasers don't turn up very often in your local £ shop....

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