Views from the Sieve

Very disappointed to hear that flares have been blighting our games.

Whoever is responsible, please stop. If you know the person bringing them, please ask them to stop.

It's embarrassing. Especially for an equaliser against Hornchurch when we ended up losing anyway.

I suspect the flares may disappear once we're back in normal Saturday league action against someone not local.

Not guilty, I haven't worn them for years

They will only be seen at Hornchurch and Chelmsford games, similar to how we only saw it at Southend last year. There may be a group of 30 or so kids that this flare came from, but it’s one flare being thrown by one person. To stop it the stewards just need to be more competent, which unfortunately isn’t going to happen any time soon. Both Hornchurch & Chelmsford saw pre-match comments of bumper attendances and the need for more security, yet not a single search happened. Nor did we even see an increased stewarding presence.

This one person is obviously the problem, but both Dagenham & Chelmsford could not have made it any easier for them to throw it.