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If you watch sky sports it shows the crowd celebrating preston north ends equaliser at blackpool...it tells how a steward got injured when the pne fans went on the pitch clambering over the boards... well sod the steward (cut knees he was back on 10 mins later) .. you can clearly see my white canon lens sticking out from the mayhem and my head shows short appearances... I got crushed:(

I shoved the laptop and my 1dmk3 with 135mm lens on under the adverts but couldnt move my 300... I had multiple bodies on top of me and i was trying to push backwards... laptop got a foot on it before i got it to safety and its lost a key and is a bit scuffed but working..

dongle dissapeared and i didnt get it back to end of game... got rovers_andy (off here) to send a celebration pic to agency for me... cheers for that andy!

my backs killing me... hurts when i turn the steering wheel on way home... must have pulled a muscle we are thinking... But I have 4 football matches to do tommorow :( Like i told the staff at the ground.. sicknotes no good to me..

My first photography injury
 
KIPAX said:
If you watch sky sports it shows the crowd celebrating preston north ends equaliser at blackpool...it tells how a steward got injured when the pne fans went on the pitch clambering over the boards... well sod the steward.. you can clearly see my white canon lens sticking out from the mayhem and my head shows short appearances... I got crushed:(

I shoved the laptop and my 1dmk3 with 135mm lens on under the adverts but couldnt move my 300... I had multiple bodies on top of me and i was trying to push backwards... laptop got a foot on it before i got it to safety and its lost a key and is a bit scuffed but working..

dongle dissapeared and i didnt get it back to end of game... got rovers_andy (off here) to send a celebration pic to agency for me... cheers for that andy!

my backs killing me... hurts when i turn the steering wheel on way home... must have pulled a muscle we are thinking... But I have 4 football matches to do tommorow :( Like i told the staff at the ground.. sicknotes no good to me..

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Your welcome mate, will have a look on SSN later and see if i can spot ya :lol:. glad there was no lasting damage to the kit. Hopefully the stewards ok.

I actually thought it was you they were carrying off at first :eek:
 
Blimey that sounds nasty :eek: I haven't seen any of the footage but I'm sure it'll be on the local news tomorrow!

I'm glad you didn't suffer anything major :thumbs:
 
steward was back on ten minutes later...edited my post.. sorry sounded bad sod the steward :)
 
Pah! Nothing a dash of Savlon and and stiff G&T couldn't make better I'll wager... :)
 
sorry to hear dude, without meaning to pry would your insurance not cover you if you have to have time off for an injury which effectively happened at work.

Although I suspect that any form of situation like this would end up getting you a bad name in the industry.

Hope the body heels soon, get a decent physio to check you over asap
 
insurance as you say would be a last resort.. although if i claimed off mine i dont follow your middle sentance... if i sued the club then yeagh i see your point. but its all a bit dodgy anyways.. just gotta wait for it to get better :)

took some pain killers... alcahol would be nice but out at 9am driving :)

thanks for the nice thoughts people :)
 
Could you get there early and wangle a session with their physioterrorist? They must have one there and it should be possible for them to free off sore muscle pretty quickly.
 
Glad it is nothing terminal.

If that had been a rugger match.........you wwould have just gone for a hot bath and forgotten about it.:D
 
Middle sentance would be yes either claiming against the club, or I guess having time off away from games through injury could cause issues at the agency depending on how cut throat they are.

Anyway all the best :D
 
Yv said:
OUCH! Just seen it, looks like you took a much more serious battering from behind than the steward. Hope the gear and the back recovers quickly :(
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looks worse every time i watch it.. there actually climbing over me and on top :( glad someone else has seen it now :)


I aint bothered or complaining.. I chose to be there... just thought I would share the experience :)
 
that'l teach you to wave a big white lens around in front of an angry mob
 
ouch just saw that i hope your back feels better soon and your kit is not too badley damaged
 
Cant find it on you tube yet but that'll be one to save! Glad your ok :thumbs:
 
I managed to catch the goal on TV last night and saw some of the fans hurling themselves over the hoardings! was quite a mêlée. Glad your injuries weren't too severe.
 
Ouch. Hope you are fighting fit soon KIPAX.
How about chucking your story to the press? Could be a nice bit of free advertising?
 
Sorry to hear that mate, hope your feeling better soon. As said above try giving the press your story, every cloud apparently has a silver lining and all that.
 
donutagain said:
that'l teach you to wave a big white lens around in front of an angry Nikon mob
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Corrected for you ;) :D

I've nearly had a couple at rugby/football with players coming straight at you. You get tunnel vision sometimes looking through a lens.
 
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Ouch!

Getting closer to the action is closer to the danger, but fans invading the pitch shouldn'tbe happening! Hope you're feeling better this morning.
 
KIPAX, looks like it could have been nasty.

I don't get that problem at the Borrowash Vics, I keep away from 'The Youth' as we call the teenagers in the west stand.
 
the good news is after a sore back all night and most of this morning its now cleared up...done 3 youth footy matches so far today and now off to burton for league footy.. so alls well:) thanks for concern TPers:)

thats my bald head in them pics... i gotta have them.,. ya can just see me in one and plain in first daily mail oneone... bu scary i can tell ay it was a bitt

gary its left shift key gone

so after all that the only prob is a laptop key gone.. but it was a bit scary at the time
 
glad all is ok, was at QPR v Coventry Sat and Coventry fans did the same when they equalised, looks like two togs and equipment got slightly trampled, they looked seriously unimpressed afterwards and one of them moved somewhere else I think.
 
A bad exprience, but glad your OK now. Looking at the pics I would say you were lucky to only suffer with what you got.
 
Glad nothing is broken and pleased that the steward is ok, hope your ok as well. :)
 
Ouch!

I sustained my first photograpic related injury on Saturday photographing The Living End at Leeds Cockpit. There was no pit (other than the mosh variety) so had no choice to be front row in the centre (somewhere I would never usually go). No pit meant no security, meaning I had no idea a crowd surfer was coming my way. He landed body weight on my head / neck at quite some speed. It was agony for a bit (still aches now) and I felt pretty nauseous for a good while after. The same guy came over again about half an hour later, and ended up standing on my camera and lens. Thank god my kit is made of sturdy stuff.

Have to say your ordeal sounds a hell of a lot scarier than mine.
 
Glad you're okay Tony


Byker28i said:
Corrected for you ;) :D

I've nearly had a couple at rugby/football with players coming straight at you. You get tunnel vision sometimes looking through a lens.
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Yup - has happened to me a couple of times now and ended up underneath a couple of props before, also been hit by the ball more times that I care to remember now :lol:
 
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