Ajax ban fans from bringing signs asking players for their shirts
Clubs says signs, typically crafted out of cardboard, are a fire hazard
Amsterdam: Ajax Amsterdam have banned fans from bringing signs into Johan Cruyff Arena asking players for their shirts after matches, Dutch media reported today.
The club have told the Ajax supporters association that they had noticed an increasing number of such signs at games, mostly being held by children.
Fire hazard
It was no longer possible for the players to fulfil all the requests and when players walked by without handing over a shirt they were often criticised as arrogant, the club said.
The cardboard being used also posed a fire hazard, the club said, and several signs were confiscated on Saturday when the stadium hosted the season-opening Super Cup match between Ajax and PSV Eindhoven.