THE RPTR WAS TAXIING INTO AN ALLEY AND INTO THE GATE WHILE ANOTHER ACFT WAS PUSHING BACK OUT OF THE ALLEY AND AWAY FROM ANOTHER GATE. THE PUSHBACK CAPT THOUGHT THE RPTR TAXIED TOO CLOSE.

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AFTER LNDG RWY 9L AT FLL; TWR TOLD US TO TAXI TO OUR GATE. AS WE HEADED DOWN ALLEY TOWARD OUR GATE; NOTICED ACR B737 BEING PUSHED AT BOTTOM OF ALLEY APCHING OUR GATE. WE SLOWED; DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE STOPPED; OR NO FACTOR AND TAXIED INTO OUR GATE. LATER LEARNED THAT ACR FELT WE WERE TOO CLOSE TO THEM. RAMP IS UNCTLED. TWR CLRED US TO GATE. IF TFC WAS A POSSIBLE CONFLICT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE HEARD ADVISORY FROM TWR/GND. PERHAPS THIS AREA NEEDS A RAMP CTL; OR GND TO GIVE ADVISORIES WHEN OTHER ACFT MOVEMENT IS EMINENT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS AN MD80. THE RPTR HAD NOT BEEN TO THIS ARPT IN PERHAPS 2 YRS. THE RPTR COULD NOT RECALL WHETHER A PUSHBACK CALL WAS REQUIRED. THE RPTR SUGGESTED THAT PUSHBACK ACFT SHOULD HAVE WING WALKERS. AN ARPT OPS PERSON HAD COME INTO DISPATCH ABOUT 20 MINS AFTER THE RPTR HAD PARKED TO SAY THAT THE COMPLAINT HAD OCCURRED FROM THE CAPT OF THE ACFT PUSHING BACK. HOWEVER; THE PUSHBACK ACFT ACR WAS NEW TO THE ARPT AS IF TO SAY THE CAPT WAS REALLY NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THE WAY WE DO THINGS AROUND HERE.