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Home fans in South Stand v Preston - Trial Confirmed (1 Viewer)

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SkyBlueSoul

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  • Feb 12, 2024
  • #1

NEWS: New seating configuration to be trialled versus Preston, including Sky Blues fans in South Stand

Coventry City will be trialling a new configuration for the South Stand from the home game against Preston North End.
www.ccfc.co.uk
 
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Skyblueweeman

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  • Feb 12, 2024
  • #2
Say what you want about the club but they appear to be listening to feedback and trying to rectify any wrongs or stupid situations.
 
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no_loyalty

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  • Feb 12, 2024
  • #3
SkyBlueSoul said:

NEWS: New seating configuration to be trialled versus Preston, including Sky Blues fans in South Stand

Coventry City will be trialling a new configuration for the South Stand from the home game against Preston North End.
www.ccfc.co.uk
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Glad this is happening, it’s been long overdue.
 
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Northants Sky Blue

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  • Feb 12, 2024
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Fair play to the new C.O.O.

We've asked for it, now lets fill that half behind the goal with City fans
 
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SkyBlueSoul

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  • Feb 12, 2024
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Pushing the away fans into 6-8 means they're not directly behind the goal as well. If it goes well and we can get home fans into 9 as well eventually it'll be perfect.
 
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TwistAndShoutCCFC1987

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  • Feb 12, 2024
  • #6
They should let STH’s, particularly from the corner, move there for free for the trial
 
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Darth Robins

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  • Feb 12, 2024
  • #7
Skyblueweeman said:
Say what you want about the club but they appear to be listening to feedback and trying to rectify any wrongs or stupid situations.
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Yep, it's night and day compared to how we've been run before. I love the general feeling around the club at the moment. We've got a real good atmosphere at the ground (usually), a great squad of lovely lads and the best manager we've ever had. Now we've actually got competent ownership and a landlord that doesn't despise us!

Hopefully we can get it filled for the rest of the season and really kick on.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Feb 12, 2024
  • #8
Fair play to be honest
 
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Irish Sky Blue

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  • Feb 12, 2024
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Bit of symmetry here as I think it was down to attacks on Preston fans getting onto their coaches after a game a few years ago that lead to the closure of this stand to home fans. You would hope that people behave so that City fans behind both goals can continue.
 
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Northants Sky Blue

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  • Feb 12, 2024
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Getting ahead of myself here but get safe standing in that new block and swap TV cameras to the other side and we're good
 
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Calista

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  • Feb 12, 2024
  • #11
This is great news. How many do blocks 6 to 8 hold, and is that always going to be sufficient to meet away fans requirements?
 

pusbccfc

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  • Feb 12, 2024
  • #12
Finally. Will be interesting to see how it works having a different demographic of fan between Block 14 and the away end
 
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PVA

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  • Feb 12, 2024
  • #13
Fair play, good to see
 

Tommo1993

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  • Feb 12, 2024
  • #14
Right idea but they’ve got it wrong still. Even though I still don’t think the demand is there to sell out, keep away fans where they are, and leave B6-9 to home fans. Perfect.
 
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theferret

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  • Feb 12, 2024
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Dilemna next season will be those considering moving ST from the corner to behind the goal, they'd have to surrender their seats for cup games. I imagine club will leave options open and not sell STs in there but vary it game on game. Good news though.
 
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theferret

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  • Feb 12, 2024
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Tommo1993 said:
Right idea but they’ve got it wrong still. Even though I still don’t think the demand is there to sell out, keep away fans where they are, and leave B6-9 to home fans. Perfect.
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I'd have done it that way too. Keep atmosphere in corner and open the far side to city fans based on demand.
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Feb 12, 2024
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theferret said:
I'd have done it that way too. Keep atmosphere in corner and open the far side to city fans based on demand.
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Think the atmosphere will remain and improve should they be sandwiched between two full blocks of our fans. Not flanked by a shitty little corner block.
 
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Darth Robins

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  • Feb 12, 2024
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Safe standing in the corner and this is going to be ideal I think!
 
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edgy

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  • Feb 12, 2024
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Calista said:
This is great news. How many do blocks 6 to 8 hold, and is that always going to be sufficient to meet away fans requirements?
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About 2600
 
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hamertime

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  • Feb 12, 2024
  • #20
Superb, now don’t fuck it up chavs.
 
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SkyBlueSoul

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  • Feb 12, 2024
  • #21
Darth Robins said:
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Safe standing in the corner and this is going to be ideal I think!
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Thank Christ, was just typing a post about block 13. Hadn't seen it mentioned so was REALLY hoping they weren't going to have an empty block between home fans
 
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hamertime

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  • Feb 12, 2024
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Calista said:
This is great news. How many do blocks 6 to 8 hold, and is that always going to be sufficient to meet away fans requirements?
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Who cares what the away Fans requirements are, who’s side are you on?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Feb 12, 2024
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Tommo1993 said:
Right idea but they’ve got it wrong still. Even though I still don’t think the demand is there to sell out, keep away fans where they are, and leave B6-9 to home fans. Perfect.
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Nah. Don’t want away fans behind the goal
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Feb 12, 2024
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Brighton Sky Blue said:
Nah. Don’t want away fans behind the goal
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Home fans will still be behind the goal this way. When they figure out they don’t need that much segregation netting.
 

Gynnsthetonic

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  • Feb 12, 2024
  • #25
Just need to fill it now. Should be that away fan are the lb given either 2k, 3k or 4.5k tickets depending on circumstances
 

Gynnsthetonic

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  • Feb 12, 2024
  • #26
Be great if they did it for the Leeds game
 
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hamertime

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  • Feb 12, 2024
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Tommo1993 said:
Right idea but they’ve got it wrong still. Even though I still don’t think the demand is there to sell out, keep away fans where they are, and leave B6-9 to home fans. Perfect.
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The Demand won’t be there to fill it now, that’s why they are trialling it for this game. You’re not going to trial it for the first time when it’s fully sold out are you could be carnage. It will be a learning process for them. Brilliant idea. We don’t want away fans behind the goal.
 
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Calista

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  • Feb 12, 2024
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hamertime said:
Who cares what the away Fans requirements are, who’s side are you on?
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FFS I was asking to clarify whether blocks 6-8 will always meet our obligations to house away fans or whether there will be occasions when we will be obliged to give them more?
I am very much hoping that we can permanently restrict away fans to a corner of the ground, because I hate seeing them behind the goal.
 
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SkyBlueSoul

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  • Feb 12, 2024
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I wonder what happens to Singers corner if it's successful and we open it permanently. Do people automatically move STs to be closer to the away fans and that stand becomes the new noisy bit? For me I'd want the corner to spread round rather than being totally replaced.
 
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hamertime

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  • Feb 12, 2024
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SkyBlueSoul said:
I wonder what happens to Singers corner if it's successful and we open it permanently. Do people automatically move STs to be closer to the away fans and that stand becomes the new noisy bit? For me I'd want the corner to spread round rather than being totally replaced.
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Offer them money off their season tickets to stay there and fill the new bit with more noisy fuckers
 

Calista

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  • Feb 12, 2024
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SkyBlueSoul said:
I wonder what happens to Singers corner if it's successful and we open it permanently. Do people automatically move STs to be closer to the away fans and that stand becomes the new noisy bit? For me I'd want the corner to spread round rather than being totally replaced.
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If I understand it correctly, the safe standing needs to be in the corner because of sight lines etc.
So you can be in the standing area or next to the away fans, but not both?
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Feb 12, 2024
  • #32
I’m all for an uncomfortable and intimidating environment for away fans, they won’t get that with block 5 on their left.
 

slowpoke

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  • Feb 12, 2024
  • #33
Watched West Ham v Arsenal yesterday and the gap between the two sets of fans remember London rivals, was about 5/6 seats wide with two lines of stewards and a few old bill at the front but it is down to the chavs and they ain’t all kids to make it work
 
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Martw

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  • Feb 12, 2024
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Skyblueweeman said:
Say what you want about the club but they appear to be listening to feedback and trying to rectify any wrongs or stupid situations.
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Yes ,spot on, its an obvious flaw at the moment and I would much rather see them try something than "nothing". Hopefully it works out as it looks a real potential solution.
 
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Flying Fokker

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  • Feb 12, 2024
  • #35
Good game to trial it. Tickets are selling well elsewhere.
 

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