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North Stand back open.. (10 Viewers)

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  • Start date Sep 8, 2014
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theferret

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  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #36
CCFC said:
All round the stadium or just in the North?
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Just the NS.
 

Gint11

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #37
For me it's important to have Home fans behind both goals so I am up for keeping both stands open although the atmosphere does struggle at normal attendances.
 
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ricohrich

New Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #38
i respect your views ccfc manager, but personally i wouldnt have fancied a season where i was moved to, they stopped selling season tickets at the cut off point where me and my family are, so in front of us we had the fans that wasnt interested in watching the game, just spent the whole time stood up trying to wind the away fans up smoking and spent the majority of the game in the bar pretty much like i would have done when i was a teenager! but these guys was in their fifties lol would be better putting them in singers corner, if you stop selling tickets high up in the telegraph stand that will upset the younger ones that always bought tickets to stand on the very top row they was always noisy and created a lot of noise im sure the stewards will vouch for that as they spent most of the game trying to steward them
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #39
ricohrich said:
i respect your views ccfc manager, but personally i wouldnt have fancied a season where i was moved to, they stopped selling season tickets at the cut off point where me and my family are, so in front of us we had the fans that wasnt interested in watching the game, just spent the whole time stood up trying to wind the away fans up smoking and spent the majority of the game in the bar pretty much like i would have done when i was a teenager! but these guys was in their fifties lol would be better putting them in singers corner, if you stop selling tickets high up in the telegraph stand that will upset the younger ones that always bought tickets to stand on the very top row they was always noisy and created a lot of noise im sure the stewards will vouch for that as they spent most of the game trying to steward them
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That's fair enough, by the sounds of it they moved you to south stand? If you don't want to be next to the away fans or have people around spoiling the match for you then I respect that.

But there are other solutions to that other than reopening the north stand, there are 12 blocks in the east stand open. Blocks 23-25 would be the furthest away from the away fans so I'd imagine there wouldn't be as much of what you described in that area of the stand.

Tbh I doubt the younger fans will be that bothered about closing the telegraph higher up, young fold tend to take these sort of things in their stride more easily and just get on with it without complaining.
 

ajsccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #40
On Saturday we were told that they couldn't sell behind the goal so got STs near the corner, but if they're opening up the old seats again I'm happy with that.
 
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zuniga

New Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #41
Good news, never thought it was a good idea to have us attacking an empty stand - nothing better than going mental in the North Stand when we score a last minute winner at that end. Plus I think it's a bit of a myth that we can't create an atmosphere if fans are scattered around the ground. We respond to what's happening on the pitch and that's what creates the atmosphere. There's been many games in the past (Chelsea in the cup for example) where we've sold out and there's been no atmosphere at all as there is nothing to get excited about on the pitch. On the other hand we've had games with 8k attendances where everyone sings along if we're winning. Get the team right, and everything else will fall into place.
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

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  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #42
zuniga said:
Good news, never thought it was a good idea to have us attacking an empty stand - nothing better than going mental in the North Stand when we score a last minute winner at that end. Plus I think it's a bit of a myth that we can't create an atmosphere if fans are scattered around the ground. We respond to what's happening on the pitch and that's what creates the atmosphere. There's been many games in the past (Chelsea in the cup for example) where we've sold out and there's been no atmosphere at all as there is nothing to get excited about on the pitch. On the other hand we've had games with 8k attendances where everyone sings along if we're winning. Get the team right, and everything else will fall into place.
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Examples of an attendance close to 8k with a good atmosphere?
 

shmmeee

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  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #43
theferret said:
The back 11 rows are not being sold.
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Decent compromise. Should do the same with away fans in the south stand.

Ideally all the way around the ground but that's not possible now.
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #44
Is the south stand still on sale to home supporters?
 

señor Santiago

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  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #45
North stand atmosphere is dire, better off nearer to the scoreboard
 

torchomatic

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #46
If I have to move back then I will as long as we can have our old seats back.
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #47
The South stand blocks are now closed off. The police state strikes again. Suspect WMP were asking for additional money to police outside away end.
 

Flying Fokker

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  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #48
skybluelee said:
Stupid idea. Means the lack of atmosphere problem when there's 10K in the stadium (like there will be for most games) will continue. Unless there is an alternative being put in place, ie closing off the top rows.
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Yep, a bad decision.
 

italiahorse

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  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #49
westofrayne said:
fuming my seats I vacated last week which I have had since it opened have been taken, not happy, anybody got a number for TO to Tim?
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Perhaps they are reserved for you ?
 

Flying Fokker

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #50
South stand better. No sun in your eyes is a plus point. I would not want to be in the north stand.
8k fans between 10 and 18 will be good for atmosphere and match any supporters from any club.
 

duffer

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #51
Personally I'm happy with this - I don't like the thought of not having fans behind both goals. It just seemed an odd solution to me, and one that was more about saving money than generating atmosphere

Having said that, I really enjoyed my first time in the South Stand. Whether it would be as good with half the people in it is debateable I guess, but the view and atmosphere was excellent.
 

bigfatronssba

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #52
Think this is a foolish idea personally. The justification for moving everyone to the South Stand was that the atmosphere was poor under the old seating arrangements. Therefore they have already acknowledged that the atmosphere will be poor this season.

If they had just left alone and had it how it was to start with then fine. But to close a stand, open a new one, and then close the new one, and reopen the old one, all in two weeks just looks very amateurish.
 

letsallsingtogether

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #53
Yes but with the away end being so big and so few away fans it is still like only behind one goal.

duffer said:
Personally I'm happy with this - I don't like the thought of not having fans behind both goals. It just seemed an odd solution to me, and one that was more about saving money than generating atmosphere

Having said that, I really enjoyed my first time in the South Stand. Whether it would be as good with half the people in it is debateable I guess, but the view and atmosphere was excellent.
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Gray

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #54
Some people prefer to watch the match behind the goal some people like to watch from the side... Let people have a choice. And it will have no bearing on atmosphere. Atmosphere is generated by the quality of he match
 

Evans1883

New Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #55
Hated the idea of closing a complete stand , looks worse tbh
 
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LB87ccfc

Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #56
This is only from LL downwards, so if you had a season ticket higher up.. then you will need to choose another seat, looks like closing the top
 

pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #57
Shocking idea, the Corner and South Stand were rocking Friday night.

At least the Telegraph stand can go back to being an incredibly empty and soulless place.
 
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LB87ccfc

Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #58
Evans1883 said:
Hated the idea of closing a complete stand , looks worse tbh
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We wouldn't need a closed stand if we can keep the attendances up and every one makes their best efforts (affordability of course) to attend as many as they can.
 
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LB87ccfc

Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #59
pusbccfc said:
Shocking idea, the Corner and South Stand were rocking Friday night.

At least the Telegraph stand can go back to being an incredibly empty and soulless place.
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For the first time ever the telegraph made alot of noise Friday night, however I imagine this was due the unusual crowd being in that stand, otherwise, I am afraid so.
 

olderskyblue

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #60
I will not be happy if I can't get my old seat back. It's my lucky seat FFS.....
 

Evans1883

New Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #61
LB87ccfc said:
We wouldn't need a closed stand if we can keep the attendances up and every one makes their best efforts (affordability of course) to attend as many as they can.
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I personally dont understand why people choose to sit in the 80% empty telegraph stand anyways , so dull in there
 

torchomatic

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #62
Just got the call. We are moving back to our old seats. What a waste of time and money.
 
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LB87ccfc

Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #63
Evans1883 said:
I personally dont understand why people choose to sit in the 80% empty telegraph stand anyways , so dull in there
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I agree it is a morgue 90% of the time, I think it was mainly for people who wished to sit behind a goal, but now, hopefully we have two stands to choose from.
 

pusbccfc

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  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #64
LB87ccfc said:
For the first time ever the telegraph made alot of noise Friday night, however I imagine this was due the unusual crowd being in that stand, otherwise, I am afraid so.
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It was improved, but still 80% were sitting down.
I wouldn't want to be in a stand which has its back rows closed... Atmosphere will drift away.
 

Evans1883

New Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #65
LB87ccfc said:
I agree it is a morgue 90% of the time, I think it was mainly for people who wished to sit behind a goal, but now, hopefully we have two stands to choose from.
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Given the choice , you would always sit behind the goal next to awy fans though right
 

pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #66
Surely anyone previously in the CET stand who sat in the South Friday preferred it?
 
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LB87ccfc

Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #67
pusbccfc said:
It was improved, but still 80% were sitting down.
I wouldn't want to be in a stand which has its back rows closed... Atmosphere will drift away.
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From whre I was so was the south stand sitting down that is..

Agreed with the atmosphere comment, although a clustered group would make more of an atmosphere, but lets face it, only the corner / south will generate an atmosphere if permitting we are allowed next to the away fans and the corner will always generate a atmosphere for those in it.

For a true buzzing atmosphere though in all areas of the ground we need 20k minimum in their week in week out.

Hoping more will be coming back now.
 
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LB87ccfc

Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #68
Atmosphere wise, I always prefer an away game with a low roof..give me that anyday compared to a home game, although Friday night was the first true atmosphere at the Ricoh better than Crewe by a mile!
 

pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #69
LB87ccfc said:
From whre I was so was the south stand sitting down that is..

Agreed with the atmosphere comment, although a clustered group would make more of an atmosphere, but lets face it, only the corner / south will generate an atmosphere if permitting we are allowed next to the away fans and the corner will always generate a atmosphere for those in it.

For a true buzzing atmosphere though in all areas of the ground we need 20k minimum in their week in week out.

Hoping more will be coming back now.
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Yeah, there was a good number sitting down, but they were joining in with most of the songs due to the close proximity to the corner.
 

Evans1883

New Member
  • Sep 8, 2014
  • #70
They are oprning the north stand from row LL down
 
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