Improvement works on 09:41 - May 17 with 3397 viewsgeg1992 Because block A Cobbold is where the vocal fans stand anyway. I think you also have to offer away fans so it makes sense.
Improvement works on 10:14 - May 17 with 3280 viewstextbackup I get why they are doing it there, blue action etc. However, if in 1/2/3 years they rebuild the stand, they’ll need to then put it elsewhere whilst cobbold is rebuilt
Improvement works on 10:16 - May 17 with 3255 viewsBlue_Order Because that’s where the most active support is.
Because the safety advisory group…. on 10:18 - May 17 with 3240 viewsBloots ….were concerned about the number of fans (Blue Action and away fans) standing in a section that was a steep upper tier. Putting rail seating in there solves that issue immediately. Enduringly lovable, intelligent and thunderingly exquisite.
Improvement works on 10:20 - May 17 with 3203 viewsHungryLikeTheWoolf Ashton was keen to stress that it was only a trial of safe standing, so I guess it makes sense to do it given the away fans are there, plus the A block fans - and when we do knock the Cobbold down I guess our vocal fans may relocate back to the North stand anyway, so they could put safe standing in the North stand then.
Improvement works on 10:20 - May 17 with 3189 viewswkj Safe-standing being added, about time [Post edited 17 May 10:21]
Improvement works on 10:26 - May 17 with 3148 viewsbluejacko On the improvements costing us millions how did Luton get away with their stadium?does it show if you don’t spend the PL turn a blind eye?
Improvement works on 10:34 - May 17 with 3110 viewsnodge_blue Ashton said they had to chose someone to trial it and I guess that's a relatively discrete section rather than trying to do the whole of north stand lower for example.
Login to get fewer adsImprovement works on 10:36 - May 17 with 3101 viewsBloomBlue Improvement works on 10:26 - May 17 by bluejacko On the improvements costing us millions how did Luton get away with their stadium?does it show if you don’t spend the PL turn a blind eye?
I'm sure I saw a report at the start of the season which said Luton had to spend £10m in the preseason to get their stadium to meet Prem rules.
Improvement works on 10:40 - May 17 with 3072 viewslurcher Improvement works on 10:26 - May 17 by bluejacko On the improvements costing us millions how did Luton get away with their stadium?does it show if you don’t spend the PL turn a blind eye?
Luton spent loads, they built a whole new stand on one side
Improvement works on 10:42 - May 17 with 3053 viewsArnieM Everyone stands in the Cobbold section A and SBR lower now anyway. Not really sure what all the fuss is about.
Because the safety advisory group…. on 10:49 - May 17 with 3029 viewsGuthrum Because the safety advisory group…. on 10:18 - May 17 by Bloots ….were concerned about the number of fans (Blue Action and away fans) standing in a section that was a steep upper tier. Putting rail seating in there solves that issue immediately.
Yes, he specifically mentioned the rake (slope) of the area. [Post edited 17 May 10:49]
Improvement works on 11:11 - May 17 with 2937 viewsSitfcB Watch Ashton’s interview.
Improvement works on 12:23 - May 17 with 2816 viewsMattinLondon Improvement works on 10:42 - May 17 by ArnieM Everyone stands in the Cobbold section A and SBR lower now anyway. Not really sure what all the fuss is about.
I always thought that safe standing wasn’t an option because the stewards turned a blind eye to standing in the SBR Lower and Cobbold section A. Like you, not sure why it’s needed.
Improvement works on 13:05 - May 17 with 2653 viewsburnbudgiesburn I'm interested in the new TV gantry. I'm guessing as well as the need for more cameras, the current TV position has the habit of picking up anyone standing up or holding their arms up. Think we'll need to get used to a new TV angle of the Portman Road pitch, playing surface will look a lot bigger I'd assume.
Improvement works on 13:12 - May 17 with 2601 viewsMookamoo Any mention of any if the new works are taking into consideration Portman Road gigs? Wouldn't be surprised to see our Ed play during the November international break
Improvement works on 13:22 - May 17 with 2537 viewsMattinLondon Improvement works on 13:12 - May 17 by Mookamoo Any mention of any if the new works are taking into consideration Portman Road gigs? Wouldn't be surprised to see our Ed play during the November international break
Isn’t that quite late in the year for an open air gig?
Improvement works on 13:58 - May 17 with 2417 viewsSitfcB Improvement works on 13:12 - May 17 by Mookamoo Any mention of any if the new works are taking into consideration Portman Road gigs? Wouldn't be surprised to see our Ed play during the November international break
Ed Sheeran summer 2025.
Improvement works on 14:16 - May 17 with 2345 viewstextbackup Improvement works on 13:12 - May 17 by Mookamoo Any mention of any if the new works are taking into consideration Portman Road gigs? Wouldn't be surprised to see our Ed play during the November international break
November Out door gig Really?!
Improvement works on 17:08 - May 17 with 2187 viewsburnbudgiesburn Not hanging about
Improvement works on 17:21 - May 17 with 2135 viewsAlanG296 Presume that's work for the new boxes. West stand as originally envisaged will then be complete only 41 years after it opened!
Because the safety advisory group…. on 22:58 - May 17 with 1848 viewsBtreeBlueBlood Because the safety advisory group…. on 10:18 - May 17 by Bloots ….were concerned about the number of fans (Blue Action and away fans) standing in a section that was a steep upper tier. Putting rail seating in there solves that issue immediately.
Also seats are getting broken each game
Improvement works on 08:34 - May 18 with 1506 viewsfredbarber Improvement works on 13:05 - May 17 by burnbudgiesburn I'm interested in the new TV gantry. I'm guessing as well as the need for more cameras, the current TV position has the habit of picking up anyone standing up or holding their arms up. Think we'll need to get used to a new TV angle of the Portman Road pitch, playing surface will look a lot bigger I'd assume.
New tv angle will look like this During the covid season the game against Swindon on sky they positioned the main cameras at the front of the upper west stand row a as there was no crowd Makes me shudder looking back at the game. How far we have come VIDEO
Improvement works on 11:51 - May 18 with 1251 viewsRIPbobby Improvement works on 10:20 - May 17 by wkj Safe-standing being added, about time [Post edited 17 May 10:21]
Safe standing is pointless and expensive. Normal terracing would be fine in any modern stadium. Bring that back.
Improvement works on 15:12 - May 18 with 1023 viewsKropotkin123 I'd recommend watching part 2 of Mark Ashton's interview. He covers it nicely in there.