Bad news about home matches next season... 18:54 - Jun 19 with 5870 views | BanksterDebtSlave | Looks like I'm going to have to stand up to see over the away fans...oh dear! |  |
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Bad news about home matches next season... on 19:05 - Jun 19 with 5312 views | SitfcB | Putting away fans in front of home fans in the upper? |  |
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Bad news about home matches next season... on 19:08 - Jun 19 with 5289 views | Swailsey | Guess you sit near me! The same one about the glass panel etc? Lot of rambling but essentially we don’t have to move. That’s all I was looking for. Our comms. really isn’t the best. |  |
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Bad news about home matches next season... on 19:09 - Jun 19 with 5264 views | FrimleyBlue |
Bad news about home matches next season... on 19:05 - Jun 19 by SitfcB | Putting away fans in front of home fans in the upper? |
New standing area for away fans |  |
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Bad news about home matches next season... on 19:09 - Jun 19 with 5275 views | LankHenners |
Bad news about home matches next season... on 19:05 - Jun 19 by SitfcB | Putting away fans in front of home fans in the upper? |
No just much closer and making it a safe standing area - email for those in Block C went round this afternoon detailing the changes which includes a possibility that some people in C could find their view of part of the pitch slightly restricted because of away fans standing up. |  |
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Bad news about home matches next season... on 19:11 - Jun 19 with 5221 views | SitfcB |
Bad news about home matches next season... on 19:09 - Jun 19 by FrimleyBlue | New standing area for away fans |
Yeah knew they were going to put the ‘safe standing’ in but you’d have assumed they’d put it the whole way back or none at all in that block!? |  |
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Ironic that putting in safe standing.... on 19:19 - Jun 19 with 5133 views | Bloots |
Bad news about home matches next season... on 19:09 - Jun 19 by LankHenners | No just much closer and making it a safe standing area - email for those in Block C went round this afternoon detailing the changes which includes a possibility that some people in C could find their view of part of the pitch slightly restricted because of away fans standing up. |
...is going to force people in "non" safe standing to stand up if they want to see the match. #clubsajoke |  |
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Ironic that putting in safe standing.... on 19:24 - Jun 19 with 5074 views | sirporter |
Ironic that putting in safe standing.... on 19:19 - Jun 19 by Bloots | ...is going to force people in "non" safe standing to stand up if they want to see the match. #clubsajoke |
A lot of people with a poorer view/seat next season, the list keeps climbing.... |  | |  |
Bad news about home matches next season... on 19:29 - Jun 19 with 5007 views | Reuser_is_God | I had the same re A Block. Proper half arsed attempt at safe standing, may aswell not bother with it. |  |
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Bad news about home matches next season... on 20:38 - Jun 19 with 4584 views | BloomBlue |
Bad news about home matches next season... on 19:09 - Jun 19 by LankHenners | No just much closer and making it a safe standing area - email for those in Block C went round this afternoon detailing the changes which includes a possibility that some people in C could find their view of part of the pitch slightly restricted because of away fans standing up. |
Surely the answer is they only allow short away fans (nobody over 5 feet allowed) in the standing area? |  | |  |
Think this was discussed a few weeks ago… and now official on 20:57 - Jun 19 with 4439 views | unstableblue | On a previous post it was raised that if the away fans are all standing and the segregation is 4 or 5 seats or an aisle (sounds like will include a glass panel), THEN, the home fans in C will have to also stand to get decent views of the pitch And of course this ends up in a ripple effect and the whole block stands, which then filters j to a block! In short the Cobbold Upper is a standing stand!! |  |
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Bad news about home matches next season... on 21:02 - Jun 19 with 4390 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Bad news about home matches next season... on 19:08 - Jun 19 by Swailsey | Guess you sit near me! The same one about the glass panel etc? Lot of rambling but essentially we don’t have to move. That’s all I was looking for. Our comms. really isn’t the best. |
I had a bit of a cold sweat when the email arrived! |  |
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Bad news about home matches next season... on 21:03 - Jun 19 with 4376 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Bad news about home matches next season... on 19:11 - Jun 19 by SitfcB | Yeah knew they were going to put the ‘safe standing’ in but you’d have assumed they’d put it the whole way back or none at all in that block!? |
It's row J and back. |  |
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Ironic that putting in safe standing.... on 22:12 - Jun 19 with 4197 views | LankHenners |
Ironic that putting in safe standing.... on 19:19 - Jun 19 by Bloots | ...is going to force people in "non" safe standing to stand up if they want to see the match. #clubsajoke |
Lot of old timers in there won't be happy about having people standing up near them, and they moan enough when we play a short pass under moderate pressure. |  |
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Think this was discussed a few weeks ago… and now official on 08:15 - Jun 20 with 3615 views | Slambo |
Think this was discussed a few weeks ago… and now official on 20:57 - Jun 19 by unstableblue | On a previous post it was raised that if the away fans are all standing and the segregation is 4 or 5 seats or an aisle (sounds like will include a glass panel), THEN, the home fans in C will have to also stand to get decent views of the pitch And of course this ends up in a ripple effect and the whole block stands, which then filters j to a block! In short the Cobbold Upper is a standing stand!! |
You can understand the predicament for the away allocation as you have to lump lots of different types of fan together in a small space. You have to be able to accommodate both the sitters and the singers. What makes no sense is why they've also done this in A Block as well (with ZERO consultation, I hasten to add) when you've got an entire stadium for anyone who wants to sit to choose from. It's going to completely neutralise everything we're trying to do... |  |
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Think this was discussed a few weeks ago… and now official on 09:14 - Jun 20 with 3421 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Think this was discussed a few weeks ago… and now official on 08:15 - Jun 20 by Slambo | You can understand the predicament for the away allocation as you have to lump lots of different types of fan together in a small space. You have to be able to accommodate both the sitters and the singers. What makes no sense is why they've also done this in A Block as well (with ZERO consultation, I hasten to add) when you've got an entire stadium for anyone who wants to sit to choose from. It's going to completely neutralise everything we're trying to do... |
What are they doing in A block? |  |
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Think this was discussed a few weeks ago… and now official on 09:22 - Jun 20 with 3388 views | HungryLikeTheWoolf |
Think this was discussed a few weeks ago… and now official on 08:15 - Jun 20 by Slambo | You can understand the predicament for the away allocation as you have to lump lots of different types of fan together in a small space. You have to be able to accommodate both the sitters and the singers. What makes no sense is why they've also done this in A Block as well (with ZERO consultation, I hasten to add) when you've got an entire stadium for anyone who wants to sit to choose from. It's going to completely neutralise everything we're trying to do... |
I agree they should've consulted you, but doesn't everyone stand in A Block anyway, so I'm not sure how adding railings to allow people to stand has any negative effect on what you're trying to do? Unless I've misunderstood what they've done |  | |  |
Bad news about home matches next season... on 09:38 - Jun 20 with 3304 views | Jack27 | We've received an image this morning of the seating plan - and it's just poorly worded. Block C has been narrowed and the safe standing for the away fans is to the side of block C - not in front. The sight issues they mention, I guess, is from those further back in block C looking diagonally towards the South Stand |  | |  |
Bad news about home matches next season... on 09:41 - Jun 20 with 3282 views | Herbivore | Don't the away fans already stand anyway? |  |
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Think this was discussed a few weeks ago… and now official on 10:13 - Jun 20 with 3163 views | Slambo |
Think this was discussed a few weeks ago… and now official on 09:14 - Jun 20 by BanksterDebtSlave | What are they doing in A block? |
The same thing basically. Safe standing is going in from row J backwards, while the front half of the stand is going to be the current seats as they are... |  |
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Think this was discussed a few weeks ago… and now official on 10:15 - Jun 20 with 3146 views | Slambo |
Think this was discussed a few weeks ago… and now official on 09:22 - Jun 20 by HungryLikeTheWoolf | I agree they should've consulted you, but doesn't everyone stand in A Block anyway, so I'm not sure how adding railings to allow people to stand has any negative effect on what you're trying to do? Unless I've misunderstood what they've done |
No, the rail seating will only be put in from block J backwards. The rest will be normal seats. Sitting in the normal seats will now be properly enforced meaning it'll be us at the back and then 8 rows of people sat in silence... |  |
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Bad news about home matches next season... on 11:26 - Jun 20 with 2939 views | Deano69 |
Bad news about home matches next season... on 19:09 - Jun 19 by FrimleyBlue | New standing area for away fans |
Which normally means ALL away fans will stand, think it will be a blocked view for anyone in C Block... While I agree there was little more the club could do to comply with PL requirements, I suspect things like this were not thought of at the outset. |  |
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Think this was discussed a few weeks ago… and now official on 11:28 - Jun 20 with 2914 views | SheffordBlue |
Think this was discussed a few weeks ago… and now official on 10:15 - Jun 20 by Slambo | No, the rail seating will only be put in from block J backwards. The rest will be normal seats. Sitting in the normal seats will now be properly enforced meaning it'll be us at the back and then 8 rows of people sat in silence... |
Were the people sat in those 8 rows particularly quiet last season? It is possible to sing while you're sat down! |  |
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Think this was discussed a few weeks ago… and now official on 12:06 - Jun 20 with 2832 views | HungryLikeTheWoolf |
Think this was discussed a few weeks ago… and now official on 10:15 - Jun 20 by Slambo | No, the rail seating will only be put in from block J backwards. The rest will be normal seats. Sitting in the normal seats will now be properly enforced meaning it'll be us at the back and then 8 rows of people sat in silence... |
Thanks for clarifying, that does seem an odd decision. |  | |  |
Think this was discussed a few weeks ago… and now official on 13:05 - Jun 20 with 2666 views | exeterblue10 |
Think this was discussed a few weeks ago… and now official on 11:28 - Jun 20 by SheffordBlue | Were the people sat in those 8 rows particularly quiet last season? It is possible to sing while you're sat down! |
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Bad news about home matches next season... on 13:30 - Jun 20 with 2576 views | ITFC_Forever |
Bad news about home matches next season... on 19:11 - Jun 19 by SitfcB | Yeah knew they were going to put the ‘safe standing’ in but you’d have assumed they’d put it the whole way back or none at all in that block!? |
The safe standing part is irrelevant, most away fans stand regardless. So as the away section is extended further along th Cobbold Stand, those nearest them will have their view blocked by away fans standing up. |  |
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