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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 9:42:54 GMT
Seems to me that the best resolution is to have unallocated seating, or state that this is the case regardless of what it says on the ticket. This would encourage most to get in at a reasonable time and get seated. But to enforce the no standing rule, its this that causes most problems. No arguments, you are asked to sit once, if you do it again auto ejected. I really don't get why this is so difficult This is fascism.
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Post by fatherjackhackett on Mar 25, 2017 9:44:00 GMT
I find the Wembley theory a bit spurious, the 35 or 40 or 45,000 at Wembley were mainly day trippers,Rovers away support in the league is a different set of people made up of different groups of supporters. You only have to venture into different pubs on the lunch time of a home game to see how disparate the fan base is and thats not to mention the large percentage who dont go into pubs. OK then, let's say Leeds in 2007. As far as I'm aware everyone sat on their allocated seats together. It only takes a little effort to coordinate buying of seats as a group. Managed to do it lots of times in the past. If you can't be arsed to do a teeny weeny bit of forward planning to get tickets as a group, then you have no right to act the wally on a match day.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 9:56:46 GMT
Seems to me that the best resolution is to have unallocated seating, or state that this is the case regardless of what it says on the ticket. This would encourage most to get in at a reasonable time and get seated. But to enforce the no standing rule, its this that causes most problems. No arguments, you are asked to sit once, if you do it again auto ejected. I really don't get why this is so difficult This is fascism. Ha ha, hardly, more like mutual respect
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Post by scotsgas on Mar 25, 2017 9:58:09 GMT
We have been allocated 4300 seats for today and so old 4069 leaving 231 spare seats. Do your best to find one that you like and just enjoy the day. Up The Gas....
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 11:44:57 GMT
no,im just an ordinary person who turns up at the match and asks the steward if we have to sit in our allocated seat or not and follows that instruction from him usually with my work mate i go with. If someones in my seat i either have to get him out or sit in another persons seat. why ? I find it very odd that someone would be distressed that they couldn't sit in a seat that they had no idea of where it was when they booked the ticket. Actually you may have paid for a fing crap seat and if someone is say in it you could end up with a better one. I suppose it's the world we leave in today where people search for something to be worried about. Sad but each to their own At swindon and i think millwall the stewards said "sit anywhere" which is fine but if the instruction is allocated seating then i comply. if my seat isnt great and i choose a better one im likely to upset the person who is allocated that seat,to me its more about showing consideration to others something seldom seen nowadays i know.
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Post by tanksfull on Mar 25, 2017 12:17:50 GMT
Seems to me that the best resolution is to have unallocated seating, or state that this is the case regardless of what it says on the ticket. This would encourage most to get in at a reasonable time and get seated. But to enforce the no standing rule, its this that causes most problems. No arguments, you are asked to sit once, if you do it again auto ejected. I really don't get why this is so difficult Oldie. I'm not totally sure that would work as the rowdy, awkward ones will still expect to stand in the middle at the back and take the best viewing. They are the ones causing the main issue of wanting to stand so they should move to the side, away from the goal or centre line, of the allocated section. That might solve many of the issues if seating is unallocated but won't solve the issue of people turning up at five to three and expecting to sit exactly where they want to. At the end of the day it's all about following the rules which you have signed up to when buying the ticket.
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Post by c4h10 on Mar 25, 2017 12:30:47 GMT
We have been allocated 4300 seats for today and so old 4069 leaving 231 spare seats. Do your best to find one that you like and just enjoy the day. Up The Gas.... ........and then sit on the damn thing! When your team score, you leap to your feet, jump up and down, punch the air, shout with glee - and then sit down again, so that you do not obstruct the view of your fellow supporters. Yep, they are your fellow supporters, not your enemy - treat 'em with respect.
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Post by a more piratey game on Mar 25, 2017 12:40:00 GMT
this is exactly the sort of thing that has caused particular problems with Wet Spam's move to their new stadium
and I'm afraid that this thread erodes to a very large extent our ability to feel superior to their fans
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Post by kegandeg on Mar 25, 2017 12:40:05 GMT
Hey we could all be barking up the wrong tree who's to say the stewards won't tell us to STAND where we like.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Mar 25, 2017 13:53:03 GMT
Doesn't look good for Saturday in my opinion must sit in allocated seats strictly no standing bars will be open half time if there isn't any trouble and by the way our so called safety officer told Coventry to make the match all ticket and also told them not to open any bar's to away supporters under any circumstances so he's the prat who caused us all the agro of getting tickets for this match think he could be renamed the unsafety officer after Saturday. I tweeted Wael about this. I won't publish the reply as it was in a private message but I will say he's not impressed.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Mar 25, 2017 13:59:24 GMT
For the life of me, I have never quite understood the problem with sitting in the 'right' seat. I had a problem at our own ground with this crap. It was a sellout and I had no alternative but to get a ticket in the south tent. I went to sit in my seat and a huge guy refused to move, normally I'd have made a fuss but I then took a seat that was empty but the people whose seat it was hen turned up. I then went to a steward who was scared of this guy and did nothing. I then got loud & angry and toldbthe guy to move. I then sat on him so that he was unable to see the game. After 15 minutes he eventually moved. This was a home game ffs. I kind of feel sorry for the Coventry stewards as we do have a fair few divvies in our fan base
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 14:14:54 GMT
If you go to a theatre, you have an allocated seat and sit in it. You don't enter the auditorium and sit where you like. Sometimes that means the last people in edging past 10 or 15 people. That's mildly inconvenient. Sometimes people might realise that it would be better for nearby others if we volunteered to swap seats (if we choose to offer). Likewise on trains. Also in a theatre, no-one expects to be allowed to stand (at a seat) rather than sit down. It all works fine. The only difference I can see is that at football people used to do it differently, want to do it differently, so do as they like, safety in numbers and stuff, and screw anyone else. It's irrational.
Whether allocated seating is a good thing is a different matter, but if there is, that's what we're doing.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Mar 25, 2017 14:28:22 GMT
in general unallocated seating away from home should be ok where there is plenty of room. However we know why stands are netted off, ostensibly so ot is easier to steward and people are strung out across a big stand. With unallocated seating the same would happen anyway as already does. Some will get there early pick a good seat and other will turn up just before kick off trying to squeeze 3 people into 2 seats. If we get to the championship or the prem and we actually have a finite number of seats are we going to have the same problems every other week? Where allocated is concerned, you can open the turnstiles at 1:30, have the first 10 people walk in, decide to choose their spot wherever they like and the whole arrangement for 4000 people has gone to s***. For me, sell your allocation, sit where you like. Last season at Pompey for example, I was in the away end by 2:15, it was a free for all wherever you wanted to be. I was faced with 4 blokes who waltzed in bang on kick off claiming I was 'in their seat'. Thankfully everyone was standing anyway so it was a non issue. I'm totally generalising here, but does it seem like those who only go to the 'big away games' are more anal about sitting where their ticket states, allocated or otherwise? In my experience, probably. The problems arise due to people wanting to sit together and I understand that. I like to be next to people what to do if things go pear with me. There are a fair few who go away as a family and of course want to sit together. Unfortunately we have a few bullies who will not care about this. It really should not be a problem if some just quit being arses
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Post by kingswood Polak on Mar 25, 2017 15:17:26 GMT
Well done The Safety Officer for suggesting all ticket. The highest away following at Coventry this season is Oxford at just over 2k. So imagine the chaos when they prepare for around 2k then 4K turn up all expecting to be at the entrance at 5 to 3 and still see the kickoff. In my opinion his input should have stopped there. He then suggested the bars be shut yet the majority will have been in the pubs anyway. He makes it sound like the "trouble" at Port Vale was down to us & im afraid we are seeing a repeat of what our own club did when we played the 82. At least I have been assured change is being sorted. Who needs enemies when our own safety guy looks upon us with obvious derision. Pluckily Coventry have not closed the bars & they know it will deny income. If you ever had problems with stewards, under the old board, you'd know how outstanding they are are being idiots. We have enough bad press without our own people making us look like the Mongol hordes.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Mar 25, 2017 15:24:37 GMT
no,im just an ordinary person who turns up at the match and asks the steward if we have to sit in our allocated seat or not and follows that instruction from him usually with my work mate i go with. If someones in my seat i either have to get him out or sit in another persons seat. why ? I find it very odd that someone would be distressed that they couldn't sit in a seat that they had no idea of where it was when they booked the ticket. Actually you may have paid for a fing crap seat and if someone is say in it you could end up with a better one. I suppose it's the world we leave in today where people search for something to be worried about. Sad but each to their own Well said. Being offended is a choice. You can be one of those who will look for a solution or you can be offended. My only gripe is when I see people bully their way into a seat not theirs and I'm one of the few that will say & do something. I may be 53 & not in the best of shape but I won't tolerate seeing older people and families bullied. I've come very close to fighting but it seems the truth that the majority of bullies will back down if confronted or fronted up to. Luckily there are still a fair few old tote end boys who help out too. Aggie may be 60 but you wouldn't want to see his war face lol.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 19:23:43 GMT
I bought a match ticket in the pub,someone was sat in MY seat ( I wasnt distressed ) I went and sat with friends in the front row for 2 or 3 minutes,it was rubbish. Looking back I saw an empty block of seats right at the back of the stand on the left as you looked at the pitch,we made our way up there and stood all through the game,no one was upset and no stewards came anywhere near that part of the stand,dont blame them either because Sherpa Tensing wouldnt like the walk up there.
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Mar 25, 2017 20:40:12 GMT
I bought a match ticket in the pub,someone was sat in MY seat ( I wasnt distressed ) I went and sat with friends in the front row for 2 or 3 minutes,it was rubbish. Looking back I saw an empty block of seats right at the back of the stand on the left as you looked at the pitch,we made our way up there and stood all through the game,no one was upset and no stewards came anywhere near that part of the stand,dont blame them either because Sherpa Tensing wouldnt like the walk up there. You're a disgrace breaking the perfectly reasonable system. Go give yourself a good talking to and bloody well sit in the seat you're given next time.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 21:10:47 GMT
I bought a match ticket in the pub,someone was sat in MY seat ( I wasnt distressed ) I went and sat with friends in the front row for 2 or 3 minutes,it was rubbish. Looking back I saw an empty block of seats right at the back of the stand on the left as you looked at the pitch,we made our way up there and stood all through the game,no one was upset and no stewards came anywhere near that part of the stand,dont blame them either because Sherpa Tensing wouldnt like the walk up there. You're a disgrace breaking the perfectly reasonable system. Go give yourself a good talking to and bloody well sit in the seat you're given next time. 'next time' hmm think I will stay at the pub. Seriously we had a discussion on the way home and we wont be going to many away games next season.
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Post by Gashead on Mar 25, 2017 22:05:01 GMT
Think some of our fans on the forums are way too quick to slag off other fans, especially those who go semi-regularly.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2017 0:10:43 GMT
Having thought about this 'problem' in a week where there has been a devastating terrorist attack which has catastrophically changed some people's lives forever I find it sad no pathetic that some people are worried, christ even distressed, that they may or may not get to sit in a seat that they didn't even get to choose. So sad the 'problems' people invent in the world today. So why bother posting on here at all about seating or the actual match because its all trivial compared to people losing there lives in london surely? why not shut the forum down for a couple of weeks? if you feel its so bad about a person getting upset because someone is sat in their seat when there is so much evil in the world. I wouldnt be distressed if you were sat in my seat as i can tell by your posts on here your a total tw** so i would just grab you by the ear and give you a kick up the ass and then watch you run off crying your f**kin* eyes out.
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