Seats in the Plough End

[chris blanc]

Not so..

 

Only very small people will be allowed to stand, and very tall people allowed to sit.

 

Anyone between the heights of 4ft and 7ft will have to go stand somewhere else

[American FLEET FAN No1]

According to previous posts, you can only sit if you are 4ft6, because of the leg room, or lack of it! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

[John@TheFleet]

There will, if the club's directors wishes are considered, be standing terracing behind the goal at the new stadium and it was with deep regret that the Plough End will become all seated. From the horse's mouth, so to speak.

[Slartibartfast]

I was under the impression that the seats are going in at the Plough end purely for financial reasons so unless any of us can come up with the readies to pay for a new terrace and roof the fact that most of us prefer to stand is unfortunately not going to cut much ice.

Having made the decision and got the grant I just hope they get a move on the sooner it is open the better.

[Gordon T]

to be fair if it is a nice stand like Stevenage its not all bad. Also based on that game, none of us really sat down!! But with our stewarding I asume standing would be stamped out...

[jc]

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AmericanFLEETFANNo1 said:Logically, a new stadium would be an all seater!

I don't see why - Burton's new ground has plenty of terracing, and they're a side of similar stature to us in terms of realistic ambitions, attendances (although theirs are a little bigger at present) etc.

[American FLEET FAN No1]

Just thinking that if you build a new stadium, putting seats in at the time might be cheaper that putting them in at a later date.

I haven't been to Burtons new stadium, more's the pity!

[jc]

When the Stonebridge Road terrace was redone a few years back, it was built in such a way that seats could be installed easily at a later date if necessary, without any additional concreting. So if the terraces at our new ground were built in this way, the ground could be converted easily into an all-seater one if a somewhat unlikely storming up the divisions occurred.

[Harry J Allstars]

Happy birthday JC and 2,200 posts. Well done <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/applaus.gif" alt="" />

[jc]

I don't think 'well done' is a particuarly apt response to having amassed such an embarrassingly high number of posts - but thanks anyway.

[Lager Top]

I used to enjoy the banter behind the goal especially in the Ryman days when a beer could be had on the terrace as well. Guess thats the price of progress! No beer on the terrace/seats, & £12 to boot.

 

Sorry, in my opinion, that is not going to attract the casual punter!

[EUFC FAN]

My only concern is that it is done with some thought! Take the outside seats at Canterbury cricket club (green ones). The seats are arranged in rows one behind the other, but the angle of the slope is not that steep. The result is if someone taller than you sits in front of you, you get to watch the back of their head for the day! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> Where as a threater the row behind is offset from the row in front, so you look between two people in front of you (not sure if this would work at a footy game). Or you make the banking steeper so that each row is a head height higher than the one in front. Otherwise it will just be annoying and no one will sit there!

[Wobbly Wayne rides again]

I reckon we should have 500 red and white striped deckchairs, then you could put them where you like.

[EUFC FAN]

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Wobbly Wayne rides again said:
I reckon we should have 500 deckchairs, then you could put them where you like.

Or better still we could bring our own chairs, like they do at the cricket! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

[Wobbly Wayne rides again]

rather than seats in the plough end, howabout stools in the half way line ?

[American FLEET FAN No1]

<img src="/forum/images/graemlins/birthday.gif" alt="" /> jc, you have probably had a good one by now!

[NAG Boy Dan]

Just out of interest why have we never put flags and banners out on the stand? Just saw Stanley with their big flag and thought we could have covered up all that nasty concrete ho hum just an idea.

[Hirsty]

Ah ha...Lager Top......you only have 2 beers anyway so it would not matter where you drank them !! And as for the £12 entry, you are one of the richest men I know....so that extra £2 is bankrupting you a ?

 

Laugh.......you can get another round in !!

 

Cheers,

 

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[jc]

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NAG Boy Dan said:
Just out of interest why have we never put flags and banners out on the stand? Just saw Stanley with their big flag and thought we could have covered up all that nasty concrete ho hum just an idea.

I only hope for your sake that FleetFanatic doesn't read that. Or indeed the vast majority of confguide users.

[kmj]

Or rocking chairs? Dropping off to sleep until the long ball tactics to our loftily challenged forwards has finished may be a reasonable option. Alternatively, I like WWs deckchair idea.