Smoking Ban

[Rob_the_Saint]

Which bits are smoke free? Does the Cola Stand count as 'substantially enclosed'?

[Yellow_Fox]

Originally Posted By: Rob_the_Saint

Does the Cola Stand count as 'substantially enclosed'?

.... not with the holes in the roof that I seem to remember from a very wet game against Exeter City last season

[Duke of York]

The Coca-Cola stand won't have to be non-smoking as it is open at the two ends so the only Non Smoking area at CP will be the Main Stand and the bar.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

The main stand should be non-smoking anyway as it's made of wood

Remember Bradford?

[Duke of York]

Originally Posted By: EFM The Firm, The Voice

The main stand should be non-smoking anyway

The Main Stand at Clarence Park was non smoking before the Government ban came into force. The Valley Parade fire caused all football clubs to ban smoking in wooden stands. I presume the Main Stand at CP has been a non smoking area since 1984.

[Ian_Sanderson]

its all a grey aera

[Rob_the_Saint]

It's a bit foggy to me too. I can't be fagged to go through it all, and I don't want to be the butt of all your jokes.

 

Tha main stand has always been non-smoking (don't you listen to the tannoy announcements?) and the Cola stand is exempt because more than half is open to the elements. Hope Eamesy's put up all the notices on the doors.

[Hatboy]

Originally Posted By: Rob_the_Saint

Hope Eamesy's put up all the notices on the doors.

I hope he's registered all the new players. Lol

[Laz]

Why not make the entire ground non-smoking?

 

I noticed a few improvements at the ground yesterday...

 

1. The Cola-stand roof has been fixed/replaced, so no more holes in the roof.

 

2. The sign on the front of the Cola has been replaced and has the full name of the club on it now (including FC). It looks pretty good.

 

3. The "members of the .... Football League" sign has been removed.

 

 

[Hatboy]

What about the clubhouse, Any changes there ?

[Webbo MFI]

it's a no smoking club house now.

 

 

[Laz]

Unless the clubhouse has changed it will be empty anyway so the smoking ban will be academic.

[Hatboy]

Originally Posted By: Hatboy

What about the clubhouse, Any changes there ?

I meant in terms of management not the smoking ban !

[Boney Maroney]

None, from what I heard. The burger bloke is still in overall control, I think. Did you honestly expect anything else? Nobody gives a flying ....... about supporters views, do they? Not for me, I'm afraid.

[Duke of York]

Originally Posted By: Boney Maroney

Nobody gives a flying ....... about supporters views, do they? Not for me, I'm afraid.

When I worked for the club I designed a fans survey to give the club a better understanding of the views of the supporters. One of the questions the survey asked regarded the views of St Albans City supporters towards smoking at the ground on match days. Unfortunately I was prevented from proceeding with the project as the club felt that the valuable information gleaned from the survey wasn't worth all the effort!

The survey is still available if anyone wants to try and get it off the ground again just let me know your email address and I'll send it over. IMO the questionnaire would have proved to be a valuable marketing tool for the Saints while at the same time I believe it would have been appreciated by the fans as a first step towards a two-way communication with the new supporters of the club and those who had been following the club for years.

[Laz]

I can't see any attempt to open up communication being successful!

[Rob_the_Saint]

As someone once said 'nobody told me there was a communication problem'...

[Little Miss Urchin]

Originally Posted By: Laz

3. The "members of the .... Football League" sign has been removed.

They got rid of this sign!? What has the world come to?
Boo.

[AFF]

I think that it should be obligatory to smoke in the clubhouse.

 

Those who don't wish to smoke should go somewhere else like downstairs on buses or 'Non Smoking' compartments on trains. Those places are set aside for these kind of people for Heaven's sake. Why should the rest of us have to suffer because of their filthy and disgusting habits?

[Laz]

Is there any chance that the City centre could be non-smoking?