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Ground reconfiguration for away fans

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Silverbantam, Mar 4, 2026.

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  1. NorthernMonkey

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    Absolute carnage and the best bit is that it's all completely unnecessary!
     
    #221 NorthernMonkey, Mar 17, 2026
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  2. MidlandRoad

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    Surely not? So the club is more than happy to upset not just one set of home supporters in 1 stand but another set in a different stand?

    Is there any other club who would treat it's home supporters like this, I very much doubt it.
     
    #222 MidlandRoad, Mar 17, 2026
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    Replied to Paula's email on Saturday with very similar questions as to the people above.
    No reply.

    For the club to issue such an email clearly there's been lots of anger and frustration sent to them by us Midland Roaders.
     
    #223 MidlandRoad, Mar 17, 2026
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  4. NorthernMonkey

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    I'm hoping they announce the lower kop is also unreserved on those days. It'll be like one huge away end with people falling out in lumps!
     
    #224 NorthernMonkey, Mar 17, 2026
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  5. ahar964

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    WTF!!!!! I'm in E block main stand. B#ll#cks to that.

    Joking apart, how can that work? There are very few seats in E block not already taken by season ticket holders
     
    #225 ahar964, Mar 17, 2026
  6. bailiff bridge bantam

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    Don’t care.

    I’m in Block B main stand.

    Can’t wait to sit in my normal seat watching the carnage in C,D & E blocks.

    it will be better than the match.
     
    #226 bailiff bridge bantam, Mar 17, 2026
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  7. Kevin1954

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    Hull City back in the day ;) We all know what happened then?
     
    #227 Kevin1954, Mar 17, 2026
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  8. Interested Bystander

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    I'd suggest they don't really know yet, I maybe wrong, but ...........
     
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  9. Stafford Bantam

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    There's an 'easy' answer for the Club, if there is an occasional match that requires them to move those in Midland Road block E, and that is to offer all season ticket holders in block E a secondary 'allocated' seat in the upper rows of the North West Corner.

    Not a perfect solution, I admit but, as those seats in the North West Corner are not made available for season tickets, it is a very straightforward solution, that impacts as few people as possible.

    That said, it isn't easy for any of us to put forward ideas, when we don't fully understand what the Club is trying to achieve and the constraints (safety, policing/stewarding) that the Club will have to operate within.

    Logic suggests that, as our home attendances are growing, the Club are planning to limit away allocations to the minimum allowed (2,000 for League matches; more for cup matches) but, until the Club reveals more, we don't know for certain.
     
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  10. Interested Bystander

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    Adrian Durham, you've been found out
     
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  11. Dennis

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    No club which respects its own loyal fans would do that. It would be on a par with the club giving away the entirety of the MR stand to the away supporters in a play-off game we needed to win. As if they'd do that!

    Oh wait ....
     
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  12. Rogered Tart

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    Come and sit with the cool kids in C Block monkey, always seats empty round us even though they never come up for sale.....
     
    #232 Rogered Tart, Mar 17, 2026
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  13. Loyalbantam

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    Sounds feasible on the occasions where MR are moved. Get to the ground and in your seat early if you want your usual spot.
    It was unreserved at Wigan with 4600 fans there. It worked.
     
    #233 Loyalbantam, Mar 17, 2026
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    “Testing the waters” is the closest anology I can think of ?
     
    #234 Kevin1954, Mar 17, 2026
  15. Interested Bystander

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    more likely Ticketmaster sales team trying to flog additional modules
     
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    I must be missing something. Let's say for arguments sake Block E in the main stand has 1000 seats, 950 of which belong to season ticket holders. We then get 300 refugeess from the Midland road so potentially 1250 people fighting for 1000 seats???
     
    #236 ahar964, Mar 17, 2026
  17. Loyalbantam

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    Or put away fans in NW corner. Yes I know they tried it with Man U 25 years ago but they didn’t segregate properly on that occasion.
     
    #237 Loyalbantam, Mar 17, 2026
  18. Loyalbantam

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    You’re missing the critical bit that there’s normally more than 300 empty seats in the main stand. Take a look tonight it will be closer to 1000. I’ll take you a photo at 7.50pm
     
    #238 Loyalbantam, Mar 17, 2026
  19. Rogered Tart

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    What no 'youre in my seat'? Booooo
     
    #239 Rogered Tart, Mar 17, 2026
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  20. Dennis

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    The simplest solution would still be to accommodate away fans in the TL Dallas stand and in addition, retain blocks F & G in the MR for them. In total that would far exceed the 2,000 away seats required by the EFL
     
    #240 Dennis, Mar 17, 2026
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