Most liked posts in thread: North West Corner - Officially the Family Stand from 2019/20

Hi,

We can’t use the TL Dallas stand because EFL rules stipulate that 10% of the capacity has to be allocated to away fans. So they have TL Dallas if needed and the blocks in Midland Road. I know this is daft given we’re in division 2.

The BCFC Community Foundation give out discounted tickets to primary schools to encourage the fans of tomorrow and build the profile of the club on the local area.

The run pre school and after school clubs and Help over 100 schools each year helping 20,000 kids.

A supporters board member confirmed that she started following City after coming to a game following a school initiative.

These are slow burn programmes that are vital to the long term future of the club

 

Hi Stevay, you're spot on. If the timing had fallen differently we would have done this ahead of marketing season tickets.

The EFL Fan Excellence Survey's don't get published until March.

I and Isobel Pitts met with the EFL and other clubs to review the findings in late March and then discussed the matter at the next supporter's board meeting in April to get supporter group feedback.

It was felt that taking action now was better than holding off for another year because of the benefits.

 

Yeah god forbid City trying to get people interested in football, christ what a travesty.

 

Or maybe catching up with 56 other EFL clubs

 

In the middle of the kids

 

Disagree Andy. When the stadium has over 18k in it and are cheering on a successful side, it is very loud. It can be heard down in the centre of town. I’ve been to stadia where we are close to the pitch, but it doesn’t mean the volume travels any more.

Players often comment that they can hear us when we are cheering the boys on. Sadly, over the last 18mths we’ve had very little to cheer. I certainly wouldn’t be happy if the K-Block Bantams moved to the lower NW corner

 

At least they're giving people the chance to move for free, but surely this could have been announced at the same time as season tickets went on sale, can't be that long a process to decide "yeah use that one for it"

 

Could they have not just gone in the TL Dallas, seems a more practical idea. I moved out of the NWC last month due to being constantly surrounded by freebies with no interest in the footy or watching their kids.
A few hundred in the dallas every week stops that end looking completely pointless, gives an impression of home fans behind both ends, and would have prevented the faff of those who bought early for the NWC now having to find seating now most of the best available seats at renewal time have been cherry picked. Poor do for them

 

The clubs all for singing sections great. Win some games the stadium will rock.

 

Haven’t the K Block been contacting the club for about a season requesting to go where you’ve put the family section? Seems to have fallen on deaf ears from what I’ve seen and heard. In fact I’d say they’ve been ignored and got nothing but silence from the club and supporters board on this matter - see Twitter. Surely would have been better off sticking the singers in NWC and keeping the family stand Midland Road? Both win then, instead the singers are stuck up the top of the Kop unseen and out of the way.

 

I thought k block was where you go for a sing song?

 

I'm not moving for anyone

 

Evening Glenn. Where will this now place Disabled wheel chair users ?

 

I personally think Family stands work well in the lower leagues when you have spare capacity in the ground. If the rest of the ground is full where do the families move to when their kids grow up?

 

Hi Ronnie,

The entrance to the lower block of the Family Stand has a large allocation of spaces for wheelchair users and this provision will remain in place.

In reality, the composition of the stand will not be markedly changed. It's previously being used as a 'Community Stand' for schools kids and the ticket office have encouraged those enquiring about the most suitable family area to locate there.

I know that the Bradford City FC Disability Team has lots of families who attend and they already all sit in the lower block.

So there will not much difference in terms of people taking up seats in this area, it's just that it's clearly marked for new and existing fans.

I hope this helps.

Glenn

 

Hi BantamLad,

I'm all for 'Singing Sections'

I know that we have the drum and K-Block Bantams but if we can do anything to improve the atmosphere, I'm all for it.

This topic best placed in the hands of the Supporters Board because they have lots of supporter groups with a range of ideas.

They're meeting on the 3rd June, so I'll ask Adam Baker (Chairperson) to add it to the agenda.

Many thanks,

Glenn

 

The acoustics under the roof of the Kop is much better than the sound it would generate out in the NW corner. I sit in the upper Kop and I’ve not requested to go sit elsewhere?

Don’t understand why we’d want to move and lose some noise, just “to be seen”

 

More likely to be more controlled in NWC as well as others close by may complain about noise, language etc