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FCUM fans considering an official boycott on 27th
- Thread starter kingcole
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Why? Because a bloke on a forum said so?
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
I don't think you quite read that correctly. The point is, at Withdean with the small nature of the stands involved, segregation within a single stand is not an option.
deletebeepbeepbeep
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- May 12, 2009
- 21,637
I expect the stewarding crew (i.e. the enemy of fun) have had something to do with this. They couldn't cope with Woking fans singing and enjoying themselves so god knows how they'd handle 2,000 FC United fans trying to have fun.
1st time your team gets to the 1st round of the fa cup, you play league 1 team away, you win and (in yhe eyes of the police) invade the pitch. Fact.
1st time your team reaches 2nd round of the fa cup, you are drawn away at the other end of the country against another league 1 team.
I can see why the police may have doubts about the possibility that some of your fans may possibly come down here and cause trouble. I'm not saying ALL of your fans, but possibly SOME and on that basis you should look a little closer to home ad to why you have "only" been allocated 845 seats.
Also there is only one set of turnstiles for each stand.
Worked ok for Woking, though.
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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Not really IMO.
LB has posted the question on ATC, and while other questions have been answered, that one remains unanswered.
deletebeepbeepbeep
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- May 12, 2009
- 21,637
But yet we've managed it previously. Just give them the west stand and away stand, get some competent stewards who can calm things down when it gets a bit rowdy and people start to stand up, job done and everyones happy. This situation is pathetic from Brighton.
i bet we wouldn't have had this vitriol and needle on here if we'd be drawn against AFC wimbledon.
let's not lose sight of the key issue... we have been drawn at home to the lowest ranked team left in the competition, a team who whitehawk would probably beat. So it's a great chance for the fringe players to score a few and boost their confidence, and guarantees us a place in the third round. which is great.
let's not lose sight of the key issue... we have been drawn at home to the lowest ranked team left in the competition, a team who whitehawk would probably beat. So it's a great chance for the fringe players to score a few and boost their confidence, and guarantees us a place in the third round. which is great.
Let's see how they cope with a few hundred reds jumping the fence
Love the rave emoticon by the way!
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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Wrong. Before what was the Away Stand was built (what is now the Family Stand) Away fans were housed in the North Stand at Withdean.
Superphil
Dismember
You've not been round here long have you? On this forum, some blokes know FACTS, and woebetide anyone who would rather wait for an official announcement.
We were of course TOLD that loads of Brighton fans would be in the away end at Woking on Tuesday night, and that we needed at least another 500 tickets minimum to cope with the demand, yeah, right.
No, Woking had the West and East stands. I don't believe there was any intra-stand segregation.
And to the others - yes, before the West stand was built, we did segregate as there was little other option when it came to accommodating increased numbers of away fans. But since we've had the West stand, has that happened?
Bwian
Kiss my (_!_)
- Jul 14, 2003
- 15,898
Do you go to Withdean? If you do then you'll know our entrances are quite different to other grounds. For example, how would away fans get to blocks H and J or the western sections of the North Stand if they were given those sections?
Other grounds can have visiting fans enter the same stand(s) as the home fans, directing them to their segregated sections with relative ease and without coming into contact with the home fans. It can't work at Withdean.
Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
- 11,033
I don't think the ticket allocation is THAT bad, but it was basic common sense that they might want 1,500, and why not let them have them. Not to do so was always going to risk a huge and uneccessary PR own goal.
The police should have A say, not THE say if what they are proposing is clearly wrong. And as someone said, if they really don't think they can handle 1,500 FCU fans, they need a sharp wake-up call. They've obviously had it too easy for years down here.
The police should have A say, not THE say if what they are proposing is clearly wrong. And as someone said, if they really don't think they can handle 1,500 FCU fans, they need a sharp wake-up call. They've obviously had it too easy for years down here.
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
You could quite easily have the H & J blocks entering from the usual away fans entrance and directing them across the running track without coming into contact with any Brighton fans.