Billy the Fish
Technocrat
Since tickets went onsale I've heard people describe the seats in the middle blocks as the "good seats" and seats everywhere else as the "bad seats".
When I was booking my ticket I had a chat with the girl about where the biggest demand was, and she told me of a group who went in the first week of February and were pissed off because they couldn't get in the front two rows of the west upper on the halfway line. She offered them 5 or 6 rows back in block C but they were no good apparently.
When you think about it logically it makes very little difference for evey block, except mabye for thos in the extreme corners.
The pitch is 105 yards long so if you're on the halfway line (i'm ignoring the height and depth for this example, assume it's the same for both seats) the furthest you'll be looking is 52.5 yards if the ball's at either end.
A person sitting in B block will have roughly 30 extra yards to see the ball at it's furthest point, and block A an extra 50.
I'll accept that Block A could make a tangable difference for some if the ball is at the far end, but for people who think having to make their eyes see an extra 30 yards away is really bad I'd suggest a trip to the opticians is more important than a seat on the halfway line.
Can someone who thinks like this please explain it to me?
I've nicked Notters' block layout to help illustrate my point.
View attachment blocks.bmp
When I was booking my ticket I had a chat with the girl about where the biggest demand was, and she told me of a group who went in the first week of February and were pissed off because they couldn't get in the front two rows of the west upper on the halfway line. She offered them 5 or 6 rows back in block C but they were no good apparently.
When you think about it logically it makes very little difference for evey block, except mabye for thos in the extreme corners.
The pitch is 105 yards long so if you're on the halfway line (i'm ignoring the height and depth for this example, assume it's the same for both seats) the furthest you'll be looking is 52.5 yards if the ball's at either end.
A person sitting in B block will have roughly 30 extra yards to see the ball at it's furthest point, and block A an extra 50.
I'll accept that Block A could make a tangable difference for some if the ball is at the far end, but for people who think having to make their eyes see an extra 30 yards away is really bad I'd suggest a trip to the opticians is more important than a seat on the halfway line.
Can someone who thinks like this please explain it to me?
I've nicked Notters' block layout to help illustrate my point.
View attachment blocks.bmp