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will you sit in your allocated seat at West Ham ?
- Thread starter challengechappers
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Kylies Stunt Arse
What?
Buzzer said:
That must be his problem, he's jealous cos some schools have broken up already!
Statto
007
junior said:Hopefully i'll get a ticket,and if i do im going to try and sit where i want to.I dont go allong with all this "correct seats" buisness.
If its clear that loads of people are sitting where they want on the day,and then some spanner comes and tells me "excuse me,they're our seats" etc,i will have the usual argument
Couldnt have put it better myself.
Assuming i get my ticket.
Marty McFly
Seagulls Over Canada
I broke up on Friday. I celebrated by going on a marathon pissup. So, HA!
If I have tickets where I sit will depend how much they cost
*errrr - does that make sense ?
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If I have tickets where I sit will depend how much they cost
*errrr - does that make sense ?
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challengechappers
New member
- Sep 14, 2005
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junior said:Hopefully i'll get a ticket,and if i do im going to try and sit where i want to.I dont go allong with all this "correct seats" buisness.
If its clear that loads of people are sitting where they want on the day,and then some spanner comes and tells me "excuse me,they're our seats" etc,i will have the usual argument
i don't really care about getting the actual allocated seat but three times at watford we tried to get to a seat & had the old "you aint f***ing sitting here mate". i just want to sit amongst fans who sing and shout and have a joke with their neighbour whether they know them or not. albion away experiences were like that in my early days but recent years it's seems to have evaporated (but then as i say i haven't been as much, so please correct me if i'm wrong). i had a laugh at recent trips to smellhurst but the people around us both times weren't even albion fans they just came because they knew it would be an electric atmosphere.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
It all comes down to MATHEMATICS.
When there are a fair number of unsold seats (like the Watford example), it really doesn't matter whether people go in their allocated seat.
When EVERY seat has been sold (like Withdean when we had a capacity of 5,000 and were pushing for promotion - or like the Cardiff final, or West Ham or Spurs in the Cup), "go where you like" will inevitably mean that some people arriving in the last 15 minutes will have difficulty finding a space to fit the size of the group that they have arrived with, and, in the last 5 minutes before kick-off there will INEVITABLY be groups of supporters who will have real difficulty finding a space.
This is especially so in grounds like West Ham, where the allocated spaces are on several tiers, or divided by barriers within the same tier.
The stewards are employed to stop problems arising. I have every expectation that they will apply the same rule that they did at today's sold-out ManUre game - and I expect that was an insistence that people sat in the seat that was identified on the ticket.
It's the same mathematics as governs pouring beer into a glass. It doesn;t matter how you pour a half-pint bottle into a pint glass. But you have to be very careful if it's a pint bottle going into that glass.
When there are a fair number of unsold seats (like the Watford example), it really doesn't matter whether people go in their allocated seat.
When EVERY seat has been sold (like Withdean when we had a capacity of 5,000 and were pushing for promotion - or like the Cardiff final, or West Ham or Spurs in the Cup), "go where you like" will inevitably mean that some people arriving in the last 15 minutes will have difficulty finding a space to fit the size of the group that they have arrived with, and, in the last 5 minutes before kick-off there will INEVITABLY be groups of supporters who will have real difficulty finding a space.
This is especially so in grounds like West Ham, where the allocated spaces are on several tiers, or divided by barriers within the same tier.
The stewards are employed to stop problems arising. I have every expectation that they will apply the same rule that they did at today's sold-out ManUre game - and I expect that was an insistence that people sat in the seat that was identified on the ticket.
It's the same mathematics as governs pouring beer into a glass. It doesn;t matter how you pour a half-pint bottle into a pint glass. But you have to be very careful if it's a pint bottle going into that glass.
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surrey jim
Not in Surrey
no, i'll sit where i like and tell you to f@@k off
parks
Active member
junior said:Hopefully i'll get a ticket,and if i do im going to try and sit where i want to.I dont go allong with all this "correct seats" buisness.
If its clear that loads of people are sitting where they want on the day,and then some spanner comes and tells me "excuse me,they're our seats" etc,i will have the usual argument
Your hard!
surrey jim said:
How very grown up of you.
Try reading Lord B's post and try to be a little more considerate.
I will be arriving with two kids. If you are in my son's seat and tell him to sit somewhere else, I will not be a happy bunny.
The only time I've moved from my allocated seat was at Grimsby, where we had seats right in the centre behind the goal. The kids (who were about 7 and 5 at the time) couldn't see because everyone was stood up (as I'd expected), so we went to the corner where the view wasn't as good for me but they could see. Someone actually asked us to move out of their seats there! We complied, and managed to find some others in the row behind.
It's really not difficult to sit where your ticket tells you to when it's a sell out, and nobody will convince me otherwise. It is simple consideration for others. Just like sitting down when you have young, old, short or infirm people behind you.
We all loved and preferred the terraces, I'm sure, but the terrace mentality just doesn't work in all seater stadia.
Djmiles
Barndoor Holroyd
Had 1 guy at Coventry who told me to move, there wasnt anything that special about that seat and there were plenty of others seats, but he insisted he sat there.
Now if he had payed extra for that seat, or if it was a sell out then fine.
Now if he had payed extra for that seat, or if it was a sell out then fine.
Happy Seagull
Barca Cule
It's easy saying sit in the seat on your ticket. But not so good if it means not sitting with your mates.
clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
fatboy said:
Another one looking for a black eye are you? If you are in my seat then you will soon be looking for another!
clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
Happy Seagull said:
Should have applied together then
London Irish
Well-known member
So, basically, summing up this thread, if you sit in someone's else's seat, you'll be told to f*** off, and if you try and move someone sitting in your seat, you'll be told to f*** off. Recipe for an entertaining day out then
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
If I get a ticket then I'll sit where it says on the ticket. If there is someone in that seat then I won't make a fuss, I'll just stand somewhere else. If someone then makes a fuss because I'm in their seat, I will tell them to f*** off.
mona
The Glory Game
No problems. STHs who went to the Northwich and Stafford games will be sitting with the Irons anyway.