Our away end is full of

[The Clamp]

I bet you've got loads of mates
regards
DR

Some. Not loads.

 

[Puppet Master]

I prefer away games being sit where you like - you don't actually select the seats in the same way we do for home games, you get allocated them randomly anyway. This means the singers and vocal types can go back and centre and create away atmosphere, everyone else can select a suitable place for their group, ie elderly and families with kids might prefer towards the front etc - whats the problem?

Exactly this.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Bill and Ben the flower pot men
regards
DR

Well he won't be sitting anywhere near you that's almost a given

 

[LamieRobertson]

Not happy with away fan behaviour recently myself but totally disagree with this. Sitting in the allocated seats is a big part of the problem. Some of the other posts on here have persuaded me that the reason I felt things used to be better (and I've been to a lot of away games) is that I could easily steer clear of the twats. Now you just get lumbered with whoever. If people sit where they like, the muppets are magnetically drawn either right behind the goal or close to the away fans, leaving everywhere else for the other 99% who want to watch the football (Plenty of non-muppets too in those other areas too, of course). On top of that, must say I prefer the fairness of 'sit where you like'. Nothing worse than finding a decent spot 30 minutes before kick-off and someone strolls in at 2.59 insisting it's their spot. It also gets round the problem that those who buy earliest always seem to get the worst allocated seats as it seems all clubs sell from the margins inwards/upwards/downwards.

Hoping to get a ticket for the game at Burton Albion one of the main reasons being that it's standing and you get a choice

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Well he won't be sitting anywhere near you that's almost a given

Another reason I dont go the Amex ,I bet he's got the grass hotline on speed dial ,shame football has gone down this line
regards
DR

 

[ATFC Seagull]

Not happy with away fan behaviour recently myself but totally disagree with this. Sitting in the allocated seats is a big part of the problem. Some of the other posts on here have persuaded me that the reason I felt things used to be better (and I've been to a lot of away games) is that I could easily steer clear of the twats. Now you just get lumbered with whoever. If people sit where they like, the muppets are magnetically drawn either right behind the goal or close to the away fans, leaving everywhere else for the other 99% who want to watch the football (Plenty of non-muppets too in those other areas too, of course). On top of that, must say I prefer the fairness of 'sit where you like'. Nothing worse than finding a decent spot 30 minutes before kick-off and someone strolls in at 2.59 insisting it's their spot. It also gets round the problem that those who buy earliest always seem to get the worst allocated seats as it seems all clubs sell from the margins inwards/upwards/downwards.

There's (what at least seems to me) a very simple solution here which I've been advocating for years. When you buy away tickets you select whether you'd prefer to be nearer the back or nearer the front. If you choose nearer the back, you do so aware that people may well be standing/singing/being a little more boisterous. When the club receive the tickets everyone is in two piles - one get their seats allocated from the back working forwards, the other from the front working backwards (or just do all the "front" ones or "back" ones first). There'd obviously still be that area where the two meet, but you'd have a lot less problems.

I'm sure I'm missing the obvious reason why this can't be done.

 

[pearl]

There's (what at least seems to me) a very simple solution here which I've been advocating for years. When you buy away tickets you select whether you'd prefer to be nearer the back or nearer the front. If you choose nearer the back, you do so aware that people may well be standing/singing/being a little more boisterous. When the club receive the tickets everyone is in two piles - one get their seats allocated from the back working forwards, the other from the front working backwards (or just do all the "front" ones or "back" ones first). There'd obviously still be that area where the two meet, but you'd have a lot less problems.

I'm sure I'm missing the obvious reason why this can't be done.

or have a line of stewards between the bad boys at the back and the others down the front

 

[Nixonator]

or have a line of stewards between the bad boys at the back and the others down the front

yea segregate our own crowd, genius