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Post by SouthStandShrew on Mar 21, 2019 16:07:20 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2019 17:32:06 GMT 1
Team need the fans behind them to get over the line. Home advantage in games against average sides like Sc***horpe, Oxford and Walsall could make a difference so credit where it’s due to the club to try and fill the place out a little more.
On the other hand, if performances continue like last weekend, it could be a bad idea having more fans making their feelings known!
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Post by SamHarvey on Mar 21, 2019 17:33:48 GMT 1
Superb offers. Glad we’re tryingto do something to get extra fans in. All big games now after all. Well done salop
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Mar 21, 2019 17:49:36 GMT 1
“Safe Standing has made a real difference to the atmosphere in the stadium and with it being just £5 for the Sc***horpe game I would hope it will be full."
I really, really, really hope so too. What's not to like about this offer!! This is now the chance to show what the safe standing should be about. Cheaper tickets, full and right behind the lads with a fair bit of noise. Do hope its packed...
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Post by Feedo Gnasher on Mar 21, 2019 21:56:13 GMT 1
Excellent offers, the club really should be shouting these from the rooftops.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2019 0:26:54 GMT 1
Great offer that salop - positive push from the club.
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Post by Pilch on Mar 22, 2019 7:50:12 GMT 1
I know one or two season ticket holders sometimes get 'wound up' by these offers personally I don't, I agree with all comments so far
maybe the club could look at a doing a offer for season ticket holders only, maybe like Sky where you get something for recommending a friend
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recommend a new season ticket holder and you both get £20 back or something or they buy a season ticket again I probably wouldn't be arsed but i'm sure there would be a few dragging mates into the joys of stfc ;-)
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Post by WATR on Mar 25, 2019 15:15:45 GMT 1
Bump.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2019 17:43:50 GMT 1
Really surprised at how many tickets are left in safe standing for the Sc***horpe game. I know it’s a while away yet but when the £5 ticket offer came in I grabbed four straight away expecting them to go pretty quickly. It’s been a poor season but safe standing is a good way to watch the game and you’ll never get it cheaper then a fiver, thought they’d have been mostly gone by now.
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on Mar 25, 2019 20:39:13 GMT 1
Really surprised at how many tickets are left in safe standing for the Sc***horpe game. I know it’s a while away yet but when the £5 ticket offer came in I grabbed four straight away expecting them to go pretty quickly. It’s been a poor season but safe standing is a good way to watch the game and you’ll never get it cheaper then a fiver, thought they’d have been mostly gone by now.
I did exactly the same
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Post by Pilch on Mar 25, 2019 20:46:18 GMT 1
Really surprised at how many tickets are left in safe standing for the Sc***horpe game. I know it’s a while away yet but when the £5 ticket offer came in I grabbed four straight away expecting them to go pretty quickly. It’s been a poor season but safe standing is a good way to watch the game and you’ll never get it cheaper then a fiver, thought they’d have been mostly gone by now. perhaps they are worried about being in amongst possible negative vibes
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Post by londonshrew75 on Mar 25, 2019 22:51:40 GMT 1
Well these are offers that have been the best yet and if we don't take full advantage as fans then we don't really deserve to be in this division. Walsall will sell out anyway, so Brian has been a tad generous there. I wonder if he's got the Wolves game on his mind regarding the problems with away fans in home areas ?
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Post by Chief Inspector Swan on Mar 25, 2019 23:38:24 GMT 1
Well these are offers that have been the best yet and if we don't take full advantage as fans then we don't really deserve to be in this division. Walsall will sell out anyway, so Brian has been a tad generous there. I wonder if he's got the Wolves game on his mind regarding the problems with away fans in home areas ? Hello can you edit this please. It isn’t excoriating towards the football club and I wouldn’t like to think you’ve gone soft.
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Post by markievw on Mar 26, 2019 2:08:53 GMT 1
You would have to pay me to watch that s**te this season.!!! LOL. Only joking. They are very good offers.
I have also taken up the standing ticket offer
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2019 9:08:09 GMT 1
Well these are offers that have been the best yet and if we don't take full advantage as fans then we don't really deserve to be in this division. Walsall will sell out anyway, so Brian has been a tad generous there. I wonder if he's got the Wolves game on his mind regarding the problems with away fans in home areas ? Hello can you edit this please. It isn’t excoriating towards the football club and I wouldn’t like to think you’ve gone soft. Case for identity fraud?
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Apr 9, 2019 13:40:46 GMT 1
Yet another offer from the club for the Oxford game... Oxford & Walsall Ticket Offers
Just out of interest, was there a marked improvement on the noise and atmosphere at the Sunny game with the standing area full?
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Post by davycrockett on Apr 9, 2019 14:26:11 GMT 1
Yet another offer from the club for the Oxford game... Oxford & Walsall Ticket Offers
Just out of interest, was there a marked improvement on the noise and atmosphere at the Sunny game with the standing area full? The ongoing problem with Safe Standing is the atmosphere doesn’t spread over the whole stand. because the drum and flags are positioned way over to one side the atmosphere and being part of it is concentrated to Blocks 8 / 9 /10..... No flags allowed in block 10, 11 and 12 so just not part of it...... Apparantly the club agreed not to have flags due to the disabled platform but this has stopped the atmosphere spreading. I don’t know if this is going to be the same next year or could the disabled areas be classified as Main Stand for those that want a quieter area and South stand for those that want noise and flags. Could be argued this would treat everyone equally .... Needs looking at before ne t season really. PS I’m in block 10 on where it joins 11 and there’s pretty well no ‘joining in’ in 11 and 12 ....
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Apr 9, 2019 14:58:01 GMT 1
Yet another offer from the club for the Oxford game... Oxford & Walsall Ticket Offers
Just out of interest, was there a marked improvement on the noise and atmosphere at the Sunny game with the standing area full? The ongoing problem with Safe Standing is the atmosphere doesn’t spread over the whole stand. because the drum and flags are positioned way over to one side the atmosphere and being part of it is concentrated to Blocks 8 / 9 /10..... No flags allowed in block 10, 11 and 12 so just not part of it...... Apparantly the club agreed not to have flags due to the disabled platform but this has stopped the atmosphere spreading. I don’t know if this is going to be the same next year or could the disabled areas be classified as Main Stand for those that want a quieter area and South stand for those that want noise and flags. Could be argued this would treat everyone equally .... Needs looking at before ne t season really. PS I’m in block 10 on where it joins 11 and there’s pretty well no ‘joining in’ in 11 and 12 .... I just wonder whether there will be any future plans to increase the standing area. Move it down further so it comes together more. Not entirely sure if this has even been thought about, whether what we have now is the end of it or whether it was the intention to have the complete South Stand standing. I mean now its in place, now it looks a 'go' I would hope they would expand on it...
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Post by Valerioch on Apr 9, 2019 15:12:45 GMT 1
The ongoing problem with Safe Standing is the atmosphere doesn’t spread over the whole stand. because the drum and flags are positioned way over to one side the atmosphere and being part of it is concentrated to Blocks 8 / 9 /10..... No flags allowed in block 10, 11 and 12 so just not part of it...... Apparantly the club agreed not to have flags due to the disabled platform but this has stopped the atmosphere spreading. I don’t know if this is going to be the same next year or could the disabled areas be classified as Main Stand for those that want a quieter area and South stand for those that want noise and flags. Could be argued this would treat everyone equally .... Needs looking at before ne t season really. PS I’m in block 10 on where it joins 11 and there’s pretty well no ‘joining in’ in 11 and 12 .... I just wonder whether there will be any future plans to increase the standing area. Move it down further so it comes together more. Not entirely sure if this has even been thought about, whether what we have now is the end of it or whether it was the intention to have the complete South Stand standing. I mean now its in place, now it looks a 'go' I would hope they would expand on it... Supply and demand isn’t it It doesn’t sell out most games, so why extend it, at a cost to the club? I expect that will be the attitude Agree with the comments that is doesn’t spread at all down blocks 11 and 12. For what it’s worth, I thought it was a decent atmosphere for a pretty drab and slow game. Especially when you think the reverse fixture at Glanford Park they literally do not make a sound. And didnt make a sound in the away end on Saturday either
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Apr 9, 2019 15:21:08 GMT 1
I just wonder whether there will be any future plans to increase the standing area. Move it down further so it comes together more. Not entirely sure if this has even been thought about, whether what we have now is the end of it or whether it was the intention to have the complete South Stand standing. I mean now its in place, now it looks a 'go' I would hope they would expand on it... Supply and demand isn’t it It doesn’t sell out most games, so why extend it, at a cost to the club? I expect that will be the attitude Probably yeah but hopefully it wouldn't have gone unnoticed that when it was cheaper it was full. I wouldn't expect a great deal of movement from the seats to standing if you are going to charge the same for a ticket. If you were to make it cheaper however, then it might not only mean some moving from the seats to standing but may encourage others to attend if it was more affordable. From looking to the rules on such things the club could make it cheaper to stand, they could make an effort to make football more affordable for those in the area, that could mean the demand is there to be tapped into...
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Post by FloreatShrew on Apr 9, 2019 16:52:38 GMT 1
Yet another offer from the club for the Oxford game... Oxford & Walsall Ticket Offers
Just out of interest, was there a marked improvement on the noise and atmosphere at the Sunny game with the standing area full? I had a mouthy idiot who couldn't stop himself from shouting clueless or asking where the quality was every second of the match. That and manic hand gestures as if he was the manager up in block nine. Don't mind being negative at all, but give reason and change the record. It's Salop not Barça.. He'd not been since Askey and tbf it showed.
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Post by LetchworthShrew on Apr 9, 2019 19:00:50 GMT 1
Yet another offer from the club for the Oxford game... Oxford & Walsall Ticket Offers
Just out of interest, was there a marked improvement on the noise and atmosphere at the Sunny game with the standing area full? Even though Standing sold out it wasn't entirely full. I was in Block 9 in last "seat" next to 8 and there was a block of 4-5 spaces in row in front of me and another 4-5 to my left. I guess they were bought by people to get cheap tickets who then sat in the seats in front.
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Post by WATR on Apr 9, 2019 21:58:56 GMT 1
Apologies for dragging the thread off topic, but davycrockett raises a number of interesting points in his post. As somebody who's been pretty involved with all things atmosphere related in block 9 season, I'd like to add a few points.
1. The drum. The drum is the natural epicentre of the most vocal support, so why is stuck at the "far end" of block 9? Basically this goes back to when we first moved the safe standing section. This was a solid row of approximately 10 seats with no existing season tickets and we bought this section up so as to avoid having random people stuck in the middle of us, after all, we still want to stand next to our mates, the drum has just ended up in the seat of the person playing it. Therefore, there is scope to move the drum closer to the middle of the stand, but this can only be done to a certain point before it would be in the seat of somebody who isn't happy to relocate to allow it to happen. Moving to block 10 isn't really an option given the amount of existing season tickets there, meaning we'd all become split up.
In conclusion, the drum should, and will be moved, closer to the middle of the stand, but is likely to remain in block 9.
2. The Flags The flag displays are something that was tentatively attempted in block 19 last season, and were a total failure but seems to have now caught on in block 9. The flags are a mixture of ones paid for by fans ourselves, and some paid for by the club (thanks to the excellent lobbying of Mike and Roger). The reason that they are distributed in block 9 only is a combination of two things, firstly, that unfortunately people have a habit of taking them home as souvenirs (which is very annoying if it's a flag you've paid for yourself!) and therefore it makes it much easier to keep tabs on them if they stay in one block. Secondly, given the limited (and ever decreasing) number of flags, dishing them out beyond block 9 serves to dilute the effect somewhat. The additional foil flags (again supplied by the club at our request thanks to Roger and Mike) are good for one offs, but obviously have a limited shelf life. I don't think that there's any reason why flags like the ones we have in block 9 shouldn't be used in blocks 10, 11 and 12, and that this unofficial rule was based on the assumption we'd be bringing much larger flags like the ones you see on Liverpool's Kop (indeed with was what we originally intended).
In conclusion, we will set a crowd-funder to fund more flags beyond block 9 as well as one off displays, publicise that flags shouldn't be pinched from the ground, and get some bigger flags for areas which don't obstruct the disabled section. Supporters across the whole of the stand shouldn't be put off bring their own flags, and should be actively encouraged to do so.
Blocks 11 and 12 This is a tricky one but ultimately it is a thin slither of standing in between a disabled section and mostly empty seats. Moving the drum and giving people flags might help, but ultimately it's up to people whether they join in singing.
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Post by FloreatShrew on Apr 9, 2019 22:15:22 GMT 1
2. The FlagsThe flag displays are something that was tentatively attempted in block 19 last season, and were a total failure but seems to have now caught on in block 9. The flags are a mixture of ones paid for by fans ourselves, and some paid for by the club (thanks to the excellent lobbying of Mike and Roger). The reason that they are distributed in block 9 only is a combination of two things, firstly, that unfortunately people have a habit of taking them home as souvenirs (which is very annoying if it's a flag you've paid for yourself!) and therefore it makes it much easier to keep tabs on them if they stay in one block. Secondly, given the limited (and ever decreasing) number of flags, dishing them out beyond block 9 serves to dilute the effect somewhat. The additional foil flags (again supplied by the club at our request thanks to Roger and Mike) are good for one offs, but obviously have a limited shelf life. I don't think that there's any reason why flags like the ones we have in block 9 shouldn't be used in blocks 10, 11 and 12, and that this unofficial rule was based on the assumption we'd be bringing much larger flags like the ones you see on Liverpool's Kop (indeed with was what we originally intended). In conclusion, we will set a crowd-funder to fund more flags beyond block 9 as well as one off displays, publicise that flags shouldn't be pinched from the ground, and get some bigger flags for areas which don't obstruct the disabled section. Supporters across the whole of the stand shouldn't be put off bring their own flags, and should be actively encouraged to do so. Is there any safety things we need to know before buying flags ourselves?
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Post by WATR on Apr 9, 2019 22:34:52 GMT 1
Is there any safety things we need to know before buying flags ourselves? Not as far as I am aware. Never had any questions asked about the ones we bring, the largest of which are 5" by 3" with 1m flag-poles.
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Post by FloreatShrew on Apr 9, 2019 22:42:27 GMT 1
Shrewsbury, MA flag bought then!
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