I'm alright Jack f*** everyone else

[1966_and_all_that]

Why dont people just stay seated and sing from the seat. That would work for everyone....its so simple.

Young people need to be noticed. They feel that standing and singing / shouting / gesticulating gets them the attention they crave. If you watch them you'll notice some of them furtively looking around to check that they are being watched. They'll grow out of it, to be replaced by the next generation.

 

[BFC_BFC_BFC]

I’m a little bit shocked at the lack of any empathy for our less mobile fans. There doesn’t seem to be much ‘working with them’ on a fan level.

There maybe a time when any one of us can‘t stand for 90 minutes and it maybe sooner than we think

Be nice to stop the them versus us attitude and work with them a bit more maybe, or at least not immediately shun any idea that helps them out a little.

I’ve certainly no problem with an area being organised for people who need to sit down at all.

The main problem from my perspective was that if we do promise or “guarantee” people a seated area, as the SLO said, that the systems are in place at our end and at the other Club as well as people being given appropriate advice.

At the time of the original post, the Club’s online tickets sales did not have a way to differentiate, there was no advice for sitters to arrive in good time and awareness would be limited.

The concern then is that those people end up even more angry, aggravated and annoyed when what they had been promised doesn’t transpire, causing a potential flashpoint.

 

[briar]

I’m a little bit shocked at the lack of any empathy for our less mobile fans. There doesn’t seem to be much ‘working with them’ on a fan level.

There maybe a time when any one of us can‘t stand for 90 minutes and it maybe sooner than we think

Be nice to stop the them versus us attitude and work with them a bit more maybe, or at least not immediately shun any idea that helps them out a little.

The voice of reason

 

[Philbfctrois]

The voice of reason

Not really as she is suggesting people are being selfish etc and that simply isn't the case

 

[Tangerine Tractor]

If only it was that simple Phil.
Unfortunately if you are not in a wheelchair you have to sit in the seat you are given.
I've witnessed it at quite a few clubs.
I've watched some disabled struggle up steps and stewards watching them.
I've appealed but it is the usual answer.
I'm sure clubs can designate certain seated areas for able bodied disabled.

Clubs in general don't allocate seats for ambulant disabled. Last season, Stoke for example just suggested the front of a row, but when we got there it was overwhelmed - they eventually let us in the wheelchair area as an exception. Which worked well, but the seats there are really only for 1 carer per wheelchair user, so if busy there's no room. Swansea have a small tier of seats in groups of two with space for a wheelchair between, which they allocate to ambulant disabled, and it works really well. Huddersfield were effectively disinterested last season. With most clubs,
the official line is you have to sit in your purchased seat, and in many cases you can't choose your seat. The best they could suggest was that the visiting club tried to allocate the end of an aisle.
It's very frustrating in these days when there is supposedly an increased awareness of hidden disabilities.

 

[BFC_BFC_BFC]

Clubs in general don't allocate seats for ambulant disabled. Last season, Stoke for example just suggested the front of a row, but when we got there it was overwhelmed - they eventually let us in the wheelchair area as an exception. Which worked well, but the seats there are really only for 1 carer per wheelchair user, so if busy there's no room. Swansea have a small tier of seats in groups of two with space for a wheelchair between, which they allocate to ambulant disabled, and it works really well. Huddersfield were effectively disinterested last season. With most clubs,
the official line is you have to sit in your purchased seat, and in many cases you can't choose your seat. The best they could suggest was that the visiting club tried to allocate the end of an aisle.
It's very frustrating in these days when there is supposedly an increased awareness of hidden disabilities.

I don’t want to come across as sounding insensitive TT, but surely this is an issue that the Clubs themselves need to address by ensuring areas that are suitable to accommodate certain supporters….

And maybe there also might have to be a certain amount of acceptance on the part of parents that there is also a limit to what can be done to accommodate every child or adult’s specific needs.

Ultimately a football stadium is a noisy and pretty hectic / busy environment generally and that’s simply not going to be a suitable environment for everyone.

 

[Stony Hill]

I'm 104 and i go away and if anybody nicked my seat i would down them.

That’s odd. Your hand writing is very good for your age.

 

[Gods honest truth]

I’m not standing for all this bs on here ,I’ll think I will sit