Once the new East Stand is built.

Sandgrown1

Sandgrown1

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I don’t like the idea of away fans along the pitch side and we need to max the income for the club, so need to allow 4 or 5K away fans here.
So, if we have the East for home fans, we can give the South to away fans.
That way they won’t swap ends if they win the toss and we will get the same away tix for our own fans.
No further need for all that ‘fans with x number of away games’ get first dibs etc.
Away behind the goals is how it should be IMO.
What do you guys reckon?
 
Sandgrown1 said:
I don’t like the idea of away fans along the pitch side and we need to max the income for the club, so need to allow 4 or 5K away fans here.
So, if we have the East for home fans, we can give the South to away fans.
That way they won’t swap ends if they win the toss and we will get the same away tix for our own fans.
No further need for all that ‘fans with x number of away games’ get first dibs etc.
Away behind the goals is how it should be IMO.
What do you guys reckon?
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I suggested that in a discussion on here a while back and park their coaches on Bloomfield Road.
On you pop turn left & fcukoff and see how Lancs plod can mess that up!
 
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Sitting in the East sounds alright until the wind and rain are both coming in off the Irish Sea in December. The bigger you make that stand the more exposed it's going to be. Keep the away fans in there. You can always open the end blocks near the North for home fans if required.... you'd actually be doing fans a favour by building a stand with a low pitched roof on that side. Where are the scratching sheds when you need them?
 
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The sensible and easiest option is for away fans to be in the North. It’s closest to the car parks and gives them easy access to the promenade / town centre where most away fans come from / leave towards. It also minimises mixing with home fans who tend to go the other way.

As it stands the North has the worst facilities and is easily segregated due to the lack of a North East corner and the small tunnel / concourses which means you could split the stand into thirds and give allocations based on demand. Plus you only need to block off seats to one side and maybe a few rows at the rear - so it would be easy to steward.

When the East finally happens our total capacity will reduce to around 12,000 and we’ll have to give 1200-1500 away tickets. Take into account segregation and we’re down to 10,000 home tickets which is actually less than current demand.

The open plan concourse in the South means it can’t be easily segregated and with hospitality, the hotel and club shop etc putting away fans on that side makes zero sense - especially as it would only further reduce useable capacity.

Like it or not, but in the short term and likely in the future the North (or at least 1/3 or 2/3 of it ) will return to Away fans as it’s the only viable option.
 
Sandgrown1 said:
I don’t like the idea of away fans along the pitch side and we need to max the income for the club, so need to allow 4 or 5K away fans here.
So, if we have the East for home fans, we can give the South to away fans.
That way they won’t swap ends if they win the toss and we will get the same away tix for our own fans.
No further need for all that ‘fans with x number of away games’ get first dibs etc.
Away behind the goals is how it should be IMO.
What do you guys reckon?
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From the days when we were little old Blackpool. Before the eighties the home end for the vast majority of games was The Kop!
It's currently the stand with the best atmosphere and is full most games..why change to a stand with a smaller capacity?

The East should be for away fans, lets hope SS builds big with minimum a 5,000 seats, we can offer 3,500 to 4,500.tickets to visiting fans.
 
Tangerine Manc said:
No , south stand like years before home fans went in the new north stand , should stay in south stand
Away end should be north stand
Home fans in east stand
Remember old days when south stand was rocking full

I like away fans to be behind one of the goals , old fashioned that way lol
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No away fans on the Kop.
 
Chunkylad said:
Worked well for our home form this season with them having the East, south section.

If it matters at all?
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It will matter if away fans are all the way down the side of the pitch. I believe we need to allow up to 5K away in so the SE end of the East will not be big enough.
 
Tangerine Manc said:
No , south stand like years before home fans went in the new north stand , should stay in south stand
Away end should be north stand
Home fans in east stand
Remember old days when south stand was rocking full

I like away fans to be behind one of the goals , old fashioned that way lol
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That’s a decent alternative so we’d get the better concourse.
 
Matesrates said:
The north (Kop) should never, ever be for away fans
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Btw, I’m thinking of moving from the hmm “respectful” west stand to the north next season and I’m 81. Need a bit of banter, that’s assuming something significant happens with management and or players, or preferably both.
 
poolseasider said:
I said the season we got promoted.
2010 away fans had block A/B in the North.👍
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That was only the Crystal Palace game when we opened the South wasn't it? I remember sitting in A block for most of the season, then swapping over to X block when the South opened.

There is a video from Bristol City fans filming us on the final day from the East, and the Forest fans were definitely in the East during the 1st leg. It is odd they put the Palace fans there for a game, can't remember whether any more were in the North after that but it definitely returned to away fans in the East at some point.
 
TangerinePeel said:
That was only the Crystal Palace game when we opened the South wasn't it? I remember sitting in A block for most of the season, then swapping over to X block when the South opened.

There is a video from Bristol City fans filming us on the final day from the East, and the Forest fans were definitely in the East during the 1st leg. It is odd they put the Palace fans there for a game, can't remember whether any more were in the North after that but it definitely returned to away fans in the East at some point.
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Definitely against Swansea and I think Doncaster.
 
Sandgrown1 said:
I don’t like the idea of away fans along the pitch side and we need to max the income for the club, so need to allow 4 or 5K away fans here.
So, if we have the East for home fans, we can give the South to away fans.
That way they won’t swap ends if they win the toss and we will get the same away tix for our own fans.
No further need for all that ‘fans with x number of away games’ get first dibs etc.
Away behind the goals is how it should be IMO.
What do you guys reckon?
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Don’t want the sun in my eyes!
 
Sandgrown1 said:
I get what you are saying mate but if we want a bigger transfer war chest each season we need to max the away fans in both numbers and therefore the takings for beer n munchies.
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1000 × £25 × 23 = £575K

That's assuming all teams bring 4K in a season. It's a decent amount but in Championship terms it's probably 1 average player.
 
poolseasider said:
It was for the season we got promoted to the PL.

Love the North but it's dated and the concourse is shocking,having aways in a new shiny stand with better facilities doesn't sit right.

Having the away fans in the North will be easier to Police and they get all the crap.
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The away fans in the PL season were in half of the East Stand.

And away fans in the North/Kop. No, should never be allowed.
 
Bispham_Seasider said:
The away fans in the PL season were in half of the East Stand.

And away fans in the North/Kop. No, should never be allowed.
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Read what I posted -the season we got promoted to the PL which isn't the season in the PL.
And as discussed further up the the thread when the South was opened aways where put in the North block A&B for three games. 👍
 
LA1 Seasider said:
The sensible and easiest option is for away fans to be in the North. It’s closest to the car parks and gives them easy access to the promenade / town centre where most away fans come from / leave towards. It also minimises mixing with home fans who tend to go the other way.

As it stands the North has the worst facilities and is easily segregated due to the lack of a North East corner and the small tunnel / concourses which means you could split the stand into thirds and give allocations based on demand. Plus you only need to block off seats to one side and maybe a few rows at the rear - so it would be easy to steward.

When the East finally happens our total capacity will reduce to around 12,000 and we’ll have to give 1200-1500 away tickets. Take into account segregation and we’re down to 10,000 home tickets which is actually less than current demand.

The open plan concourse in the South means it can’t be easily segregated and with hospitality, the hotel and club shop etc putting away fans on that side makes zero sense - especially as it would only further reduce useable capacity.

Like it or not, but in the short term and likely in the future the North (or at least 1/3 or 2/3 of it ) will return to Away fans as it’s the only viable option.
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It's not that sensible.

The kop holds about 2.75k, so if we plan to maximise away crowds at any point then we're limited.

It also won't have that many in as that's the full north and you need segregation to the corner and west stand so you're then wasting more seats. The Moretti also has to go. You can't really give them anymore as we have hospitality and they don't want a load of away fans next to or below them in the NE corner.

It's also not the easy solution you claim as that North area is being turned into sports pitches. People coming from the car parks will still have to cross Blackpool fans by the west.

I can't see it being much easier than getting away fans in the NE.

It'll also be deeply unpopular.

There's no perfect solution, but NE or SE seems the best.
 
TwelveAngryMen said:
That would be madness
You can’t lose the North
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North only been recent times
When south was being built we all moved into new north stand , well I did
When south was complete I went back and still there today
When old south was up, away fans were in old north and part east
And old shed east was for home fans as well
I like the north bouncing but , my opinion prefer away fans behind one goal
Remember second half shooting towards south stand years ago
 
JJpool said:
It's not that sensible.

The kop holds about 2.75k, so if we plan to maximise away crowds at any point then we're limited.

It also won't have that many in as that's the full north and you need segregation to the corner and west stand so you're then wasting more seats. The Moretti also has to go. You can't really give them anymore as we have hospitality and they don't want a load of away fans next to or below them in the NE corner.

It's also not the easy solution you claim as that North area is being turned into sports pitches. People coming from the car parks will still have to cross Blackpool fans by the west.

I can't see it being much easier than getting away fans in the NE.

It'll also be deeply unpopular.

There's no perfect solution, but NE or SE seems the best.
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You’re misunderstanding me. I’m on about whilst the East is redeveloped. The only feasible option is the North.

Also once the East is complete it’s unlikely we’ll give up all the new facilities and a likely new key gateway to the stadium (you’ve got to assume Henry street will include other facilities, such as a purpose built club shop, bar, etc) as well as a concourse which will be designed to maximise sales (unlike the North) to Away fans.

For me the long term solution would be away fans in North West Corner and part of the North. The Morretti could be a designate Away fan lounge, and the North could be segregated at deifferent points to allow for smaller/larger followings. This though only really works if the East includes a North East stand.

Community pitches aren’t going to be a significant barrier to having away fans at the Northern end of the stadium. In fact much better for away fans to ne at the end furthest from home supporter bars etc - which the North West / North would be.
 
I agree away fans in the North would be madness and massively unpopular. Only place is the South corner into the south whilst it's being built. Once it's built then either the north east or south East for away fans.
 
Matesrates said:
Btw, I’m thinking of moving from the hmm “respectful” west stand to the north next season and I’m 81. Need a bit of banter, that’s assuming something significant happens with management and or players, or preferably both.
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Paulco mode activated :

Coach Charlatan will remain in post.
New players will play his God awful system.
Supine fans tolerate Sadler failures
 
poolseasider said:
I said the season we got promoted.
2010 away fans had block A/B in the North.👍
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No they didnt. I remember several games that season where the away fans were in the East. It was that awful thing with no roof. Watch the highlights for the Forest play off semi at home. Chris Cohen celebrates in front of his fans.
 
maxnix said:
No they didnt. I remember several games that season where the away fans were in the East. It was that awful thing with no roof. Watch the highlights for the Forest play off semi at home. Chris Cohen celebrates in front of his fans.
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Read what I posted in 2010 away fans where in the North for 3 games after the opening of the South.
 
LA1 Seasider said:
You’re misunderstanding me. I’m on about whilst the East is redeveloped. The only feasible option is the North.

Also once the East is complete it’s unlikely we’ll give up all the new facilities and a likely new key gateway to the stadium (you’ve got to assume Henry street will include other facilities, such as a purpose built club shop, bar, etc) as well as a concourse which will be designed to maximise sales (unlike the North) to Away fans.

For me the long term solution would be away fans in North West Corner and part of the North. The Morretti could be a designate Away fan lounge, and the North could be segregated at deifferent points to allow for smaller/larger followings. This though only really works if the East includes a North East stand.

Community pitches aren’t going to be a significant barrier to having away fans at the Northern end of the stadium. In fact much better for away fans to ne at the end furthest from home supporter bars etc - which the North West / North would be.
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There's no need and that won't happen. A temporary move to upset the north is even more unnecessary.

As said the SE corner holds 643 and give then block X, where virtually no-one goes, and it's about right, we then still have a bit under 10k in the 3 sides excluding hospitality.

They'll find a way to segregate the south stand, it's not hard with barriers etc.

This is all if the east can't come down in 2 stages, if it can then there's no real issue.
 
fcblackpool said:
Depends on what size the East will be. If we were Utopia FC and it was 2 tiers with hospy in the middle, I'd give them part of the top layer, expandable to below if required.

That way they wouldn't be as involved.
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It's going to be smaller than the "temporary" stand. So I'd imagine with segregation and separate entrances the capacity will be 2,000 tops?
 
aquaduck said:
Sitting in the East sounds alright until the wind and rain are both coming in off the Irish Sea in December. The bigger you make that stand the more exposed it's going to be. Keep the away fans in there. You can always open the end blocks near the North for home fans if required.... you'd actually be doing fans a favour by building a stand with a low pitched roof on that side. Where are the scratching sheds when you need them?
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I've sat in the East a number of times and The Scratching Sheds for years and it's the wind from the back that is the killer rather than the sea side. Been in the West for the last 20 odd years and it gets freezing in there due to being in the shade permanently. My old man stopped going as he got in his 70s and 80s because he got so cold. He said it took him hours to warm back up.
 
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