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Hats off to the Swedish FA for listening to the fans. Our FA could learn a lesson or two from them! Bin VAR!

Yep, that's what it has to mean, I think. The South Stand is "sold out" not because season tickets have been sold for every seat in that stand, but because there will be no further sales of season tickets for it (leaving all unsold seats available for matchday sales). Rather than "sold out", it is really now "off sale".

Only in as much as they are not Bayern Munich. There is little love for them in Germany, as they are one of the few clubs to which the 50 +1 rule does not apply. They are 100% owned by the Bayer pharmaceuticals giant, so are hardly an impoverished underdog.

As the question didn't specify "UK club", I give you my German club, Union Berlin! No owner other than the 60k plus members all paying our monthly sub. Playing top flight Bundesliga for the last 5 years, last 3 in Europe too (Champions League this season). It can be done without billionaire owners.

The results of the awards were published in full that year, as they always are: https://www.bristolcitysupporters.org/end-of-season-awards/

Yer tiz again: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/1_Awards2324

I very much doubt it. 8th letter of the alphabet x2, and all that.

The SC&T's 'Fans for the Future' tickets have unexpectedly become available for tomorrow. It's three adults and five U19s in the Lansdown Upper. If you want to take a group of kids to the game, just get in touch and the tickets are yours. First come, first served. BTW, the Huddersfield game on 13 April is also available. Details and contact e-mail address here: https://www.bristolcitysupporters.org/kids-be-our-guests-take-5/

Yep, that game was at Bootham Crescent, squeezed in between red brick terraced housing. The new ground is a small identikit job on the Monks Cross retail park.

No idea. But that figure sounds plausible.

At present, there has to be a flip-down seat. In future, who knows. That may change. Personally, I think it should, because it is a safety hazard to have wobbly seats accessible to fans in areas being operated as standing, since fans then can - and will - stand on them and could thus fall off and get injured. In conventional standing areas (terraces) structures on which fans can stand are banned. So, logic says that this rule may follow in due course for 'safe standing' areas too, with a requirement for the seats to be secured upright when the area is being used for standing. As, indeed, is already the way things are done all over Europe and, for instance, at Celtic.

A valid point. Reaching the younger demographic is a challenge that we've faced with other surveys.

As I said, it's very early days, so my discussion was very non-specific, In any case, the whole point of consultation is to find out the views of as many fans as possible, not just of those with a particular interest in this topic. 18 months is ample time to do that and to put in place the necessary arrangements should it transpire that a large percentage of our fellow fans would support changes being made on this front.

Point taken. Yes, it was probably an opportunity missed. He did though respond to my mail, which wasn't a given.

In JL's defence, I should say that I 'reached out' to him following his comments at the Q&A session about being open to exploring new ideas surrounding standing/atmosphere, and he put me in touch with Tom Rawcliffe, with whom I then had a meeting. It's all very early days, but the wheels are in motion for a possible consultation exercise, almost certainly involving the SC&T, which may or may not lead to some changes in time for the 2025/26 season. It has to be that far away so that, IF the consultation shows a desire for change, this can be organised and communicated well in advance of an annual round of season ticket renewals. So, the topic hasn't been ignored.