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1 minute ago, Natchfever said:

I see so many matches with fans sitting right up to the pitchside with rivals separated by a few feet.

Not making any part of the Atyeo available does tend to push people towards the pricier stands which im guessing is the clubs aim.

Which of course from next season will see tickets available again for the cheaper South Stand 

13 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

It genuinely feels like these are undue restrictions tbh. I get restrictions given the particular rivalry vs Cardiff and Swansea.

I think the jury is out..albeit there are some good arguments off the top of my head ie Plymouth, West Ham, Nottingham Forest, Southampton, Leicester, all big away followings, all good stuff. Making a stadium a fortress, feeling like you're at Home feels important to me anyway..Birmingham in August a good example. Leeds were very good at AG, possibly the best side we've faced this season at Home but they were backed prominently too.

It's about accountability too really. There Is little from the club or in particular the SAG.

I think away fans in a prominent well backed position absolutely can hand them a marginal gain. Shouldn't need much segregation, if you look at other clubs a line or 2 of stewards and where appropriate police does it albeit the latter can cost. That would offset some of the reduction in away fans and in any event it is only some games where it may affect materially..Some sides don't bring that many at all so if capped at 2k or so...maybe no major drop.

I agree that it seems unfair to restrict everyone because of the behaviour of one or two clubs, and within them it is no doubt only a small percentage of their following.

I'm not sure what accountability you feel you deserve from the club, or why? It is not their decision so unsure what you want them to come out and say? IT you want to hear from the SAG that badly you should contact them and see what they come back with. Though I know a FOI request many years ago sent into them about something else was constantly fobbed off without being answered - though SAGs from other areas did reply with full details to the requests.

Off the top of my head I can only think of Reading that decided to cut the away allocation at their ground and look how their home form and crowds etc have nosedived since 

I guess it is all about opinions but the season there has definitely not been any advantage to the away sides due to a larger following, lets be honest Leeds were steamrolling everyone they played at the time we met them

You may be surprised too that from discussions with fans groups there is no interest from any of them to relocate to the Atyeo in the near future, and unless we were selling out consistently I see no reason to even consider it

For a ballpark figure with ticket sales and on the day purchase in the ground we made approx £100k from Leicester visiting the other week, why would anyone want to turn down money like that to limit to 2k for no reason?

Obviously not sad or sorry to hear that Michael Donovan who kidnapped Shannon Matthews has died of cancer in prison

8 minutes ago, Erithacus said:

If relegation is confirmed, I wonder if the club will remain at the Gate next season. (Incidentally, what are the regulations for grounds in the Championship?) I reckon sustained attendances at home this season levels out around 4,000. Attendances at the HPC are significantly smaller due to its restricted size so perhaps there is a feeling that the women could retain a good number of supporters if they stayed. It would be nice to hear what the club is planning on. I dare say there won't be the large turn-outs without the Lioness factor, but that last promotion game did bring out a big crowd.

There are discussions already taking place about this within in the club and during one of the recent SC&T weekly meetings with the club about improving the atmosphere this topic was discussed. Obviously there were confidential financial and logistical details discussed and it is going to be a difficult outcome either way.

Personally speaking it is hard a very tricky decision as ultimately it is not only about the supporter experience but where the women's side would prefer to play. If we dropped to crowds of 1000 would the preference be to play in front of those 1000 people crammed into the HPC, or would it be better having 1000 completely lost in an empty AG8?

Clearly it is down to numbers expected as the HPC only has 400 seats and three of the sides of the ground don't even have cover or basic facilities.

1 hour ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Well Jerry said on the SLO bit that the SAG had mandated 3.4k or thereabouts.

I'm not saying I want to give away sides 4k, far from it- I've posted in the past that we are too accommodating IMO, more that tbis is a draconian overkill given that they are separate and distinct stands...have the club sought to push back here where possible.

It also doesn't augur well presumably for e.g. filling in the corners.

SAG in response to the Welsh teams is a very likely assumption to make considering they are the only sides to have consistently caused issues

Personally I would get as many away fans in the Atyeo as we can, we make more money and as proven this season the larger away following has actually worked in our favour with both performances and results

Personally I am not honestly bothered about it, there are many other things to address and worry about than how many seats away fans will be allocated and who made that decision.

It's obvious the club would have addressed the decision as lower numbers of away fans means less gate receipts and money spent on the day of the game

So are you the seller or bidding on the item?

20 minutes ago, hollydog said:

Well summed up. I was there too - a truly awful game of football. I too am astonished that I was watching professional footballers. Torquay’s two goals were out of character with the rest of the game. Thought their celebrations were OTT - you would have thought they’d won the Champions League!

Realistically stayed up by winning

3 minutes ago, sephjnr said:

Taunton vs Weston-Super-Mare tomorrow night, if Weston win Taunton are down outright.

In reality a draw isn't enough for Taunton either, otherwise they have to not only beat Hemel Hempstead on Saturday but also better turn a 4 goal, goal difference over Eastbourne 

12 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

100% I'm sure it held 4-4.2k not so long ago.

That is the stand capacity, it isn't the capacity for what the SAG allow in there

I'm sure those away supporters visiting us now can thank our visitors from South Wales for that

1 hour ago, Slacker said:

Such a shame, especially when you consider the fantastic home support the team has had this year. 

I would be surprised if we keep similar numbers the "Lioness" impact and "named" opposition clearly added thousands to crowds

13 hours ago, phantom said:

Shahan always shares the details on here prior to each meeting

They are the first Wednesday of the month (unless we are playing that night)

This was last months post

 

@BigTone there's a possibility our meeting will be moved after what I said as it clashes with another event that's not been announced yet

But as above @shahanshahan will advise when it will be 

5 minutes ago, FNQ said:

As you’ve just done by the way, if you disagree with a post, view or opinion then why not offer a response? I didn’t use the ‘P’ word and those two games did actually happen earlier this season which is a fair and valid response to the main point of the CNG post.

You know exactly what I mean, it's yet another Manning Vs Pearson diatribe 

1 minute ago, FNQ said:

During that excellent showing in the early stages of this Oxford season we put nine past them over two games. Still one of the football worlds biggest ever mysteries why we then decided to swap our coaching team for theirs???

Do we really have to detail yet another thread FFS!! 

Talking about Taunton I see former Rovers CEO Martin Starnes has got involved with them this week, they must really be desperate 

Joey Barton will be pleased

18 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Ben Acey number 11 for Taunton, on loan from City. Looked alright and has something about him, but difficult to make an assessment in such a poor game of football. 

How was he able to play after getting sent off on Saturday? 

Weston drew this evening with a stoppage time goal, with 4 games this week they'd planned to play a weaker side this evening, and go with the strongest available for the last two games. 

Was an interesting game in the NWCFL this evening. Bury FC were looking for promotion back up the ladder after restarting a phoenix club. 

They had been due to play Padiham at Gigg Lane on Saturday but it got called off at lunchtime on Saturday, so to guarantee the game got played tonight their "home" fixture got moved to FC United of Manchester

A crowd of 3521 watched them lose 2-1

If Bury had won this evening and Saturday they'd win the league. 

Now it goes down to the last game of the season 

Top of the league are Wythenshawe with 92 points (GD +63)

Second are Wythenshawe Town also with 92 points (GD +48)

Bury FC are third with 91 points (GD +59)

Saturdays fixtures 

Ramsbottom (18th) Vs Bury FC (3rd) 

Squires Gate (21st) Vs Wythenshawe (1st) 

Wythenshawe Town (2nd) Vs Skelmersdale (24th) 

23 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

Their trajectory is a bit like Yeovil’s.

Disappointed to see them go down. Their training ground is here in Chippenham - it’s also used for youth football, my son plays there a lot and often interacts with the players. So we have a bit of an affinity with them here.

Both eventually found themselves where they ultimately belong?

38 minutes ago, Ecko said:

Proper club and proper football ground. Looking forward to it. Good to see Pack doing well.

Fought hard to basically start from scratch after being completely financially mismanaged 

Confirmed 

FGR relegated 

4 hours ago, Northern Red said:

Battle of the England spinners as Dom Bess and Jack Leach play in the 2nd XI match between Yorkshire and Somerset.

Michael Vaughan's son Archie is playing for Somerset. Meanwhile Flintoff's sons Rocky and Corey are playing for Lancs 2nds today.

Leach opened the batting for Somerset 

Scoring 24

6 hours ago, Selred said:

Nothing is free Robbored. But some people may pay £40 annual subscription for Sky Sports, Robins TV, Netflix, Amazon etc etc.

6 hours ago, nebristolred said:

Yeah that's basically a Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, etc. You plug them in and they give you access to all of your subscriptions, which you still have to pay for. They've been around for about 10 years by now I'd imagine.

They're handy if you have an old TV with no apps on, or if you want IPTV or something.

Not exactly true they are available freely now 

Those above Dubai have been messing around with cloud seeding, the past 24 hours saw the results (literally) of the perfect storm, with one a half years rainfall falling in just 24 hours 

1 hour ago, Red DNA said:

This very important question has been asked many times on here already  

A thread was started in Feb 2023 by @Jerseybean and had lots of suggestions for some great pubs.

Unfortunately I can’t seem to be able post the link to it here (maybe someone else can?) but it was a thread for ‘best pubs for away fans’ as per photo below  

 

1 hour ago, Back of the Dolman said:

Setback or jut decided to get him ready for next season ?

Another injury 

5 hours ago, Back of the Dolman said:

No Benarous ? 

You won't see him again this season 

2 hours ago, Topper 123 said:

About 850 city match tickets left for this game PLUS one empty away end

I can assure you that there will be many more than 850 seats currently unsold

4 hours ago, reddogkev said:

Will he mention his time here?  Could be worth a listen, amazing to think we binned him off and he's now top scorer.

On the basis he only played 4 games for us, he'd do well to remember a game he played for us

2 minutes ago, Swede said:

Rather than many with rose tinted glasses pining for him & thinking we messed up by letting him go, he didn't exactly set the world alight when he was here and rather it was an opportunity HE missed.

Good luck to him, sometimes it just doesn't work out. I would like to think that he used the disappointing experience he gained here to re double his efforts elsewhere. It certainly should make for a lucrative transfer for him this summer.

Exactly this, I am amazed so many don't realise he was a different player when passing through