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10 minutes ago, Leveller said:

They're seriously unhappy about only getting 1400 for the replay - should have about 3000 to be fair.

Is what it is for our rebuild though. I imagine quite a few this year would've brought at least 2500. Should be quite understandable. If it was next year they'd have 3-4000.

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9 hours ago, Leveller said:

They're seriously unhappy about only getting 1400 for the replay - should have about 3000 to be fair.

There were 22,000 seats available for home fans yesterday at £10 and they weren't all sold. We will have around 14,000 available for us, which will sell out. Overall more WBA will have watched the tie than City fans. So, tough!

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12 hours ago, YorkshireSection said:

Shame they didn't give us enough tickets, that stand was oversold without a doubt.

Probably not, the steward by us kept telling the blokes in the gangways to move to the front as there were empty seats availsble. Watching the highlights on TV last night he was right you could clearly see empty seats there

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7 hours ago, Just Red said:

Top tier of the Williams apparently so around 5k?

If true may need a rethink. I wouldn't want to be sat below 5k away support in the lower sections of the new Williams stand. I say give them the Atyeo. 

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I'm a Telford fan and was at Ashton Gate when you beat us last season so thought I'd join your support yesterday and very impressive it was too,thoroughly enjoyed the day your support was outstanding and v v noisey just a shame you couldn't manage to hold on for the win,hopefully the replay will be televisied.

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3 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said:

Already been decided, only if a team genuinely looks like selling the full 4-5k though. 

Will this still be the case once the Atyeo's capacity has been increased?

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9 minutes ago, Between heaven and hell said:

Probably not, the steward by us kept telling the blokes in the gangways to move to the front as there were empty seats availsble. Watching the highlights on TV last night he was right you could clearly see empty seats there

Quite right. I heard the same conversations. 

The problem was caused by the "I'll stand where I want" brigade. Everyone knew it was a sell out but the usual suspects ignored this and stood where they wanted. This caused a knock on effect so that people who had tickets for that area had to try to find somewhere to sit. Not too difficult if it only one person, but not easy for groups. 

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5 minutes ago, Bally said:

I'm a Telford fan and was at Ashton Gate when you beat us last season so thought I'd join your support yesterday and very impressive it was too,thoroughly enjoyed the day your support was outstanding and v v noisey just a shame you couldn't manage to hold on for the win,hopefully the replay will be televisied.

You picked a good 'un buddy!!  Fair play to you. Yesterday was right up there in terms of atmosphere, fantastic day all round. 

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6 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said:

Not sure, I don't think the Atyeo will have its capacity increased any time soon anyway (planning permission, and just we don't need the extra seats yet). 

 

It's being increased at the end of the season I thought??

the bit where the tunnel is being filled in so about another 50ish seats!!

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1 hour ago, Bally said:

I'm a Telford fan and was at Ashton Gate when you beat us last season so thought I'd join your support yesterday and very impressive it was too,thoroughly enjoyed the day your support was outstanding and v v noisey just a shame you couldn't manage to hold on for the win,hopefully the replay will be televisied.

Good on you.

You picked a good one to see.

It was a fantastic day for us and I hope you had a great time.

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1 hour ago, Phileas Fogg said:

No, they'll either have the partitioned Atyeo with home support there too - of if they look like selling 4K tickets they'll be given the top of the Williams.

Ridiculous, just give them the Atyeo, I hate the away fans being shoved away in a corner or up in the gods (Newcastle for instance).

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2 hours ago, Phileas Fogg said:

Already been decided, only if a team genuinely looks like selling the full 4-5k though. 

Where did you hear this from? In the fan stadium consultation meetings they club always said that the atyeo would be used for away fans only and the top tier of the west stand would only be used as an overflow as and when needed, apart from maybe Leeds or another big club I can't see when you would ever get more than 4000 away fans unless in the premier league and if that was the case you would easily be able to sell out the top tier with home fans anyway

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1 hour ago, The Horse With No Name said:

Not being funny but how can a club gauge how many tickets will sell until they actually start selling them, and by then the location will be on the ticket. Cant see that being true.

 

59 minutes ago, Portland Bill said:

Ridiculous, just give them the Atyeo, I hate the away fans being shoved away in a corner or up in the gods (Newcastle for instance).

 

14 minutes ago, Aipearcey said:

Where did you hear this from? In the fan stadium consultation meetings they club always said that the atyeo would be used for away fans only and the top tier of the west stand would only be used as an overflow as and when needed, apart from maybe Leeds or another big club I can't see when you would ever get more than 4000 away fans unless in the premier league and if that was the case you would easily be able to sell out the top tier with home fans anyway

I'm surprised there are so many people on here who don't know about this actually, there was a meeting in December/Late November where it was decided* (may not be best choice of words, not 100% sure if it's totally definite) that in usual circumstances the Atyeo stand would be home and away fans as per the % we have to give an away club. If there's a situation where a club could sell 4-5k (Man United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Newcastle, Leeds etc) in a cup competition where the % of tickets provided is higher, away fans will go in the top tier of the Williams stand. I'll dig out the thread on here. 

In my opinion it's a great decision, yesterday was testament to the impact a bank of partisan support can have. Away fans should not be able to impact the game and negate the home advantage, putting them high up in the gods is the most 'out the way' they can be.

 

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Here's the notes on that particular issue from the meeting on Weds 3rd Dec

 

Brief notes from last nights meeting and present Bristol Sport members:

Executive Chairman: Martin Griffiths
Chief Executive: Andrew Billingham
Chief Stadium Operating Officer: Mark Kelly

If anything is missed or needs to be added then please do.

  • - Atyeo can stay as it is going forwards
  • - Should we ever play Man Utd/Arsenal etc in the FA Cup they would all go to the top of the new West stand (where Williams was) that's room for 4100, Atyeo would become HOME fans only in that scenario.
  • - Offices, old gym and Kitchen etc are 'up for grabs' in the Atyeo with a pub/bar designed by fans and even made by fans if expertise in those areas are available to us being acceptable by the club.
  • - The club would be happy to knock walls through to create the 'shell' if you like.
  • - Fans memorabilia and art etc welcome within the pub/bar area and fans can design do the work.
  • - Exact size is unknown yet as some further rooms may be available to or may be needed for the groundsman or other departments.
  • - Club looking into an option of a walkway between our side of Atyeo and Dolman which would be covered from the weather a bit like the canvas cover at cribbs causeway vue cinema.
  • - Potential ticket office or tickets collection to be located outside Atyeo/Dolman corner.
  • - The pub/bar will be Bristol City fans, not Rugby (although they can use it) or Bristol Sport this pub would be decorated by and for BCFC fans.
  • - The pub/bar will be open throughout the game not just at half time and after.
  • - Security and access to be discussed in due course.
  • - Non-Atyeo season ticket holders ARE able to gain access to the pub/bar.
  • - Club have an open mind to imagery but some walls are party walls and so to discuss in more detail at a later date and also once redevelopment is completely, Dolman exterior is not finished and see how the weather cover fixes in between stands but not a closed door on carpark or wall images but not to be done at the moment..
  • -BS would staff the bar/pub
  • Atyeo stand will still have it's concourse as it is now with food and drink outlets so plenty of choice.

Please note these are all initial discussion points and this is not a formal agreement but the message was a positive one on a number of things, the flags etc can continue, we have an area to stick with, the bar looks a go-er. The bar will need a meeting on its own but the ball is in our court to discuss and propose ideas.

 

Mostly a yes from Bristol sport on things and open mind of further ideas..

 

Kind of what is in mind as a weather canvas cover between stands.

 

 

 

 

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36 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said:

 

 

I'm surprised there are so many people on here who don't know about this actually, there was a meeting in December/Late November where it was decided* (may not be best choice of words, not 100% sure if it's totally definite) that in usual circumstances the Atyeo stand would be home and away fans as per the % we have to give an away club. If there's a situation where a club could sell 4-5k (Man United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Newcastle, Leeds etc) in a cup competition where the % of tickets provided is higher, away fans will go in the top tier of the Williams stand. I'll dig out the thread on here. 

In my opinion it's a great decision, yesterday was testament to the impact a bank of partisan support can have. Away fans should not be able to impact the game and negate the home advantage, putting them high up in the gods is the most 'out the way' they can be.

 

I must admit I was unaware of this - I'm interested in how they propose to do this, the logistics of having away fans up there with 2 staircases at either end of the stand but needing to access the main downstairs concourse to get in seems like a bit of a potential for issues. I assume they would have to close off 2 of the access lobby's and run some kind of barrier to segregate the fans but the barrier would need to run down the thinnest part of the concourse for home fans to still be able to get access to the stuff they need. I have no idea what it would be like at the other end.

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So, the plan or suggestion is to house Man U, Arsenal fans if we get a big club with a big following in the cup, in the upper tier of the new stand, where there will be 4,100 seats, instead of the Atyeo, where there are 4 thousand 7 hundred seats (I think)? 

I don't think the Lansdowns and their vip friends will enjoy having 4,000 noisy, hostile fans from one of the likes of United, Liverpool, Tottenham, Leeds etc sat directly above them.

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22 minutes ago, Jack Dawe said:

So, the plan or suggestion is to house Man U, Arsenal fans if we get a big club with a big following in the cup, in the upper tier of the new stand, where there will be 4,100 seats, instead of the Atyeo, where there are 4 thousand 7 hundred seats (I think)? 

I don't think the Lansdowns and their vip friends will enjoy having 4,000 noisy, hostile fans from one of the likes of United, Liverpool, Tottenham, Leeds etc sat directly above them.

Mad choice to use the upper tier. Maybe done to keep our 'ultra flag wavers' happy in the Atyeo?

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21 minutes ago, Jack Dawe said:

I don't think the Lansdowns and their vip friends will enjoy having 4,000 noisy, hostile fans from one of the likes of United, Liverpool, Tottenham, Leeds etc sat directly above them.

 

10 minutes ago, Slack Bladder said:

I don't think the people in the lower Williams will enjoy allsorts being dropped on them from above either.

I have to agree with these posts, putting away fans in the best seats in the house is a scandalous idea. It messes up the concourse as well as the problems mentioned above just to satisfy the Atyeo dwellers. WTGR to them, if West Brom can clear ST holders from one stand for a one off cup game, we should do the same and give the whole Atyeo to away clubs for cup matches. There would be no need for segregation, would keep the visiting support separate from our fans and leave the other 22,600 seats for City fans and the concourse fully open.

I appreciate the Atyeo mob don't want to move but I, like many others, was hoping to sit in the upper Williams once it's open and, by the same token, we won't want to move either.

Very poor idea, if it's true, given the South stand will have plenty of space from the summer as the old Wiliiams stand brigade will move back en masse.

 

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This discussion about where the away fans will go once the development is finished was done to death a few months ago. Like a lot of things on the forum, its deja vu all over again!

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21 minutes ago, pongo88 said:

This discussion about where the away fans will go once the development is finished was done to death a few months ago. Like a lot of things on the forum, its deja vu all over again!

But to many this is new information and completely counter-intuitive.  Not everyone sees every post on this forum.

Having home and away fans above and below each other is undoubtedly stupid, anyone who has traveled to Nottingham Forest will know that.  Not to mention having noisy away fans above the boxes and corporate seating too.  Ateyo is the obvious stand, and the easiest to segregate as they can just have the whole stand.

If one of these big teams came down we would sell out our section anyway, loads of local glory hunters who come to Wembley would come to see a big team.

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18 minutes ago, JM91 said:

But to many this is new information and completely counter-intuitive.  Not everyone sees every post on this forum.

Having home and away fans above and below each other is undoubtedly stupid, anyone who has traveled to Nottingham Forest will know that.  Not to mention having noisy away fans above the boxes and corporate seating too.  Ateyo is the obvious stand, and the easiest to segregate as they can just have the whole stand.

If one of these big teams came down we would sell out our section anyway, loads of local glory hunters who come to Wembley would come to see a big team.

Yes I wonder if they would have the sense to leave their Man Utd shirts safely in the bottom draw for such an event. 

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36 minutes ago, JM91 said:

But to many this is new information and completely counter-intuitive.  Not everyone sees every post on this forum.

Having home and away fans above and below each other is undoubtedly stupid, anyone who has traveled to Nottingham Forest will know that.  Not to mention having noisy away fans above the boxes and corporate seating too.  Ateyo is the obvious stand, and the easiest to segregate as they can just have the whole stand.

If one of these big teams came down we would sell out our section anyway, loads of local glory hunters who come to Wembley would come to see a big team.

My point is, if the concern is us selling out, I think there are more seats in the Atyeo than the upper Wills, so we would have more to shift.

And I reckon United, Liverpool, Arse, Spurs, Chelsea, Man City and others will sell out either. Even both.

It seems a nonsense, moving from the Atyeo, because it's got 4000 seats, to the upper Wills because it's git, er, 4000 seats? I must be missing something.

It'll cause more hassle for the plod and they'll put their foot down. As will the vips, when they get gobbed on, coined, loudly abused etc

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7 hours ago, Swede said:

Good on you.

You picked a good one to see.

It was a fantastic day for us and I hope you had a great time.

I loved it cheers sang along with most of the songs although I couldn't tell what the words were to the drinking cider song,hopefully make ine of your home games before the season ends as it looks like it's improved a fair bit since we came last season

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9 minutes ago, Bally said:

I loved it cheers sang along with most of the songs although I couldn't tell what the words were to the drinking cider song,hopefully make ine of your home games before the season ends as it looks like it's improved a fair bit since we came last season

That mad woman still go on other clubs` forums before you play them? She was different class!

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6 hours ago, Jack Dawe said:

So, the plan or suggestion is to house Man U, Arsenal fans if we get a big club with a big following in the cup, in the upper tier of the new stand, where there will be 4,100 seats, instead of the Atyeo, where there are 4 thousand 7 hundred seats (I think)? 

I don't think the Lansdowns and their vip friends will enjoy having 4,000 noisy, hostile fans from one of the likes of United, Liverpool, Tottenham, Leeds etc sat directly above them.

Is there only 4,100 seats in the upper tier of the new stand? So there will be over 7,000 seats in the lower section? 

Didnt realise that...

Cheers...

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5 hours ago, JM91 said:

But to many this is new information and completely counter-intuitive.  Not everyone sees every post on this forum.

Having home and away fans above and below each other is undoubtedly stupid, anyone who has traveled to Nottingham Forest will know that.  Not to mention having noisy away fans above the boxes and corporate seating too.  Ateyo is the obvious stand, and the easiest to segregate as they can just have the whole stand.

If one of these big teams came down we would sell out our section anyway, loads of local glory hunters who come to Wembley would come to see a big team.

Have you ever been to Everton?

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9 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

Have you ever been to Everton?

I have, but that isn't the same as they segregate vertically rather than horizontally.  Away fans go in the left side of the stand on both upper and lower tiers.  why do you ask?

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Am I missing something here? If the Atyeo will continue to house away supporters under normal circumstances, why would it need to be any different if a large away following came for a cup game?

The allocation would need to be 15%. 15% of 27,000 is 4,050. Therefore the Atyeo is capable of holding that number on its own. So why would you need to move the away fans elsewhere? Also - if it was Rovers - who would really want to sit underneath that?

Makes no sense to me to have a three sided concourse and one entirely separate stand, with the worst facilities, and not put the away fans in the most obvious place.

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1 hour ago, JM91 said:

I have, but that isn't the same as they segregate vertically rather than horizontally.  Away fans go in the left side of the stand on both upper and lower tiers.  why do you ask?

Because, back in the late 1970s/early 1980s, i.e. in the 1st Division, I seem to recall one match with Everton fans urinating and throwing bottles of same down to us before jumping down themselves! 

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3 hours ago, Bally said:

I loved it cheers sang along with most of the songs although I couldn't tell what the words were to the drinking cider song,hopefully make ine of your home games before the season ends as it looks like it's improved a fair bit since we came last season

There are quite a few City fans who live in Shropshire. A good group of us were there yesterday. Come along and support us at the Molineux in March.

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I go to a few Wolves matches when Telford are away are there restrictions for buying away tickets in the league as there wasn't for yesterday which I was suprised about

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1 hour ago, Red Right Hand said:

Dunno. I just remember all sorts of bizarre stuff about chip shops and the like.

Ha ha yes she still goes on other fans forums although I think I know who it is and your right it is a he

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3 minutes ago, Bally said:

I go to a few Wolves matches when Telford are away are there restrictions for buying away tickets in the league as there wasn't for yesterday which I was suprised about

It's a Tuesday night so there should be some on general sale. Check on the City website.

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3 hours ago, Bally said:

I loved it cheers sang along with most of the songs although I couldn't tell what the words were to the drinking cider song,hopefully make ine of your home games before the season ends as it looks like it's improved a fair bit since we came last season

If I recall correctly, your preference is chips and, for health (flatulence) reasons you need to steer well clear of the cider :shifty:.

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just found this video on YouTube  fantastic response to his comment haha 

remember this moment. Hope to think it spurred the team on. Fantastic atmosphere

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