OS - Northam for more saints fans/moving seats update

[trousers]

It's only football....

[Griffo]

Sat in Itchen North for the last few home games in there. There's a gobby, mouthy cow who shouts '****' at the away fans for 90 minutes, a man that was singing 'green army' to Yeovil fans, even though it's Plymouth fans that are in the Aviva advert, and another man started singing 'Are you Rangers in disguise?" I presume he meant Celtic due to the Yeovil fans being in green and white stripes.. Thicko's.

[derry]

Season ticket holders don't have to move from blocks 4/5 but can for free if they wish. It is only season tickets in block 4/5 from now on.

 

It looks like all existing season tickets in the Northam stay where they are unless they request a move and all tickets bought will be sold in block 39 first then block by block until the whole Northam is sold.

 

So what happens if season ticket holders in blocks 4/5 want to buy additional tickets for friends etc in vacant seats next to them. I'd be surprised if they can't as the seats would otherwise be empty.

[derry]

This may well be the club trying to move the noisy, standing block 4 fans away from the corporate boxes.

[jam]

Good to see the club being proactive and trying things. It would be good if they could make some exceptions for situations like St. Jason's though.

[Griffo]

This may well be the club trying to move the noisy, standing block 4 fans away from the corporate boxes.

 

There's no one in the bloody boxes in block 4 and 5!

[Thedelldays]

lets be honest..the atmosphere is turd...the itchen north is not loud at all and the northam is OK..would make sense to try and put all the noisy lot in one place

[xerox]

lets be honest..the atmosphere is turd...the itchen north is not loud at all and the northam is OK..would make sense to try and put all the noisy lot in one place

 

shut up you muppet, what would you know? ever been in there?! it's not loud because they closed 75% of it numb nuts. i sat in blk 3, row cc for 5 years, it's great in there, with a really mixed crowd of people. i don't want to sit with the chavs in the northam and the other parts of the ground are so dull.

 

and as for not selling tickets there so his mates, family have to sit else where is a joke - why dont the club just tell us why they are doing it rather than try to pull the wool over out eyes with this bullsh1t from kelvin, he didn't play in that game did he?

 

this is a crap idea, i'm with st jason all the way with this one.

 

blk 3, row cc, 48 49 - can i have my seats back please sfc?!?!?!?!?

[stockportsaint]

Does anyone know the link to the map which shows the number of the stands? I can't see it on the OS anymore

Thanks.

 

here t'is http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/staticFiles/c2/37/0,,10280~145346,00.pdf

[SaintRobbie]

I look forward to the day Itchen North and the Northam are packed with fans and the away supporters are fenced in with red and white.

 

Itchen North rocks! Looking the opposition supporters in the eyes and sing them down is far more fun!

[St. Jason]

I look forward to the day Itchen North and the Northam are packed with fans and the away supporters are fenced in with red and white.

 

Itchen North rocks! Looking the opposition supporters in the eyes and sing them down is far more fun!

 

Saint robbie.......................hell yeah!

 

Why are we even contemplating this?? It's bullsh1t. There is no reason to stop selling tickets for the Itchen, the best atmosphere and the ground has always been when the Itchen and Northam are at one, full to the rafters and singing their lungs out!!!

 

I don't want to move, my son comes on a saturday so has a season ticket but, I love taking my daughter, wife, nephew, niece on the odd occasion they can make it, yet under this new policy I can no longer do this!!!

 

Cr4p policy alienating us fans that have backed the club through thick and thin!

 

I do not want to move and I will seriously reconsider my positions as a season ticket holder next year, why should I not be able to take guests to the game???

[St Will]

St. Will if it makes no difference why change it???

 

You and I are obviously different types of fan (nothing wrong with that) I enjoy the banter with the away fans, I enjoy sitting with the 'older lad' I enjoy singing and cheering, this my friend you are not going to get in the Chaple or kingsland, no matter how good the view!

 

Please note, you have not answered my point about me not now being able to take my daughter to any more games this season, am I not being alienated???

 

Buy her a season ticket too

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

His words:

 

"I can remember playing..."

 

That would be because he didn't . I don't remember walking on the surface of the Moon in 1971 - true story .

[OldNick]

I cant say im disappointed, in fact Im dleighted.When the Itchen join the Northam their superb support will add to make the SMS more intimidating.

If we were going to play an away game and the club had divided our tickets to be either soide of away fans we'd be up in arms and [point how stupid it was to divide our vocal support.

A step forwarm IMO and other clubs will think of us having a Kop end that was well known like other clubs have.

[JRM]

absolutely f*cking shocking decision and further alienation of what was a core of saints vocal support.

 

so so many saints fans miss the point, but that will be because they never stood in block 4 or 5 of the archers or lower east near the away fans. its not about the "view" its about the banter with away fans. there is no way the atmopshere will be better moving to kingsland. if lads wanted to go there they would have done, but they didn't for a reason and chose the itchen north.

 

if they are moving away fans to that corner that is no reason to stop selling tickets to fans there now.

 

its basically a vendetta against the lads who used to / still do go there, shame more saints haven't shown more support for the fans who sit there and are effectively being forced to move.

 

i go in the Northam just for the atmosphere but it is mostly kids there.

 

good win today but this is just utter **** , going down the ticket office midweek for oldham tickets if i see Luker there i'll let him know what i think of his fu8kwit ideas

 

and while i'm at it, can saints fans learn to sing oh when the saints a bit better, it's the closest thing we have to a proper anthem, spurs sing it 10X better than we do

[OldNick]

absolutely f*cking shocking decision and further alienation of what was a core of saints vocal support.

 

so so many saints fans miss the point, but that will be because they never stood in block 4 or 5 of the archers or lower east near the away fans. its not about the "view" its about the banter with away fans. there is no way the atmopshere will be better moving to kingsland. if lads wanted to go there they would have done, but they didn't for a reason and chose the itchen north.

 

if they are moving away fans to that corner that is no reason to stop selling tickets to fans there now.

 

its basically a vendetta against the lads who used to / still do go there, shame more saints haven't shown more support for the fans who sit there and are effectively being forced to move.

 

i go in the Northam just for the atmosphere but it is mostly kids there.

 

good win today but this is just utter **** , going down the ticket office midweek for oldham tickets if i see Luker there i'll let him know what i think of his fu8kwit ideas

 

and while i'm at it, can saints fans learn to sing oh when the saints a bit better, it's the closest thing we have to a proper anthem, spurs sing it 10X better than we do

It may be good banter but if you tried sitting in the Chapel just 1 game you'd realise how little the home fans are heard when there is a large away support.Get the vocal support in one area. It is bizarre to have the fans split up in small pockets. If you are old enough to have experienced the milton in its hayday you may not have the same opinion.

[70's Mike]

interesting debate

we must be the only club in the country that have 20 yards of open seats , a plastic cover over the next block and then a row of OB between 500 supporters in the Itchen and the away fans.

Also why do we need a row of OB on the running track at half time in front of the Chapel.

i know there are some old boys with big "histories" sitting there but they are to old to invade the pitch these days.

good to see a big queue for tickets before the game, hope some of them will start buying in advance after todays performance, shame we do nothave another home league game until 24th

[70's Mike]

It may be good banter but if you tried sitting in the Chapel just 1 game you'd realise how little the home fans are heard when there is a large away support.Get the vocal support in one area. It is bizarre to have the fans split up in small pockets. If you are old enough to have experienced the milton in its hayday you may not have the same opinion.

 

to be fair Nick from about 1980 the home support at The Dell became splinter with migrations from the Milton, to under the West Stand, then East and then Archers as away fan baiting became part of the game.

It was something that happen all over the country

[OldNick]

to be fair Nick from about 1980 the home support at The Dell became splinter with migrations from the Milton, to under the West Stand, then East and then Archers as away fan baiting became part of the game.

It was something that happen all over the country

As I was part of the under weststand lot at both ends I get what you say, but understood the nonsense of it even then.Of course the Mitlon had lost its identity then and being open it didnt hold the noise in like under the stands

[JRM]

It may be good banter but if you tried sitting in the Chapel just 1 game you'd realise how little the home fans are heard when there is a large away support.Get the vocal support in one area. It is bizarre to have the fans split up in small pockets. If you are old enough to have experienced the milton in its hayday you may not have the same opinion.

 

 

don't be silly mate. you try sitting in the away section when the Northam and Itchen Corner were at full voice and right in your faces, its not just the noise level but the proximity that makes it intimidating. i used to f*cking dispise places like Middlesbrough's Riverside ground for lack of atmopshere and basically no home fans anywhere near us, st marys is going the same way.

and this is how we should be singing oh when the saints

 

[saint_mears]

Having spoken to a number of fans today they all agreed that the club have got it totally wrong. A couple of them are disgusted they can no longer bring their children to games and sit next to them. Whoever came up with this idea has scored a massive own goal.

[OldNick]

don't be silly mate. you try sitting in the away section when the Northam and Itchen Corner were at full voice and right in your faces, its not just the noise level but the proximity that makes it intimidating. i used to f*cking dispise places like Middlesbrough's Riverside ground for lack of atmopshere and basically no home fans anywhere near us, st marys is going the same way.

and this is how we should be singing oh when the saints

 

who are we trying to intimidate the away fans and their moron fans or the opposing team?

To me I want the opposing team not wanting to face our end, rather than the opposing fans saying 'Eh they were intimidating 10 rows away giving it large, never mind we won and there is a police escort'

[Chorlton]

Sat in Itchen North for the last few home games in there. There's a gobby, mouthy cow who shouts '****' at the away fans for 90 minutes, a man that was singing 'green army' to Yeovil fans, even though it's Plymouth fans that are in the Aviva advert, and another man started singing 'Are you Rangers in disguise?" I presume he meant Celtic due to the Yeovil fans being in green and white stripes.. Thicko's.

 

Have been in Block 4 suince SMS opened but I don't mind moving now as I think it has got pretty crap lately with fans more interested in trying to argue with stewards over the right to stand up. It's not the stewards fault that they are made to make people sit down. But copied the above post as there were some fans at the Bristol Rovers game singing 'Are you Norwich in disguise?" at the match last week as Rovers were playing in yellow shirts and green shorts. If Norwich were to play anywhere in disguise, I would like to think they would wear a different kit than yellow shirts and green shorts.

[dune]

I feel sympathy for those in the Itchen Corner because it's their stand and you grow attached to where you sit, but i do think it's a good idea to make the Northam for home fans and that away fans should be put out of the way.

 

Think of grounds like Elland Road where we're given that drafty corner where we can make a minimum atmosphere and this is how we should treat away fans. Ultimately by moving the away fans it eneables them to create less of an atmosphere and this in turn will help us to accrue more league points.

[OldNick]

I feel sympathy for those in the Itchen Corner because it's their stand and you grow attached to where you sit, but i do think it's a good idea to make the Northam for home fans and that away fans should be put out of the way.

 

Think of grounds like Elland Road where we're given that drafty corner where we can make a minimum atmosphere and this is how we should treat away fans. Ultimately by moving the away fans it eneables them to create less of an atmosphere and this in turn will help us to accrue more league points.

Well put Dune

[alehouseboys]

I've read the OS article again and realise I've misunderstood it. I mistakingly read it that they were moving the away fans around the corner into the Itchen and so giving us their blocks - but, of course, they're just reopening the Kingsland/Northam corner. Guess I read that too early on a Saturday morning.

 

Can't really see it making that much difference in hindsight.

 

 

 

Third final post

[dune]

I've read the OS article again and realise I've misunderstood it. I mistakingly read it that they were moving the away fans around the corner into the Itchen and so giving us their blocks - but, of course, they're just reopening the Kingsland/Northam corner. Guess I read that too early on a Saturday morning.

 

Can't really see it making that much difference in hindsight.

 

 

 

Third final post

 

I misread it too, but think think this is probably phase 1 of a two phase plan.

 

To me it's clear that away fans WILL be moved into the Northam/Itchen corner next season. That's why they're trying to evict ST holders by making their stand like a morgue.

 

I think the club have gone about this wrong and they should have evicted the Itchen corner ST holders next summer. The way Luker has devised (i.e the sneaky option) is not very respectful to fans that should be valued.

[70's Mike]

I feel sympathy for those in the Itchen Corner because it's their stand and you grow attached to where you sit, but i do think it's a good idea to make the Northam for home fans and that away fans should be put out of the way.

 

Think of grounds like Elland Road where we're given that drafty corner where we can make a minimum atmosphere and this is how we should treat away fans. Ultimately by moving the away fans it eneables them to create less of an atmosphere and this in turn will help us to accrue more league points.

 

Agreed but do not forget we make home fans take a detour rather than lock away fans in after games, like every other club does

[RonManager]

I'm a first time ST holder in Block 5 and since i've been able to go to away matches for the last year I've really got back into the singing thing - so I'm off to block 37 to add my dulcid tones to the throng. Filling the corner in with 'singers' will form a physical link to the Kingsland Stand and encourage even more of the Kinsland North to sing and increase the volume considerably.

 

However, I don't see why they should make Blocks 4 & 5 all STs though, surely this is all about singing, not how you pay to watch a game.

[hamster]

Does anyone know the link to the map which shows the number of the stands? I can't see it on the OS anymore

Thanks.

 

Sorry if already done:

[hamster]

Clearly this will lead to moving all st holders next season. Itchen North will be for away fans I am sure.

 

fwiw, the away fans can hardly hear the Northam singing anyway, you'd be surprised how quiet it osunds from the visitors section. They do however hear the Itchen lads (and lasses), When going full pelt there is no beter place to be heard from than Itchen North.

 

I do hope that when they do make the switch I hope that all those from Itchen North get offered first dibs on the seats in blocks 46, 47 and 48. It will be brilliant, it is a pretty good view too, seriously, you will get to like it imo. The club could also use it as a good PR opportunity too. Why not offer st holders from blocks 1, 2, 3,and 4 past and present a 25% discount next season to make amends for all of the previous terrible treatment of the best bunch of Saints fans in the ground. We could still sing "we're The Itchen" imo too.

Edited 4 October, 2009 by hamster

[northam soul]

I am not going to add much as i will upset a lot of people but just one point.

 

How can they move the away fans into the itchen, everyone has been whinging about us upsetting the exec boxes so by moving 3,000 away fans infront of them ( if we ever fill them again ) would be a policing nightmare.

 

Oh who cares

Perhaps if the rest of the ground showed a bit more passion we wouldnt have this issue although from what i understand it has nothing to do with creating a noisier atmosphere at all.

[St. Jason]

I feel sympathy for those in the Itchen Corner because it's their stand and you grow attached to where you sit, but i do think it's a good idea to make the Northam for home fans and that away fans should be put out of the way.

 

Think of grounds like Elland Road where we're given that drafty corner where we can make a minimum atmosphere and this is how we should treat away fans. Ultimately by moving the away fans it eneables them to create less of an atmosphere and this in turn will help us to accrue more league points.

 

A couple of points my friend :-

 

1. the club are not making more seats available for home fans in the Northam, they are re branding the Kingsland North the 'extended northam'

 

2. The club will carry on giving the away fans their full quota of seats in the Northam so will no be 'put out of the way'

 

3. We are only put in the drafty corner at Elland road because our support at Elland road has been poor, if Like Man Utd, Arsenal, Everton etc we took more fans we'd have the full end behind the goal.

 

A personal point to everyone:-

 

The vocal support has never been split by the club, the support has been split by personal choice. I, along with 30 lads that used to sit in the Archers visited the media centre to look @ the new 'St. Mary's Stadium' we looked at the seating map, we visited website's to see where the 'Milton' fan's were relocating. weighed everything up then CHOOSE to sit in the Itchen North, you cannot force an atmmosphere, its a natural thing!

 

Final question, all the fans that are 'delighted' with this new policy, where do you sit?? Why are you 'delighted' that our own fans are being forced to move? Why are you 'delighted that as a season ticket holder I can no longer take guests, meaning fewer fans and ultimately the one thing you are saying you want, a worse atmosphere through less fans?

 

Cr4p idea by a cr4p supporters policy at our club. Home fans are moved in the northam when a club brings more fans, home fans are restricted in their movements around the stadium to allow away fans access, now home fans are being moved again!

[St. Jason]

Clearly this will lead to moving all st holders next season. Itchen North will be for away fans I am sure.

 

fwiw, the away fans can hardly hear the Northam singing anyway, you'd be surprised how quiet it osunds from the visitors section. They do however hear the Itchen lads (and lasses), When going full pelt there is no beter place to be heard from than Itchen North.

 

I do hope that when they do make the switch I hope that all those from Itchen North get offered first dibs on the seats in blocks 46, 47 and 48. It will be brilliant, it is a pretty good view too, seriously, you will get to like it imo. The club could also use it as a good PR opportunity too. Why not offer st holders from blocks 1, 2, 3,and 4 past and present a 25% discount next season to make amends for all of the previous terrible treatment of the best bunch of Saints fans in the ground. We could still sing "we're The Itchen" imo too.

 

Hamster, how can they possibly move the away fans to the Itchen North with the placing of the executive boxes right behind the away fans?? What about when we get a big cup game, do we move the directors so the away team can have their full 15% quota, or do move the away fans back to the Northam meaning us HOME fans will be moved again???

[Scummer]

Hamster, how can they possibly move the away fans to the Itchen North with the placing of the executive boxes right behind the away fans?? What about when we get a big cup game, do we move the directors so the away team can have their full 15% quota, or do move the away fans back to the Northam meaning us HOME fans will be moved again???

 

Do no other grounds have exec boxes behind the away fans? I thought there were a few that did. What do the other clubs with similar stadiums to us do?

[St. Jason]

Do no other grounds have exec boxes behind the away fans? I thought there were a few that did. What do the other clubs with similar stadiums to us do?

 

Who knows and frankly, who cares??

 

This is about OUR club, OUR fans. Why do we all ways care about the away fans, away teams??

 

Just think about it for a minute, Itchen North full of away fans @ Christmas, a few building Co's take their lads to St. Mary's for the 'company Christmas do', it'd be mayhem, absolute mayhem!!

 

If, and this is a massive if, the club are intending to move the away fans then move them to the family stand. It's already segregated, it has its own bar and catering, away coaches can be parked in the industrial estate and the stewards can close that corner of the car park without affecting home fans like they do by closing the north car park. There would be no more violence up Britannia Road as both sets of fans converge by the steps!

[Weston Saint]

Concourse serves blocks 5 & 6 as well. You would have to have an internal re build.

 

Why should block 5 (centre) have to put up with away fans next to them!

[St. Jason]

Note-

 

I see that on Tuesday the club now want us to sit in the Itchen, couldn't make it up could you!!

[saints_is_the_south]

i don't want to sit with the chavs in the northam.

 

I'm not a chav & neither are any of the people that sit around me in the Northam. HTH

[South City Si]

I sit in Block 4 as I have never really liked sitting in the Northam, or any where else in the ground for that matter.

This is the first season I've actually got round to buyingf a ST and choose the Itchen North as I prefer it's atmosphere, which IS different fromn the rest of the stands. I have sat pretty much every block in the ground and used to like Block 3 before it shut.

 

Also, talking to some away fans I know they said that they found when we had the corners open int the Itchen they found it quite 'intimidating' as they surrounded on both side by fans chanting at them and drowned out all the time.

SO..in my opinion open the ITCHEN corner as well and let us do what the away fans don't like! Having the fans in one place is a good idea in theory but won't necessarly make us louder as it may actually be harder to get songs going, while shouting down and quietening the away fans is half the job done!

[St. Jason]

e-mail sent to the club :-

 

Dear Sir's,

 

I've read with dismay your intention to restrict the Itchen North stand to season ticket holders only. I feel extremely let down and alienated by this decision. I own 2 no. season tickets, 1 for me and one for my son. Evening games I like to take my 8 year old daughter as I can't on Saturdays as she dances. With your new policy it means I can no longer take her,my wife, nephew or niece as they are only occasional fans. Yet again I'm left here thinking 'am I really respected or wanted as a fan'? So by one swift flick of a pen you have lost 4 occasional paying customers, crazy!

 

Jason

 

Awaiting reply????

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

I've decided in the spirit of equality to insult , libel and stereotype everyone except the Chapelenders - who are of course all learned scholars of the game and quite above reproach .

 

 

Itchenites - A malodorous bunch so two-faced one wonders why on earth they stick with the one they're waring .

 

Kingslanders - An in-breed sub species of Homo Sapiens with the intellectual development expected of a moderately bright Tortoise .

 

Northamorons - Smug loud mouths only tolerated at St Marys because the club view it as social work and attending football matches is a condition of their ASBO's .

 

Executive Box Denizens - Fraudsters !

 

Stewards - Unemployable in any proper job .

 

Ground Staff - Overpaid gardeners on a ego trip .

 

Players - So dim and talentless that as a group they'd struggle to complete the Beano crossword .

 

Mr Leibheer - Here only in futile attempt to avoid a potential UN War Crimes Tribunal .

 

Nicola Cortese - A serial bigamist with a chain of mistresses that stretches from here to Monte Carlo .

[docker-p]

Well i know four fans who will not be renewing their season tickets ever again because of this move. After being chucked out of block 2 they are now being pushed elsewhere. They do not want to sit or even stand in the northam or kingsland corner. They like many have had season tickets since 2001 in the itchen corner. The facts are that the best atmosphere ever have been when Saints fans have been singing from either side of the away fans.

 

Instead of trying to increase the atmosphere the club have made it worse.

I agree.

How ever they dress it up it's all about trying to create a more genteel atmosphere for the corporates.

Who the **** wants to sit in the corner?

[Iowsaintsfan]

I "sat" in block 39 yesterday what a bunch of tosserrs that ended up in there! i wont be back there!

[aintforever]

People who sit in blocks 3 and 4 do so because they want to, trying to force people to sit in areas they don't want will just mean less people will buy tickets.

 

Whoever came up with this masterplan is a ****.

[Sour Mash]

A couple of points my friend :-

 

1. the club are not making more seats available for home fans in the Northam, they are re branding the Kingsland North the 'extended northam'

 

2. The club will carry on giving the away fans their full quota of seats in the Northam so will no be 'put out of the way'

 

3. We are only put in the drafty corner at Elland road because our support at Elland road has been poor, if Like Man Utd, Arsenal, Everton etc we took more fans we'd have the full end behind the goal.

 

A personal point to everyone:-

 

The vocal support has never been split by the club, the support has been split by personal choice. I, along with 30 lads that used to sit in the Archers visited the media centre to look @ the new 'St. Mary's Stadium' we looked at the seating map, we visited website's to see where the 'Milton' fan's were relocating. weighed everything up then CHOOSE to sit in the Itchen North, you cannot force an atmmosphere, its a natural thing!

 

Final question, all the fans that are 'delighted' with this new policy, where do you sit?? Why are you 'delighted' that our own fans are being forced to move? Why are you 'delighted that as a season ticket holder I can no longer take guests, meaning fewer fans and ultimately the one thing you are saying you want, a worse atmosphere through less fans?

 

Cr4p idea by a cr4p supporters policy at our club. Home fans are moved in the northam when a club brings more fans, home fans are restricted in their movements around the stadium to allow away fans access, now home fans are being moved again!

 

Hear, hear mate, spot on! Can't figure out why anyone is "delighted" by this, the club have just rebranded the Kingsland Northam corner as part of the Northam. Who does that benefit? There has always been space in the Northam or towards the Northam end of the Kingsland for anyone who wanted to sit/stand there.

 

All this is doing is further persecuting a large section of loyal, passionate fans, who have really contributed to the atomosphere at St Mary's over the last few years and have gradually been f****d around by the club they support.

 

P.S. - I can't see the club moving away fans to the Itchen North, so god knows why anyone is getting excited by that!

[Sour Mash]

Sat in Itchen North for the last few home games in there. There's a gobby, mouthy cow who shouts '****' at the away fans for 90 minutes, a man that was singing 'green army' to Yeovil fans, even though it's Plymouth fans that are in the Aviva advert, and another man started singing 'Are you Rangers in disguise?" I presume he meant Celtic due to the Yeovil fans being in green and white stripes.. Thicko's.

 

The Northam is just as bad - the terrible and tedious chant of "Mario" at yesterday's game, classic sung to Brentford of "you're **** and your fans are ****" and we struggle to sing "Oh when the Saints" properly.

[SaintRobbie]

I cant say im disappointed, in fact Im dleighted.When the Itchen join the Northam their superb support will add to make the SMS more intimidating.

If we were going to play an away game and the club had divided our tickets to be either soide of away fans we'd be up in arms and [point how stupid it was to divide our vocal support.

A step forwarm IMO and other clubs will think of us having a Kop end that was well known like other clubs have.

 

True - but the view is x10 better in the Itchen North than in the Northam. I think it's a crap idea. Leave the Itchen North as it was before Lowe closed it. GLEAMING!

 

We're the Itchen over here...!

[saint_mears]

Can someone tell me who i send a complaint letter too about this itchen north fiasco ? Should i go straight to the top ? I also will be requesting why block 2 cannot be opened with so few away fans.

[dune]

A couple of points my friend :-

 

1. the club are not making more seats available for home fans in the Northam, they are re branding the Kingsland North the 'extended northam'

 

Initially yes, but i believe this is just phase 1. In the summer the away fans will be hutched around into the corner/itchen wing. I'm in favour of this happening.

 

2. The club will carry on giving the away fans their full quota of seats in the Northam so will no be 'put out of the way'

 

See post above.

 

3. We are only put in the drafty corner at Elland road because our support at Elland road has been poor, if Like Man Utd, Arsenal, Everton etc we took more fans we'd have the full end behind the goal.

 

And why dont they give priority on the seats behind the goal? Cleatly it's preferable to put away fans out the way.

 

A personal point to everyone:-

 

The vocal support has never been split by the club, the support has been split by personal choice. I, along with 30 lads that used to sit in the Archers visited the media centre to look @ the new 'St. Mary's Stadium' we looked at the seating map, we visited website's to see where the 'Milton' fan's were relocating. weighed everything up then CHOOSE to sit in the Itchen North, you cannot force an atmmosphere, its a natural thing!

 

I too used to prefer the Archers Road end, but prior to this being a home end it was for away fans. This was changed because it was a stand that gave a good atmosphere and it was nonsense for away fans to benefit from it. For the same reason away fans should be moved into the Itchen corner and should not have the benefit of occupying a bank of seats behind the goal.

 

Final question, all the fans that are 'delighted' with this new policy, where do you sit?? Why are you 'delighted' that our own fans are being forced to move? Why are you 'delighted that as a season ticket holder I can no longer take guests, meaning fewer fans and ultimately the one thing you are saying you want, a worse atmosphere through less fans?

 

I'm in favour because it means less atmosphere from the away fans and therefore gives our team more of a "home advantage". I believe that over the course of a season the atmospheric advantage could be quite a few extra points.

 

Cr4p idea by a cr4p supporters policy at our club. Home fans are moved in the northam when a club brings more fans, home fans are restricted in their movements around the stadium to allow away fans access, now home fans are being moved again!

 

Look mate we all know why certain people like the Itchen North, and it's not for the view of the game. Basically it's to watch/abuse the away fans and/or to pick a fight for after the match. You'll still be able to get your fix from the Northam because away fans will be round the corner in full view.