Bristol City thread

[Ciderup]

 

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[Ciderup]

Blimey, they've really got on with it in the last 2 weeks while I was away!

 

[JJH]

Picture taken yesterday - looking good...

 

[Ciderup]

Picture taken yesterday - looking good...

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Is that where you sit JJH? I'm in the same corner.

 

[JJH]

Is that where you sit JJH? I'm in the same corner.

I'm in the very back row of S24 mate, so a couple of blocks down!

 

[hodge]

Very impressive that, look forward to seeing it when I go to the Brighton game.

 

[Ciderup]

I'm in the very back row of S24 mate, so a couple of blocks down!

The other side of SL from me then, I'm in the 2nd last row of S27, right next to the Dolman. What's the consensus for next season, stay in the SS or move to the West stand? I might stick where I am as I get a blinding perspective from the corner.

 

[JJH]

The other side of SL from me then, I'm in the 2nd last row of S27, right next to the Dolman. What's the consensus for next season, stay in the SS or move to the West stand? I might stick where I am as I get a blinding perspective from the corner.

Think I'm going to stay put due to the top tier of the new Williams only being used for overflow, otherwise I'd be interested in sitting up there. I'm a big fan of the South Stand - nice facilities, good view etc... also with being in the back row I can sit/stand depending on my mood without others whinging.

Does anyone know where are the 'singing lot' from the Atyeo are re-locating?

 

[Ciderup]

Does anyone know where are the 'singing lot' from the Atyeo are re-locating?

It seemed to be the main topic of conversation at the fans meeting last week. That in itself pisses me off a bit TBH. There are 14,000 other fans who are just as important but seem to be overlooked in favour of the 'singers'. While I appreciate their efforts, alot of them are only in that section due to cheap ticket prices yet the club seem to be bending over backwards to keep them happy. They are talking about putting them in the old A and B block of the Dolman. As long as the prices they pay are the same as the existing people already in there then no problem but if it's cheaper then it's just plain unfair IMHO.

 

[hodge]

It seemed to be the main topic of conversation at the fans meeting last week. That in itself pisses me off a bit TBH. There are 14,000 other fans who are just as important but seem to be overlooked in favour of the 'singers'. While I appreciate their efforts, alot of them are only in that section due to cheap ticket prices yet the club seem to be bending over backwards to keep them happy. They are talking about putting them in the old A and B block of the Dolman. As long as the prices they pay are the same as the existing people already in there then no problem but if it's cheaper then it's just plain unfair IMHO.

Have to say I agree, when I read OTIB I get pissed off with the former EE members and now Atyeo members who believe they're superior fans and deserve more. As you say about shipping them to Dolman A&B what about the fans who are already there? Think one guy posted on OTIB about them having sat there for 10+ years, I don't see why they should be turfed out of their seat for Atyeo members, the fact they want to stay in the Atyeo annoys me too, next season having the Atyeo as away fans only is by far the easiest thing for the club to do, natural segregation and if they were to be put in any other stand it would screw with the idea of the concourse, yet because they want it they get it by the looks of it.

 

[Ciderup]

Spot on Hodge! I agree with every word bud.
By the way, my issue in this is with the club and not S82. I saw a few pics from yesterday and thought their 1982 stuff was excellent. Considering many of them wouldn't have even been born in those dark days, I thought this was good.

 

[Aaron-Bcfc]

The singing lot are great. The only part of the ground that genuinely back the team. Hopefully join them next season, I find the matchday experience in the Dolman absolutely wank.

 

[BCFC Jordan]

I think the only people trying to fight the dying Ashton Gate atmosphere should be respected. They're constantly getting moved as it is, and are a minority trying to prevent the sit and clap atmosphere that Ashton Gate is full of now that the EE has gone.

 

[hodge]

Spot on Hodge! I agree with every word bud.
By the way, my issue in this is with the club and not S82. I saw a few pics from yesterday and thought their 1982 stuff was excellent. Considering many of them wouldn't have even been born in those dark days, I thought this was good.

Yeah I don't have a problem with the group of fans in general its more the minority that make the majority of the noise. Everyone knew what would have to happen during the redevelopment yet some got annoyed about it, I think its great the club has convenience the fans during the redevelopment, they could have easily said sorry but while the stadium is under work you'll have to make do, but they've made effort to keep the fans together, its better for them and better for the club. But now I just don't feel a group of fans should be prioritised over the other.

 

[Ciderup]

I think the only people trying to fight the dying Ashton Gate atmosphere should be respected. They're constantly getting moved as it is, and are a minority trying to prevent the sit and clap atmosphere that Ashton Gate is full of now that the EE has gone.

Respected yes, rewarded, no. No problem with that but as long as it's not at a cheaper price to the rest of us. I've sang at the Gate in the terraced east end, seated east end, crackers corner and the Dolman over the years and didn't / don't get a discount and nor did I expect one. If the 'singers' get preferential treatment, can I claim a discount for all my years of singing?
As long as there is no preference given on price, I don't mind but 1400 people should NOT be given preferential treatment over the other 14,000, it would be suicide by the club to do that!

 

[BCFC Jordan]

Respected yes, rewarded, no. No problem with that but as long as it's not at a cheaper price to the rest of us. I've sang at the Gate in the terraced east end, seated east end, crackers corner and the Dolman over the years and didn't / don't get a discount and nor do I expect one. If the 'singers' get preferential treatment, can I claim a discount for all my years of singing?
As long as there is no preference given on price, I don't mind but 1400 people should NOT be given preferential treatment over the other 14,000, it would be suicide by the club to do that!

I agree about pricing. Although the pricing should be lowered for everyone.

Just saying that the small minority of people left that actually attempt to make AG a decent atmosphere should be listened to. I wouldn't say they should get priority but the club should do all they can to help them, as AG is getting worse in terms of atmosphere and will be terrible without the signing section.

 

[Ciderup]

I agree about pricing. Although the pricing should be lowered for everyone.

Just saying that the small minority of people left that actually attempt to make AG a decent atmosphere should be listened to. I wouldn't say they should get priority but the club should do all they can to help them, as AG is getting worse in terms of atmosphere and will be terrible without the signing section.

I'm not saying they shouldn't but not if the VAST majority are ignored as they are at the moment. It's all about the east enders / S82 as far as I can see and that's plain wrong IMHO. Assist them by all means but don't ignore the rest, that's all I'm saying.
There was a time, not long ago, that the club were thinking of putting them in the upper West stand, no doubt at a cheaper price. The best seats in the stadium at cheap prices? Totally unfair. The east end, in its' last guise, was cheap because the view was shite. There are no shite views anymore so pay the same as the rest of us.

 

[JJH]

The singing lot are great. The only part of the ground that genuinely back the team. Hopefully join them next season, I find the matchday experience in the Dolman absolutely wank.

There are other ways of 'backing the team' than singing a song or two after we score a goal. It's not as if they're going at it hard for 90 minutes whether we're winning or we're 4-0 down in honesty.

Each to their own I say - home atmospheres are dying in this country, you're better off attending away games if you want a sing-song and a good laugh.

 

[WTTJ]

Respected yes, rewarded, no. No problem with that but as long as it's not at a cheaper price to the rest of us. I've sang at the Gate in the terraced east end, seated east end, crackers corner and the Dolman over the years and didn't / don't get a discount and nor do I expect one. If the 'singers' get preferential treatment, can I claim a discount for all my years of singing?
As long as there is no preference given on price, I don't mind but 1400 people should NOT be given preferential treatment over the other 14,000, it would be suicide by the club to do that!

To say we (EEnders) are being preferred at all is not true imo. If we are moved next season it will be our 5th location in just over three years. I get it that it may seem that the 1400 in the Atyeo are the only ones being talked about, but there are plenty of seats for the other 14,000 to chose from based on view and price. The stadium has been designed with those fans who just want to watch the game in mind.

For me the EEnders should not have the cheapest ticket prices, we just get them as we're always put in the part of the ground with the worst views and facilities. Next season I'd like to see us move back to the Eastend, not in the way, behind the goal and an opportunity to expand the section should demand increase. In addition, anyone moved will have only been there for a season and so disruption should be limited.

When the stadium re-build was announced, everyone as warned that they could be moved, and if it means we can finally have a place to call home and stop being passed around the stands like a dodgy spliff, I think us being relocated to the EE /SS is ideal. Especially as anyone who is moved will have a choice of one of the other 20,000 seats not given to us or away fans.

 

[Ciderup]

To say we (EEnders) are being preferred at all is not true imo. If we are moved next season it will be our 5th location in just over three years. I get it that it may seem that the 1400 in the Atyeo are the only ones being talked about, but there are plenty of seats for the other 14,000 to chose from based on view and price. The stadium has been designed with those fans who just want to watch the game in mind.

For me the EEnders should not have the cheapest ticket prices, we just get them as we're always put in the part of the ground with the worst views and facilities. Next season I'd like to see us move back to the Eastend, not in the way, behind the goal and an opportunity to expand the section should demand increase. In addition, anyone moved will have only been there for a season and so disruption should be limited.

When the stadium re-build was announced, everyone as warned that they could be moved, and if it means we can finally have a place to call home and stop being passed around the stands like a dodgy spliff, I think us being relocated to the EE /SS is ideal. Especially as anyone who is moved will have a choice of one of the other 20,000 seats not given to us or away fans.

As long as the prices for the EE'ers is the same as I pay WTTJ then all power to you.
As an EE'er who missed out on a Williams season ticket last season, I don't have a problem with the EE'ers per se but will not accept a financial penalty for not being one any more. Move to the SS and I will, certainly, be rejoining the singers but the pricing thing has to be handled very carefully IMHO. Wherever S82 are moved (and I agree the SS is the spiritual home), some people may have to move to accomodate them. With alot of present SS'ers moving back into the stunning new West stand, it shouldn't be a problem but the club need to remember the other 14,000 as well as the excellent S82. We've ALL be inconvenienced by the building work and I mean ALL.

 

[Aaron-Bcfc]

There are other ways of 'backing the team' than singing a song or two after we score a goal. It's not as if they're going at it hard for 90 minutes whether we're winning or we're 4-0 down in honesty.

Each to their own I say - home atmospheres are dying in this country, you're better off attending away games if you want a sing-song and a good laugh.

Which is exactly why away games are 10x more enjoyable for me.

But seriously?? They sing first minute to last and outsing every single away following that come here. You must be choosing to ignore them.

Can you tell me what other ways there are of backing the team?

 

[hodge]

For me the EEnders should not have the cheapest ticket prices, we just get them as we're always put in the part of the ground with the worst views and facilities. Next season I'd like to see us move back to the Eastend, not in the way, behind the goal and an opportunity to expand the section should demand increase. In addition, anyone moved will have only been there for a season and so disruption should be limited.

Genuine question as I don't know, are the fans there this year paying the same for the seats in the Atyeo as the fans who were there before had to?

 

[WTTJ]

Genuine question as I don't know, are the fans there this year paying the same for the seats in the Atyeo as the fans who were there before had to?

I don't know, but as an Under 22 I am paying £4 less in the Atyeo than I would in the EE/SS. I think mine was £109 and the EE £115 for this season. Outrageously cheap I know Although next season will be the last season I qualify for it.

However I would pay double or even triple that and the rest to be in a place where I could stand and sing. Not about price for me, but the atmosphere.

 

[JJH]

Which is exactly why away games are 10x more enjoyable for me.

But seriously?? They sing first minute to last and outsing every single away following that come here. You must be choosing to ignore them.

Can you tell me what other ways there are of backing the team?

Turning up and paying the absurd entry fees to watch modern day football is a start.

You were saying in the shoutbox the other day at how the new rebuild has killed Ashton Gate - so you clearly can't rate them that highly. I sit in the South Stand and that section really aren't that good - they don't sing consistently for 90 minutes they respond to how to the team are playing like every other set of fans in the country do.

And as for outsinging the away support - I've noticed that even away atmospheres have been shite at AG this season for whatever reason.

 

[WTTJ]

Maths needs work £6

 

[Ciderup]

However I would pay double or even triple that and the rest to be in a place where I could stand and sing. Not about price for me, but the atmosphere.

There's the issue young WTTJ. Officially, 'standing is NOT allowed in any seated area'. It's the law. While City (and virtually every other club to be fair) overlook it, standing is actually illegal, more's the pity. If push came to shove, the safety in grounds people could shut down the Atyeo (or any other stand) for persistent standing and the club couldn't do a thing about it.
When the stuffed shirts and corporate mob bugger off back to the WS next season, I can envisage the SS having a much nicer atmosphere than this season but it needs your lot back in there to lead. Will S82 accept the prices we currently pay in the SS? That's what it will come down to as they are appreciably dearer than the dear old Atyeo but the view is substantially better.

 

[Aaron-Bcfc]

Turning up and paying the absurd entry fees to watch modern day football is a start.

You were saying in the shoutbox the other day at how the new rebuild has killed Ashton Gate - so you clearly can't rate them that highly. I sit in the South Stand and that section really aren't that good - they don't sing consistently for 90 minutes they respond to how to the team are playing like every other set of fans in the country do.

And as for outsinging the away support - I've noticed that even away atmospheres have been shite at AG this season for whatever reason.

Yes... the rebuild has killed the atmosphere. Apart from those small couple of blocks in the Atyeo that are still alive and loud. They do consistently sing for 90 minutes, I don't see how you can deny that.

 

[hodge]

Yes... the rebuild has killed the atmosphere. Apart from those small couple of blocks in the Atyeo that are still alive and loud. They do consistently sing for 90 minutes, I don't see how you can deny that.

The games I've been to would be a start, very patchy in their singing, while loud at times it's not constant for 90 minutes.

 

[Ciderup]

Yes... the rebuild has killed the atmosphere. Apart from those small couple of blocks in the Atyeo that are still alive and loud. They do consistently sing for 90 minutes, I don't see how you can deny that.

So move them back to their proper position when the corporate mob move and happy days! The SS can be noisy but not with half the old Williams mob in there it can't. From small acorns and all that, the SS will be left with fans who are more likely to join in from next season.