When I am in that situation (eg for evening games) I always swap mine to go and stand behind the goal. It's very easily done on the website, or if you'd prefer over the phone or in person in the office
There are groups of blokes with season tickets in there. I find it weird that that is allowed
There were about 8 kids in our block of the Family Stand on Saturday including the 2 in our group. Mostly it’s old single men. The person next to us definitely buys a cheap kids seat so he doesn’t have to sit next to anyone.
As I’ve said before many times, make the outer blocks of the upper tier family stand seats as well. Increase the adult ticket price accordingly but keep the child ticket price the same. We are missing out on plenty of 12 - 15 year olds in my opinion because the increase in price for an adult to take their child to the stadium increases too much. Not to mention an awful lot of people simply don’t want to pay good money to sit in the lower tier wings getting the full elements when you look at the stand opposite about 20% full and plenty over over 18s in the best seats in the central area of the family stand. In fact, I’d even extend the family stand seats to the Main Stand too as it’s pretty much empty each week.
I thought the whole point of the family stand was that it was a 'family-friendly' zone. There are no rules on having to be accompanied by kids, as far as I can see. It's almost never anywhere near sold out either.
At the Birmingham game, I was sat with my young family at the back of the family stand. No bad language taking place in the family stand at all. First row of the bit above us there was terrible language which could be heard loud and clear by all and sundry in the family stand. Ironically we were sat in front of the no swearing sign!
I've always been an advocate for getting kids into the ground and building interest amongst our future fanbase. However, I wonder what the policing costs would be if, for example, we got an extra 1000 "bums on seats" but were only charging £5 per ticket. I've always felt so strongly about it, but there must be a reason why the club don't make more of an effort. I wonder if there is a rule on police:fan ratio.
They know that it makes sense but there's got to be a reason why it's not sustainable.
The Football Factory wannabe Pompey supporters in the boxes at the game last season were swearing all game and offered out anyone who asked them to tone it down (almost all of whom were parents there with their kids)
They rounded off the afternoon by singing "you've seen the champions, now fuck off home" at families who were leaving the stadium
I have taken great joy in how shit they've been this season. I hope that continues and I hope we smash them in a few weeks time
Aren't there actually relatively few seats available to buy in the main stand most weeks? It's just that a reasonable number choose to stand down the front instead.
Why can’t we do that? Who is in charge of setting the pricing and trying to get more fans through the gate? It just seems so logical to me that letting children into the ground for £1 generates more revenue and builds a future fan base.
The executive box area tends to be more or less a steward free zone, doesn’t it ?
Sadly, the kind of language you describe (and used in your post) is now so commonplace that the majority of children, apart from some under 10s perhaps, hear it all the time.
But the aggressive element which you describe is an entirely different matter. The problem there, if I’ve understood the situation, is that it occurred during the post match exodus and would have involved groups of Pompey fans - a difficult situation for police to deal with.
It was throughout the entire afternoon and involved the Pompey fans occupying the boxes towards the away end (maybe the last three towards the away end)
Anyway, "rant over" as they say. I'm sure the majority of Pompey fans are decent folk much like ourselves. But what is football for if not for petty grudges?
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Adults shouldn't be allowed in the family stand if not accompanied by kids. Can't believe it's even a discussion
30% is a mixture of what you do AND the drummer stuff. Unless you're involved in that too.
Absolutely agree with this concept. But what should adult season ticket holders do if their kid can’t attend a particular game?
(and are we referring to kids as under 11s like the club do or under 18s?)
When I am in that situation (eg for evening games) I always swap mine to go and stand behind the goal. It's very easily done on the website, or if you'd prefer over the phone or in person in the office
There are groups of blokes with season tickets in there. I find it weird that that is allowed
ps I'd classify under 18s as kids for the purposes of this discussion
There were about 8 kids in our block of the Family Stand on Saturday including the 2 in our group. Mostly it’s old single men. The person next to us definitely buys a cheap kids seat so he doesn’t have to sit next to anyone.
I could be wrong, but I doubt many clubs allow this
I did wonder if @flymofrank sits with his dad.
Yeah, I'm actually only 12
You might have been in your first iteration but you’ve come back as a true 30ish year old!!
There are at least signs of life in the terrace and the FA upper tier.
That was certainly the case during the Reading match. And hopefully will be a week today.
As I’ve said before many times, make the outer blocks of the upper tier family stand seats as well. Increase the adult ticket price accordingly but keep the child ticket price the same. We are missing out on plenty of 12 - 15 year olds in my opinion because the increase in price for an adult to take their child to the stadium increases too much. Not to mention an awful lot of people simply don’t want to pay good money to sit in the lower tier wings getting the full elements when you look at the stand opposite about 20% full and plenty over over 18s in the best seats in the central area of the family stand. In fact, I’d even extend the family stand seats to the Main Stand too as it’s pretty much empty each week.
On the face of it, makes a helluva lot of sense, @username123. But I’ve no idea what the club’s counterarguments might be.
I thought the whole point of the family stand was that it was a 'family-friendly' zone. There are no rules on having to be accompanied by kids, as far as I can see. It's almost never anywhere near sold out either.
Our block was completely sold out for the Reading game as we’d tried to get an additional ticket there. It was maybe 1/2 full for the match.
At the Birmingham game, I was sat with my young family at the back of the family stand. No bad language taking place in the family stand at all. First row of the bit above us there was terrible language which could be heard loud and clear by all and sundry in the family stand. Ironically we were sat in front of the no swearing sign!
But you’re overlooking the element of exposure to……the elements (rather than the odd drip from the roof).
Sounds about right! You're never sure who you're going to have in the boxes behind you either...
I've always been an advocate for getting kids into the ground and building interest amongst our future fanbase. However, I wonder what the policing costs would be if, for example, we got an extra 1000 "bums on seats" but were only charging £5 per ticket. I've always felt so strongly about it, but there must be a reason why the club don't make more of an effort. I wonder if there is a rule on police:fan ratio.
They know that it makes sense but there's got to be a reason why it's not sustainable.
The Football Factory wannabe Pompey supporters in the boxes at the game last season were swearing all game and offered out anyone who asked them to tone it down (almost all of whom were parents there with their kids)
They rounded off the afternoon by singing "you've seen the champions, now fuck off home" at families who were leaving the stadium
I have taken great joy in how shit they've been this season. I hope that continues and I hope we smash them in a few weeks time
Pretty small gene pool on that island to be fair
Oh, no steward went anywhere near them all afternoon
It cost me £1 for my 9 year old sons ticket to see the demolition of Shrewsbury yesterday, bargain!
Aren't there actually relatively few seats available to buy in the main stand most weeks? It's just that a reasonable number choose to stand down the front instead.
I don't think that's true.
Well if they did, then I didn't see one. Nor did it make any difference to how they were behaving
Why can’t we do that? Who is in charge of setting the pricing and trying to get more fans through the gate? It just seems so logical to me that letting children into the ground for £1 generates more revenue and builds a future fan base.
We just seem to not want to bother.
The executive box area tends to be more or less a steward free zone, doesn’t it ?
Sadly, the kind of language you describe (and used in your post) is now so commonplace that the majority of children, apart from some under 10s perhaps, hear it all the time.
But the aggressive element which you describe is an entirely different matter. The problem there, if I’ve understood the situation, is that it occurred during the post match exodus and would have involved groups of Pompey fans - a difficult situation for police to deal with.
It was throughout the entire afternoon and involved the Pompey fans occupying the boxes towards the away end (maybe the last three towards the away end)
Anyway, "rant over" as they say. I'm sure the majority of Pompey fans are decent folk much like ourselves. But what is football for if not for petty grudges?
Fair enough but you did say they rounded it off at families leaving the stadium. As you say, enough said.
Merry Christmas.