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Away fans housed in West Stand Upper - Testing in 25/26 season
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I think they are already ahead of you with the cold food warm beer idea.fenlandaddick said:If this lot want to tick the Eco box just stick some solar panels on the roof.Or stop playing shit music on a match day , that should save a few watts.Change the floodlights to something out the 21st century, instead of the the last century. LED lights, I assume, cost less to run that the old ones currently in use.Turn all lights off at half time and ask the fans to light the stadium with their phones.Only serve cold food and warm beerTurn off the big screenDon't use growing lights on the pitch.Only have a 3 day week in the office, will save on heating and electricPlenty more 'great' ideas where those came from.and on par with the current one on offer.
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No you're right, but it may have been for cup games?Powell2ThePeople said:
I agree with you both, never the home end, but I've been going since the late 70s and spent many a game in the JS stand. When I was younger, on the East Terrace. Then in my teens moved down to the clock.addick19 said:
I've been going since 1965 and it's never been the 'home end.'pettgra said:I have been supporting Charlton for over sixty years and I never knew that the JS stand was the home end.
No wonder I kept getting beaten up.
But many games in the JS along the way. In fact, the last I remember is against Leeds when Gordon Strachan was tearing us apart on the wing. So that would have been after the return.
No recollection of the score that day, nor where the Leeds fans were, but can only assume they were in 1 half of JS, whether that be a top/bottom or an east/west split.
Bizarre to think that a team like Leeds didn't have the whole end though.
Which brings me on to another thought... Is it a false memory, or did away fans take up a block or 2 on the south side of the east on a few occasions?0 -
The upside of this move would be reduced cost to supervise (stewarding), entry control (turnstiles) and ancillaries (food and drink and associated staffing).
I can only imagine the cost of producing all of the above would simply be transferred across to the "away" facilities in the west stand, so questionable as to whether there would be any saving.
The downside would be:-
- Reduced atmosphere in the ground
- Increased security in the west stand.
- Security risk to the people that use the upper tier (who currently have zero risk of encountering away fans in the ground)
- Disruption to existing season ticket holders.
- teething problems in organisation that would persist if only used occasionally.
- Perception of tinpot club for having three sides open.
The cost benefit analysis could be carried out successfully as a desk exercise. The practical implementation would only prove that its a waste of time. If it were a good idea, cleverer people than the current management team would have done it years ago.
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Think you may be forgetting one thing, we don’t own The Valley.sam3110 said:
As I said earlier the longer term plan may well be to remodel the JS stand, it's the easiest of the 4 sides to rebuild and will have scope to add corporate boxes (something we severely lack compared to many modern stadiums)Stig said:
I'm not seeing any link here. Why might it mean better facilities in the JS?sam3110 said:Fuck the away fans, as I said before if long term it means better facilities in the JS and fans behind both goals then I'm all for it. I personally would give away fans the end 2 blocks Upper and Lower of the the West Stand, and if they aren't selling many, just the upper
If anyone here has ever been to the BayArena, I can see a similar structure to that being built at that end.
That is the most important bit of paper Charlton need to own.6 -
We're 10-0 down after 10 minutes into the game...sadly.Lewis Coaches said:
Think you may be forgetting one thing, we don’t own The Valley.sam3110 said:
As I said earlier the longer term plan may well be to remodel the JS stand, it's the easiest of the 4 sides to rebuild and will have scope to add corporate boxes (something we severely lack compared to many modern stadiums)Stig said:
I'm not seeing any link here. Why might it mean better facilities in the JS?sam3110 said:Fuck the away fans, as I said before if long term it means better facilities in the JS and fans behind both goals then I'm all for it. I personally would give away fans the end 2 blocks Upper and Lower of the the West Stand, and if they aren't selling many, just the upper
If anyone here has ever been to the BayArena, I can see a similar structure to that being built at that end.That is the most important bit of paper Charlton need to own.0
