On your typical away day, you can pick and choose where you sit and if you fancy a sing song...you head up the back with the diehards. I truely love away days, i live for them in fact.
On a matchday at TCS (take the north stand for example), the singers are often separated (apart from an elite select) and dont make any impact whatsoever singing alone (usually, thats me). This is largely due to the amount of taken seats around that area which are occupied by season ticket holders.
I propose, as radical as it sounds, to have the season ticket holder seats in the north stand de-named. I.e. you can buy a season ticket for the north stand, but you cant specify where! Keep the family section named and as-is...sometimes its better to have an area away from possible swearing etc.
People will moan that they buy the seat for the view of the pitch, I argue either 1) buy a season ticket in the main stand or 2) buy a season ticket for the north stand and get there in plenty of time.
This way folk that are really keen can get a bit closer to the singing pack and actually make a difference. I have a group of at least 5 mates who all sit separately, im sure other people are the same.
The atmosphere would build earlier in the ground as people who sing would want to be guaranteed a good spot.
Singing secitons dont work, lets try something thats never been done before.
Please dont tear me to pieces, its a bit of positive lateral thinking.
On your typical away day, you can pick and choose where you sit and if you fancy a sing song...you head up the back with the diehards. I truely love away days, i live for them in fact.
On a matchday at TCS (take the north stand for example), the singers are often separated (apart from an elite select) and dont make any impact whatsoever singing alone (usually, thats me). This is largely due to the amount of taken seats around that area which are occupied by season ticket holders.
I propose, as radical as it sounds, to have the season ticket holder seats in the north stand de-named. I.e. you can buy a season ticket for the north stand, but you cant specify where! Keep the family section named and as-is...sometimes its better to have an area away from possible swearing etc.
People will moan that they buy the seat for the view of the pitch, I argue either 1) buy a season ticket in the main stand or 2) buy a season ticket for the north stand and get there in plenty of time.
This way folk that are really keen can get a bit closer to the singing pack and actually make a difference. I have a group of at least 5 mates who all sit separately, im sure other people are the same.
The atmosphere would build earlier in the ground as people who sing would want to be guaranteed a good spot.
Singing secitons dont work, lets try something thats never been done before.
Please dont tear me to pieces, its a bit of positive lateral thinking.
Discuss!