Match Day Thread Hull City v Portsmouth

Because, take it further, the club ask us to get to the ground earlier. Why is that do you think? Basically because we spend more money and maybe, as a secondary thought, ease any crush at the turnstiles at a minute to three. To get us there early, switched on clubs provide a Fans Park outside the ground so they can get a drink and something to eat, we don't, we have face painting and sometimes a blow up goal for the kids to kick into. No food or drink available outside the ground, unlike other clubs.
So we go into the stadium and use the concourse. Nowhere to sit and eat any food bought, nowhere to actually enjoy a pint, drink stood up, shoved all over the place, often in everyone's way, hardly a pleasant experience.
Or be able to use the seat you have paid for in advance and 'enjoy' any pre match entertainment the club have put on? Eat your food sat down and enjoy a pint? Exactly like you can do in the same stadium if you were watching a rugby league game. At the moment we have the young lad playing his bedroom set of Ibiza tunes, maybe some like that? but surely the pre match entertainment could be so much better? The club would sell more, the concourses wouldn't be so packed, and maybe if there was a reason to get to the stadium earlier the queues at the kiosks wouldn't be so long and tedious to wait it?
Just a thought.
After all I thought we were in the entertainment industry and in competition for customers with other entertainment venues?

 

I was about 3 mins late getting into MKM due to traffic in town....I was amazed to get in onto the South Stand concourse after kick off to see about three dozen 'fans' standing there at the eatery, completely ignoring the game, and waiting to fill their faces.

 

How could we possibly combat that then? How about designated areas, see a lot earlier post, stop the 'scroats' ( our younger and fans of the future, maybe you were one once?) from taking beer onto the terraces, like it is now, and how do you know it is beer they are throwing? Not rocket science is it?

 

You couldn’t take drinks out. Burnley were unique as their bars were open ones behind the stand. Imagine some kiosks with counters attached to back of East Stand. But you couldn’t take your beer into the stand. Don’t recall any plastic glass monstrosities until much later, just proper glasses.They were busy at the same times as now. Black Cat Club at Sunderland was good. 55 years ago they had a crèche there so parents could have young kids looked after whilst they watched the game. Always been a bit behind the curve in Hull in these sort of things.

 

You can't not like him.

 

I agree, he's honest and speaks so, none of this new fangled shyte that a lot of them parp on about, I've been hugely impressed at the way he has galvanised things in really difficult circumstances and still.manages to get a tune out the players.

 

I thought Crooks and Giles messed up the headed clearance prior to the ball reaching Joseph

 

Possibly, probably a multitude of things that could of gone better but that was an absolute bread and butter clearance he ****ed up and rolled it straight to the enemies feet. Doesn’t help it then got deflected off him either! I know there was nothing he could really do about that.

 

Cheers Cityzen - interesting stuff and appreciate the description; particularly interesting re: Sunderland. 55 years ago, I would have assumed the women back home would have been looking after the kids. Although, my experiences of Sunderland and their fans is that there are plenty of women supporters of a fair age following 'the lads'.

 

1. combat it by not allowing beer on the terraces
2. designated areas? A possibility worth exploring
3. Scroats are not necessarily young, they're just people who get a bit over excited now and again.

People get excited at football matches, your side scores a goal, up on your feet cheering, beer everywhere, away fans being taunted (perhaps having beer thrown at them). Imagine the cleaning bills for hosing the terraces and seats down after every game, picking up all the discarded cups.
I just think if beer was allowed on the terraces there would always be a minority of fans who'd spoil it for all the rest.

And, as someone else posted, going 45 minutes without having a beer isn't that hard is it?

 

Nice video guys. Hope your journey home wasn't too long. Always **** after a defeat.

 

Sixty odd times a season would be acceptable.

 

Because a fair few fans are ****ing idiots, it’s expensive enough without throwing the stuff.

 

The coffee, Bovril, catsick chicken, crumble and custard etc al is expensive, imagine the cleaning bill when that gets thrown when we score, oh...

 

Believe me when I say it wouldn’t miss my gob no need for any clean up lol crumble and custard mmm

 

Door ajar for Rover.

 

Find it strange people would need to throw beer when scoring but stewards could kick offenders out. Happens here. Don't have to ban it for those who can be responsible.

 

Darts isn't a sport, it's a pub game. When people go to Darts it's just a giant pub with people holding signs up.
As I said before Rugby League will ban alcohol before long, it's coming.

 

You can eat your food in your seat during the warm up. I've also no issue with people eating during the game. It's the going to get it that chaps my arse. 15 mins in and big john decides he is starving and needs chicken and chips because he can't wait half an hour to get it.

Drinking I don't get your point. Everyone has known the rules since 1985 and have their own .atchday routine. I like to get to the stadium about 20 past 2 and cram two more in before kick off. That sees me through to half time. I get one at half time and that's it. I don't get bored or thirsty for the next 45 minutes without a Guinness. I watch the game, which this season has happened to be really entertaining and I wouldn't want to leave my seat.