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Nads said:
Aye could corner it off like they do in Germany, then we could allocate a tier for extra home tickets against teams with **** away numbers.

Good idea.
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Eeeh I was in Dortmund's yellow wall for their last match of the season. It's absolutely mental support and I loved it! I'd wet my pants if we could get a red and white wall going in the south stand.
 
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becs said:
Ignore the family section. In reality that doesn't exist anymore. I sit there and it's mainly all adults now. I know the club sell it as family section but you don't get moved on when your children become adults. We join in with the south stand and it's quite loud and not family friendly at times. I pity any newbies with little ones who've bought there this season thinking it's a family section as they're in for a shock!

So where to move the away fans?

SEC - no longer a family section but right next to the Stokoe statue. I know they've done studies of people movement after the match and that corner is very popular outside with people meeting up after the match and people moving off the stadium site and through Sheepfolds after the match.

SWC - not big enough and away fans would be in front of the hospitality boxes that are used by pundits on televised games, so the opportunity for visitors to cause mischief on live TV.

As you know Sheepfolds is currently a building site. The new bridge is opening soon, so the home fans will have a bigger spread through Sheepfolds with some going over the Wearmouth bridge and some using the new bridge. Once the new buildings are finished, there will not be space to park away coaches at the south end of the stadium. It will also border onto residential areas. Putting away fans anywhere in the south end of the stadium would cause issues afterwards escorting them back to their buses at the north end, through the masses of people exiting into Sheepfolds.

North end works well as there's plenty of room to park buses and it's easy to get them out and onto Keir Hardy Way, but:

NEC has the new ticket office there. It would need careful managing so there's no conflict between away fans coming and going and home fans wanting to use the ticket office. NWC has hospitality boxes behind it. Back of the lower north stand has the premium padded seats.

That doesn't take into account the people who will be upset to be displaced from a seat they've become attached to over a number of years.

Wherever you put them, there's going to be problems that need sorting out.
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I still think that the SEC is the best place to put away fans, at the moment. You make a valid point in relation to the Stokoe statue but given the fact that the footbridge will be open this season moving the statue to outside the SWC could work.
 
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Building on last summer’s stadium developments, this will be led by a significant seven-figure investment in the Club’s concourse spaces – the most in this area since the Stadium of Light opened in 1997 – to further reaffirm SAFC’s commitment to delivering the best matchday and event experiences for all supporters.
 
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In fine company as far stadiums go

Delaware North arrives on Wearside with an exceptional track record of delivering premium hospitality experiences at some of the world’s most iconic sporting venues. In the United Kingdom, this includes Emirates Stadium, London Stadium and Wembley Stadium.
 
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Southern A said:
Building on last summer’s stadium developments, this will be led by a significant seven-figure investment in the Club’s concourse spaces – the most in this area since the Stadium of Light opened in 1997 – to further reaffirm SAFC’s commitment to delivering the best matchday and event experiences for all supporters.
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Great news....much needed! It's like a ****ing scrum along there.
 
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