Why? I prefer feeling more connected to the football than watching from afar. It felt more like I was watching local Sunday league instead of the view which was just like watching TV.
Now you have made me think of all the years of missing out whilst on Bunkers and in the Kempton when .i could have behind the managers dugouts watching the tactical work of the managers instead of wasting my time getting behind the team.
Amazingly it's possible to do both I didn't spend my time fixated on the back of Mourinho's head, but it certainly added to the experience being able to talk to the players standing in the tunnel, seeing Brucey arguing with the 4th official etc.
You don't get people tutting and moaning if you offer vocal support? I know someone who moved from there for that very reason.
I asked a Stoke official yesterday and he told me. I asked because I think Stokes ground is a miss match of stands with three huge open corners. They have one decent side stand which doesn't look anything like the size of our West stand and the away end, although split between home and away fans with a sizable section for segregation, is probably a bit higher then then our stands but the other two are nothing special at all. They lose a lot with the open corners so how can they get more in then us ?
Name one ground where all 4 sides sing regardless of what is happening on the pitch. We are the only club I have ever heard berate our own fans (in the West) for not singing. Give it a rest!
Their two ends and the side opposite the main stand are much higher than ours, and more than make up for the missing corners.
Just had a look on Internet and as a comparison KC behind the goals both ends hold 4,000. Behind the goals at Stoke one end holds 6,000 and the other 4,996 though 500 hundred seats are lost to segregation for league matches. The smaller side stand holds 7,350 compared to the East Stand's 6,000. The larger side stand holds 8,800 compared to the West Stand's 11,000. (Some of those figures are up and down by 30 or 40). There were plans to fill in the corners and take it to over 30,000 but that has been put on hold as they would rather gave the home seats filled virtually every week rather than risk having blocks of empty seats. Interesting to see that they received for a stadium which cost just under £15 million originally, £3 million from the football trust. Their season tickets, at least some of them,may be better than hours but their match day prices, make ours look it as bad as some would make out in comparison. Category B: between £25.00 – £35.00, Category A: somewhere between B and A+ Category A+: £40.00 – £50.00
Of course, unless you are dense, you would know I was referring to looking at Derby's ground in comparison to the KC as it doesn't look that much larger.
Again, the ends and side opposite the main stand are higher than ours. The North, South and East stands at the KC are fairly low compared to many other similar grounds. please log in to view this image
I know, I was just referring to the fact it doesn't appear larger, especially on TV.there certainly isn't as much legroom in their seats. Just shows looks are deceptive.
Oh now I get it. Derby fans work out more, gym membership is higher and they banned all chippies so they're all slimmer.
I was referring to the seats being smaller. With anyone else I would think they are joking as they can't be this daft.
