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Post by edinburghhatter on Oct 1, 2020 20:20:07 GMT
How about rail seating on the lower tier?😈 Wolves have just "reseated" a whole end this way, and Tottenham have similar. Why not us as well... maybe not now, but certainly when the seats do get replaced. Much less susceptible to wear and tear too! Sadly the Cheadle End was built with seating only in mind. The rake is far too steep and the rows are too narrow for standing to even be remotely safe Yes, but... (1) Fans, and not just at EP of course, persist in standing anyway in seated areas. Personally I'd not like to be forced to stand in the Kop at Anfield, for example, in order to see. But the reality is that if you are there, that's what you have to do. (2) The whole point of rail seating is that it can replace "ordinary" seating. As the name implies, it has a rail to prevent crowd surges, and is thus inherently vastly safer than standing behind a plastic seat back... which might just reach your knees and is in no way designed as a safety feature. Celtic in Scotland have also recently replaced several thousand seats with rail seating, partly to deal with "persistent standing" which was apparently deemed a problem. And in all cases where this type of seating has been installed, the seats can be locked in place. Either as seats or standing, so are flexible enough to meet differing requirements.
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Post by stonerose on Oct 1, 2020 20:54:51 GMT
Looks better. Surely after doing this, they need to replace the seats next. Looked tatty and tired on that news report the other day. I'm still think the blue plastic could be restored with a cutting agent maybe... not sure of the cost of a new seat v the Labour cost of trying to restore the old ones (if even possible) I think they are too far gone, 25 years of sunlight and exposure to the weather has faded the pigment in the plastic. You only need to look at the Pop Side that is sheltered from the sun to see the difference. To be fair it looks like one of these new Continental grounds with numerous different shades of blue.
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Oct 2, 2020 1:51:14 GMT
Cheadle End almost looks like a new stand. amazing what a bit of cladding can do. I really do hope we get to see plans for the future of EP soon. I know they want to “surprise us” but I’m such a geek when it comes to football grounds and I’m desperately impatient. I do think we’ll see the Popside become the new Main Stand and can see it and a new Railway End being built in such a way they can be expanded upwards if required; and the corners filled later too again if required. EP could look even more different by the time I’m next able to make the trip.
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Post by countyblueforever on Oct 2, 2020 3:19:33 GMT
It would certainly be interesting to hear what plans Mark Stott has instore for the improvement to the ground.
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Post by timberwolf on Oct 2, 2020 8:50:57 GMT
just wonder if the club could put up a blue plaque somewhere outside the ground to commemorate the fact that sale sharks once had their home at EP. {i,m entering and locking my bunker now}
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Post by Henry Pratt on Oct 2, 2020 9:03:55 GMT
just wonder if the club could put up a blue plaque somewhere outside the ground to commemorate the fact that sale sharks once had their home at EP. {i,m entering and locking my bunker now} I would certainly support, and go to the official unveiling of, a plaque that said "In 2012, rugby club Sale Sharks ceased squatting here and f*cked off to Salford"
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Post by bristolhatter on Oct 2, 2020 9:09:24 GMT
just wonder if the club could put up a blue plaque somewhere outside the ground to commemorate the fact that sale sharks once had their home at EP. {i,m entering and locking my bunker now}
It's always important to remember history, maybe we could follow the German example and build our new stand with plenty of glass, to indicate transparency and so in the future we can all see what happens inside the club
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Post by vicar on Oct 2, 2020 9:40:18 GMT
How about rail seating on the lower tier?😈 Wolves have just "reseated" a whole end this way, and Tottenham have similar. Why not us as well... maybe not now, but certainly when the seats do get replaced. Much less susceptible to wear and tear too! Sadly the Cheadle End was built with seating only in mind. The rake is far too steep and the rows are too narrow for standing to even be remotely safe I'd love to see that top tier made into safe standing with no rules, just a big mass of flags, flares and bouncing bodies.
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Post by timberwolf on Oct 2, 2020 9:52:08 GMT
I'd love to see that top tier made into safe standing with no rules, just a big mass of flags, flares and bouncing bodies. afraid those days are gone and never to return. pity they ever thought of that rail standing thing as its actually worse than nothing for standing fans.
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Post by CB1883 on Oct 2, 2020 20:24:30 GMT
I'd love to see that top tier made into safe standing with no rules, just a big mass of flags, flares and bouncing bodies. afraid those days are gone and never to return. pity they ever thought of that rail standing thing as its actually worse than nothing for standing fans. Is it worse? What are you basing that opinion on? I've been in a 'safe-standing' away end and it wasn't any different to just a standard terrace. I'd certainly welcome the idea of having safe-standing seating installed at EP. Opens up the option for a mix of the two in any stand. If LT1 and UT2 and UT3 were safe standing the atmosphere would be improved drastically.
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Post by edinburghhatter on Oct 2, 2020 21:20:29 GMT
Is it worse? What are you basing that opinion on?
I've been in a 'safe-standing' away end and it wasn't any different to just a standard terrace. I'd certainly welcome the idea of having safe-standing seating installed at EP. Opens up the option for a mix of the two in any stand. If LT1 and UT2 and UT3 were safe standing the atmosphere would be improved drastically. [/quote]
Yes... a mix of standard seats and safe standing is I think the way to go. Only thing (obviously!) is to ensure that sightlines for seated fans are maintained... so if you make the WHOLE of one tier safe standing, there's no problem. Otherwise you're into tapering blocks, to keep sightlines open. And fans choosing to be in seated areas need to respect that fact too. Give people a choice and I think it would work.😁
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Post by edinburghhatter on Oct 26, 2020 9:01:11 GMT
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Post by BWScarf on Oct 26, 2020 9:31:31 GMT
Interesting. They're quite different to the Ferco seats, which are the ones usually used for rail seating. Cheaper too, I should think.
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Post by Durango95 on Oct 26, 2020 12:39:00 GMT
Great to see them finally have a place to call their own again. Though I cannot fathom why they’d build some of it so small? Don’t they hope to progress higher eventually.
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Post by Cale Green Hatter on Oct 26, 2020 13:28:58 GMT
Their new ground will hold 9000 and can easily be expanded to 20,000 (apparently). Last seasons average was 4,385 and their Kingston ground holds 4,850. I reckon they will start to expand once they start to get attendances that warrant the cost.
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