Away Game Etiquette

cafc-4-life

I'm all for everyone having the own point of view. But the calling certain fans "dickheads" saying you'll "whack them" etc on an online forum behind a hidden name and picture is just a bit mad.

If you're at the Valley and someone is in your seat and you've told them and they don't move speak to a steward. But in regards to the away games most of the ones who want to stand etc will push towards the back, there will always be space and solutions (especially if you're of need, wheelchair access etc). Whilst not ideal I'm sure every other away following has this across every single club that are fortunate of us to have a great following and packing out all these away ends. Just be prepared when it comes to the big games before booking..

WillmoreTheRed

If your able to "Whack them" with your crutches then you stand - as much as people are trying to hear your side of the coin it does seem you can't see the other side of the coin and accept some people will want to stand, it's football.

Swindon_Addick

2121 said:

I can see it from both sides / points of view tbf although i would prefer to stand at away games although my dad would want to sit. 

thought the club now allows you to pick your away seat?
if so, it seems obvious (theres likely obvious reasons why not) that they reserve first 5 rows as seated, 1st release over 65s or children (or with a concession), 2nd release those who wish to sit etc 

I think that would be seen as encouraging standing (even though in reality it would probably reduce the numbers actually standing) so the home club's licensing authority would probably give them a kicking over it and they'd complain to the league about us.

Hopefully safe standing will catch on to the extent that the EFL start to insist on clubs offering it in the away end, but that's many years away, if ever.

Chippycafc

Kap10 said:

stoneroses19 said:

OhMyGodden said:

Croydon said:

OhMyGodden said:

WillmoreTheRed said:

It's an unwritten rule within it's self that you stand at away games - I think it adds to the atmosphere which makes away days so special.

I do appreciate your situation though and I guess the best solution would be to buy tickets within the disabled area so you can comfortably watch the game and people can also stand.

If you wanna stand, go find a ground with a terrace. I don't wanna book a space in the disabled bit and take away from someone who needs it. Thankfully for Coventry I've got decent seats and I've only got Swansea to worry about but I should be better by then.

Fucking hell.

Oh, I'm sorry for wanting a nice normal day of watching without having any jumped up dickheads around me. Would it be acceptable to twat them around the head with my crutches?

No need for calling fellow fans dickheads, is there? Maybe think for a second before clicking post. 

Plenty of people who prefer to stand at away games have posted decent comments on this thread about how to make the situation best for everyone. If you're someone at the game calling people names like above, then you're the one causing issues. 

But there is no denying like every club we do have a few 

Several especially those that stand in front of you (not in the row before) whilst your sat down and wont move. Most are glassy eyed and don't have a clue what day it is but they still are. Not quite sure why someone sat in their purchased seat is the one causing an issue.

YTS1978

Stockport away last season, arrived about 10mins before KO and there was someone sat in our seats. I politely and diplomatically ask them to move and they reluctantly shuffled down into some empty seats. A couple of minutes later a woman turned up and not so politely asked them to move "those are our seats, fuck off". It was pretty funny. Just sit in the seat with your number on, its really not that difficult!

ElfsborgAddick

I yearn for the good old days of 400 on a Saturday and you had rows of seats for yourself.

Six-a-bag-of-nuts

Maybe one solution would be to make all seating unallocated, i.e if you buy a ticket in a seated area it entitles you to sit in (or stand in front of) any vacant seat.
Would hopefully avoid confrontations about "my" seat and people who don't want to stand, sing, or get deafened by a drum can gravitate towards an area where it is more likely to suit those requirements.
Getting early would give you more choice.
Not a cure all I know, but it would certainly suit me (#selfishcnut)

bobmunro

Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

Maybe one solution would be to make all seating unallocated, i.e if you buy a ticket in a seated area it entitles you to sit in (or stand in front of) any vacant seat.
Would hopefully avoid confrontations about "my" seat and people who don't want to stand, sing, or get deafened by a drum can gravitate towards an area where it is more likely to suit those requirements.
Getting early would give you more choice.
Not a cure all I know, but it would certainly suit me (#selfishcnut)

That could work if there are many more seats available than the number of away fans attending, and in reality that is how it works now in those circumstances. If we sell out our full allocation (and that is more common now) then it would most certainly not work.

Algarveaddick

WillmoreTheRed said:

If your able to "Whack them" with your crutches then you stand - as much as people are trying to hear your side of the coin it does seem you can't see the other side of the coin and accept some people will want to stand, it's football.

I thought standing in seated areas was illegal (or unlawful, or something like that)? 

WillmoreTheRed

Algarveaddick said:

WillmoreTheRed said:

If your able to "Whack them" with your crutches then you stand - as much as people are trying to hear your side of the coin it does seem you can't see the other side of the coin and accept some people will want to stand, it's football.

I thought standing in seated areas was illegal (or unlawful, or something like that)? 

Games gone.

fenaddick

Algarveaddick said:

WillmoreTheRed said:

If your able to "Whack them" with your crutches then you stand - as much as people are trying to hear your side of the coin it does seem you can't see the other side of the coin and accept some people will want to stand, it's football.

I thought standing in seated areas was illegal (or unlawful, or something like that)? 

It’s against the rules but is one of those things that’s too hard to enforce if enough people are doing it 

Rob

OhMyGodden said:

WillmoreTheRed said:

It's an unwritten rule within it's self that you stand at away games - I think it adds to the atmosphere which makes away days so special.

I do appreciate your situation though and I guess the best solution would be to buy tickets within the disabled area so you can comfortably watch the game and people can also stand.

If you wanna stand, go find a ground with a terrace. I don't wanna book a space in the disabled bit and take away from someone who needs it. Thankfully for Coventry I've got decent seats and I've only got Swansea to worry about but I should be better by then.

But you have needed it mate. That’s why they have the disabled bit. Maybe it’s only temporary but you do need it at the moment. Lots of good advice. Sounds like you’re whinging a bit now. 

ElfsborgAddick

Having every sympathy for @OhMyGodden I have to say an away game and the 'accepted thing' is not going to change and generally is a sit where you like.

Not satisfactory for some I perfectly understand.

Valianterith

I go to away knowing I’m going to be standing getting on a bit and knees are starting to go 
I’ve even asked Kaminski to go down after 20 minutes or so so that I can sit down for a little while 🤣

Croydon

golfaddick said:

Croydon said:

OhMyGodden said:

Croydon said:

OhMyGodden said:

WillmoreTheRed said:

It's an unwritten rule within it's self that you stand at away games - I think it adds to the atmosphere which makes away days so special.

I do appreciate your situation though and I guess the best solution would be to buy tickets within the disabled area so you can comfortably watch the game and people can also stand.

If you wanna stand, go find a ground with a terrace. I don't wanna book a space in the disabled bit and take away from someone who needs it. Thankfully for Coventry I've got decent seats and I've only got Swansea to worry about but I should be better by then.

Fucking hell.

Oh, I'm sorry for wanting a nice normal day of watching without having any jumped up dickheads around me. Would it be acceptable to twat them around the head with my crutches?

You seem like a patronising prat who's only just discovered football away days, and if you're taking the tone you have on this thread into real life then I'm not surprised people aren't willing to accommodate you when you can't see at the match.

Saying things like "if you wanna stand, go find a ground with a terrace" when you're in the minority of away travellers is as helpful as me telling you to stay at home because you want to sit.

I must be an old fogey because I thought after Hillsborough (you know, the place where 96 people died because they were crushed to death) all SEATER stadiums were mandatory. I know a few grounds now have "safe" standing, but for all intent & purposes 90% of grounds in the top leagues in England have seats that are meant to be sat in.

I have no problem with people standing if ALL around them are standing also. But even if a few are seated I think its only right and LAWFUL that you sit down. 

As an aside......how would you react if I sat in the back of your car & didnt wear a seatbelt.I mean, it's only a law....innit.

The USE of capital LETTERS doesn't enforce your POINT, it just makes YOU come across as a KNOB

SporadicAddick

I always start in the seat allocated. At kick off, we'll see if there is space where everyone is standing, and if there is, we move there (e.g. away at Sheffield United (although that did mean standing in the aisle - sorry Chippy)).

If there isn't space and the stewards are enforcing seats (e.g. Stockport away last season), I'll ask the people behind me if they are standing or sitting. If they are sitting, I'll sit as well.

At most away games, where there is space, common sense prevails, and sitters sit at the front, and standers stand at the back (e.g. Derby, Preston, Bristol City, Hull) 

There are rigid rules (ignore them), common sense and courtesy (the sweet spot) and selfish knobby pricks (hit them with crutches). 

paulsturgess

ElfsborgAddick said:

I yearn for the good old days of 400 on a Saturday and you had rows of seats for yourself.

Don’t even joke!

bolloxbolder

Stevenage away last year, I had a seat in the penultimate row from the back, right behind the goal. Being 60+, the drummer respectfully advised it may be best for me to move elsewhere. I asked where his ticket was for. It was lowdown in a block near the corner flag. This was not a fair swap imo for me to swap my seat.

I decided to stay in my seat. What some on here don't appreciate in a sold out end is that not everyone feels comfortable moving elsewhere. You may move to a seat and then just before kick off, a party of 4 come along and ask you to move. You then have to scramble around looking for a seat  at a time when fans are standing, arriving, and movement in the row is difficult.

I sing at the Valley, sitting in my seat. Why does it have to be mandatory to stand?