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A quick update regarding Jimmy Seed stand......

CrayAddickCrayAddick
edited March 2009 in General Charlton
Had a email back from staduim operations manager Mike everett here is a quote from the email i sent him regarding moving home fans into the jimmy "super" seed stand.

"I am afraid that this is a non starter as 1500 or even 2000 away fans would take up half of the west lower, or even east stand, and with segregation costs, toilet facilities this is just not practical."

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  • Off_itOff_it
    Nice of him to take the time to respond. What he says makes sense.
  • Dazzler21Dazzler21
    thank fudge i hated the idea!
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    edited March 2009
    [cite]Posted By: No1inSouthLondon[/cite]Had a email back from staduim operations manager Mike everett here is a quote from the email i sent him regarding moving home fans into the jimmy "super" seed stand.

    "I am afraid that this is a non starter as 1500 or even 2000 away fans would take up half of the west lower, or even east stand, and with segregation costs, toilet facilities this is just not practical."

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    Good on Mick (I think he's Operations Director, not Manager) for responding.

    The same position that the club took when Pardew raised this idea last season.
  • Friend Or DefoeFriend Or Defoe
    Has Mick got a brother called Rick?
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    Yes, twins I think.
  • Oggy RedOggy Red
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]Yes, twins I think.

    lol
  • AddicktedAddickted
    Mick get's his son to respond to all his correspondence.

    Bloody nepotism :-)
  • razilrazil
    edited March 2009
    have any of the away attendances been anything like that level (2k) in league one?
  • Friend Or DefoeFriend Or Defoe
    [cite]Posted By: razil[/cite]have any of the away attendances been anything like that in league on?
    Leeds have been selling out their allocation and Leicester must be taking a lot away. Millwall would bring 3k to the valley.
  • Oggy RedOggy Red
    edited March 2009
    They can barely get 7k at the New Den.
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  • Friend Or DefoeFriend Or Defoe
    edited March 2009
    They're support is part time and is similar in a way to glory hunters. They can get big numbers for the big games but for a standard league at home match they'll get 7k and only take a few 100 away if there's no chance of going wight off.
  • razilrazil
    just don't sell jimmy seed/A and B block East stand season tickets that way for expected bigger attendances it can be used
  • Airman BrownAirman Brown
    According to Leicester, the average away turnout this season at their place has been 1,200.

    Admittedly Leicester is in the middle of the country, but equally people like to come to London and clubs have London support, whereas I doubt if Leicester is much of a tourist destination or many clubs have a significant support in the city.
  • Valley_floyd_redValley_floyd_red
    The Jimmy Seed Stand is a dreadful place to watch football. Quite frankly I'd never pay money to go there. The whole idea of putting home fans in there is joke considering we are going to struggle to fill our existing seats as it is.
  • The Red TadpoleThe Red Tadpole
    well i hope we will sell the same amount of tickets,after all we are charlton fans and not the championship fans....
  • Valley_floyd_redValley_floyd_red
    Not going to happen Red.
  • The Red TadpoleThe Red Tadpole
    no i doubt it too,but i do think the last thing we need is a half empty stadium,we need to get right behind them and get them back up!!
  • ImissthepeanutmanImissthepeanutman
    Dont think it would be fair to ship in large amounts of school children on freebies either. It could scar them for life.

    Perhaps we could offer a Euthanasia package for the very old. A footy equivalent of the Last Supper.
  • bingaddickbingaddick
    [cite]Posted By: Imissthepeanutman[/cite]Perhaps we could offer a Euthanasia package for the very old

    I've never gone with that airline, are they deadly?
  • Valley_floyd_redValley_floyd_red
    Dont think it would be fair to ship in large amounts of school children on freebies either
    I hate the kids for a quid thing sometimes. I always seem to end up with some retarded 15 year old CHAV sitting next to me whose idea of watching football is swearing at the ref and singing the Addams family song.
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  • DarrenDarren
    My favourite on naming stands has got to be Man City's dilemma in honouring Colin Bell. The Bell End! That's class
  • Off_itOff_it
    [cite]Posted By: Valley_floyd_red[/cite]The Jimmy Seed Stand is a dreadful place to watch football. Quite frankly I'd never pay money to go there.

    Is that right? "dreadful" eh?

    If you think that then I would suggest that you need to get out more.
  • Stu_of_KunmingStu_of_Kunming
    [cite]Posted By: Valley_floyd_red[/cite]The Jimmy Seed Stand is a dreadful place to watch football. Quite frankly I'd never pay money to go there. The whole idea of putting home fans in there is joke considering we are going to struggle to fill our existing seats as it is.


    Hey, guess what, you wouldnt have to sit there.

    Some people like a bit of atmosphere, if you don't theres the rest of the stadium to sit in.
  • SaySomethingSaySomething
    [quote][cite]Posted By: Off_it[/cite][quote][cite]Posted By: Valley_floyd_red[/cite]The Jimmy Seed Stand is a dreadful place to watch football. Quite frankly I'd never pay money to go there. [/quote]

    Is that right? "dreadful" eh?

    If you think that then I would suggest that you need to get out more.[/quote]

    And if you think that's dreadful, you should see the state of the stadia we'll be visiting next season!!!
    ;-)
  • Airman BrownAirman Brown
    Eight of the current League One clubs have average crowds under 5,000 and another 11 are between 5,000 and 8,000.

    That leaves Millwall (8,136), MK Dons (10,186), Huddersfield (13,425), Leicester (18,556) and Leeds (23,042).

    Colchester, Brighton and Northampton are the only clubs selling more than two thirds of their seats, in all three cases because they have very small capacities.

    Personally, I wouldn't expect too much of an atmosphere anywhere . . .
  • Oggy RedOggy Red
    Does that include The Valley ... ?

    ;o)
  • Off_itOff_it
    [cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite]Does that include The Valley ... ?

    ;o)

    No Oggy, The Valley will be a veritable cauldron of noise, passion and thermos flasks!
  • stonemusestonemuse
    noise, passion and thermos flasks


    Great name for a book !
  • Oggy RedOggy Red
    [cite]Posted By: stonemuse[/cite]noise, passion and thermos flasks


    Great name for a book !

    More like, "Silence, heckling and thermos flasks".

    Great place to play for away players.
  • stonemusestonemuse
    Division 3 next season Oggy

    When we've been there on the last 2 occasions, we were comparitively loud for the size of the crowds, so we may see the passion return
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