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Away fans housed in West Stand Upper - Testing in 25/26 season

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  • I would never knock anyone having genuine attachment to their seat, I've had the same one in the Curbs since 1994.

    But of all the areas of the ground, it's a dull one, with hardly anyone there. Hence freebies being shoved up there. 
    I’m certain a lot of freebies are shoved in the Curbs…
  • We don't sell out the other 3 stands as it is so why would we want to start moving people from already partially filled stands 🤷‍♂️.

    Move everyone from East to Jimmy Seed, close East.  Bigger stand = bigger savings.
  • I wonder what the capacity of this area of the upper west is

    Lets say it’s 5/600 surely means that if they are looking at sticking 200 Rotherham fans there on a Tuesday night  if we stay in this league  then they could also put 5/600 Leicester fans there on  top of the 3000 behind the goal if we got promoted 
  • cafc_se7 said:
    I remember as a kid in the early 90s being in the back section of the Jimmy Seed and the away fans being in the front section? Am I imagining this? 
    First full season back I had a season ticket in the middle of the front row of the back half of the Jimmy Seed. The away fans had the front quarter nearest the West stand (and therefore the police box)

  •  Crime won’t crack itself 
  • fenaddick said:
    16-20 block is still in the quadrant between the covered end and west stand 
    not next season according to the Charlton season ticket price page. there are two blocks in the upper west south end.
  • msomerton said:
    not next season according to the Charlton season ticket price page. there are two blocks in the upper west south end.
    The text says they’ll still be in the corner. Think those blocks are blacked out as you can’t buy a season ticket there 
  • What if we get palarse in the cup ?
    Perhaps read the announcement before commenting?
  • msomerton said:
    they will need extra stewarding for the south end of the West stand upper, as you can get to the north end and center line seats easily.
    I would guess they are doing this to force those of us there to the more expensive seats in the upper west.
    There are surely no more than 100 S/T holders in The Upper West near the Jimmy Seed?
    I doubt even that tbh.
    There are hundreds of empty seats in The Upper West in the cheaper areas near the Upper North.
    Overall there can't usually be more than about 500 in the Upper West in total and it holds @3,000.
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  • Fuck the away fans, as I said before if long term it means better facilities in the JS and fans behind both goals then I'm all for it. I personally would give away fans the end 2 blocks Upper and Lower of the the West Stand, and if they aren't selling many, just the upper
  • sam3110 said:
    Fuck the away fans, as I said before if long term it means better facilities in the JS and fans behind both goals then I'm all for it. I personally would give away fans the end 2 blocks Upper and Lower of the the West Stand, and if they aren't selling many, just the upper
    West Lower wouldn't be possible at all due to the corporate boxes.

    Think in an ideal world a new JS stand filling in both corners with away fans in what would one day be a South West corner would be ideal.
  • sam3110 said:
    Fuck the away fans, as I said before if long term it means better facilities in the JS and fans behind both goals then I'm all for it. I personally would give away fans the end 2 blocks Upper and Lower of the the West Stand, and if they aren't selling many, just the upper
    That would not work in the West Lower due to the toilet facilities there. 
  • pettgra said:
    I have been supporting Charlton for over sixty years and I never knew that the JS stand was the home end.
    No wonder I kept getting beaten up.
    When we returned to The Valley 5 Dec 1992 and onwards away fans were housed in the west stand but only hundreds. When the new stands were builted away fans were returned to the Jimmy Seed stand.



  • In principle it's not a bad idea in L1, lots of teams only bring a few hundred and hardly make any noise. Ultimately due to us being shit for so long the valley is too big for us to fill all 4 sides. 

    Logistically seems a bit of a nightmare to segragate the West stand though 
  • If we need to save this sum of money a few times a season then I don’t think we will need a thread on summer transfers / signings. 🙁
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  • clive said:
     Yes

    For a few games next season against clubs with smaller away support, we may close the Jimmy Seed Stand and temporarily place away fans in the south end of the West Stand Upper. 
    Tinpot cost saving exercise from the 'billionaires'
  • sam3110 said:
    Fuck the away fans, as I said before if long term it means better facilities in the JS and fans behind both goals then I'm all for it. I personally would give away fans the end 2 blocks Upper and Lower of the the West Stand, and if they aren't selling many, just the upper
    I'm not seeing any link here. Why might it mean better facilities in the JS?
  • edited March 21
    I've spoken to someone senior at the club and they referred back to the statement on the club website.

    They reiterated that by no means are they suggesting shutting the Jimmy Seed.

    They are, the person said, just looking to consult and get opinions while being fair and transparent with two blocks of season ticket holders.

    I pointed out the logistical problems around segregation, access to toilets and kiosks and that very few teams that would bring so few fans outside the Bristol St Motors Trophy.

    Their response was that "We are only talking about 2 blocks at the Jimmy Seed stand end for maybe a few games to test the idea. No one is talking about closing stands or relocating the whole stand".


  • sam3110 said:
    As I said earlier the longer term plan may well be to remodel the JS stand, it's the easiest of the 4 sides to rebuild and will have scope to add corporate boxes (something we severely lack compared to many modern stadiums)

    If anyone here has ever been to the BayArena, I can see a similar structure to that being built at that end.


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