east stand closed : Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:53 pm  

Just been down to the ground as I have a couple of causal supporters with us tonight, purchased & picked up tickets for tonight's game. Although me & a group of supporters have a season ticket for the west stand we asked for unreserved seats in the east & actually watched the last home game from the east stand & enjoyed the view & certainly wanted to make our home in the east stand.
The reason for wanting unreserved seats in the first place was our group always as casual supporters with us. Unfortunately we have a seat number allocated in the west stand & friends we bring along now & again will now be elsewhere, this will not encourage new or casual supporter to come to the game unless the east stand is open & as friends we can enjoy the games together which is part of the crack.
I know we can stand behind the sticks but I only enjoy the game from the side, think again Salford you need to plan unreserved seating & ideally this should & could be in the east stand.
Finally I bet when we are on telly we will then be encouraged to sit in the east stand to make it look full.

Re: east stand closed : Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:57 pm  

Why not just find a block of seats with no one in them and sit together? It's not like the stand is sold out

Re: east stand closed : Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:02 pm  

East stand seems to be becoming quite popular for the casual fan. The unreserved seating aspect gives you the advantage of being able to wander in and get the best seats on the half way line, which are pretty much all taken in the West stand.

Re: east stand closed : Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:13 pm  

Thank Karlos13 you answered for me! I could pick a group of seats in the West stand only to be told by someone arriving later that I am sat in his seats! No let try & be logical lets have some unreserved seats.

I have also been reallocated new seats in the West stand due to the re-introduction of a new card & my 4 year old grandson is now completely in another section.

Re: east stand closed : Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:36 pm  

redgunner wrote:

Thank Karlos13 you answered for me! I could pick a group of seats in the West stand only to be told by someone arriving later that I am sat in his seats! No let try & be logical lets have some unreserved seats.

I have also been reallocated new seats in the West stand due to the re-introduction of a new card & my 4 year old grandson is now completely in another section.

No worries I am leaning towards going in the east stand for a few games myself, especially with the stewards seemingly relaxed approach to people standing on the back row.

Re: east stand closed : Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:04 pm  

Pretty sad state of affairs. The players won't exactly get a boost walking out to the view of an empty stand, and it will hardly give a positive impression on Superleague Fulltime, Boots n All and the Superleague Show.

Just rip the seats out, make it a terrace, and if you want to close a stand, close the south one.

Re: east stand closed : Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:31 am  

Just to add - will we be playing in front of two closed stands next week?

Re: east stand closed : Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:01 pm  

The non-opening of the East stand to me shows a complete lack of ambition on a match day. They clearly didn't cater for any kind of emergency opening of the stand due to the lack of stewards brought in for the day.... imagine... lets just imagine... 5,000 people had decided to go to the game last minute... New stadium... half of it closed... If the club don't give a rake of tickets out to local schools in the next week... I'll be massively disappointed.

Re: east stand closed : Sat Feb 25, 2012 2:58 pm  

apparently they could not afford to open the east stand though i think it more down to can not afford to man it, but the lights where all on and today all the external lights are on in the stadium. major teething problems from the management company, g4s etc parking is terrible you pay £50 a season to park an they try and put u on waste land right of the stadium.

issue with time getting out is down to the fact most want to go right to the motorway in the long run i think it would be better to direct all to irlam and turn round at the either the airfield or further down.

Re: east stand closed : Sat Feb 25, 2012 3:10 pm  

the north sand will not be required on friday for 10 fans
so why not open the east stand with offer of buy one get a 2nd ticket half price

as for the road out apart from a road over MSC, a roundabout is required at the Irlam exit from the ground
there is space to do it.