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[Deity]

Fans thinking they can sit where they want at matches regardless of the seat they have bought.

If there is somewhere at a home match you want to sit buy a season ticket there, if it’s an away Match buy the seat that you want.

You don’t get on a plane and sit where you fancy or go to a gig and sit / stand where you think you’ll get the best view …

Why do it at a football match then be offended when someone’s ask you to move out their seat ????

 

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[covcity4life]

Fans thinking they can sit where they want at matches regardless of the seat they have bought.

If there is somewhere at a home match you want to sit buy a season ticket there, if it’s an away Match buy the seat that you want.

You don’t get on a plane and sit where you fancy or go to a gig and sit / stand where you think you’ll get the best view …

Why do it at a football match then be offended when someone’s ask you to move out their seat ????

I agree. My nephew did it last night so his friends could sit with them. They don't see it as rude they see it as seeing if they get lucky.

Tried to explain to him some might find it intimidating to say your in my seat etc. but he's 18 and don't care quite frankly.

Found it funny last season when a couple told me I was in wrong seat even though it was my season ticket. Eventually they realised they had wrong block

 

[skybluecam]

…how many away matches have you been to?

You never get a choice of seat. You just get allocated one. And unless you link accounts and buy multiple tickets in one transaction it’s impossible to get seats next to each other. It’s understandable why people move around.

 

[Deity]

I don’t really have an issue with a kid trying it on but once the seat holder has made it clear they want the seat they have bought then that should be it.

last night a lady behind me had to argue with 2 grown men to be able to sit in her season ticket seat … that isn’t right.

 

[Tommo1993]

Some berk in the second half last night decided he’d stand on the stairs in B16. Never seen him up there before. Kept getting proper close to me, I’ve got the aisle seat, gave him a glare and he just moved up a few steps. What’s the point? Go to a fucking seat.

And why do stewards always disappear at HT and not return?

 

[Deity]

…how many away matches have you been to?

You never get a choice of seat. You just get allocated one. And unless you link accounts and buy multiple tickets in one transaction it’s impossible to get seats next to each other. It’s understandable why people move around.

I go to about 10 a season. Normally me and a mate or my sons. We buy linked seats in one transaction.
It’s not difficult.

 

[skybluecam]

I go to about 10 a season. Normally me and a mate or my sons. We buy linked seats in one transaction.
It’s not difficult.

Not difficult when you go with 1 or 2 people.

Basically impossible if you’re with a bigger group that varies match to match (also if you don’t want the faff of having one person buy all the tickets)

Home games of course you should be in the correct seat.

Away games is a free for all.

 

[clint van damme]

I go to about 10 a season. Normally me and a mate or my sons. We buy linked seats in one transaction.
It’s not difficult.

It is if you're in different point brackets

 

[Bad Boy]

I agree. My nephew did it last night so his friends could sit with them. They don't see it as rude they see it as seeing if they get lucky.

Tried to explain to him some might find it intimidating to say your in my seat etc. but he's 18 and don't care quite frankly.

Found it funny last season when a couple told me I was in wrong seat even though it was my season ticket. Eventually they realised they had wrong block

That might have been me.

Sorry if it was.

Edit.. I'm saying it might have been me LAST SEASON.

 

[Saddlebrains]

We did it last night

There was a spare seat next to us so instead of my cousin sat alone in block 22 he sat with us

Don't see the issue

 

[Deity]

It is if you're in different point brackets

True. It doesn’t give anyone the right to spoil someone else’s day to improve their own though

last night that lady had to argue to sit in her own seat ….

 

[clint van damme]

That might have been me.

Sorry if it was.

You might be his nephew?!

 

[clint van damme]

True. It doesn’t give anyone the right to spoil someone else’s day to improve their own though

last night that lady had to argue to sit in her own seat ….

Likes been said, different story at home

 

[Deity]

We did it last night

There was a spare seat next to us so instead of my cousin sat alone in block 22 he sat with us

Don't see the issue

If it was spare then they were not asking anyone not to sit in their own seat were they … that’s fine

 

[Evo1883]

Fans thinking they can sit where they want at matches regardless of the seat they have bought.

If there is somewhere at a home match you want to sit buy a season ticket there, if it’s an away Match buy the seat that you want.

You don’t get on a plane and sit where you fancy or go to a gig and sit / stand where you think you’ll get the best view …

Why do it at a football match then be offended when someone’s ask you to move out their seat ????

Yea if you're in my seat you're moving , quite simple really

 

[Nick]

We did it last night

There was a spare seat next to us so instead of my cousin sat alone in block 22 he sat with us

Don't see the issue

Don't think that's an issue if it's empty.

 

[Balli001]

…how many away matches have you been to?

You never get a choice of seat. You just get allocated one. And unless you link accounts and buy multiple tickets in one transaction it’s impossible to get seats next to each other. It’s understandable why people move around.

Then sit in your allocated seat. Worst thing at away games is people standing in gangways in multiple numbers or turning up at 5 minutes to kick off wandering around trying to find a seat.

 

[torchomatic]

Fans thinking they can sit where they want at matches regardless of the seat they have bought.

If there is somewhere at a home match you want to sit buy a season ticket there, if it’s an away Match buy the seat that you want.

You don’t get on a plane and sit where you fancy or go to a gig and sit / stand where you think you’ll get the best view …

Why do it at a football match then be offended when someone’s ask you to move out their seat ????

Massive problem at away games. Some people are just cunts.

 

[torchomatic]

…how many away matches have you been to?

You never get a choice of seat. You just get allocated one. And unless you link accounts and buy multiple tickets in one transaction it’s impossible to get seats next to each other. It’s understandable why people move around.

Boo fucking hoo. Sit in your allocated seat, don't pinch someone else's and ruin their away day experience.

 

[clint van damme]

Boo fucking hoo. Sit in your allocated seat, don't pinch someone else's and ruin their away day experience.

Has anyone ever had their awayday experience ruined by not getting their seat?
The stewards stopped us going to our block saturday, obviously because it was full, we had to just find any empty seats, it impacted my day not one jot.

 

[skybluecam]

Boo fucking hoo. Sit in your allocated seat, don't pinch someone else's and ruin their away day experience.

No one sits anyway.

If your day will be ruined by not standing in front of the seat number that matches the one printed on your ticket you probably need therapy.

 

[torchomatic]

No one sits anyway.

If your day will be ruined by not standing in front of the seat number that matches the one printed on your ticket you probably need therapy.

My day - and those of lots of others is ruined by cunts standing where your seat is and refuse to move or even worse just stand in front of you. And I know no one sits, I meant seat.

If you think it’s acceptable to stand in front of someone or to just stand where you want thus displacing the person who should be sitting/standing there, then you don’t need therapy, you’re just a c**t.

Happened at Watford to a lady and her young son. Two very tall blokes just stood in front of them so they couldn’t see. She had the balls to tell them to “fuck off” and luckily they did. Many don’t feel they can. I’ve been threatened myself for asking someone to not stand in front of me.

 

[torchomatic]

Has anyone ever had their awayday experience ruined by not getting their seat?
The stewards stopped us going to our block saturday, obviously because it was full, we had to just find any empty seats, it impacted my day not one jot.

Yep. Seen it myself a few times at away matches. Mentioned in the Watford thread. You buy a ticket, you stand or sit in the allocated seat.

And why was your block full? Because people were just standing where they wanted. It has a knock-on effect.

 

[skybluecam]

My day - and those of lots of others is ruined by cunts standing where your seat is and refuse to move or even worse just stand in front of you. And I know no one sits, I meant seat.

If you think it’s acceptable to stand in front of someone or to just stand where you want thus displacing the person who should be sitting/standing there, then you don’t need therapy, you’re just a c**t.

Happened at Watford to a lady and her young son. Two very tall blokes just stood in front of them so they couldn’t see. She had the balls to tell them to “fuck off” and luckily they did. Many don’t feel they can. I’ve been threatened myself for asking someone to not stand in front of me.

There's easy solutions to these problems. If you're short/don't want to stand, go to the front, there's usually free spaces.

Standing and being flexible on seating is part of the away day experience. If you don't like it/can't deal with it, don't go.

 

[ccfc1234]

Fans thinking they can sit where they want at matches regardless of the seat they have bought.

If there is somewhere at a home match you want to sit buy a season ticket there, if it’s an away Match buy the seat that you want.

You don’t get on a plane and sit where you fancy or go to a gig and sit / stand where you think you’ll get the best view …

Why do it at a football match then be offended when someone’s ask you to move out their seat ????

Agree regarding home games but how do you 'buy the seat you want' at an away match?
I personally think away matches should be a free for all so elderly people who dont want to stand and families with smaller children can chose to sit at the front rather than stand all match.

 

[Evo1883]

There's easy solutions to these problems. If you're short/don't want to stand, go to the front, there's usually free spaces.

Standing and being flexible on seating is part of the away day experience. If you don't like it/can't deal with it, don't go.

To be fair if you're in somebody's seat and they want to sit there , could be an old man an old lady etc , you move not them

 

[scubasteve]

When i take my kid to away games, nearly always end up kicking someone out of our seats. He needs a seat to stand on so he can see. We can't just pile in wherever.

Most of the time they move, you get the odd twat though.

 

[Evo1883]

Agree regarding home games but how do you 'buy the seat you want' at an away match?
I personally think away matches should be a free for all so elderly people who dont want to stand and families with smaller children can chose to sit at the front rather than stand all match.

That's fine but that's not how it currently is so we have a mixture of people in and out of their own seats and there is the potential for frustration and or arguments isn't there ?

I'm of the opinion sure you stand somewhere you want but if somebody comes you respectfully move until every away ground becomes unreserved seating

 

[skybluecam]

To be fair if you're in somebody's seat and they want to sit there , could be an old man an old lady etc , you move not them

If someone asks me to move at an away game, I will, because I'm not a knob. But unless you have a genuine reason to want a specific seat I think you should just get on with it and find another space if someone has taken yours.

 

[Evo1883]

If someone asks me to move at an away game, I will, because I'm not a knob. But unless you have a genuine reason to want a specific seat I think you should just get on with it and find another space if someone has taken yours.

Well if you have 2 or 3 people with you then you are going to sit in your seats aren't you , not move for somebody who wants to stand with his mate

 

[Otis]

No one sits anyway.

If your day will be ruined by not standing in front of the seat number that matches the one printed on your ticket you probably need therapy.

What if you are old? Or infirm? Can't stand for any long periods because of bad legs etc.

Surely if you have a seat that is allocated to you and you wish to sit in that seat, you should be able to sit in that seat and not have your view blocked.

So glad I stopped going to away matches a few years ago, if that's what it's like now.

It's a very selfish attitude I would say

 

[ccfc1234]

That's fine but that's not how it currently is so we have a mixture of people in and out of their own seats and there is the potential for frustration and or arguments isn't there ?

I'm of the opinion sure you stand somewhere you want but if somebody comes you respectfully move until every away ground becomes unreserved seating

So by that logic if a bunch of 19yo lads want to sit in the seats they brought the infirm dad who cant stand for 90 mins and his 7yo son who cant see over adults should find their randomly allocated seats at the back of the stand?

I know I have embellished the example to make it more clear but it can't be right that paying customers cant see the match or are forced to compromise their health by standing for 90 mins.

 

[Evo1883]

For the record , the idea that an away game is a free for all isn't true .

I've been to over 300 away games with city and generally since we've been selling out I always head to my seat , we usually have a party of 3 or 4 .

I've never had an issue with people in regards to my seat , partly because I've got a head like an XL bully
But also I'm never in anybody else's seat to have them approach me

 

[Evo1883]

So by that logic if a bunch of 19yo lads want to sit in the seats they brought the infirm dad who cant stand for 90 mins and his 7yo son who cant see over adults should find their randomly allocated seats at the back of the stand?

I know I have embellished the example to make it more clear but it can't be right that paying customers cant see the match or are forced to compromise their health by standing for 90 mins.

I need to clarify my point


If you are in somebody's seat and they want you to move you move .

Can't be more straight forward

 

[torchomatic]

There's easy solutions to these problems. If you're short/don't want to stand, go to the front, there's usually free spaces.

Standing and being flexible on seating is part of the away day experience. If you don't like it/can't deal with it, don't go.

FFS. Are you for real? “If you’re short…”. Why should short people be shoved at the front? Where does it end? Who else do you think we should put down the front?

Being “flexible on seating” is not part of the away day experience. It really is very simple. There is a seat for everyone, the number and row is on their ticket. If you can’t with sitting/standing in your allocated seat then don’t go.