Singing Section Updates

[los dedos]

Yea, our South stand would be worse .

 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

11 minutes ago, los dedos said:

Yea, our South stand would be worse .

 

It's a friendly, who cares.

 

It's sold out for this season I believe.  

[davieG]

15 minutes ago, los dedos said:

Yea, our South stand would be worse .

 

Maybe, they don't normally go there, the game hasn't started, they're checking out what the views like and the actually safe standing structure.

[niyaminski]

Has the future of the singing section, and its location been discussed in light of the positive safe standing update?

 

I’d assume you’d want to move centrally if safe standing was implemented along the whole Kop (option 1 and 2)?

[SemperEadem]

The group at Aberdeen laying out some expectations on singing participation in the equivalent area there.

 

It being an unreserved seating must be a huge help.

[RYM]

52 minutes ago, SemperEadem said:

The group at Aberdeen laying out some expectations on singing participation in the equivalent area there.

 

It being an unreserved seating must be a huge help.

Unreserved is the best way to do these sections without doubt. Even at Donny we sold out the “end” once we did this and moved people to more relevant parts of the ground, it worked so well.

 

That said I think going unreserved means you have to reduce the capacity of that stand by 10% (I think it’s that) which is not something we’d ever do in the EPL because of ££££. Maybe with relegation this change can come.

 

Something for the FAB to try and push and for Graeme to then sabotage from within no doubt.

[SemperEadem]

 

[niyaminski]

 

Is the ‘section’ referenced here the singing section?

 

Next to no social media posts from UFS if so, considering it is quite a big announcement.

 

Would be interested to know how this will work, in terms of the position of the UFS guys and the drum. Would they stay put or try and move to a more central point of the new ‘section’?

[Sol thewall Bamba]

36 minutes ago, niyaminski said:

 

Is the ‘section’ referenced here the singing section?

 

Next to no social media posts from UFS if so, considering it is quite a big announcement.

 

Would be interested to know how this will work, in terms of the position of the UFS guys and the drum. Would they stay put or try and move to a more central point of the new ‘section’?

First point yes, don't think the club's designation of "singing section" will continue. 

 

Second point, there was a post about it immediately after it was announced, and then 4 subsequent to that about relocations so far. Mainly on twitter and Instagram, largely stopped posting on Facebook.

 

Last point, the core of the group are going to remain where we are at the moment. There aren't really any other options for us to be positioned. Meeting with the new stadium ops manager (the guy that got 2 standing sections off the ground and booted corporate fans out of the way at Old Trafford to make room), it was clear that if the demand is shown for it, then they'll expand into the kop. If that happened then the current spot would be perfectly central as a focal point. 

[niyaminski]

18 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

if the demand is shown for it, then they'll expand into the kop

Has sufficient demand been shown?

 

I assume the club told you a date they'd inform you - and that should be soonish (if not already) given the fact that the ST renewals period is up - or am I expecting too much of the club?

Edited 11 April by niyaminski

[LFEFox23]

Has anyone got a seat map of where the standing sections will be in the stadium?

[SemperEadem]

46 minutes ago, niyaminski said:

Has sufficient demand been shown?

 

I assume the club told you a date they'd inform you - and that should be soonish (if not already) given the fact that the ST renewals period is up - or am I expecting too much of the club?

No 

[SemperEadem]

15 minutes ago, LFEFox23 said:

Has anyone got a seat map of where the standing sections will be in the stadium?

 

Pretty sure an image or the links to the club site where it will be is in here.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

1 hour ago, niyaminski said:

Has sufficient demand been shown?

 

I assume the club told you a date they'd inform you - and that should be soonish (if not already) given the fact that the ST renewals period is up - or am I expecting too much of the club?

I think it more of a case that if the demand for standing significantly outweighs the supply next season, then they'll review it in summer 2026 and see if an expansion is justified. That's what I took from it anyway, review it on an ongoing basis. 

 

Personally I feel one block more into the Kop would be pretty perfect, that would give around 2000 standing spaces at that end.