Its been going on for ages this but last night really took the biscuit.

If they cant drag themselves away from the food and drink to watch the live game then lock the buggers in till half time.

Never mind deal with it! I make sure I get in early to the stadium so I can have a decent view of the game I've paid £17 to see, just for some 6ft drunken idiot swanning in 5 mins after kick off and standing in front of me. It happens every game and it's infuriating.

If you were queuing for something and somebody turned up 5 mins before the doors opening and stod in front of you you'd be mighty annoyed methinks.

I think the problem will get less and less through the season as space becomes more prevalent.

I agree with that, very annoying when you are standing trying to watch the game, and then all of a sudden about 5 6 foot 3 men come and stand infront of you...

It's a shame I'm not going this season

cock that, drunken tosspots turning up after kick off and forcing their way into space that isn't there, barging past other fans with no courtesy or respect and causing them to fall over.

If you want to turn up late, then the stewards should be farming them out to where ever the crowds thinner.

Lets demolish the ground and build a brewery in its place - now that's progress.

Sorry forgot that short, non drinking people had a divine right to watch the game with the best view.

If you want a designated spot sit down! Or stand at the front, problem solved! If not get used to it because your constant moaning and tuting isn't going to stop anyone from standing in front of you, drunk or not drunk!

Very mature, i guess from your comments you're one of said heads that seems to take pleasure from spoiling the match for others.

And you think your post was mature. Pathetic

Nothing immature, I just have better things to do with my time than stand in the ground 4 hrs before kick off watching the poor pre match entertainment.

If I choose to have a pint in that time I can. Being drunk has nothing to do with it! I get fed up of moaning fans thinking they should get the best spot in the house! It’s a rugby game not a theatre as you previously stated.

5 blokes at 6 foot 3 ,
we need to sign them for our front row...

Wire fans are over reacting, you are only 2 games in, this comp is won later in the year.

By a team other than us. At the moment, I can think of twelve who look more likely to.

Cat, I do agree with your point that some people have no respect and do push and expect people to move so they can stand where they want,but there are a couple of posters complaining about 6footers standing in front of them. Sorry but that is nonsense. If they stand in front of you, then there is space. They need to stand somewhere!

The drunken idiots being aggressive is a seperate issue to people coming in late and taking a space in front of you which means you can't see. The steps are steep, so most should be able to see, but if not, I would recommend standing near the front or sitting down.

For the reason of the relatively high percentage of idiots, I have upgraded to a seats season ticket for the first time ever this year (see my above post!).

Good God, do you just listen to everything Noble says?

i'm not complaining about restricted view at all dave, where we and our merry band of speccies stands, it get's quite congested early on nearest the stairs. What you find is you get a group of about 6 blokes who turn up after kick off squeezing into the space for about 2, the knock on effect is everyone else has to push over and spend most of the game leaning to keep balance, manys the time last year where i've stood at the back of the south stand, they've turned up and it's been packed so i've ended up leaning backwards over the metal bar between the steelwork which ends up with a sore back at the end of the match.

you ever tried standing on the spot leaning over to one side slightly for a while, you'll know what i mean.

Yeah I agree, my point was adressing three posts.

There are plenty of ar$es in that stand who do not give a toss about anyone else, hence me being in another stand now.

to be honest i just wanted to clarify what the issue was since the right honourable gentleman i'm disargreeing with seems to have missed my point.



i take it the rugby doesn't look any better sat down?

About halfway through the match we realised that we never win when we sit there, we didn't really think about that in advance. IIRC the last game we won with us sat in that stand was the Leeds one a few years back in Rauhihi's first season, and our last game in there was the Cas game last year.

Not enjoyed a game for a good while whether standing or sitting to be honest.

The point is no matter what time you arrive to the game you can stand wherever you want. Just because you get there early doesn’t mean you should have the best spot.

And just because you arrive late doesn’t mean you’re a drunken yob! People are allowed to drink before a game and shouldn’t have to listen to people looking down their noses commenting. The whole attitude of I arrived first, I should be allowed a huge radius of space is slightly pathetic IMO.

i'm not saying that, what i'm saying is don't be turning up after the games kicked off disrupting ppl that have turned up on time forcing yourself into space that isn't there in a rush.

Fair enough disturb people as little as possible and be polite to others when moving past but you still have to stand somewhere, no matter what time you arrive. Lateness is not a crime! And maybe if people were more accommodating it would be easier for everyone to fit in the stand. Its the attitude of some people when others are trying to find space in the stand that is annoying.

Most theatres/ concert venues and the such like have central computer systems so all they have to do is click on and it prints a vacant seat ticket for the person to sit on.

Surely that is better than having masses of tickets sprawled over the place, with some numbers missing, some not.

Maybe there would have to be a service charge if paying on CC and or Debit card (shouldnt really give ideas)*, but wouldnt this prevent this kind of thing happening year after year.

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Which point are you addressing here?

The club have sold us season tickets for seats where they have already sold season tickets. What point are you making around the credit or debit card?