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Post by buster on Sept 22, 2008 19:51:58 GMT
To all those who still think we get a raw deal following the Gulls.
Spare a thought for the fans of Colchester Utd.
£500 for a season ticket.
£20-26 to get in and sit in a soulless new stadium with no atmosphere. May be wrong but I don`t think tickets can be bought on the day.
The grounds stuck away on some industrial estate, and you can`t park nearby. So its £10 to park, then get a shuttle bus. There is though an alternative. You could get a friend to drop you off and get them to pay the £70 on the spot fine dished out by the enforcement officers on patrol in the no stop zone.
Finally the game starts and the team and manager are clearly disinterested and you are losing 0-3 to MK Dons.
So you`ve had enough and decide to leave early. But you can`t because the stewards and Police won`t let you. Citing you might go around the back and have a go at the away fans. Talk about twisting the knife.
This set me thinking, why do clubs continue to build sterile all seater stadia? Why havn`t they sussed what makes a ground intimidating and why clubs like Southampton generally speaking had a good home record back in the days of The Dell.
Can you name a new ground that has more atmosphere than the one it replaced?
buster
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Post by pikeygull on Sept 22, 2008 20:37:47 GMT
Well I'd rather put up with that and have League 1 football to watch than this seasons sh*te ;D
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Post by Mark L on Sept 23, 2008 11:22:35 GMT
Does anyone know if any new stadia have been designed with acoustics in mind? I've always loved Southend's away end and Aldershot's East bank because sound reverberates back at you creating that 'buzz'. I do sometimes wonder if something could be done to the roof of the pop to make it more acoustically appealing. I think the downward slope of the old pop roof used to be pretty good for that. Cantilever upward sloped roofing just tends to allow the sound to be directed off into the sky and songs easily lose momentum. Anyone who's been knows it only takes two and a shoe at Southend  |
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Post by jerry on Sept 23, 2008 11:41:41 GMT
I do sometimes wonder if something could be done to the roof of the pop to make it more acoustically appealing. I think the downward slope of the old pop roof used to be pretty good for that. I've thought that myself before. Probably just pie in the sky but is there something the back wall could be clad in that reflects sound? Would blocking off the ends of the stand have any effect? |
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Post by Mark L on Sept 23, 2008 12:42:31 GMT
Yeah, I don't think the porous breeze blocks at the back help much. A bit of corrugated iron, that's the stuff!
I think a relatively cheap solution for the roof could be designed but getting it through health and safety is probably an expensive stumbling block. Might do a little research...
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Post by rjdgull on Sept 23, 2008 13:23:27 GMT
Something could be done if a little thought, time and effort went into both the shape and materials used in the structure. A famous case in point is the Albert Hall which had poor acoustics until the inverted mushrooms hanging down from the ceiling were installed.  I suppose a cheaper alternative would be for Sally to stay in the midst of the pop side during play with her microphone switched on.... ;D |
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