Enforced sitting in the North stand tomorrow

[PsychoPaul]

It's all rather exciting - reminds me of the arse end of the Goldstone days. What was the match where we all left early - Mansfield ?

Palace away a couple of weeks ago wasn't it? 9th minute?

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

because standing at football happens at every premier league,championship,champions league,world cup,european cup,and even the f***ing 2012 olympics.
Gus poyet stands every f***ing game as did the whole albion groundstaff and non playing squad/youth team members at withdean.
When will you slow morons get the message,the rules only apply when twattish morons try to implement them .the rest of world football ignore them.

These rules only apply when twattish morons complain to the club that people are standing..

 

[chrissyboy01]

Weather depedent tomorrow. If the rain is blowing in towards the NS, the stewards will be more tolerant of standing..............it's in the clouds

 

[Working class pride]

Good, hope you enjoy the extra free time you have on your hands.

I'm confused as to why you think Brighton should have a different set of rules to every other club in the Premier League & Championship.

Well they didnt used to until this little hissy fit by the club, they used to be a bit like Anfield, Leeds, Spurs and most clubs up and down the country. But now something has changed. Personally it doesnt bother me but its odd how this is such an issue for a few people at Brighton but ironically Liverpool fans can stand when they want. There we go, who said logic had anything to do with football

 

[Gilliver's Travels]

I struggle to understand why this issue is so important to a significant minority of supporters. Just why should anyone, having paid for a superbly comfortable seat from which - if everyone else sits in theirs too - a perfect view of the action is absolutely guaranteed, want to stand up? It's just as easy to shout - and yes, sing even - from a sitting position as when standing. Sure, things were very different in a packed North Stand at the Goldstone. But what's the point at the Amex, when you're only going to be the at the same spacing as when seated? And why should your imagined (but actually non-existent) right to flout ground regulations - at risk of club fines and reduced crowd sizes - trump those of your fellow supporters?

Maybe it's the thrill of rebellion, of being able to seriously piss off people - especially kids - behind you who simply want to enjoy the game at the best stadium we've ever had. Perhaps those now seeking Amex martyrdom practise by rising from their sofas for the duration of Match of the Day?

The urge to stand up in a seated area is a bizarre obsession which, somehow, has never been satisfactorily explained. Anyone care to try?

 

[chrissyboy01]

Have not the club flouted the very rules they now wish to enforce by initially 'permitting' the back 4 rows of the NS to stand? Actually, did this really happen or is it some 'myth'? Seems a number of people were told this at the pre season ST presentation.

 

[Lurker]

Have not the club flouted the very rules they now wish to enforce by initially 'permitting' the back 4 rows of the NS to stand? Actually, did this really happen or is it some 'myth'? Seems a number of people were told this at the pre season ST presentation.

People recall the items that they 'want to hear'.
It's human nature.

Reference was probably made in the presentations to 'enforcement being relaxed' in the back four rows.
This will have been interpreted by the listener as concrete permission to stand up ad infinitum.
It's not though, is it.

 

[wehatepalace]

No , Martin Perry definately said if you want to stand, sing and jump around, then you should go in the back four rows, hence these selling out first !

 

[upthealbion1970]

Well they didnt used to until this little hissy fit by the club, they used to be a bit like Anfield, Leeds, Spurs and most clubs up and down the country. But now something has changed. Personally it doesnt bother me but its odd how this is such an issue for a few people at Brighton but ironically Liverpool fans can stand when they want. There we go, who said logic had anything to do with football

Maybe the timing has got something to do with the north corners being nearly finished, if the north insist on standing it could gradually spread from the north around the corners? Originally the corners weren't going to be done until the summer.

 

[Lethargic]

People recall the items that they 'want to hear'.
It's human nature.

Reference was probably made in the presentations to 'enforcement being relaxed' in the back four rows.
This will have been interpreted by the listener as concrete permission to stand up ad infinitum.
It's not though, is it.

Agreed no matter what was said the law applies to all seats it was probably a case of the club under estimating the numbers who wish to stand and making a guess that they could get away with 4/5 rows standing without the authorities coming down on them. But now we have half the north stand standing most of the game the authorities have said something. Why do the big clubs get away with it I don't know maybe they have more bargaining power than us?

 

[bennibenj]

People recall the items that they 'want to hear'.
It's human nature.

Reference was probably made in the presentations to 'enforcement being relaxed' in the back four rows.
This will have been interpreted by the listener as concrete permission to stand up ad infinitum.
It's not though, is it.

I completely agree. I seem to remember at the ST presentation that the 'rules would be relaxed for those in the back 4 rows'. People hear what they want.
When GROWN ADULTS are protesting whether they stand or sit, I will be in the family stand where there are loads of CHILDREN, the vast vast majority behaving more grown up than some fans stamping there feet about sitting down. Perspective people.

 

[chrissyboy01]

People recall the items that they 'want to hear'.
It's human nature.

Reference was probably made in the presentations to 'enforcement being relaxed' in the back four rows.
This will have been interpreted by the listener as concrete permission to stand up ad infinitum.
It's not though, is it.

This in itself is ambiguous and open to misinterpretation - and has been as you say. It's also spreading throughout the NS and has contributed to the some of the recent issues with stewards.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Well i'm more interested in what is happening on the pitch

As am I. Doesn't mean there might be other things happening though does it? Didn't think so.

 

[Working class pride]

The urge to stand up in a seated area is a bizarre obsession which, somehow, has never been satisfactorily explained. Anyone care to try?[/QUOTE]

I am not sure why people would feel the need to explain why people enjoy standing at Leeds, Man City, Liverpool, Spurs, Brighton and up / down the country. I think its enough to point out the irony that at Brighton the kids that want to sing and bounce up / down cannot but at Liverpool, they can. This bizarre fight the club has picked is amusing when watched from a distance and with Brighton's tradition of imaginative, press catching protest, then this could turn out to be even more amusing. Poor old Poyet must be wondering why the management at Brighton are trying to give away his home atmosphere. I can see it descending into things like leaflets given to the press in the form of an open letter of apology to Poyet for being stopped from creating an intimidating, loud atmosphere. Silent protest are on the cards and I see a few have mooted a walk out. Given we are just off the play offs, I wonder what Tony Bloom thinks of the middle management team at the Albion. This will run and run.

 

[GOM]

Well they didnt used to until this little hissy fit by the club, they used to be a bit like Anfield, Leeds, Spurs and most clubs up and down the country. But now something has changed. Personally it doesnt bother me but its odd how this is such an issue for a few people at Brighton but ironically Liverpool fans can stand when they want. There we go, who said logic had anything to do with football

I think this is part of the crux of the matter. Most other grounds I have visited, a lot of us away fans stand, as they do at the Amex. There are quite often the 'kop' areas for the home fans that stand for the entire match. Anyone who has watched premier football, live or on TV cannot have failed to see this, also Championship matches.
The question seems to be, why are the rules now being so vigourously enforced at Falmer ?

 

[The Sock of Poskett]

Well, I'm in Row U and in our block of the North so far as I can recall we've had no real problems last season or this.

So today, I shall continue to get behind the team.
I normally reserve my sitting down for half time, but I may do a bit more of it during dull periods of the game today, providing those in front of me are sitting down and I can see what's going on.
When things get exciting, excuse me if I stand up.
If a steward asks me to sit down, I shall give him/her a cheery smile and comply.

The club are in a tricky place and need to be seen to be doing something, so I'm quite happy to put up with a little less relaxation of the 'no persistent standing' ground regulation. If we're sensible, it will all blow over in a few games.

And a few renditions of 'Sit down for the Albion' may well be heard. :Amex:

 

[Working class pride]

I think this is part of the crux of the matter. Most other grounds I have visited, a lot of us away fans stand, as they do at the Amex. There are quite often the 'kop' areas for the home fans that stand for the entire match. Anyone who has watched premier football, live or on TV cannot have failed to see this, also Championship matches.
The question seems to be, why are the rules now being so vigourously enforced at Falmer ?

Agreed, it is odd isn't it. Brilliantly quirky, bizarre and funny by the Albion's middle management though. To even try to explain this to a (ironically) Liverpool fan would take some doing! Still it gives this younger generation of Brighton fans a cause to rally around. Fair play to palace, the fans might want to bang a drum, but the people that run the club have backed safe standing. That will rub even more salt in the wounds and the club management have picked a fight that they are bound to lose. Very very odd management they have down the the Albion, especially as we are just off the play offs.

 

[rocker959]

Ah, the Mansfield game. I always remember the bloke who somehow managed to open one set of the big blue doors behind the East Stand, allowing us all to gain access at half-time. Sliced his hand up a good 'un - absolutely covered in claret but grinning from ear to ear! I also remember the stadium announcer asking us to 'retake your place in the East Stand' when we ran across the pitch and occupied the knackered terracing either side of the knackered tunnel. Now, that was a proper response to a real issue!

Great day and protest and proud to be amongst them with my sis somptingull. Will never forget this day and also the ' leave the ground protest' and also the stay in the north stand stand off with the police after one game... old and young stood together in protest.

 

[_mark_]

I sit in Row T and so far have not been asked to sit down, this season or last.

If asked to sit down today I will sit but then stand up when the game enters an exciting phase. I will then alternate my standing/sitting using common sense so as not to agitate the stewards.

Common sense is the key here. Give it a couple of months of compromise and we will be back to normal.

 

[Frutos]

Common sense is the key here. Give it a couple of months of compromise and we will be back to normal.

The biggest problem with common sense is that its not half as common as it should be.