That was the 1st game of the season after promotion with no serious squad strengthening and a certain Brian Clough scored 5 goals. In those days the existing offside rule at the time meant high scoring results and teams adopting 2-3-5 and 4-2-4 attacking formations.
No , the South Stand is becoming a home end , the away support is being shifted over to the southern end of the East Stand (Lower). Its very likely the games against Palace , Millwall , Charlton (possibly West Ham and QPR) will be Category C so the South East corner seating will be used as a...
I thought that the childish and petty minded decision to restrict an away allocation to 2,600 as a tit-for-tat was a CPFC2010 initiative. It could come back to bite them on the arse.
On the basis of those on the waiting list buying an average of 2 ST's there should be in the region of 2,000 tickets at least for general matchday sale with loads available in the South Stand which will become a home end.
FL regulations allow a club to set a 2,000 away allocation if they so wish. When The Amex is at full capacity and 15% is given to the away club in a cup tie the attendance will be just under 30,000 due to segregation areas. Big clubs visiting The Amex could well be given 2,800 but Palace are not...
They wont be getting any extra tickets regardless of the increased capacity as the away section will be the southern end of the ESL :lol: Is this 2,000 with a segregation area from the northern end of ESL ? (SE corner will be a sterile zone for Category C games).