Fair enough. I usually try and get a seat at the side of the pitch rather than at either end, anyway. I prefer the view from there. I'm still likely to be sitting among home fans, but it's not quite the same as going in the home end (i.e. behind the goal) where it's likely to be a bit more heated.
The game was announced as a sell out a day or to before the match. That may have meant that all the tickets that were available for sale had been sold - a decision had been made not to sell tickets for the upper tier. You'll have to ask Bristol City why they announced that. I'm pretty sure that...
Obviously they had made a policy decision not to open the upper tier that night. Probably worked out that unless they could actually fill it, it wouldn't be economical to do so - cheaper to concentrate all the fans into the spaces available. Fewer stewards needed and all that.
A day or two...
Simple really. Health. I have an ongoing condition which varies from day to day - I can't tell which days I'll be up to going to a match, and which days I won't be. Consequently, this modern trend of tickets in advance is no use whatsoever for me, and if you just rack up at the ground on match...
As a away fan, I do it almost every time I watch the Albion. Never had a problem, never caused any trouble. Obviously, I weigh up the mood of the people next to me before opening my mouth, but I usually end up having a decent chat about the game with them, and a hand shake at the end.
I am...
80 odd City fans, sitting in single seats, surrounded by thousands of Albion fans. Bearing in mind that these days a vast majority of fans these days are quite capable of behaving if sitting with opposing fans (I do it at away matches - just sit on my hands when we score, applaud politely if...
But it's not simple supply and demand, is it? - not if what has been said on here earlier about the club refusing to sell tickets to people who haven't got a record of previous attendance is true.