Glad its not just me then.
It gets worse the closer you arrive to kickoff. When you're hoping to have time to sneak a swift social pint in before the game, but end up getting thwarted by a herd of asthmatic bovine dawdlers gradually hauling themselves towards the light.
Those WSU stairs can be deeply irritating.
I'm no Kris Akabusi, but I can trot up them fairly rapidly without the need for oxygen at the top. The number of lumbering wheezing heffers you get stuck behind though, shuffling their way up, side-by-side, blocking the entire stairwell to everyone...
There isn't a wheelchair section in the WSU though for obvious reasons, you're looking at about 6 or 7 flights of stairs to get to the top. The Sky box doesn't look all that high up, maybe 1 or 2 flights ? (I don't know, never been there). Perhaps with it being lower down its considered more...
You sure about that ? I thought the lifts were strictly for staff use/catering etc only. If a disabled person can't manage to get up the stairs to the WSU, then they're obviously not going to be allowed to use the lift in an emergency to get back down. Elf' and safety and all that.
Anyway...
brrrrng brrrng:
Barber: "Hello"
Ticket office: "Hi Paul. The lower tiers are all but sold out now. Shall we open the East Upper ?"
PB: "Oh piss. Aren't there still some singles left ?"
TO: "Well, yes, but......."
PB: *sighs* "Alright. But hang on - just the FRONT rows"
brrrrng brrrng. brrrrng...
I'm not particularly precious about sitting in my season ticket WSU seat, I like the opportunity of trying out different areas of the stadium. Didn't much like the WSL though, I definitely prefer an elevated view, so you can properly see the patterns of play developing. Happy to be making my...