NERVY-OWL 195 #37 Posted February 28, 2019 17 minutes ago, iansheff said: It is a joke the way that they are allowed to cut the capacity for matches. I looked at Norwich v Ipswich the other week, although not the same as a Sheffield derby it is still a big match between two bitter rivals and the attendance was 27,040. Looking on the football league ground guide Carrow Road has a capacity of 27,244 so they were 204 people under the capacity and a few of those could be down to no shows on the day. Yet here in Sheffield, Hillsborough is only going to be allowed to have about 80% of the grounds seats sold for the derby game. It is, especially when you can have fans separated by just a row of stewards. I don't remember of hearing about many crowd problems the last time the west stand was split between the two sets of fans so why shouldnt it be used Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
iansheff 88 #38 Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) 53 minutes ago, NERVY-OWL said: It is, especially when you can have fans separated by just a row of stewards. I don't remember of hearing about many crowd problems the last time the west stand was split between the two sets of fans so why shouldnt it be used Just doing a bit more research. Villa v Birmingham, capacity 42,785 attendance 41,200 Forest v Derby capacity 30,445 attendance 29,421 Derby v Forest capacity 33,597 attendance 31,160 Chelsea v Spurs capacity 41,631 attendance 40,542 Man City v Man Utd capacity 55,097 attendance 54,316 Big local matches, none of which had their capacity slashed for a big match, so why do the powers that be feel the need to slash capacity by such a high percentage? Man City only had 781 empty seats for their derby match. I can't find out if the attendances given were a maximum capacity that they had been allowed to have due to safety grounds, however none had their capacity cut anything like the Sheffield derby matches are. Edited February 28, 2019 by iansheff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
scottf 21 #39 Posted February 28, 2019 12 minutes ago, iansheff said: Just doing a bit more research. Villa v Birmingham, capacity 42,785 attendance 41,200 Forest v Derby capacity 30,445 attendance 29,421 Derby v Forest capacity 33,597 attendance 31,160 Chelsea v Spurs capacity 41,631 attendance 40,542 Man City v Man Utd capacity 55,097 attendance 54,316 Big local matches, none of which had their capacity slashed for a big match, so why do the powers that be feel the need to slash capacity by such a high percentage? Man City only had 781 empty seats for their derby match. I can't find out if the attendances given were a maximum capacity that they had been allowed to have due to safety grounds, however none had their capacity cut anything like the Sheffield derby matches are. Its nothing to do with the police IMHO, its Wednesday refusing to give united the tickets because we only gave you the lower tier for the return leg at derby. Plus imagine the noise from that stand if it was full of blades, i guess they have been petty and decided that they didn't need the extra revenue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
John_S6 10 #40 Posted February 28, 2019 2 hours ago, sheff66 said: That is a blatant lie , ps enjoy the game How can it be a lie, a blade posted it on TWITTER What more evidence do you possibly need? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
POUNDSWORTH 12 #41 Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, John_S6 said: How can it be a lie, a blade posted it on TWITTER What more evidence do you possibly need? just read on Facebook the Blades have been allocated another 1000 tickets !! perhaps its another lie?? Oh wait its on Uniteds website...must be a big lie !! can any one confirm thats over 3500 now? Edited February 28, 2019 by POUNDSWORTH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Vaati 11 #42 Posted February 28, 2019 This is supposed to be the match day thread...this is the final warning on the matter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
POUNDSWORTH 12 #43 Posted February 28, 2019 1-3to the blades Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
owl.66 206 #44 Posted February 28, 2019 6 hours ago, scottf said: Its nothing to do with the police IMHO, its Wednesday refusing to give united the tickets because we only gave you the lower tier for the return leg at derby. Plus imagine the noise from that stand if it was full of blades, i guess they have been petty and decided that they didn't need the extra revenue. Tbh I thought the allocation was agreed with both parties ,that it was a said price with a said amount of tickets either way ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Brooker11 10 #45 Posted February 28, 2019 8 hours ago, scottf said: Its nothing to do with the police IMHO, its Wednesday refusing to give united the tickets because we only gave you the lower tier for the return leg at derby. Plus imagine the noise from that stand if it was full of blades, i guess they have been petty and decided that they didn't need the extra revenue. The last time that end was full of Blades Chris O'Grady made sure there was no noise.🤣🤣 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
web1 10 #46 Posted February 28, 2019 6 hours ago, POUNDSWORTH said: 1-3to the blades 4-0 Wednesday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
SomeNextGuy 10 #47 Posted February 28, 2019 7 minutes ago, web1 said: 4-0 Wednesday 17-8 Blades. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
despritdan 241 #48 Posted February 28, 2019 Wednesday have improved lately and will want revenge for last season's match so I predict a close game, with plenty of attacking football from both sides, ending in a 2-2 draw. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...