The outside of the stadium grey and ugly, but inside the ground is - like you say - as good as any ground. Very nice aesthetically inside the bowl of the stadium.
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North Stand Construction Discussion
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City_Sean
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I sit in the South stand and have to say the new Pep stand looked absolutely amazing. Think it will be absolutely rocking next season
I sit in the South stand and have to say the new Pep stand looked absolutely amazing. Think it will be absolutely rocking next season
In the Northern Premier League ;-)
bobbyowenquiff
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The only stadium better in the PL is Spurs. The atmosphere was great yesterday for a dead rubber. The noise coming from both ends made a huge difference. It will be fantastic for the biggest matches.The interior is as good as any ground in Europe :)
blueparrot
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It did a few times.Looked mint from the south stand, didn't hear anything from them though. Would be good to hear genuine noise started from that end next season but I have my doubts.
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Surely once this is done they'll do some sort of sprucing up and a wrap around with lights to sync it up with the co-op.The outside of the stadium grey and ugly, but inside the ground is - like you say - as good as any ground. Very nice aesthetically inside the bowl of the stadium.
Brightwell Bros.
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The good news about the acoustics is that when that stand is in full flow it doesn't sound like it's coming from an end, it sounds like the whole ground.
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Same here and I was in 001 right next to them! I’m putting it down to the noisemakers not yet being in place.Looked mint from the south stand, didn't hear anything from them though. Would be good to hear genuine noise started from that end next season but I have my doubts.
feedmpenzaandhewillscore
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We’ve gone from 35k at Maine Road over two decades ago to 60k at the Etihad: We don’t have any fans and our support is shit apparently.
Francis Crawford
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It’s not the Taj Mahal !It is, but it’s not pretty from the outside. The new north stand is as good as any in Europe. It looked awesome today with every seat occupied.
It’s a football stadium in east Manchester , and in my opinion it’s beautiful ,your opion is also valid if not very strange ?
I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder !
remember arthur mann
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How we got from the official stamp to a full stand yesterday in such a short time was truly amazing. A big thank you to all concerned especially the fans.
blueparrot
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Odd,I was in 001 seemed pretty loud to me sure the design and being a single tier helped and they started a fair few songs.Same here and I was in 001 right next to them! I’m putting it down to the noisemakers not yet being in place.
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One day it wil be bigger still - with a new sliding roof and a 72-75k capacity as the backs of the tte East and West stands are equalised in height from end to end.
There was a plan for the long term development options and the Roof, East and West stand changes were the last options.
Any bigger and a new stadium.would have to be built in the North stand car park.
The roof has a finite life and it will have to be changed sooner than you think.it already has issues in many places.
There was a plan for the long term development options and the Roof, East and West stand changes were the last options.
Any bigger and a new stadium.would have to be built in the North stand car park.
The roof has a finite life and it will have to be changed sooner than you think.it already has issues in many places.
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Went in the Pep stand yesterday and loved it! The finish and concourse is so much better than SSL3. Atmosphere was great at times.
Seeing stewards asking people to sit down in the standing section was disappointing though :-(
Seeing stewards asking people to sit down in the standing section was disappointing though :-(
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I was in the middle of north stand (pep stand) and i have to say it got pretty loud on occasions. Way better than the last few years. Only heard a bit from the south stand tbh! Its getting the librarys on the sides doing something is the mission. They are obviously less inclosed so probably not as inclined to raw. Could do with piping in some noise from the ends to get them going. Its a confidence thing as those stands won't naturally boom like the end stands and probably have more tourists in them. Sat down on their fkin phones. Why would you pay all that money for a ticket and sit there playing moron games on your phone
Marvin.
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There are moments when everyone sings but usually it starts with a group. I was on the halfway line yesterday, and I thought there was more singing from the South Stand but when the North Stand sung it was louder than the South Stand. It should be because there are more fans there, and the 2nd tier is huge and close to the roof. The stand was designed to generate more noise, and it seems to do so.The good news about the acoustics is that when that stand is in full flow it doesn't sound like it's coming from an end, it sounds like the whole ground.
I was in the middle of north stand (pep stand) and i have to say it got pretty loud on occasions. Way better than the last few years. Only heard a bit from the south stand tbh! Its getting the librarys on the sides doing something is the mission. They are obviously less inclosed so probably not as inclined to raw. Could do with piping in some noise from the ends to get them going. Its a confidence thing as those stands won't naturally boom like the end stands and probably have more tourists in them. Sat down on their fkin phones. Why would you pay all that money for a ticket and sit there playing moron games on your phone
I am in south stand level one and yesterday we hardly ever stopped singing all game . You don't really notice/hear other stands a lot as you're doing your own thing , unless they sing when you've stopped.
asahartford1
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Couldn’t hear anything from NS in SS3 so hopefully the noise is not lost a bit due to the size of the crowd.
What is the stand like for anyone who went in?
It was brilliant. We could hear the Villa fans clearly-;)
jimharri
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"Alright Skip?"It was brilliant. We could hear the Villa fans clearly-;)
Hmmm personally I wouldn’t be very comfortable with that quote. It’s not his place anymore. It’s now a new from and the quicker we move the better. We’ve got to be better than all the other plonkers who give new managers 3 games and make their minds up. Then begins 10 years of instability & slowly sliding down the league.The large concrete wall below the skybar and above the second tier is perfect for a text tribute to Pep.
But instead of 'The Pep Guardiola Stand' written on it, I personally would rather see simply his quote 'This is my place'.
We need to adjust the thinking that it’s probably more realistic to think of a PL every 5 years instead of more than every other year.