There was v Everton, no turnstiles,just staff.Is there any reason why there can't be a perimeter ring around the ground that includes turnstiles?
You could probably fit double or even treble entrances that would help people entering and also those who leave City Square 10-15 mins before KO would already be in.
There is a lot of fans who just mingle outside round the catering vans before joining a que to enter the ground.
They have something similar like this at Hamburg SV and it works perfectly.
Paper tktscan i ask, what do the away fans get in, do they have to be the same as us or paper tickets, if so why couldnt us have the same choice
They stopped a couple of people yesterday because of the size of their bags in that ‘kettling’ thing at top of the stairs from the tram! It is strange though because why would they need the barriers?Strangest thing...if you arrive by tram, they now have barriers that force you into the crowd coming up from the gas works...where’s the logic?
Strangest thing...if you arrive by tram, they now have barriers that force you into the crowd coming up from the gas works...where’s the logic?
We have a ground that is shockingly served by local transport. We have a ground 1 mile from one of the largest cities in the UK. We have a new ticket entry system that demands we get to the ground at some ridiculous fucking hour. We have 90% of those ticket holders thinking “fuck that I’ll stay in the boozer and rock up ten mins before ko” and we have an utterly shit number of turnstiles. It’s an amalgam of many things, some within our ability to change (don’t booze until 2:55) most not. As I walked back into town after the game I looked at the shambolic traffic and the buses crawling into Piccadilly. We’ve been at the etihad for nearly 2 decades. Getting in and getting home have been a perennial issue from day one. Shuttle buses in and out. Hundreds of them. Loads of turnstiles. Park and ride. It’s not fucking rocket science
In Germany you’d have an endless supply of free trams and buses in and out of the city centre to the stadium. There’d be no other traffic allowed; buses and trams would run from all four points of the compass across the city. We have a system currently where 4 cones are erected to allow one car per hour prevent a whole flow of buses and trams getting into the city centre. The big wigs at City and the council don’t give a fuck; they don’t use the bus or tram. I’d frogmarch them onto the bus or tram after a game and see how they got on. It’s fucking shite. And it doesn’t have to be.The tram system is horrendous. I used to be able to get on a tram at Altrincham and go straight to the game. Now I have to get off at Cornbrook and wait with loads of other people unloaded there, sometimes for 15 minutes, for an already crowded tram to arrive. The tram goes to Piccadilly station anyway, why can't it just carry on to the stadium? All trams that go in that direction should just carry on to the stadium on matchdays.
The 216 bus is just as bad. The traffic is horrendous and against Norwich I got off and walked it was so bad. After the game it is ludicrous. We all wait in one long queue with loads of stewards standing around clueless until one bus is full. Then the door opens on the next bus and we start again. Even in the pouring rain they just fill one bus at a time. The speed, or lack of it, isn't helped by utter fuckwits who still don't know how much it is or have their money ready when they board. Then the other knobheads who won't move from near the door so people can't get past or get upstairs. Once the bus eventually moves hundreds of people walk in the road so it is a snails pace.
We had no games for 18 months and everywhere closed, an ideal time to make some improvements and perhaps give some work to people struggling. Instead we are just as bad as before.
In Germany you’d have an endless supply of free trams and buses in and out of the city centre to the stadium. There’d be no other traffic allowed; buses and trams would run from all four points of the compass across the city. We have a system currently where 4 cones are erected to allow one car per hour prevent a whole flow of buses and trams getting into the city centre. The big wigs at City and the council don’t give a fuck; they don’t use the bus or tram. I’d frogmarch them onto the bus or tram after a game and see how they got on. It’s fucking shite. And it doesn’t have to be.
Amen. How difficult would it be?That's it. You're talking about 19 times a year and the cup games. 12-3 then 5-7. Everything else is rerouted or stopped. Signs warning people, e mails sent etcetera. It's a minor inconvenience for others. Just get 50,000+ people in and out as quickly and safely as possible.
In Germany you’d have an endless supply of free trams and buses in and out of the city centre to the stadium. There’d be no other traffic allowed; buses and trams would run from all four points of the compass across the city. We have a system currently where 4 cones are erected to allow one car per hour prevent a whole flow of buses and trams getting into the city centre. The big wigs at City and the council don’t give a fuck; they don’t use the bus or tram. I’d frogmarch them onto the bus or tram after a game and see how they got on. It’s fucking shite. And it doesn’t have to be.
Strangest thing...if you arrive by tram, they now have barriers that force you into the crowd coming up from the gas works...where’s the logic?
I assume this is sarcasm! But I did see some brief message on screen about trams and buses and heard the word "free". Absolutely no idea where they were though. I assumed the tram had just gone tits up again.Re buses did I hear over the much improved tannoy system that buses to town were free?
They said it was to combat ticket touting, but this new system makes it easier. It's not implemented properly in my opinion.I'm still trying to work out what's wrong with the season cards we use to have worked perfectly well, how farting about with your phones supposed to be an improvement i've no idea.
No in SS3 for the first time ever you could talk over it for once.I assume this is sarcasm! But I did see some brief message on screen about trams and buses and heard the word "free". Absolutely no idea where they were though. I assumed the tram had just gone tits up again.
Still terrible in EL1 towards the back. The speakers are just above our heads so are turned up so those lower down can hear, I assume.No in SS3 for the first time ever you could talk over it for once.
Spot on mate.In Germany you’d have an endless supply of free trams and buses in and out of the city centre to the stadium. There’d be no other traffic allowed; buses and trams would run from all four points of the compass across the city. We have a system currently where 4 cones are erected to allow one car per hour prevent a whole flow of buses and trams getting into the city centre. The big wigs at City and the council don’t give a fuck; they don’t use the bus or tram. I’d frogmarch them onto the bus or tram after a game and see how they got on. It’s fucking shite. And it doesn’t have to be.