Time to move the family stand

[yatesy94.]

Defo put them in the second tier and put a standing/singing section behind the goals need to spread the atmosphere a bit.

 

[mcfcstu]

Certainly not.

But they are constantly more visible.

Try looking behind u at your end of the ground.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Let me put it this way.

Can you imagine United creating a family stand in the lower tier of the Stretford End?

Can you imagine Livetpool creating a family stand in the lower section of the KOP?

Can you imagine Chelsea creating a family stand in the lower tier of the Shed End?

Can you imagine Villa creating a family stand in the lower tier of the Holte End?

Can you imagine Newcastle creating a family stand in the lower tier of the Gallowgate End?

Can you imagine Everton creating a family stand in the lower tier of the Gwladys End?

Perm the rest of the PL clubs.

Is there another PL club that puts their family stand in the lower tier behind the goal apart from City?

Like most PL clubs and stadiums we have an end which is split between home and away fans.

Unlike most other PL clubs and stadiums we don't have a *home end* full of City fans who want to support the team vocally.

Until Mansour, Khldoon and Soriano give us a proper home end filled with City fans by age, demographics, and the desire to support the team vocally, and can afford to do that with affordable tickets, the atmosphere at the Etihad will never change and improve.

It’s a lot to ask, especially from someone who’s not involved but could the 1894 group or another group campaign for a home end? They might listen then.

I think it’s becoming a popular option amongst our fans, just needs some pressure on the club

 

[mcfcstu]

Is this still the family stand ?

I know several people who purchased tickets this season & none of them take kids with them or have kids tickets

Adults have been in the family stand level 1 for years with no kids.

 

[cleavers]

Nowhere near as many empty seats as at West Ham or Brighton,

Or Villa.

 

[mcfcstu]

It already is the family stand including the corners, since 2003.

The family stand is over 7k.

Yes I know that but the 2 family stands are now full or adults and kids that have now surpassed the age that the family stand was designed for. Have a overhaul and move the adults with under 18s upto level 2 and the rest back down to level 1

 

[cleavers]

Or Villa.

Oh and the spurs crowd was quoted as being only just over 40k.

 

[AshtonBlue1980]

At least we’d have some City fans in corporate if we did that. By a few accounts the corporate areas are majority non-City/away fans.

Yep recently we have had several wolves Everton and Leeds fans in there - one Leeds even had the cheek to wear a scarf! And snuck a bottle of beer down to his seat! Should have been kicked out instantly!

 

[Bluefen]

True, but it sure as hell doesn’t help. Never does one song come from there, I know it seems far fetched but imagine the FS was relocated and an atmosphere grew from there from new ST holders. Sure it might not happen, but it definitely won’t as long as the Family Stand remains there. Then of course there’s the empty seat issue there, which is worse than anywhere else in the stadium and probably the main cause for the Emptihad tag. It’s just not working. A failed experiment and any other notion is laughable imo.

For me the biggest problem is the splitting of the two singing sections - I had one game recently (palace) where I sat in East stand level 2 just above our singing block and so many times I heard two different songs from the East stand and South
Stand

Id have hoped the safe standing changes might have allowed us to allow people to relocate to a single area but won’t hold my breath

 

[Gundog’s Gundog]

And snuck a bottle of beer down to his seat!

*sneaked