Time to move the family stand

Bluefen said:
I agree - my first ever games at Maine Road was in the Main Stand and as a young 6 year old I was transfixed with watching the chaos in the kippax - I couldn’t wait to get to go in that stand and be amongst it… I think this was one of the first things that hooked me on watching live football and city
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My first game was the 6-2 win against Chelsea.

My Sister’s Boyfriend at the time took me.

I was sat on the Kippax wall.

I could hear the roar and songs from the Kippax behind me.

Years later I migrated to the top left corner of the Kippax where the singers were located next to the away fans.

44 years later I‘m still stood next to the away fans in 115.

Old habits diehard.
 
Ric said:
Not sure empty seats are exclusive to the Family Stand tbh.
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I agree with you on this, but I think if we could get two standing areas on level 1 behind both goals, with an emphasis on young adults in North Stand Level 1, then that would be a massive step in the right direction to improve the atmosphere.
 
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.
 
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The family stand should be moved to the North West corner
Blocks 131 132 232 233 & 330
And if there's demand, sacrifice 231 as well

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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
 
Blu1 said:
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
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Sort of?
Maybe?
Is?
Isn't?
Could be?
Possibly?
Nobody really knows.
And once again, like on many other matters that effect the fans, the club isn't saying.

Personally I think the answer to your question is yes and no.
 
jrb said:
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.
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Sad but I fear is true
 
Ric said:
The notion that the Family Stand is responsible for the lack of atmosphere at home games is frankly laughable.
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The club need to attract young fans. They are the lifeblood of our club. The family stand is still of value. Paying customers can do whatever they want at a match. Why do a section of our support get so hyper sensitive about the atmosphere and empty seats?
 
fathellensbellend said:
The family stand is just too big and kills the energy in the stadium, it's time it was shifted to the upper tier wings, that end needs to dedicating to younger supporters,and made affordable, no disrespect to the regulars in there, but it just looks shite with the hundreds of no shows, a little bit of vision would work wonders for the whole atmosphere
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Did u see the amount of empty seats in the South stand ??
 
My take copied from the atmosphere thread :

All i’m going to say is that the Family Stand should be allocated the 3 blocks from the Colin Bell stand (upper & lower tier)
The rest should be open to everyone at the same price!
Since the boring shite “emptihad” nickname came along this stand has been the culprit - i’m not saying any other stand isn’t guilty but due to the tv position - this is the “can’t fill your stadium photo” which is shown.
If you can now just buy an adult (without kids) there, i apologise and ignore the above!
Also people having the option to buy any seats doesn’t help as there are hundreds of random dotted seats about - maybe sell row by row until all seats sold?
 
Ric said:
The notion that the Family Stand is responsible for the lack of atmosphere at home games is frankly laughable.
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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.
 
blueloon said:
The club need to attract young fans. They are the lifeblood of our club. The family stand is still of value. Paying customers can do whatever they want at a match. Why do a section of our support get so hyper sensitive about the atmosphere and empty
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the club used to have kids season tickets around the whole ground for 95quid. That would attract more kids
 
jrb said:
I’d move the family stands to blocks 132 and 140, NSL1, so the kids could stay in the NS.
Then I’d make blocks 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, NSL1, safe standing, with the emphasis on trying to fill those safe standing seats with City fans in the teens, twenties, and early thirties, who would hopefully create a noisy end, aided by the kids in blocks 132 and 140. The kids would love the chants, songs, and support coming from young, but older City fans next to them.
It’s a place they will want to go into when they get older.
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I'd move the family stand to where u sit and then you relocate for a change. Stop believing the myth that its only the Family stand have issues. Did you see the amount of no shows in the south stand today ??
 
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