Jason and Debbie on DN35

Quoted from 1mickylyons

The atmosphere or lack of in the Upper this Season is very noticeable. I put this down to the Club selling premium seats to youngsters and families? The selling of 5800 ST suggest the Club have got it right but its definitely watered down the atmosphere and probably cost a few quid .I hope next season its revised and the premium seats are sold at premium price.

Agreed about the atmosphere but how much more premium can the prices in the Upper get?  Seasons tickets were about £375.

Lots of empty seats in the Main Stand, awful lot of them I noticed with reserved stickers on.  This will always be the case for midweek games with a fair chunk of exiles buying ST's.

Quoted from diehardmariner

Lots of empty seats in the Main Stand, awful lot of them I noticed with reserved stickers on.  This will always be the case for midweek games with a fair chunk of exiles buying ST's.

About 8 spare seats all together behind me in the Upper Tuesday night and my lad said it was the same on Saturday ( I was sat elsewhere Saturday). Seems a bit odd they were not used at either match.

Quoted from 1mickylyons

The atmosphere or lack of in the Upper this Season is very noticeable. I put this down to the Club selling premium seats to youngsters and families? The selling of 5800 ST suggest the Club have got it right but its definitely watered down the atmosphere and probably cost a few quid .I hope next season its revised and the premium seats are sold at premium price.

Not a lot to get excited about so far.

I know it’s the same old discussion about the possibility of a new ground, but interesting to see that authorities are applying through the ‘levelling up’ process for new stadia development

https://news.causewaycoastcomm.....id-gets-green-light/

The issue for me, using the Bradford game as an example (because it's on a Saturday and I expect it to be a sell-out), is that, as an exile, it's unlikely me and a few mates will be able to get seats together (unless we're prepared to accept restricted views).

So, while I get Jason's point of view, I think match tickets become a problem well before we start selling out. I don't really want to sit apart from my mates when I can finally (after much effort) make it back for a match.

STH giving their seats up for matches they can't make is the right direction. The system/process needs refining and communicating better, but it'll help.

Those of us who couldn't afford the outlay of a season ticket up front, or couldn't guarantee how many matches we'd be able to make at BP this season, have to deal with not sitting together when we do come back.

This is no criticism of us selling close to 6k season tickets - that's fantastic for the club (and its finances) and I'm glad so many fans are putting their cash into GTFC. I do question, as we all do, what the *realistic* capacity of BP is, and also the reality of the matchday experience for those fans who aren't STH but who typically travel to matches together in small groups.

Quoted from RichMariner

The issue for me, using the Bradford game as an example (because it's on a Saturday and I expect it to be a sell-out), is that, as an exile, it's unlikely me and a few mates will be able to get seats together (unless we're prepared to accept restricted views).

So, while I get Jason's point of view, I think match tickets become a problem well before we start selling out. I don't really want to sit apart from my mates when I can finally (after much effort) make it back for a match.

STH giving their seats up for matches they can't make is the right direction. The system/process needs refining and communicating better, but it'll help.

Those of us who couldn't afford the outlay of a season ticket up front, or couldn't guarantee how many matches we'd be able to make at BP this season, have to deal with not sitting together when we do come back.

This is no criticism of us selling close to 6k season tickets - that's fantastic for the club (and its finances) and I'm glad so many fans are putting their cash into GTFC. I do question, as we all do, what the *realistic* capacity of BP is, and also the reality of the matchday experience for those fans who aren't STH but who typically travel to matches together in small groups.

Sums my feelings up perfectly. We simply don’t have the capacity. We have a group of about 10 lads (shift workers) who have accepted the fact we will never get tickets together so have resorted to watching this season on the TV! It’s a strange feeling because this is the first season in about 10-15 years we won’t be watching town live! It’s a nice problem to have and shows how far we’ve come. As long as it’s being reviewed and not ignored then we’re happy.

The comments from RichMariner and GyMariner are spot on.

As a fan of 45+ years but an exile for a big proportion of that, I'm really pleased at the direction of travel by the club currently and it's a great time to be a Mariners fan
It is however a bit annoying to hear the mantra that as we're not selling all the seats there's no real issue yet.

Over a week ahead of Tuesdays game, the only 3 tickets I could get together (not restricted) were in the Osmond corner with a less than ideal view (though I must admit it gives a different perspective on the game)

Looking over to the left there were plenty of empty seats in the Upper