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Quoted from diehardmariner

I know, I know.  We tried it in the 80's and everyone hated it...

I quite enjoyed the 80s

Quoted from diehardmariner

And yet you couldn't hear a peep on the other side of the ground...

That's the biggest problem, the empty space just kills any noise.

From the Main Stand, once they got going, the Mansfield fans were very loud but that's aided hugely as one side of their stand is connected.   It's not popular, nor really do-able with segregation should we want half the away end of the majority of games.  But the layout of the ground lends itself better to the more open stand (Pontoon) getting used as the away end and the stand with the best acoustics for travelling noise (Osmond) becoming the home end.

I know, I know.  We tried it in the 80's and everyone hated it...

I said the same a few posts up and it does make logistical sense if you view the stadium dispassionately.

I wonder (hope) there are more substantive plans in the pipeline that make our musings worthless. We live in hope.

With the very short-term fixes that have gone into the Main Stand this summer, especially structurally, I'm almost convinced that there's a fairly substantive plan in place which we'll see come to light in the next 12 months.

Quoted from diehardmariner

And yet you couldn't hear a peep on the other side of the ground...

That's the biggest problem, the empty space just kills any noise.

From the Main Stand, once they got going, the Mansfield fans were very loud but that's aided hugely as one side of their stand is connected.   It's not popular, nor really do-able with segregation should we want half the away end of the majority of games.  But the layout of the ground lends itself better to the more open stand (Pontoon) getting used as the away end and the stand with the best acoustics for travelling noise (Osmond) becoming the home end.

I know, I know.  We tried it in the 80's and everyone hated it...

I said this 15-20 years ago and got shot down by everyone. But forgetting what it is now and the history, if this stadium was just built and someone said to you "where would you put the away fans"
90%+ of people would say the pontoon. Its sectioned off away from the other stands and access is further away etc. Only downside would be regards away coaches

Quoted from lukeo

I said this 15-20 years ago and got shot down by everyone. But forgetting what it is now and the history, if this stadium was just built and someone said to you "where would you put the away fans"
90%+ of people would say the pontoon. Its sectioned off away from the other stands and access is further away etc. Only downside would be regards away coaches

What about when there are only 50 away fans. You gonna segregate the pontoon?

The main problem with putting away support into the pontoon, is that there are a large number of seats at the back of the osmond with a terrible view

Quoted from CSLM

What about when there are only 50 away fans. You gonna segregate the pontoon?

No because we wouldn't fill the rest of the ground anyway (at the moment)

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

The main problem with putting away support into the pontoon, is that there are a large number of seats at the back of the osmond with a terrible view

And lower down we would be 'Walking in circles, blinded by the sun'

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

The main problem with putting away support into the pontoon, is that there are a large number of seats at the back of the osmond with a terrible view

If anyone is watching the game through their phone, which is held above their head at that height, then they deserve a excrement view.  

Quoted from lukeo

I said this 15-20 years ago and got shot down by everyone. But forgetting what it is now and the history, if this stadium was just built and someone said to you "where would you put the away fans"
90%+ of people would say the pontoon. Its sectioned off away from the other stands and access is further away etc. Only downside would be regards away coaches

Be just a flip situation of what's going on now.  Away fans are released via the Osmond/Main entrance onto Harrington Street.  Instead they would go have to go onto Harrington Street via the Main/Pontoon entrance, which is actually closer to the coaches anyway.   Fans in the Main would leave via the Main/Osmond entrance or walk through the Osmond as opposed to walking through the Pontoon.

Quoted from CSLM

What about when there are only 50 away fans. You gonna segregate the pontoon?

And that's the biggest barrier. I guess having some sort of facility in one of the Pontoon corners to host those small handfuls would help, with the Pontoon having that flexibility to be offered for individual match tickets - a near flip of the current situation with the Osmond.

I don't understand why some fans think "that's a problem, so that is a no to that suggestion. "

All problems have solutions, often quite simple ones.

It all depends on what the owners' intentions are but if no substantial improvements are in the pipeline there is a lot they can to maximise what we've got with some ingenuity.