St.Ricky Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 17 minutes ago, faraway saint said: He does.................it's where he gets his never ending pot of money he keeps telling us about.................. A poor OAP with a poorly developed sense of priorities Faraway. I demand to know where you got my picture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddieinEK Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 A poor OAP with a poorly developed sense of priorities Faraway. I demand to know where you got my picture! That will teach you to sleep with your head under the pillow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 3 minutes ago, BuddieinEK said: 8 minutes ago, St.Ricky said: A poor OAP with a poorly developed sense of priorities Faraway. I demand to know where you got my picture! That will teach you to sleep with your head under the pillow! Don't tempt me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornwall_Saint Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 6 hours ago, DougJamie said: Its a conspiracy didn't you know, started off with that Liechtenstein mob cheating, When did Progres Niedercorn relocate to Luxembourg The only Scottish club side I remember playing a club from Liechtenstein (who play in the Swiss league anyway) was Falkirk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 3 hours ago, Bud the Baker said: My bad Sakespeare - Sonnet 112! 'Sake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougJamie Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 13 hours ago, Cornwall_Saint said: When did Progres Niedercorn relocate to Luxembourg The only Scottish club side I remember playing a club from Liechtenstein (who play in the Swiss league anyway) was Falkirk I knew it was some stupid little place beginning with L..... nearly said Linwood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 19 hours ago, Eric Arthur Blair said: 'Sake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 According to Josh (one of the young guys behind the W7 section) the whole of the West Stand will be for Saints fans only with STs going on sale for W7 (and presumably W6). Haven't seen anything official but perhaps his group have been tipped the wink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Ricky Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 2 hours ago, Eric Arthur Blair said: According to Josh (one of the young guys behind the W7 section) the whole of the West Stand will be for Saints fans only with STs going on sale for W7 (and presumably W6). Haven't seen anything official but perhaps his group have been tipped the wink. Said elsewhere but happy to say it again-Will donate. Love what you guys are doing. The spirit of the club lives on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LargsBud Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 That will be the OF going behind both goals then. Right decision IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemp Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 Away supports should be accommodated with half the Main Stand. It's too big an advantage giving them both stands behind the goals, not to mention a nightmare to police. Going by the atmosphere in the Main Stand most season ticket holders there are actually corpses or mannequins that can easily be moved elsewhere in the stadium. Amazing this was never considered when building the stadium, but it seems so little actually was. If the stadium had been built to easily accommodate away supports of 6000+ then it would be worth millions to the club over the years. Possibly there is a case then to invest in filling in the corners after all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munoz Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 One town , one team , one stand (for our weegie friends). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Ricky Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 8 minutes ago, munoz said: One town , one team , one stand (for our weegie friends). With you Munoz. You won't be surprised if I say that people with an interest in St Mirren can solve the issue by buying enough season tickets. The club can help by inventive pricing strategies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pik Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 https://www.stmirren.com/news/club/club-news/1859-chairman-s-update-on-season-tickets Rangers/Celtic getting south and north stands. Disappointing that folk in the family stand are getting messed about like this - will put people off buying season tickets perhaps . Is there a reason we can't just give the Old Firm half of the main stand? Better news is the W7 and safe standing announcements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 (edited) https://www.stmirren.com/news/club/club-news/1859-chairman-s-update-on-season-tickets ETA...I see pik just beat me too it. This is the right decision IMO for the reasons given in the statement. Edited May 4, 2018 by Eric Arthur Blair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 Here's the statement... Quote With promotion now official we are actively beginning to plan for life back in the Premiership next season. Everything that we have achieved to date has been built on the premise of a return to the top flight. That brings a lot of excitement, but it also presents some operational challenges that we have not had in the Championship. One of those challenges is how best we segregate our stadium on Premiership matchdays. Segregation Arrangements for Season 18/19 We have looked at all the available options for segregation next season with the dual aim of maximising our match day revenue to give us the best possible budget to compete in the Premiership but also bearing in mind the massive influence our incredible home support has had in achieving our success this season. The obvious and probably best financial model open to us was to revert to the previous arrangement of allocating away fans in the North Stand and allocating W6 and W7 in the West to the larger away supports, however we felt that we had to explore other options to allow us to maintain the exclusive use of the West stand for our own supporters, an arrangement which has been a great success this season. We investigated the option of building a temporary stand in the corner between the South and West stands to house our singing section but due to sightline restrictions and prohibitive costs this was unfortunately ruled out. We examined attendance data for our previous home matches with Celtic and Rangers and found that attendances in the South Stand were significantly lower than on other match days, potentially for a whole variety of different reasons. And so we explored the option of selling a reduced price season ticket for the family stand which would cover all home games with the exception of those featuring Celtic and Rangers. We believe this represents the best plan for us going forward but appreciate it is not without its challenges. Our plan is to give all away fans the full use of the North Stand. For games involving Celtic and Rangers those visiting teams will also be allocated full use of the South Stand. Season tickets for the South Stand will be reduced in price to reflect this arrangement. The West and Main Stands will once again be St Mirren fans only for ALL matches. Priority booking will be given to South Stand season ticket holders who wish to relocate to either the Main or West Stands for fixtures involving Celtic and Rangers and these tickets will be at a heavily discounted rate. We appreciate that there will be season ticket holders who have sat in the South Stand since day one so I would like to apologise in advance for any potential upheaval this will cause, but rest assured this is a decision we have not taken lightly and one we are taking with the best intentions of our club at heart. The additional six figure sum the club will bring in from this is vital in helping us build a squad capable of competing in the Premiership. We feel that this strikes a balance between maximising our income and ensuring that we provide a safe and enjoyable atmosphere for our own fans. W7 Singing Section & Safe Standing Fans will of course be able to buy season tickets for anywhere within the West Stand but please bear in mind that W7 will be very much the home of the singing section again next season. We have also started down the road of introducing some form of safe standing area in W7. We have had discussions with Celtic, safe seating suppliers, and held preliminary talks with both the SPFL and our local council. This will not be something that happens next season but it is something we are looking at very seriously and will continue to investigate. We'll have more news on season tickets including price and date of sale here on stmirren.com at the beginning of next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddieinEK Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 No point in complaining. This was always going to be the case, despite the beautifully worded statement.Fact is, w6 and w7 was always going to get support and rightly so.Main stand has more clout.South stand st holders are least likely to complain, have least clout and are easiest to relocate with least opposition!Doesn't make it right or even palatable.No point in moaning tho... Baz will just follow up with some patronising snd condescending shit about the greater good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemp Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 Terrible decision - the miserable Main Stand mob should have been moved. Now we have the bigots behind both our goals, a huge advantage for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Ricky Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 12 minutes ago, BuddieinEK said: No point in complaining. This was always going to be the case, despite the beautifully worded statement. Fact is, w6 and w7 was always going to get support and rightly so. Main stand has more clout. South stand st holders are least likely to complain, have least clout and are easiest to relocate with least opposition! Doesn't make it right or even palatable. No point in moaning tho... Baz will just follow up with some patronising snd condescending shit about the greater good. I am in your corner with this one EK. Will also need careful stewarding and crowd control arrangements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopCat Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 Think it’s a good solution. There wasn’t one that was going to keep everyone happy and this is the one that upsets the least as far as I can tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddieinEK Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 Think it’s a good solution. There wasn’t one that was going to keep everyone happy and this is the one that upsets the least as far as I can tell. Because South Stand fans will complain least.But...What will the longer term cost be of messing about our next generation of supporters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 13 minutes ago, Kemp said: Terrible decision - the miserable Main Stand mob should have been moved. There's more noise comes out the Main Stand than the South. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddies1877 Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 Great decision from the hopefully the added revenue they will look to fill in the corners of the stadium aswell in the future.They already get behind both goals at rugby park doesn’t do them any harm. People can be bitter and childish with the crying all they want it’s the right decision for the club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 18 minutes ago, HSS said: There's more noise comes out the Main Stand than the South. Yes, they moan and shout abuse at players very loudly. Piss poor decision. We shouldn't be lifting our skirts to them and shitting on our own for the sake of a few extra quid. Also, as has been mentioned, they will have an advantage from being behind both goals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 7 minutes ago, buddies1877 said: People can be bitter and childish with the crying all they want it’s the right decision for the club Bitter and childish for having a different option from you? Behave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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