After Liverpool ticket price climb-down what are other changes fans want to see?

[PokerBroker]

I like them all.  Would also add that I'd want to see TV replays, refs with mics - love how that works in Rugby. 

RE the lettering, it's one of my pet hates to see fans wearing a shirt with a name and number on it, looks terrible, especially on Adults.  Even worse are thick parents who get their kids first names put on a team shirt.   

[nirvana]

Football shirts look ridic on any adult, when not playing football, irrespective of lettering. Worse still if accompanied by cords or joggers like some Posh fans I've seen

[tikay]

Football shirts look ridic on any adult, when not playing football, irrespective of lettering. Worse still if accompanied by cords or joggers like some Posh fans I've seen

Name & shame I say.

[tikay]

Leicester still charge per letter.

Well, I think you've just lost all the neutrals wanting Leicester to win the title.

Safe standing. Most away fans just stand all game anyway, and the home fans surrounding them follow suit. Just get a designated area.
Cheap(er) beer, but also the catering can vary from edible to turgid. Why can't KFC have little stands in the grounds and on the concourses?
Why can't the TV schedule be organised and published in line when train fares go on sale? So they have until 12 weeks before a game to fuck about with the schedule, and then if they alter a fixture from there on in then some form of compensation for those who booked up and have since been left out of pocket due to a TV change. Even just rail vouchers to put towards the next booking or something. There should definitely be something in place meaning fixtures can't be touched less than a month before kick off.

Unrealistic - the fixed equipment cost for a KFC is huge, & could not possibly be economically viable on Match Days only. Cracking grub though.

Cheaper/better beer? No no no. That can only end badly.

Kit changes every year? Daft to blame the Clubs for that. As long as folks buy them, they'll keep changing them.

Tannoy music after a goal? Are you kidding me? It's not pyjama cricket. BAN IT.

Safe standing? No such thing, especially if combined with cheap beer. How many disasters do we want before we realise that grown ups should sit down? You don't stand at the Opera, or Ballet.

[Jon MW]

... You don't stand at the Opera, or Ballet.

you can buy standing tickets for some Opera and Ballet. Not trying to be awkward.... just saying.

[tikay]

... You don't stand at the Opera, or Ballet.

you can buy standing tickets for some Opera and Ballet. Not trying to be awkward.... just saying.

Only the common sorts.

[hhyftrftdr]

Leicester still charge per letter.

Well, I think you've just lost all the neutrals wanting Leicester to win the title.

Safe standing. Most away fans just stand all game anyway, and the home fans surrounding them follow suit. Just get a designated area.
Cheap(er) beer, but also the catering can vary from edible to turgid. Why can't KFC have little stands in the grounds and on the concourses?
Why can't the TV schedule be organised and published in line when train fares go on sale? So they have until 12 weeks before a game to fuck about with the schedule, and then if they alter a fixture from there on in then some form of compensation for those who booked up and have since been left out of pocket due to a TV change. Even just rail vouchers to put towards the next booking or something. There should definitely be something in place meaning fixtures can't be touched less than a month before kick off.

Unrealistic - the fixed equipment cost for a KFC is huge, & could not possibly be economically viable on Match Days only. Cracking grub though.

Cheaper/better beer? No no no. That can only end badly.

Kit changes every year? Daft to blame the Clubs for that. As long as folks buy them, they'll keep changing them.

Tannoy music after a goal? Are you kidding me? It's not pyjama cricket. BAN IT.

Safe standing? No such thing, especially if combined with cheap beer. How many disasters do we want before we realise that grown ups should sit down? You don't stand at the Opera, or Ballet.

Dortmund do safe standing pretty well. That stand behind the goal is huge, and has thousands upon thousands in it every home game. Biggest stand in Europe I think I'm right in saying. And converts very easily to an all seater for Euro games.

Would love some popcorn chicken or a boneless banquet before the game.....or now. Sigh.

[booder]

Leicester still charge per letter.

Well, I think you've just lost all the neutrals wanting Leicester to win the title.

Safe standing. Most away fans just stand all game anyway, and the home fans surrounding them follow suit. Just get a designated area.
Cheap(er) beer, but also the catering can vary from edible to turgid. Why can't KFC have little stands in the grounds and on the concourses?
Why can't the TV schedule be organised and published in line when train fares go on sale? So they have until 12 weeks before a game to fuck about with the schedule, and then if they alter a fixture from there on in then some form of compensation for those who booked up and have since been left out of pocket due to a TV change. Even just rail vouchers to put towards the next booking or something. There should definitely be something in place meaning fixtures can't be touched less than a month before kick off.

Unrealistic - the fixed equipment cost for a KFC is huge, & could not possibly be economically viable on Match Days only. Cracking grub though.

Cheaper/better beer? No no no. That can only end badly.

Kit changes every year? Daft to blame the Clubs for that. As long as folks buy them, they'll keep changing them.

Tannoy music after a goal? Are you kidding me? It's not pyjama cricket. BAN IT.

Safe standing? No such thing, especially if combined with cheap beer. How many disasters do we want before we realise that grown ups should sit down? You don't stand at the Opera, or Ballet.

KFC equipment is more expensive than Mc Donalds ?

[Skippy]

... You don't stand at the Opera, or Ballet.

you can buy standing tickets for some Opera and Ballet. Not trying to be awkward.... just saying.

It's not you trying to be awkward, that's for sure :-)

[PokerBroker]

Leicester still charge per letter.

Well, I think you've just lost all the neutrals wanting Leicester to win the title.

Safe standing. Most away fans just stand all game anyway, and the home fans surrounding them follow suit. Just get a designated area.
Cheap(er) beer, but also the catering can vary from edible to turgid. Why can't KFC have little stands in the grounds and on the concourses?
Why can't the TV schedule be organised and published in line when train fares go on sale? So they have until 12 weeks before a game to fuck about with the schedule, and then if they alter a fixture from there on in then some form of compensation for those who booked up and have since been left out of pocket due to a TV change. Even just rail vouchers to put towards the next booking or something. There should definitely be something in place meaning fixtures can't be touched less than a month before kick off.

Unrealistic - the fixed equipment cost for a KFC is huge, & could not possibly be economically viable on Match Days only. Cracking grub though.

Cheaper/better beer? No no no. That can only end badly.

Kit changes every year? Daft to blame the Clubs for that. As long as folks buy them, they'll keep changing them.

Tannoy music after a goal? Are you kidding me? It's not pyjama cricket. BAN IT.

Safe standing? No such thing, especially if combined with cheap beer. How many disasters do we want before we realise that grown ups should sit down? You don't stand at the Opera, or Ballet.

Dortmund do safe standing pretty well. That stand behind the goal is huge, and has thousands upon thousands in it every home game. Biggest stand in Europe I think I'm right in saying. And converts very easily to an all seater for Euro games.

Would love some popcorn chicken or a boneless banquet before the game.....or now. Sigh.

KFC isn't even real chicken.  Now Chunky Chicken is where the cool kids go, Nandos is so last year. 

[TommyPlus]

the article quotes

Compensate fans if late fixture changes - How late? How much compensation? Seems like a legal minefield that is probably best left undetonated.

Introduce safe standing - I'm not sure such a thing exists. Clue is in the name. Calling it "safe standing" rather illustrates how unsafe it is.

Ban tannoy music after goals - Yeah it's utter bollocks. Do away with tannoy "MCs" altogether.

Better and cheaper beer - Agree with this. Blokes are out for 3 or 4 hours before the match in the local so knocking a quid off a pint is hardly going to cause riotous drunkedness.

Prevent clubs from using secondary ticket partners - Agree to a certain extent. Smaller clubs don't necessarily have the resources to implement a ticketing system profitably.

Move the FA Cup final back to 3pm - Don't care. I'll watch it at 3pm or 5:15pm.

Stop kits being changed every season - Not a chance this will ever happen. Grown men wearing kits are a travesty so charging them for a new kit every season leaves less disposable income for them to commit other atrocities.
Sometimes children have to understand that no means no. Not a bad thing.

Introduce wi-fi in grounds - If you thought vuvuzelas were annoying then wait until you have 40,000 simultaneously tweeting about how overrated Michael Carrick is. People moaning about ticket prices then spending half the game looking at their phone.

Restrict number of loans clubs can make - Bring back emergency loans, for goalkeepers only. Whole system is ridiculous.

Adjust prices more fairly for restricted view seats - Buyer beware. Normal ticket £50, restricted view ticket £35. I'd rather watch it in the boozer.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/12151557/After-Liverpool-ticket-price-climb-down-what-are-other-changes-fans-want-to-see.html


agree with these? what else?


i thoroughly agree with not changing kits every season. having experienced it recently, late fixture changes are bad too

tannoy goal music is very irritiating!

[TightEnd]

for several years, when we scored, "Chelsea Dagger" by the fratellis

I hated it. lets listen to the crowd go bonkers please, don't need it

in recent years, its Kasabian, who are at least a Leicester band, and i don't mind it so much

but still would rather have nothing

It is undoubtedly a fact that atmosphere's in grounds pale compared to what they were even ten years ago, though. several reasons for this, but one will be that the gentrication of an all sitting crowd means its become a less visceral experience much of the time.

[hhyftrftdr]

This is what we play at Eastlands when City score.

[PokerBroker]

for several years, when we scored, "Chelsea Dagger" by the fratellis

I hated it. lets listen to the crowd go bonkers please, don't need it

in recent years, its Kasabian, who are at least a Leicester band, and i don't mind it so much

but still would rather have nothing

It is undoubtedly a fact that atmosphere's in grounds pale compared to what they were even ten years ago, though. several reasons for this, but one will be that the gentrication of an all sitting crowd means its become a less visceral experience much of the time.

It's worse when individual players have their own them track for when they score!!

[hhyftrftdr]

for several years, when we scored, "Chelsea Dagger" by the fratellis

I hated it. lets listen to the crowd go bonkers please, don't need it

in recent years, its Kasabian, who are at least a Leicester band, and i don't mind it so much

but still would rather have nothing

It is undoubtedly a fact that atmosphere's in grounds pale compared to what they were even ten years ago, though. several reasons for this, but one will be that the gentrication of an all sitting crowd means its become a less visceral experience much of the time.

It's worse when individual players have their own them track for when they score!!

When Yaya scores....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP2enk5w5fk

I'll stop now.....maybe.