No Bobby, people have already got their season tickets and people may already be sat in other blocks throughout the stand as your season ticket is allocated to a certain seat. If this was going to be done it should have been done at the start of the season when you could pick what seat you wanted. If we did it now it would just cause chaos, people sitting in other peoples seats etc, which is already happening even with the correct seats allocated. Salford just seem to have double booked people.

Fair point think next season if u want to sit and get an atmosphere going then get organised just before the season tickets come out then that would be ace, perhaps if the new "junior devil" sceme takes off would be ideal place for them too
Will be ideal for me in a few years when I start taking my son far enough away from the bad language in the southstand but near enough to hear and make some noise of our own

That should have been sorted out as the season passes have all been re-issued. My sister works in the ticket office and she was in there last week sorting out the spread sheets of the seats and reorganising any double bookings.

Here's a thought,

Maybe the club could take the lead in this and allocate a "noisy" section of the stand for next season, maybe block 6 or something. Season Ticket holder could then select that area.

We have seats because I don't want to watch from behind the sticks on such low terraces. Some of the lads tried to get something going near us, probaly the same lads that asked for seats all together and yet found themselves split across the aisle and not getting any sympathy from Stuart.

It would have been ideal to get the shedites in the East stand. So far the stewards have not been to "Ar*ey" about standing whenever i have been standing in the west stand (not at all infact) so could have had the one's who wanted to watch from side on position there and stand or sit. Plus it fills that side up a bit because i think it looks really poor on camera when the main viewed stand is the least full, that in itself will put off a lot of people from trying the game out.

Agree the club should look to push this and maybe setup a "Noisy" section.

Yes but I'd imagine the club would offer the same seats ( to west stand season ticket holders) next year as they've sat in this year? so how could that work?

I surpose its upto the club to say "block A" is the singing section now do u want to stay there or do u want to move?

If the person says "why should I move?"

The club could say "well we did a survey amongst fans and they said they would like a section allocated for our noiser fans, you don't have to move its upto you just giving u advanced warning ect"

As for the east stand being unreserved, it will only be used when we are expecting a big crowd I'm told so when our attendance go up (positive mental attitude

lol ) it will probably become reserved like every other stand.

The fact of the matter is you want to stand your behind the goal, id be furious if I took my son to the game and we were unable to see because of persistant standing.

Don't agree with this. Can't believe after just one home game we have decided to close the east stand for selected games. The east stand, especially with it being unreserved seating, is ideal to be used as some sort of community/family stand to get kids in on free/discounted tickets and get them interested in RL. For years the club have claimed they can't get families down to the willows because of poor facilities etc, and now we have the facility we are closing the most suitable stand. Surely the games that will attract the lowest crowds (London and Catalan) are the games we should be looking to try and boost the attendance at, rather than meekly accepting that it will be a low crowd. It is like the club consider these games as a write off crowd-wise and rely on big away followings from the likes of Wire and Wigan to boost the crowd average, rather than trying to get a few extra home fans in.

I'm in West Stand block 6 (left hand end as you look at it from the pitch) and always willing to join in a bit of singing. I moved from the shed to seats at the willows a few years ago when i started bringing the kids and missed the singing. Have to say I was quite impressed that there was some singing in the block I was in when we scored the first against Cas and even more after the disallowed try so I'm quite hopeful that if we get a good result then the singing will come. Hopefully we'll find out on Friday

Excellent post,would be great to see the youngsters attracted back,they are when all said and done the future of the club surely.

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Where has this 'info' about the East Stand closing come from? I know people with season tickets in there, surely the club aren't just going to move everyone out after they've chosen to sit over there?

Anyone who has asked to move their season tickets into the east stand has been told they can't because it won't be open for every match.

Well the West stand holds 5k, 2k behind each goal so thats 9K if we are running at 6k / 7k there will be loads of space for community / family to watch, you want everyone to be in the same stand reaily, at the willows you had 90% of salford fans in the shed with the sponsors in the Austin Truman stand it always felt that side of the ground felt different a bit isolated from the atmosphere imo.

Reaily the plan should be to invite everyone you know to get to games attendances get up to 9k /10k attendees they will have to open the East stand at that point everyone is happy



i asked the stadium manager while negotiating if / where we could put the banners up in the ground, it was 3 weeks ago mind so if its open friday dont shoot the messanger

I thought the "Singers" were behind the sticks ? I was in the big stand at the Cas game and to be honest you could here a pin drop noise wise from the barely half full singers stand.

The big stand is no worse noise wise than the singers stand but the added bonus is a great view of the match.

Thought the atmosphere in the South Stand was ok for a 1st go, probably standard compaired to last season.
i think if we get both stands making good noise then it will further enchance the match day experience for all.
The View in the West stand is amazing it has to be said but i would feel bad for the people around me if i was jumping up and down every 30 seconds when somthing happens they have paid to watch the game not for me to obstruct their view

(The View in the West stand is amazing it has to be said but i would feel bad for the people around me if i was jumping up and down every 30 seconds when somthing happens they have paid to watch the game not for me to obstruct their view.)

Id feel bad for anyone having to sit near you fullstop!

That'll be a shock for those already sat in there, then. Unless there's been confusion about which stand they're actually in.

Don't think many people would be too keen on taking a school trip in the middle of the standing section. If we have to close the east stand then should at least make one block of the main stand some sort of family section with cheap kids tickets etc.

I asked to move to the East Stand and was knocked back, club saying it would`nt be open for every game.The West Stand is a no no for us due being allocated seating.The stadium at the moment is missing unreserved seating which would be ideal for us.

East stand should've been standing & could've been our new "shed", leaving the south stand as some sort of seated family stand. Similar to the set up at the HJ. 2 games in & I'm still struggling to adapt to standing behind the sticks after 22 years in "The Shed", however, I'll persevere as I'm not a sitter and as posted by others I'd only ruin the game for others by continually standing in the west stand.

That's what the west stand is for... biggest /best stand in the land and Ur sticking potential new fans on a school trip in a bog standard sitting area, na get them in the west will boost the numbers for sure.

Have tried the west stand which has a great view but like stated no atmosphere. Tried the "new shed" but view isnt great mainly because of terracing being too low. Also, atmosphere has not really taken off in there yet but hopefully tonight it might do. May give the east stand a go tonight to see what the view is like from the halfway line.

Bobby Bobby Bobby, you really do get carried away in your own little world

As a Leyther I will be in the west stand tonight with my son Oliver, shouting for you lot, and we can make some noise us Leythers.
Come on you Leeeeeeeeigh. I mean Rehhhhhhhhhhds.