The view from corporate

[Patrick Suffaux]

My view from the prawn sandwich area yesterday. To all the Blades at that end, you were as magnificent as the team yesterday. The noise you generated was something to behold.

The people around me were stunned by the support. I've never been more proud to be a Blade.

 

[INTAKE BLADE]

I weep as I see all those empty seats when I was desperate for 4 of em.

 

[Patrick Suffaux]

I weep as I see all those empty seats when I was desperate for 4 of em.

I told the people around me that we would have probably sold another 7,000.

 

[ForgeBlade]

I weep as I see all those empty seats when I was desperate for 4 of em.

Same here. They're a pathetic joke of a club that would rather see the stadium half empty than risk being outnumbered 2 to 1 by fans of a real football club.

 

[west_yorks_blade]

Official attendance was just over 18k. There is no way Franchise had over 10k there.

Didn't see more than a handful as we went to the ground and left, walking past the home areas each time. It was all Blades.

 

[COME BACK CHED]

Winkleman you are a stupid Wanker ..............................[ ask any AFC Wimbledon fan ] .

 

[Sean Thornton]

Same here. They're a pathetic joke of a club that would rather see the stadium half empty than risk being outnumbered 2 to 1 by fans of a real football club.

Or the local Plod said no?

 

[Sean Thornton]

I weep as I see all those empty seats when I was desperate for 4 of em.

There were empty seats in the away end. One of the official coaches had over twenty paid for seats that didn't turn up.

 

[INTAKE BLADE]

There were empty seats in the away end. One of the official coaches had over twenty paid for seats that didn't turn up.

Shocking

 

[JimW1889]

Or the local Plod said no?

An absolute shame because for once the police were very fair, a lot better than SYP, and the united fans well behaved all round, I saw no trouble anywhere. Just a great atmosphere and a great day out.

 

[Mouth of the South]

Nothing whatsoever to do with Bucks Police - it was a club decision.

 

[SwissBlade]

Police i spoke to after the game said that they were expecting a very busy day and they were surprised that they basically had a decent and quiet afternoon. My comments were that there was never going to be any trouble as there was no rivalry.

They'd clearly had some 'intel' after Port Vale as well. They were amazed at the sheer numbers and compared us to Man U levels of support

 

[ourbob]

Never sat or went anywhere near mine,just stood at the back with hundreds more.
And with the ticket situation I heard of 3 spare all day and snapped up within minutes.

 

[S20Eddie]

Police i spoke to after the game said that they were expecting a very busy day and they were surprised that they basically had a decent and quiet afternoon. My comments were that there was never going to be any trouble as there was no rivalry.

They'd clearly had some 'intel' after Port Vale as well. They were amazed at the sheer numbers and compared us to Man U levels of support

I had a similar conversation with a SYP officer outside a pub in Fenny, he said the hardest part of his job all day was going to be convincing his Berkshire counterparts that we were only there to party......then within 5 mins the 2 mounted officers and the van watching us just disappeared never to be seen again.

 

[SwissBlade]

I had a similar conversation with a SYP officer outside a pub in Fenny, he said the hardest part of his job all day was going to be convincing his Berkshire counterparts that we were only there to party......then within 5 mins the 2 mounted officers and the van watching us just disappeared never to be seen again.

There were the usual few idiots, even when I was chatting to the police there were a couple of knobhead having a go at the stewards in black.

Thought the stewards were brilliant down the front, the safety officer walked up the aisle and wanted it clearing. Took a practical approach and instead of making people find their allocated seats, just asked them to keep a gap down the middle.

(Not sure why people had to stand in the aisles though)

 

[1066blade]

The club have to pay for the police based on numbers of fans attending, (officers are appointed in correlation to expected attendance) tight wad chairman governed the quantity of fans incoming to keep his bill down, this my friends is the shape of tomorrow's football.

 

[WhiteHawk]

(Not sure why people had to stand in the aisles though)

Cause friends who don't/can't get their tickets together decide that they're still going to sit (or rather stand) together anyway so there ends up being too many people on that row?

 

[SwissBlade]

Cause friends who don't/can't get their tickets together decide that they're still going to sit (or rather stand) together anyway so there ends up being too many people on that row?

Not sure that was a case around us, think some of them just wanted to stand in the aisle

 

[sitwell]

Nothing whatsoever to do with Bucks Police - it was a club decision.

You sure ?

 

[super_pig]

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My view from the prawn sandwich area yesterday. To all the Blades at that end, you were as magnificent as the team yesterday. The noise you generated was something to behold.

The people around me were stunned by the support. I've never been more proud to be a Blade.

do you get free binoculars.. opera specs??

 

[Jon Slinn]

View from the corporate next to the Blades fans.
Great atmosphere, Absolutely fantastic.
Live long in the memory.

 

[Jon Slinn]

And the home end - Laughable.

 

[JJ Sefton]

And the home end - View attachment 26126 Laughable.

Don't you mean 'The Cowshed'?

 

[Jon Slinn]

stand corrected.

 

[Mouth of the South]

You sure ?

Yep, the local police made no representations regarding limiting the number of away supporters. That's from the CC himself.

 

[sitwell]

Yep, the local police made no representations regarding limiting the number of away supporters. That's from the CC himself.

The operative word is local ,I think you will find another police force had some input, if not to the bucks police then to the club.