P, Fri 27 Sept 12:27

cammypar 1995, Fri 27 Sep 11:47

P, Fri 27 Sept 11:46

As has already been said ST holders should be held to account for damage to their seats, might focus their mind on shifting folk out of them and not encouraging their mates to squeeze in

Ban TIFO’s for the time being as it is just ammunition for getting lobbed forward, it might just be paper but it’s shows they can’t be trusted

Hanging a net from the stand roof for that section cannot be expensive even to do so in a safe way to meet any safety requirements.

Allocate more Steward resource to that area which needs it and less to areas that don’t need it.

And keep the stand open

All of which costs the club money. It`s not hard to go the football and not behave like a moron.

It clearly is for that area as none of this is even remotely new news

saltonsgonagetu, Fri 27 Sep 13:20

Aberdeen have the Red shed , Cellic the green brigade area , we can`t get a dozen teenagers to behave , self police is the way ahead .

Socks, Fri 27 Sep 15:32

"Absolutely, just shut the north west. If that bothers the season ticket holders who this will impact then come forward with names of the fandans causing bother near you as I`m positive they will know who they are."

That`s just a stupid comment. How do you expect people who might be 40 or 50 yards away at the other end to know who is causing trouble in the corner? Too many people seem to confuse `the NW` with the section in the corner that covers less than half the stand.

It`s also not appropriate to suggest that people are responsible for their `own` seats. We all pay to get in and see the game, we don`t pay to stand guard over a seat. What if someone behind you attacks `your` seat? Or what if you don`t attend and someone damages it? There`s no way you can hold the person who has that season ticket responsible for that. However, the approach taken of writing to those whose seats are affected to find out what happened is appropriate.

As for the `that all costs money` comments - well, the club have been pretty reluctant, to put it politely, to spend any money on the NW for a long time. As I and others have mentioned before, the toilets are a disgrace, having only one cubicle in the male toilets that is almost permanently occupied by a number of wee fannies at any one time. Entry is ridiculous - last Friday we had two turnstiles for about 1000 people while the Norrie had 6 turnstiles open for what I`d guess was about 1800. The tannoy is utterly inaudible.

In order of priority, this is what I`d do:

1. Get the area covered by CCTV of a suitable standard that can actually identify people chucking stuff on the park, and ban them from the ground.

2. Consider free-hanging netting in front of that section. It would hang down from the roof and not be fixed to the wall so as to still allow means of emergency escape. It might not be straightforward as might involve administrative work, but feasibility should be considered if it hasn`t been already.

3. Open a third entrance for busier games, whether a permanent turnstile or one with handheld scanners as used to happen 2-3 years ago

4. Put up temporary barriers at the entrances before busier games to make sure everyone queues normally to get in, rather the current shambolic free for all.

5. Have a steward at the entrances for busier games to manage the queue.

6. Staff the entrances - either before the turnstiles or in the walkway before getting there, and refuse entry to people who are in no fit state to be in the ground

Do all or most of that, and I honestly think you get rid of at least 90% of the issues, without doing anything that ruins things for those who have dont nothing to cause issues.

If a third turnstile is made available, it might even be possible to have a dedicated turnstile for that section. It might not be possible but would be worth investigating feasibility.

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Par4ages, Fri 27 Sep 16:04

On the option of closing the stand surely if that happened the match would then be treated like a cup match with a sit wherever you want policy because if someone from the NWS has no right to a seat they have paid for then no one has a right to a allocated seat.

fcda, Fri 27 Sep 19:08

How about a TIFO in the main stand that says, "Stop chucking stuff on the pitch ya fannies"?