captainox
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Did a long post on this previously. Copied the relevant bits belowAway fans can't sit behind the goal. Any other teams operate this ?
"It isn't something new and is certainly done at a lot of grounds around the country. Even some of those clubs that do open the "behind the goal", often don't allow the majority of the support behind the goal. More so between the six yard box and corner flag.
This season alone, think about where the majority of Oxford fans were located at the following places:
- Bolton: To one side of the goal
- Wimbledon: centre of goal round to edge of penalty box
- Sheff Weds: Top tier of 2 tiered stand
- Ipswich: Top tier of 2 tiered stand along the side
- Bristol Rovers: Terrace in the corner
And with those to come, the initial allocations are:
Sunderland is top tier to one side of the goal unless sell enough to open up additional blocks.
Doncaster is often similar to Bolton, in that you get a few fans directly behind the goal, but most are to the side and starting to go round the corner.
Lincoln is between post and corner flag.
Gillingham is the golf stand and often penned in to a small section of it.
Crewe is along the side of the pitch.
Shrewsbury is numbers dependent as to how many blocks they open up.
Morecambe is numbers dependent - low and they won't open the terrace behind the goal.
Plymouth is between post and corner flag.
Fleetwood's terrace doesn't go the full length of behind the goal anyway, seats on the side of the pitch.
Rotherham is between post and corner flag.
So it doesn't leave too many where you have behind the goal itself - a third of the league:
Accrington, Burton, Cambridge, Charlton, Cheltentham, Portsmouth, Wigan, Wycombe"