Floodlights

Grumpy Git

Grumpy Git

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From the SSU I counted 20 of the 54 lights were not working last night. This is ok for a moonlit summer evening, but wait until we get to a cold miserable evening in February.
Who is supposed to sort this, Kassam or the club?
 
If I recall, there are different lighting levels required for different types of games. While I assume that some bulbs have not been replaced for a long time, some may not have been turned on at all.
 
Gary Baldi said:
If I recall, there are different lighting levels required for different types of games. While I assume that some bulbs have not been replaced for a long time, some may not have been turned on at all.
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Correct. The lights at the stadium were put in to a rating for things like England age group games and the like. The requirements for league 1 are much lower.
 
Perish the thought that the club would set the lights so as we can actually see rather than what the bare minimum is. The lights at the stadium when on are superb, the way we have them set is unacceptable given what they are capable of

Think of the customer experience
 
Grumpy Git said:
From the SSU I counted 20 of the 54 lights were not working last night. This is ok for a moonlit summer evening, but wait until we get to a cold miserable evening in February.
Who is supposed to sort this, Kassam or the club?
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In my view the club. Its the club who are responsible for the match day experience, its up to them to get away from the seemingly petty disagreements with the stadium owner and do what is right for the people who are paying the admission

I was told by a steward at the Palace game that it was not up to the club to get rid of the birds much all over big areas of seating. Sorry do not buy this as it is completely the responsibility of the club. Its their responsibility to ensure the stadium company put it right, while it may be contractually the stadium company's responsibility I really so not want to hear the club blaming anyone else

BTW Kath Faulkner has picked up the mantle on this one. Lets hope the next 2 weeks sees some cleaning taking place
 
Kath isn't the only one who has picked up the mantle regarding this issue.

I've spoken with the club and the stadium company and the seats have been cleaned twice this summer and further cleaning is planned before the first game. A falcon has been used to scare the pigeons away, but there are a lot more of them than previous years and they seem to vacate the stadium at day time but come back at night. It would appear other clubs are having similar problems to us.
 
Colin B said:
Kath isn't the only one who has picked up the mantle regarding this issue.

I've spoken with the club and the stadium company and the seats have been cleaned twice this summer and further cleaning is planned before the first game. A falcon has been used to scare the pigeons away, but there are a lot more of them than previous years and they seem to vacate the stadium at day time but come back at night. It would appear other clubs are having similar problems to us.
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cant mr mixter arrange for machine gun turrets in all four corners of the breeze block? itd make night match half time entertainment more interesting with stewards shooting pigeons out of the sky ...they could have the number of kills theyve notched up acknowleged by adding pigeon silhouettes to be displayed on their hi viz tops?:D:D:D...... or buy a couple of owls ?:unsure:
 
Sarge said:
cant mr mixter arrange for machine gun turrets in all four corners of the breeze block? itd make night match half time entertainment more interesting with stewards shooting pigeons out of the sky ...they could have the number of kills theyve notched up acknowleged by adding pigeon silhouettes to be displayed on their hi viz tops?:D:D:D...... or buy a couple of owls ?:unsure:
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There will be 2 plastic Owls available after Nene Park was knocked down last year.
 
Browny said:
In my view the club. Its the club who are responsible for the match day experience, its up to them to get away from the seemingly petty disagreements with the stadium owner and do what is right for the people who are paying the admission

I was told by a steward at the Palace game that it was not up to the club to get rid of the birds much all over big areas of seating. Sorry do not buy this as it is completely the responsibility of the club. Its their responsibility to ensure the stadium company put it right, while it may be contractually the stadium company's responsibility I really so not want to hear the club blaming anyone else

BTW Kath Faulkner has picked up the mantle on this one. Lets hope the next 2 weeks sees some cleaning taking place
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OHS - SWP - Responsibility to provide a safe and healthy environment for staff and visitors.
 
Even less working tonight on the North Stand than there was for the Coventry match a fortnight ago
 
WuTang said:
A non-Oxford supporting friend was in attendance last night and questioned K*ssam. I told him to look at the floodlights if he wanted proof and he couldn't believe it. Barely any floodlights switched on/working on the south stand, similar on the north stand too. This stadium is a joke, anyone have a wrecking ball?
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I often sit in my seat wondering how safe the stadium actually is, even though it probably is!
 
Eaststandboy said:
I often sit in my seat wondering how safe the stadium actually is, even though it probably is!
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Swansea fans may have been thinking the same but the Liberty Stadium recently came under safety scrutiny too with structural defects. Our stadium is definitely not maintained and is a couple of years older than Swansea's!
It does make you wonder, I've heard the Kastad would require an astronomical fee to fix up if we were to ever acquire it from you know who... That's without any 4th stand or concourse developments too, scary. Do we really want to purchase it?
 
WuTang said:
Swansea fans may have been thinking the same but the Liberty Stadium recently came under safety scrutiny too with structural defects. Our stadium is definitely not maintained and is a couple of years older than Swansea's!
It does make you wonder, I've heard the Kastad would require an astronomical fee to fix up if we were to ever acquire it from you know who... That's without any 4th stand or concourse developments too, scary. Do we really want to purchase it?
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No
 
If we did purchase it, we could sell it for homes if another site becomes available... I hear a place called Water Eaton might be viable :p:p

It would give the club the ability to take more income from match days, but I can only imagine the state of the place. But it may be a lot cheaper than building a new ground, sadly.
 
At the end of the day we can blame Kassam, probably quite rightly. But the responsibility for the delivery of the match day sits with Oxford Utd, the pitiful lighting on Tuesday does not help the viewing experience and that is down to the club to resolve. They do not reduce the admission because we are scrimping on the lighting so it really is up to the club to stand their ground and resolve it.

I really do not want to hear that its up to the minimum standard for League 1 because we are not a minimum standard League 1 club structurally.

The lights should be set so we can actually see the game and not have to look through poor lighting to be able to see.

Yes there are issues with Kassam but not sure I see why its the paying public that should suffer. Needs sorting and quickly
 
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