Darwen End Closure / New Singing Section

[barry_]

On 15/05/2018 at 08:50, rigger said:

Oldham, Wigan, Shrewsbury, Southend, Doncaster.

I suppose it depends on what you term as 'trouble'

I've not seen any (apart from reacting to aggression from away fans).

Keep the away fans in the ground.

Put them upstairs to negate the support

It's ridiculous that the club wants to give away the advantage of playing at home

[rigger]

1 hour ago, barry_ said:

I suppose it depends on what you term as 'trouble'

I've not seen any (apart from reacting to aggression from away fans).

Keep the away fans in the ground.

Put them upstairs to negate the support

It's ridiculous that the club wants to give away the advantage of playing at home

If you want to negate the away support give them the whole end and spread them out. In general groups of people do not give as much vocal support when spread out.

[Stuart]

13 minutes ago, rigger said:

If you want to negate the away support give them the whole end and spread them out. In general groups of people do not give as much vocal support when spread out.

They’ll just sit together anyway. Or rather stand together.

[BenRTID]

On 14/05/2018 at 18:25, Paul said:

I’m sure everyone knows between the JW and DE stands there are large steel gates. I enter and exit through these gates for every game. 

We walk straight out of these gates, through the exiting away support, through the gated fencing towards exiting Rovers fans and in to car park B.

I have once, in all the seasons we’ve done this, seen a few Rovers kids taunting away support and once, possibly twice, this season had to walk through a police line.

If trouble at the back of the DE refers to outside the ground I’ve yet to see any. 

Oldham @ Ewood got a bit tasty

[Gav]

Not read the whole thread but was this decision run past the fans groups? 

The move certainly makes sense to anyone not impacted by the closure, unlike moving the family stand which for me was a disgrace. 

[pk1875]

2 hours ago, Gav said:

Not read the whole thread but was this decision run past the fans groups? 

The move certainly makes sense to anyone not impacted by the closure, unlike moving the family stand which for me was a disgrace. 

In a word NO

[JAL]

Waggot and Venkys out now ! 

if this is about seeing 8k opponents fans in the Darwen end.

[K-Hod]

4 minutes ago, JAL said:

Waggot and Venkys out now ! 

if this is about seeing 8k opponents fans in the Darwen end.

 Is everything okay, JAL?

[JAL]

23 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

 Is everything okay, JAL?

Not if your booting my fellow fans out of the Darwen end far from it!

We are the Rovers ! The Darwen ends for Rovers!

[Mike E]

7 hours ago, JAL said:

Not if your booting my fellow fans out of the Darwen end far from it!

We are the Rovers ! The Darwen ends for Rovers!

You're only 10 days behind everyone else, well done.

[pk1875]

Had a really positive meeting with Steve Waggot about this last night, he and the club like the idea and are looking into ways to promote it with us.

[blueboy3333]

Just now, pk1875 said:

Had a really positive meeting with Steve Waggot about this last night, he and the club like the idea and are looking into ways to promote it with us.

He likes the idea of the singers in The JW enclosure near the DE?

[Vinjay]

On 16/05/2018 at 18:00, BenRTID said:

Oldham @ Ewood got a bit tasty

What a stupid term from whoever first used it in that context.  Why would Rovers fans even bother reacting to Oldham Athletic supporters anyway assuming they were trying to instigate something?

Got no issue with the JW section (though I'm a bit surprised that the club are happy with it so close to the "family" section being "family club of the year" for what that's worth) though can't see much appeal in staring at away fans for 90 minutes. For some people that seems to be the attraction.

Edited May 26, 2018 by Vinjay17

[Mattyblue]

Is the end block that is usually netted off (apart from Oxford) going to be open too?

[Vinjay]

Just now, Mattyblue said:

Is the end block that is usually netted off (apart from Oxford) going to be open too?

Guess so especially as those gawping at the away fans probably want to sit as close as possible. Obviously it's different with nets, etc when another section has been closed have to assume it won't be netted off anymore.

[pk1875]

16 minutes ago, blueboy3333 said:

He likes the idea of the singers in The JW enclosure near the DE?

Yes I was pleasantly surprised at how positive he and the club are about it. I look forward to working with the club on this.

[pk1875]

14 minutes ago, Vinjay17 said:

Guess so especially as those gawping at the away fans probably want to sit as close as possible. Obviously it's different with nets, etc when another section has been closed have to assume it won't be netted off anymore.

I imagine H&S will insist on the corner of W01 being netted off.

[Vinjay]

Just now, pk1875 said:

I imagine H&S will insist on the corner of W01 being netted off.

Try saying the nets are unsafe if someone gets tangled up in them. ?

[Mattyblue]

If that’s the case won’t that will leave you with a very small area to create this zone before you start hitting existing ST holders?

[pk1875]

1 hour ago, Mattyblue said:

If that’s the case won’t that will leave you with a very small area to create this zone before you start hitting existing ST holders?

The far corner of W01 is quite small and not great seats, I'd guess each block holds around 300-400 ish so that leaves the bigger part of W01 then W02 I don't think there are many season tickets in there, but I'm sure it would be fantastic if it was all pretty full....

[pk1875]

1 hour ago, Vinjay17 said:

Try saying the nets are unsafe if someone gets tangled up in them. ?

No issue with some netted off area tbh, they are also good for flags and banners

[only2garners]

At the Fans Forum on Tuesday Steve said he was going to meet a group of DE fans and he was bullish about finding a solution that would work for you. I think as long as any existing season ticket holders are looked after as well it could work out OK.

[pk1875]

46 minutes ago, only2garners said:

At the Fans Forum on Tuesday Steve said he was going to meet a group of DE fans and he was bullish about finding a solution that would work for you. I think as long as any existing season ticket holders are looked after as well it could work out OK.

Steve was very positive and likes the idea, the club are going to promote this idea. He is aware of the need to find a solution that works for us all, fans from DE, those wishing to move into the JW lower and importantly those already in the JW lower. I think it could work out well for all concerned. Anything that improves the atmosphere and match day experience as got to be good for all Rovers fans.  

[Mattyblue]

The Crystal Palace ultras or whatever they are called are probably the best known such group - they are based in a corner of their main home end - at the opposite side of the ground to the away support no less.

Why is it that you are so opposed to the Blackburn End, as N01 and N05 for example, had plenty of room last season...

Edited May 26, 2018 by Mattyblue

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Get back to the BBE you singers....2-300 young lads will be drowned out by large away followings as well as getting the pish taken out of them.