joncurtis199

Is the gym still coming? Maybe space for that will go to the shop?

Why is it a common thing that website designs are usually worse off when redone? Stupid massive banner you have to scroll past and now does not have the scores on the first page anymore...

Just need to finish them tomorrow, hopefully the weather will allow us to following a delay today. 2 wickets away from needing a much needed win in a bid to stay in this exceptionally tough division this year.

Im more surprised at the fact we've sold all the boxes when we couldn't fill the two cabins we had previously.

Do you not think the boxes are in a shiny and new modern stand whereas previously it was well, a portacabin?

That's what I meant an executive room

Thats pretty concerning, as I alluded to in the other topic I'm seriously questioning the matchday facilities for the normal ticket holders...I just wonder if they have room to put another food kiosk in outside the stand.

It won't be a regular occurrence when we are in the same division again. Something that has the air of a sooner rather than later inevitability about it.

Hope so. Miss the trips to that stadium and was always one of my favourite away days.

Would Rochdale on a Tuesday night really be that bad? Going to have to have some Tuesday night away games and with it being such a northern league next year its inevitable one of them will be a local game so it might as well be the one that takes half an hour to get to.

Plenty of cricket for me. I like the breaks, they are usually welcome otherwise I'd just get sick of non-stop football. That said, I'm fair more excited for the world up than the start of the season in August right now and its not for England specifically, any moron would be able to appreciate getting out of the group would be a good return.

I enjoyed the trip to Crewe earlier this year with. County is always a quality trip to as Nottingham is a great place to visit (hooters!) and have a soft spot for Tranmere so I'm praying for wins for all 3 and a 17 goal swing somewhere...

On the flip side, isn't it a good feeling to see this relegation battle and not have our own survival at stake considering where we were at the earlier stage this season?

While I'm naturally happy we will not be going down, next season will be our 18th in this season. Think about that for a second, someone can be born and become legal drinking age in that time.

Says a hell of a lot for our consistency though.

Whaddon road has a different name?

I can't recall some of the other unique stadium names.

St James Park? Eastlands?

Of a similar vein, Walkers or King Power stadium? Galpharm or John Smiths? For ex storm fans on here, Manchester Evening News/Nynex arena or phones4u arena? After so long, the formers stick more than the new change!

Did anyone ever call it the Sports Direct Arena?

The amount of positivity that has been on here in the past few weeks has been absolutely overwhelming. I'm starting not to feel like an Oldham fan anymore...

Thats immense. Enjoy the night lads.

once the new stand goes up this argument will be redundant .

It won't be though. The club will have an extra stand to be open so the discussion of what opens on a normal matchday comes up. Wouldn't be surprised to see the RRE go back to being away fans only in all honesty...

At least Oldham fans have chance to sit in the RRE at all nowadays. It beats when it used to be away fans only 8-9 years ago...

All you hear is "better facilities" in the RRE. But as far as I'm aware, there are seats in both, toilets round the back of both, and you can buy a pie in both. But you can't get a pint in the Chaddy, though no one in the Chaddy is arsed about that. If we were, we'd buy a cheaper season ticket and go in the RRE.

The view in the Chaddy is crap (ie sit at the front or having pillars in the way) and is much better than the RRE. That alone puts the RRE way ahead of the Chaddy.

Reading this topic and thinking back has made me realise how ridiculous it was that the RRE was used for away fans only for so long in the 90s and early 00s. I actually really like the RRE, it could do with a bit of TLC but it would be one of my favourite stands in the league if it was tidied up a bit. As bad as BP overall, latics really have an asset in the RRE that really isn't used to its full potential.

Looks like the same to me. Whats different?

What was worrying for me is Latics grafted hard to make opportunities yet all but one seemed to hit the target. The chances were there but the finishing was not.

Any coaches with any spare seats available? Currently planning on getting the train but its a bit of a mission that way.

To be honest halfway into the season, I really doubt this would be the first time it has happened. Especially once it quietens down in the news and people forget about it.

What amazes me about this debate is that it is absolutely clear and accepted that standing is NOT dangerous or it would have been banned post Hillsborough.....a good proportion of lower league clubs and I imagine the majority of non league clubs have standing....did I really risk my life at Crawley and Brentford this season??!!

 

It is certainly true that changes were needed after Hillsborough but as is often the case in this country the arguments become polarised and it is non-PC to suggest standing can return (even though it never went away).

 

Frankly, standing should be allowed in any ground that meets the modern safety standards and, tragic as it was, Hillsborough should not frame every decision based on emotion when standing itself was not the primary cause.

Just because you think it shouldn't does not mean it actually is like that. The Hillsborough campaigners and people that were affected will always have a voice in this.

Theres no issue when stands are half-empty like is usually, but in the cases of matches where grounds are reaching capacity you do need some form of control there. Of course we're never going to have another Hillsborough with rid of the silly fences, but there will still be havoc in the stands if there is nothing to limit the crowds in there. There are many ways it can be easily done, but that doesn't mean if safe standing is to be introduced the government and football league shouldnt do it properly, investigate it and lay down the requirements for all clubs to meet should they want standing. Not all clubs are fully competent afer all.

I think domestically they use them for ticketing purposes so everyone has a seat number and no over sale or over crowded areas happen.

That was the reasoning why I thought they had them too. The football league isn't just going to allow clubs to rip out all their seats in stands and replace them with long handrails on every 2/3 rows running stand. The Hillsborough brigade would go nuts and never allow it. It would have to be done in a proper and organised manner.

We wouldn't need the rail seats, they're only there in Germany so when the team plays in Europe they put the seats down to comply with UEFA rules. It's not required in domestic competitions.

Who says that that wouldn't be a condition of safe standing making a permanent return?