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As far as I understand we cannot change back to terracing, even if a new stand from scratch. Would have to be safe standing which gains virtually no extra capacity.
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Surely they’ll never swop home support into the Osmond and away into the Pontoon because managing 1800 unruly Doncaster/Wrexhem/Mansfield etc supporters down Grimsby RD would be an absolute nightmare?
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I know we have tried it before in the 80's, but shouldn't the whole of the Osmond end be the "home"end? Better acoustics, joins on to the Main stand to give a solid block of home support and isn't there a covered bar in there?
The Pontoon stands alone so would be perfect for away fans.
I suppose the downside is if away support is not very numerous.
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Surely they’ll never swop home support into the Osmond and away into the Pontoon because managing 1800 unruly Doncaster/Wrexhem/Mansfield etc supporters down Grimsby RD would be an absolute nightmare?
theres also the view on offer to consider. Now i havent been in the osmond since it was standing but speaking to a couple of people i work with who have sat in there as scunny fans both complained of not being able to see the pontoon end of the pitch from the back of the osmond. i can see the whole pitch really nicely from my seat on the back row of the the Pontoon.weather stood or sat.
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The plan was (dunno if it still is) to knock the police box down and extend the Main outwards towards the Pontoon. Makes perfect sense for me because you're both improving the shocking seats in that corner (let's be honest, they should never be on sale in the first place) whilst maximising that corner at the same time and effectively having 3 sides of the ground joined up (better utilisation of space and for acoustics with sounds that could travel round that side of the ground). I do think this would be the start of that bit-by-bit-by-bit rebuilding of the whole ground.
In the short term though I really would get behind switching the Osmond and the Pontoon round. Noise generated in the Pontoon is completely lost due to the open sides. According to the official site the capacity of the Osmond and the Pontoon is near identical (1808 in the Pontoon to 1884 in the Osmond). I guess the only issue is that at present we can split the Osmond when it's limited away support, splitting the Pontoon would be a far more difficult task.
One more option...EFL rules are 2000 or 10%. Our current capacity is officially 8777. The Lower capacity is 826, or 9.41%. 60 temp seats would adjust that to just over 10%. Not that simple I know and be highly unpopular.
Crux of it all is that we're a bit restricted until we do something, regardless of what that is. What will be really disappointing on Saturday is if the gate is 6500 or so. Hopefully enough season tickets have been released to push us closer towards that official capacity.
I wondered where you got this figure from The club's website states 9,031 seats. https://gtfc.co.uk/visitors/
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I wondered where you got this figure from The club's website states 9,031 seats. https://gtfc.co.uk/visitors/
And that highlights another problem, the fact no-one seems to know what capacity is. I actually got that figure from the exact same page you've linked to. I didn't open the 'Seating at Blundell Park' tab though, I was looking at each individual stand. Main Stand - 2277 Pontoon - 1808 Upper & Lower - 1982 & 826 Osmond - 1884 Total - 8777
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No what? We are looking for possible solutions. I've stood and sat in every part of the ground over time so why would it matter if we swopped things around? I get the sentinental side but the Pontoon is the worst of the two ends of the ground for facilities, atmosphere and it stands alone so difficult to create or join in with building up the atmosphere. Unless there are moves afoot to really build on to the Pontoon it makes perfect sense to me.
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Just looking again on that site, it lists 22 wheelchair bays in the Main and 20 wheelchair bays in the Osmond, which if added to the other stand numbers takes it to 8819. 50 carers seats across both stands makes 8869, still short of 9031 by a distance.
162 corp seats perhaps?
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theres also the view on offer to consider. Now i havent been in the osmond since it was standing but speaking to a couple of people i work with who have sat in there as scunny fans both complained of not being able to see the pontoon end of the pitch from the back of the osmond. i can see the whole pitch really nicely from my seat on the back row of the the Pontoon.weather stood or sat.
well, why didn't they just move down a few rows? There's always plenty of empty seats when the scunts or lincoln come to visit.....
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9,031 - 8,777 = 254
Boxes + Executive area ????
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