That's not going to reconcile things.
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i didn't realise it was only £25 for a kids ST, it's £25/game for an adult walk-up now, a £25 ST even if it is for a kid is seriously cheap
They are no more, or less, important to the success of the team than any other fan that ponies up for a ST and attends as often as they can.
And I'm also sure the "Since 1875" guys themselves wouldn't like to be considered as "special" by the club or anyone else, that wouldn't seem to fit with their ethos as I understand it.
If the club is going to keep the family section where it has been for a long time then the singing section will be staying where it is I reckon. The issue of the potential misuse of the £25 season tickets does need addressed though.
Of course they are not happy. If it’s not where they want to be you surely don’t expect them to shut up and get on with it. I think with the numbers we are likely to get on Sunday the club could have came to a solution where a one off experiment let the singing section in that area to see how it went. I am sure the kids in there would love it 😊
It is cheap and our Club should be getting plaudits for making it cheaper for families to attend rather than criticism. Every time we play an away game where kids get greatly reduced or even free entry there are posts praising them and asking why Hibs can’t do something similar.
I think the issue is that alot of the time they aren't actually attending going by the number of empty seats in the area where it should be almost full. I would suggest this is happening because £25 is too cheap and it makes it easy just to purchase a kid's ticket even if the likelihood is they won't even attend half the time but it's available just incase and for the big games.
No, it’s not. They’ve not been accommodated more than once already. They were stuck I. The worst possible place due to asking for a move behind the goals.
Do you or I have to ask permission where we can sit on Sunday?
Do you or I face removal from the ground if we dare to buy a ticket in a place the club don’t like?
Are the club quite happy to take single adult money vs hearts when they resell a child’s ST seat who isn’t going?
I’m not saying the long term solution is simple, it’s not, however what they’re doing for this game is totally wrong.
Playing devils advocate here, it’s only been a year since the singing section worked with the club to move to that mutually agreed area and have long standing season ticket holders in there moved without consultation. It makes the clubs lack of willingness to cause even more disruption understandable even though you may not think it’s the right decision
Any move to another area really does need communication and understanding from all sides to find a way forward. The guys in the singing section have been doing a great job this season, long may it continue. Given the comment on here from some of the guys themselves they seem more than willing to talk this through properly with the club.
Seems to me the club has made its position clear?
Do we need a singing section now? Man I hate that term!
The atmosphere is the East has been great recently and is the natural place for songs and chants to come from.
The lads that moved to the FF upper could easily all find seats together up towards s43 and they would then also have 1000s of others ready to join in.
No existing ST holders would have to be asked to move.
If the FF Lower is off limits, move them back tae the East.
Would there be an issue moving them back there though? Would they be able to aw get seats together? :confused:
Club are aff their heids letting this get out of hand:agree:
Big mistake from the club IMO if they're unwilling to move the family section from where it is. The system is clearly not working as intended so something needs done, behind the goals is absolutely where any clubs singing section belongs.
Nobody has to ask permission to sit anywhere but they want to sit in a massive group so need to work with the club. If they choose they can individually sit where theres a free seat the same as I can.
No thought given to all the people who were booted out their seats to accommodate them last season and theres two I know of who still havent found suitable seating because of one of their health issues. And no thought given to the existing ST holders who would have to stand and hold their kids on Sunday?
I also dont understand why theyd want to trial something that they arent considering?
The current location of the singing section is rubbish. I sit in Section 42 and I can look across and see all of them clapping and hear absolutely nothing. The other issue is that there is nowhere for the singing to travel too, on the left is a wall, on the right is the (planned) corporate seats and in front is a family section that is half full on most match days.
When the main aim of the group is to make the atmosphere better and you give them, what I would class at, possibly the worst section in the whole ground to do this you can see why they are frustrated.
Moving them to the front would mean the sound travels further and would also increase the number of folk willing to join thesection. I was close to moving there this season but because it’s such a poorlocation in the ground we kept our seats in the east.
There has to be some give and take by the club, they movedthem the first time because of the issues with smoke bombs and flares that werenothing to do with the members within the singing section, then made them listevery member before games when sitting at front of east and now moved them awayinto the back corner. I can see why the group would take things into their ownhands as when they have left it up to the club they’ve been given a raw deal.
As Ross says, we have been victims of our own success in having two packed areas of the ground where people stand and chant. To answer an earlier post, EVERY ground in Scotland that I've been to in recent years has been operating one standing section without any significant reports of injury. My family group have been standing at ER for decades, in the North Cooshed, Old East and the past 8 years in Section 43. That's the natural order for our matchday experience and it's not going to change anytime soon.
Both Section 25 and Section 43 will be getting louder as the season progresses, as people return from holiday and the groups get their song catalogues in gear. Since1875 have an active Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/HibernianFootballClub/ and there's chat about Section43 doing same this year. Rome wasn't built in a day when it comes to relocation but there's always been standing and singing at Easter Road and for those whose sole intention is to lift the men in green and white on the pitch, we should celebrate their enthusiasm.
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Which makes you wonder why they agreed to move there in the first place?
That's exactly what they are. No more or less important than any other season ticket holder or person who shells out their hard earned cash to watch Hibs at ER every second week.