8,651 - C*l Ewes record attendance at lego brick box

[Up the Shrimpers]

I thought the stadium itself was quite tidy, reminded me a lot of Sixfields, but only bigger. My only point regarding the build of the stadium was the fact it had 4 open corners, rather than being completely enclosed, which would have been preferrable.

My biggest point is the view from where I sat - I was in block 4, Row S, and seat 110-112 - this meant I had a bloody great wall to my left completely blocking the view of the corner flag and about 20 yards down the left touch line as I was looking at it. That is DISGRACEFUL for a new stadium, but it gets better - that was a £22 ticket, with no mention of the word Restricted View!!!

I shall be contacing both Colchester and Southend on Monday (in particular Colchester) and asking why the ground was designed like this, and on top of that, how they can justify selling this ticket for £22 when you can't see the entire game!!

I had a quick look at the view from those seats and I agree there are quite a few seats in that section that should be sold as restricted view. I suppose they designed the ground knowing that very few away teams would fill the away end.

I wonder why the police control room could not have been built into one of the corners of the ground. Lets face it they will never need to expand the ground and that would have given them room for another 250 or so seats in the away end.

 

[seany t]

Ah, bless. It was their best home attendance for 32 years apparently:

http://www.cu-fc.com/page/News/0,,10424~1567075,00.html

 

[McNasty]

Ah, bless. It was their best home attendance for 32 years apparently:

http://www.cu-fc.com/page/News/0,,10424~1567075,00.html

Nice photo of the only bit of the ground that was full.

 

[sufccolchester]

Ah, bless. It was their best home attendance for 32 years apparently:

http://www.cu-fc.com/page/News/0,,10424~1567075,00.html

It says their gates are up 28% on last season - wonder how many have tried to get home and not go back but are still trying to get out of the car park! ;)

 

[sussex by the sea]

Did anyone else spot the design fault of having a stripe of white seats behind the home end goal,making it difficult to pick out the frame of the goal?

Agreed ! Would have been far better to have swapped the blue and white seats behind each goal so that the goals could be picked out on a backdrop of empty blue seats instead.

The main advantage of the new ground is that it was the first time I have actually clearly seen a goal scored at our end in a Colchester away match, at the old ground you could only see about a quarter of the goal unless you were directly behind it - 'character' can be over stated !

The ground is very like Shrewsbury's, even with the police room similarly stuck in the corner of the away seats. I agree that it should be put in one of the corners but perhaps Colchester is leaving the corner areas clear in case they are needed, ahem, for possible future expansion of the stadium !!

 

[Smiffy]

Nice photo of the only bit of the ground that was full.

Was that their attempt at a card display aswell, or am I seeing things?

This is a card display....

Another 1-0 Southend.

 

[manor15]

Was that their attempt at a card display aswell, or am I seeing things?

This is a card display....

Another 1-0 Southend.

The farmers aren't clever enough to know what to do with a piece of blue card and most of them are probably Southend fans in disguise

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

I was in the end block towards the West 4 rows from the front and thought the view was awful tbh, though thats possibly because i sit in Row X at RH

 

[Smiffy]

The farmers aren't clever enough to know what to do with a piece of blue card and most of them are probably Southend fans in disguise

They tried though bless 'em.

 

[hindle_666]

Nice photo of the only bit of the ground that was full.

well apart from our end.

 

[Sussex Shrimper]

Down to 3,179 tonight, not that I'd be so "bitter" as to suggest that it makes their claims that they are worth Championship football look even more laughable.

;)

 

[hindle_666]

Down to 3,179 tonight, not that I'd be so "bitter" as to suggest that it makes their claims that they are worth Championship football look even more laughable.

;)

what you expect the other 5500 was at roots hall.:D

 

[Gremlin]

Down to 3,179 tonight, not that I'd be so "bitter" as to suggest that it makes their claims that they are worth Championship football look even more laughable.

To be fair, we had our lowest crowd of the season so far tonight too.

 

[Sussex Shrimper]

To be fair, we had our lowest crowd of the season so far tonight too.

Yup, but with not far short of double their numbers.

To be honest, it makes me cringe a bit when I hear our fans implying that we're in a position to expect Championship football. Coming from them it's something else.