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New Everton Stadium

Yeah you wouldn't get me on one but they are ideal for such a short journey. Now there's a task for somebody with time on their hands. How long by leccy scooter from the Pier Head to BMD? 10 minutes?
Maximum of 12 mph, so on clear run, not very long at all.

1.5miles, James street to BMD, so 10 mins.
 
My body's OK, but the memory is obviously playing tricks.

It was probably more like 25 to 35 minutes.

Perhaps I could get one of those e scooter jobs you see ditched all around town?
That’s what it took me last year when I walked it, about 25 mins. I nearly pissed myself as there was nowhere to go. Luckily the fair at the pier head was still open which had toilets.
 

That’s what it took me last year when I walked it, about 25 mins. I nearly pissed myself as there was nowhere to go. Luckily the fair at the pier head was still open which had toilets.

Let's hope there are enough places to stop off to break the journey up in any case. Pubs, bars, cafés, restaurants etc. I suspect there will be.
 
Several of those moving escalators with a bar stop every few hundred yards - so you can get off, buy a beer, hop on and you've finished it by the time you get to the next bar stop. Simply buy a ticket, say £15 per head (juniors travel free) and it gets you 4 x pints....and kills two birds with one stone IE getting to the ground and having a few scoops along the way. You're welcome!
 
If the escooter companies don’t cash in on this, they’d be daft. Have proper drop off points at the pier head or nearest train stations and one at the ground. They’ve already built in the cycle lane on the dock road, probably get more use from scooters than bikes.

Those things are a massive safety hazard, especially among big crowds.
 

I have concerns over the rail seat positioning.

I'm one of those fans who has been in and around the singing at Everton for a large number of years. It is of course a minority interest, probably less than 1% of our fan base get involved in starting off songs and generating the atmosphere.

Through doing this I do see the little things that help the atmosphere in a different way to others. My interest makes me pick up on how other clubs generate it too and what problems and successes they have, and how their ticketing and stadium influences or deters it.

I do find that a small congregation of singers stood in the same block is how it starts, with a few different fans starting them off. The immediate surrounding area joins in, then the area around joins in with them, albeit less frequently.

So transferring this to a stadium, you need standing, and you need that small block to be in a position where they feel comfortable in starting songs off, and they need their songs immediately amplified.

At BM then, the rail seats are in the front half. Of that you will need one area of one block to be where noisy ones congregate. Now this is a small number of fans, double figures, who will generate it. They are a great distance from the roof, so their noise will not travel. Also, situated in the middle of a stand, you're in full view of everyone, it therefore takes more to let yourself go a bit. It's not like the back of a stand where it's a touch darker, no one over looking you, it's just easier to start songs off back there and to join in.

What will happen then is that at the front you need greater participation of fans for the atmosphere to work. To do this, one way is the football on the pitch, they play well, the fans react, same as any stadium.

So a realistic expectation at BM, is the front half stood, quiet in the main, back half sat. Singing after a chance, on the verge of a great win yes good then.

For some, that's fine, however for those who want more singing throughout the game, the only other option at the front is through an organised Ultra group with megaphones used to transfer the songs. An ultra group is not my personal preferred way, but it could be others. Unless an alternative solution is found then yes, even if it is just to annoy people into an alternative.

To my mind, an extra rail seat area is needed, one situated at the very back, it doesn't have to be a massive area, but this would be mainly for fans at the aways who congregate in the concourses at half time to bounce around together in. They would be the ones who would be getting the noise and their coach songs generated for others to feed off.

There is no restriction on stand rake for rail seats and it is 1 to 1. It is the safe standing areas (the terrace type) that have gradient restrictions.

I have asked Everton, they said no, so either have a moan to the club, or get yourself a Drumkit/earplugs.
 
Reminds me of this toy i was lucky to have !



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