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Early leavers and final whistle on Sunday


I think it’s pretty much the only shit thing about our club. I just don’t understand it.

When there’s a lot of early leavers, even when only one goal in it, it just kills the atmosphere dead. It feels like telling the players fuck it, we’ve all accepted the result, don’t bother.
 
Randy Savage said:
I know for a fact from personal experience (nothing bad!) that the club monitor this forum closely.
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:lol:

Serious? Imagine them looking at the match day thread, man. Absolute fuckin' mad house. Fuck knows what they make of that zoo.

Anyway, now that I know the club are watching:

1) There were always early leavers at Roker Park. Probably a similar percentage of the crowd. I remember the Main Stand seats emptying with 10 minutes left because we used to run 'round there, and as you ran 'round there would be loads of fellas leaving from all stands. This was 1986 time.

2) The sensible people know we're going in the right direction. That's probably half the crowd.

3) There probably is very little correlation between what goes on on the pitch and those fans leaving early. They'll generally leave early always unless a very big match.
 
If people are at the back of the stand, I can sort of understand leaving your seat a minute or 2 before full time, meaning you don’t actually miss any action, and you’re probably at the exit for the full time whistle.

What I don’t get is leaving with 10+ minutes to go, which often happens when you consider how much injury time we now get on average.
 
0321safc said:
Every club has early leavers in fairness. Football fans have changed over the years and many just got to watch the PL brand rather than SAFC. For night games it’ll be a public transport issue fundamentally, we are still living in the 19th century when it comes to that. In recent weeks we’ve just been horrendous, I stayed till the end on Saturday but I felt like walking out after Brighton scored as you knew it wasn’t our day.
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They do yes. But we’re by far the worst for it
 
The leaving on 80 mins at just a goal down is ridiculous. However getting out the east stand after final whistle takes an age. So I often head down a minute or 2 after 90 mins is up to avoid taking 15 mins to get out. I’m not sure how but if you can improve how quick people can exit the stadium, and reduce bottle necks, it would help massively.
 
Gene Hunt said:
Saturday was tragic. Some people were leaving not long after 80 minutes and the stadium was only half full at the final whistle. What kind of message does that give to the players when we were only a goal behind?
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It’s shite support, folk will make excuses. But the players notice and it looks absolutely terrible.

I know we’ve hit a rough patch, but the club need to really engage with supporters who do it every game to understand why.
 
im not roland rat said:
But it could very easily be loads better is my main point. The tunnels could be put to use immediately for example
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Not a bad shout this tbh. Those in the north and Roker end lower, and Monty stand lower wings to exit via the tunnels at either end.

One issue might be people needing the bog, mind.
 
On games like Saturday if there was a way, prompt, of galvanising the crowd and atmosphere maybe it would help. Not even an announcement or anything over the speakers, but maybe a message on the scoreboards or advertising slots , till the end, etc
 
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