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[Jimmy]

I'm bemused that are fans are segregated not near them and people are botherd about them having cover

[Hale Alty]

Chester fans who couldn't find a seat in the stand should have been escorted to the away end,as would have happened at any other ground. Regarding the letting of away fans stand under cover there's only so much hospitality that should be offered. The sign outside tells them the terracing isn't covered. We shouldn't be letting them stand somewhere they can make more noise or be more comfortable (yes I am that miserable).As it turned out by the end of the game it was already virtually empty anyway. Next time there's that big sterile area Altrincham fans should be asking to be allowed to stand there once it becomes apparent the away support doesn't look like causing trouble.

[MadFrankie]

Chester fans who couldn't find a seat in the stand should have been escorted to the away end,as would have happened at any other ground. Regarding the letting of away fans stand under cover there's only so much hospitality that should be offered. The sign outside tells them the terracing isn't covered. We shouldn't be letting them stand somewhere they can make more noise or be more comfortable (yes I am that miserable).As it turned out by the end of the game it was already virtually empty anyway. Next time there's that big sterile area Altrincham fans should be asking to be allowed to stand there once it becomes apparent the away support doesn't look like causing trouble.

Exactly. We've all been to places like southport and kettering and stood outside in the pissing rain and just dealt with it. No idea whose decision it was, but letting chester fans in to the sterile area when we've once again been forced to stand with a crap view in the middle section of the pop side is just a farce. One day the club might consider home supporters first.

[York Alty]

It's not a sterile area if fans, home or away, are let into it.

There is no way they should have been allowed there, simply because it was raining.  It's December - you come prepared for the weather.  Deal with it.

[GB Alty]

It's not a sterile area if fans, home or away, are let into it.

There is no way they should have been allowed there, simply because it was raining.  It's December - you come prepared for the weather.  Deal with it.

To be fair we are a bit out of order to not give away supporters any cover (as are Southport, York, Exeter before you say anything)

Needs to be looked at

I'm with Jimmy bemused

[Paul Cain's Chip Pan]

I can only assume that once the Police become involved, it becomes irrelevant who is at home or away. They will simply perform a risk assessment in any given situation and act accordingly. I agree that it stinks fencing off the popular side at the expense of home fans' enjoyment of the game. However the Police aren't interested in whether people have a decent view, their agenda is purely aimed at making their job as easy as possible. I feel a bit sorry for "the club" really, because they are trying to do things the right way and I'm sure the last thing they want is to ruin the matchday experience for our own fans. It's just a pity our away end is so weird, because if it was the full width of the pitch, we could just have a fence half way along there and be done with it.

[MadFrankie]

It's not a sterile area if fans, home or away, are let into it.

There is no way they should have been allowed there, simply because it was raining.  It's December - you come prepared for the weather.  Deal with it.

To be fair we are a bit out of order to not give away supporters any cover (as are Southport, York, Exeter before you say anything)

Needs to be looked at

I'm with Jimmy bemused

There is a sign outside the away end that clearly states that supporters are entering an uncovered terrace. Anyone going through those turnstiles has no right to moan like a baby when they get wet.

[Timperley The Best]

Could always go for a grant for a roof for the away end?No idea how much a roof wold cost.

[MadFrankie]

Interesting view from the Chester forum regarding this http://www.devachat.com/index.php?showtopic=80711

[GB Alty]

Interesting view from the Chester forum regarding this http://www.devachat.com/index.php?showtopic=80711

We should have never pulled down the chicken stand

[bighairedmike]

It's not a sterile area if fans, home or away, are let into it.

There is no way they should have been allowed there, simply because it was raining.  It's December - you come prepared for the weather.  Deal with it.

To be fair we are a bit out of order to not give away supporters any cover (as are Southport, York, Exeter before you say anything)

Needs to be looked at

I'm with Jimmy bemused

Pay a pound and get a covered seat. Just like we have to when going to other places. And also, we were forced to pay extra at Exeter and forced to sit there. Despite the fact it was beautiful sunshine and we all wanted the uncovered away end.

I'm bemused. If away fans can stand there then home fans can too.

[bumble]

They decided to stand in the away end. It's well known we have an open away end. We went to Forest Green and we were forced to sit despite a large terrace marked away fans.

Chester didn't exactly give us what we wanted 2 seasons ago.

[GB Alty]

Well it most certainly shouldn't be just left empty

Seems to me that we seem to be getting a bit of a bad reputation with the way we treat away fans - it's not good

Facilities at the chequers end are a disgrace - and we would be up in arms about it if we encountered similar elsewhere

[GB Alty]

They decided to stand in the away end. It's well known we have an open away end. We went to Forest Green and we were forced to sit despite a large terrace marked away fans.

Chester didn't exactly give us what we wanted 2 seasons ago.

The stand was pretty full today as it was - do you think all of the 800 Chester fans would have got a seat?

[markecky]

I'm bemused why we have to find fault with something all the time.

I'm guessing that first half when we were shooting to Chequers then most Alty fans stood near the fence.  I'm sure Chester fans asked if they could go under the roof and were told no as that's a sterile area between supporters.

Then second half nearly all the fans moved down ( or the most vocal ones ) to the Golf Road end so there was no need for a sterile area so the police/stewards said you can go under the roof for this half as you won't be stood next to the home fans now.

Seems pretty sensible to me?  Goes someway to saying "sorry we don't have an away roof, its just one of those things, we did tell you outside, however no reason why you cant go under it now as the home fans are in the other end"

If I was a Chester fan pissed wet through and was stopped from going under a roof for no good reason I'd be pretty annoyed and probably bore the steward/copper at the fence to death about it.  To stop them for the sake of it smacks of the kind of thing an ex league club would do.