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KAOS Flag In a tree 08 Oct 18 3.24pm Send a Private Message to KAOS Add KAOS as a friend

… my love affair with the Arthur Waite is over!!!!

Views, acoustics & nostalgia aside! It really is a khazi eh! The facilities are f*cken dreadful. I left my seat 5 mins before ½ time to go for a p*ss and a beer. Well I managed the former and finally got served just after the 2nd ½ whistle blew so had to spend the next 5 minutes swigging it back so couldn’t enjoy it and missed the only goal of the game! I know them kids are on minimum wage but the one that served me couldn’t even find his bottle opener and forgot to give me change until I reminded him!!! Also, the queues for the toilet at ½ time down there were shameful with parents and their kids busting to go. Proper shambles …

Yeah I know that concourse was only ever meant to accommodate the seats in the old format when the terrace was down below but really! Yeah, I know we have to redevelop the main stand first but it’s a f*cken joke. Why can’t they have people going around the concourse selling beers in some other manner? Why do people who already have a beer in hand insist on standing chatting where people are trying to get a beer?

Throw the performance, embarrassing home support and weather into things … we went home thinking ‘f*ck that for a while!’ …

 

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Penge Eagle Flag Beckenham 08 Oct 18 3.36pm Send a Private Message to Penge Eagle Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Penge Eagle as a friend

Yeah but we have a nice blue floor now!

 

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KAOS Flag In a tree 08 Oct 18 3.49pm Send a Private Message to KAOS Add KAOS as a friend

I couldn't see / enjoy it, it was so packed ...

 

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Bangell Flag Oxford 08 Oct 18 4.37pm Send a Private Message to Bangell Add Bangell as a friend

Originally posted by KAOS

… my love affair with the Arthur Waite is over!!!!

Views, acoustics & nostalgia aside! It really is a khazi eh! The facilities are f*cken dreadful. I left my seat 5 mins before ½ time to go for a p*ss and a beer. Well I managed the former and finally got served just after the 2nd ½ whistle blew so had to spend the next 5 minutes swigging it back so couldn’t enjoy it and missed the only goal of the game! I know them kids are on minimum wage but the one that served me couldn’t even find his bottle opener and forgot to give me change until I reminded him!!! Also, the queues for the toilet at ½ time down there were shameful with parents and their kids busting to go. Proper shambles …

Yeah I know that concourse was only ever meant to accommodate the seats in the old format when the terrace was down below but really! Yeah, I know we have to redevelop the main stand first but it’s a f*cken joke. Why can’t they have people going around the concourse selling beers in some other manner? Why do people who already have a beer in hand insist on standing chatting where people are trying to get a beer?

Throw the performance, embarrassing home support and weather into things … we went home thinking ‘f*ck that for a while!’ …

I'd say you should be grateful to the bartender kids

 

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Jamesey Flag Wandsworth 08 Oct 18 5.04pm Send a Private Message to Jamesey Add Jamesey as a friend

Originally posted by KAOS

… my love affair with the Arthur Waite is over!!!!

Views, acoustics & nostalgia aside! It really is a khazi eh! The facilities are f*cken dreadful. I left my seat 5 mins before ½ time to go for a p*ss and a beer. Well I managed the former and finally got served just after the 2nd ½ whistle blew so had to spend the next 5 minutes swigging it back so couldn’t enjoy it and missed the only goal of the game! I know them kids are on minimum wage but the one that served me couldn’t even find his bottle opener and forgot to give me change until I reminded him!!! Also, the queues for the toilet at ½ time down there were shameful with parents and their kids busting to go. Proper shambles …

Yeah I know that concourse was only ever meant to accommodate the seats in the old format when the terrace was down below but really! Yeah, I know we have to redevelop the main stand first but it’s a f*cken joke. Why can’t they have people going around the concourse selling beers in some other manner? Why do people who already have a beer in hand insist on standing chatting where people are trying to get a beer?

Throw the performance, embarrassing home support and weather into things … we went home thinking ‘f*ck that for a while!’ …

 


Nothing is fool-proof - fools are too ingenious

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Jamesey Flag Wandsworth 08 Oct 18 5.13pm Send a Private Message to Jamesey Add Jamesey as a friend

Sorry

Originally posted by Jamesey

Agree with most of criticisms apart from the fact I wouldn’t even contemplate trying to buy beer or take a leak in interval.
Arthur is really primitive 1959-style. But I like my seat and it’s convenient position.
Might move back to Main Stand when all is renovated otherwise inertia wins the contest!

 


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RyWa Flag Beckenham 09 Oct 18 9.03am Send a Private Message to RyWa Add RyWa as a friend

Originally posted by Jamesey

Sorry

Agree with most of criticisms apart from the fact I wouldn’t even contemplate trying to buy beer or take a leak in interval.
Arthur is really primitive 1959-style. But I like my seat and it’s convenient position.
Might move back to Main Stand when all is renovated otherwise inertia wins the contest!

Im exactly the same, i wouldnt even consider getting a beer or going for a piss at half time, its a shame you cant though.
Luckily im Block X so its not super hard to get outside at HT, but ive seen some people not used to it panic due to the mass body of people.
But atleast we have a pretty blue floor
However, ive had my seat 17 years since i was 10 years old and i love it.. i know most of the people near me to chat with and the view is very good (minus one gurder which blocks the equivalent of one of the white painted lines on the pitch).
Looking forward to gantry being removed next year also as im row 44 which should make me able to see the screen and anything above row 10 of the main stand

Edited by RyWa (09 Oct 2018 9.04am)

 

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KAOS Flag In a tree 09 Oct 18 9.09am Send a Private Message to KAOS Add KAOS as a friend

Says it all that you can't even consider going for a leak or beer at half time though eh!

 

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dannyboy1978 Flag 09 Oct 18 9.15am Send a Private Message to dannyboy1978 Add dannyboy1978 as a friend

in the red and blue bar you can pre buy your beer so its poured at half time, I take it they dont do that in the arthur?

 

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Frickin Saweet Flag South Cronx 09 Oct 18 10.00am Send a Private Message to Frickin Saweet Add Frickin Saweet as a friend

Originally posted by Jamesey

Sorry

Agree with most of criticisms apart from the fact I wouldn’t even contemplate trying to buy beer or take a leak in interval.
Arthur is really primitive 1959-style. But I like my seat and it’s convenient position.
Might move back to Main Stand when all is renovated otherwise inertia wins the contest!

wish I had your bladder. There's no way I could get through 90minutes without one.

 

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radsyrendot Flag From Coventry now in Leicester 09 Oct 18 10.15am Send a Private Message to radsyrendot Add radsyrendot as a friend

Originally posted by Frickin Saweet

wish I had your bladder. There's no way I could get through 90minutes without one.

A beer or a piss

 

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Jamesey Flag Wandsworth 09 Oct 18 10.23am Send a Private Message to Jamesey Add Jamesey as a friend

Originally posted by Frickin Saweet

wish I had your bladder. There's no way I could get through 90minutes without one.


Ha, ha...the answer is simple. Due to an extremely misspent younger life and quack's orders, I never drink during the day so it's not a difficult decision during daytime games. Evenings are another matter!

 


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