Our “new” seats

[sailor_h]

These “new” seats in the main stand are utterly ridiculous. My knees are bruised. Surely, we need to replace them? 

[stv]

59 minutes ago, sailor_h said:

These “new” seats in the main stand are utterly ridiculous. My knees are bruised. Surely, we need to replace them? 

Whit yer knees ?

Seriously have yet to see what mine look like. Not looking forward to it if the numerous reports are correct.

[mcguru]

First time I've seen them last night and made sure to inspect for jagged edges on my seat and ones adjacent but have to say was all smooth.

The original wooden seats would never get confused for Qatar Airlines business class so I'm thinking the footprint of the new ones must be larger which is causing an issue? Was quite a procedure to allow people by, no much wiggle or any other room.

The spacing was set in early 60's was it when the stand was extended & rebuilt i presume and the average height and waist of the patrons is not decreasing so what to do?

Oh aye it looked like it'd never been wiped at all since wooden ones were removed, needed a right good wipe.

Thinking aisle seat or right down the front next time.

[grizzlyg]

Spiderpig posted about this the other day. Club needed to do a rush job to get seats in. If nothing in place we couldn't use that stand.  Would like to think will be proper upgrade.

If any consolation my seat in hunter stand with my wee legs was perfect 🤪🤪

[Spiderpig]

2 hours ago, mcguru said:

 

Thinking aisle seat or right down the front next time.

Im Glad ive got an aisle seat, at least it gives me somewhere to go when people want in or out of the row, being in the middle must be a nightmare.

Oh and dont lean on or grab the seat back for support, as it wont hold as i nearly found out to my cost last night 😂

[Kmcalpin]

Seats were horrific. Back rest is too low and flimsy. When fellow fans want in and out its a nightmare.  

[sailor_h]

I think we all need to email the club. Something had to be done d to fix it. 

[dennyc]

3 hours ago, sailor_h said:

I think we all need to email the club. Something had to be done d to fix it. 

Tried that after Genk. Ignored.

And they did not need to replace the central seats. It was only the bucket seats on the wings that needed sorted. I wonder if any of the powers that be even tried the seats?

Biggest issue is Health and Safety. An injury waiting to happen. How they passed inspection is beyond me. Someone needs to put their hands up and accept they got it badly wrong. But currently wagons being circled. Although those wagons are probably more comfortable than the new seats. 

[Kmcalpin]

11 minutes ago, dennyc said:

And they did not need to replace the central seats. It was only the bucket seats on the wings that needed sorted. 

This is what I don't understand.  Whilst the central seating wasn't in great condition I also understood that it was the 2 wings that required replacement as they did not meet UEFA requirements (an issue in itself). So, why was it that the central sections were replaced but the 2 wings left untouched? If they had been, there might well have been no requirement to open the McLean Stand at extra cost? Could it be that the POD's safety certificate, issued by North Lanarkshire Council, does not allow for its full capacity to be realised and the club therefore cannot fill the 2 wings? 

 

I've also emailed the club to complain.

[Spiderpig]

7 hours ago, dennyc said:

 

And they did not need to replace the central seats. It was only the bucket seats on the wings that needed sorted. I wonder if any of the powers that be even tried the seats?

 

The old seats and the bucket seats were not UEFA compliant, as advised by Brian Caldwell when he called me in response to my email. The old seat only had a 4cm back rail UEFA rules call for seating with at least a 32cm back. So thats why both sets of seats were replaced.

The comfy padded seats in the members / directors area are ok and will not be replaced.

And as has previously been discussed the various limitations of the POD as it stands meant that the seating we got was the only available option. So short of major remodelling of the POD the new seats are here to stay until such times as we either move to a new stadium or rebuild the POD.

[mio]

They are absolutely awful, when someone tried to squeeze past me I had to turn side on and lean as far back as I could, as soon as you lean back onto the seat the thing bends….if these seats are kept they are going to snap and cause an injury. I can’t believe someone signed off on these. I saw a few folk with cushions which is a good idea but should not be necessary. I’m generally quite fit and in decent enough shape but that’s 2 games I’ve been to and my back,arse and legs have been killing me for a couple of days after the game. God knows how the OAPs are going to get on.

[Kmcalpin]

I thought I'd take a look at the notional capacity of the various stands, which turned out to be more difficult than I thought. Various component figures seems to have changed i.e. the Hunter Stand dues to incremental works. Anyway, here's what I found:

McLean Stand 4,500

POD Stand 3,500

Hunter Stand 3,305

Cooper Stand 2,373

Total 13,678

Now I just wonder, because the wings of the POD have been cordoned off and seats not "upgraded", if the capacity allowed by the safety certificate has been cut from 3,500 due to other reasons (fire/safety/exits etc). It could, of course, just be down to cost of replacing seats. I've seen folk sit in the wings in normal league games but then again, the total capacity of the stand wasn't exceeded.