The Official Football Thread - Page 15

**Meursault** · 10-24-2008, 01:54 PM

a nice goal by a goalkeeper in the MLS, roughly 70 meters' distance:

TheLancinator · 10-24-2008, 02:14 PM

What is 'terracing'?

Lee Is Bob · 10-24-2008, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheLancinator

What is 'terracing'?

Do you not know ??

if you really didn't it is the thing you area you stand in in the stadium

**Meursault** · 10-24-2008, 02:27 PM

standing places. We used to have a lot of them in most or all of the big stadiums. In Britain, they began to replace standing terraces with seats after the Hillsborough disaster, and a few years later the UEFA began to impose gradually stricter restraints on standing terraces, not least because of a crowd panic incident at Brussels' Heysel stadium in the mid eighties dring a european cup final. .

TheLancinator · 10-24-2008, 02:28 PM

We call it a concourse here

But you can't watch games from that area unless that part of the concourse is designated for 'Standing Room'

**Meursault** · 10-24-2008, 02:40 PM

terraces are (or were) an important part of fan culture. The "real" fans would usually prefer to stand while the posh "fashion fans" would spend the extra money on seats so they wouldn't have to mix with the riff raff. In Germany there's a pressure group called "sitzen ist für'n arsch" (roughly: seating grandstands - my arse) that has manage to convince a few clubs to spend the extra money on convertible areas such as they have in Dortmund, Schalke and Cologne.

TheLancinator · 10-24-2008, 03:59 PM

Here's a pretty decent view of Mile High Stadium home of the Denver Broncos here in town. You can see that the concourse is under all the seating areas and you couldn't even see the game from the concourse. You could watch from one of the tunnels, but the ushers don't let you stand there very long, especially if you are not in your seating area.

**Meursault** · 10-24-2008, 04:22 PM

nice picture! European stadiums have concourses, too. But the terraces are actually grandstands without seats. So you have an excellent view .

TheLancinator · 10-24-2008, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meursault

nice picture! European stadiums have concourses, too. But the terraces are actually grandstands without seats. So you have an excellent view .

Gotcha...I don't think there are any stadiums in the US built like that. The cheap sections are the bleacher seats...that's where the hardcore fans like to go. All they are basically are steel benches (no back no arms no nothing) and they tend to also be some of the worst seats at any stadium.

And at the newer stadiums (like Mile High above) they don't even put bleacher seats in anymore...they cater to the wealthy it seems more than to true fans anymore

BroadLeaf · 10-29-2008, 11:04 AM

nice pic indeed

and, mista Donna Diego!!! Very Curious on to what he will achieve!!

Lee Is Bob · 11-02-2008, 05:08 PM

http://www.eplmatches.com/index.php/...urn-highlights

BroadLeaf · 11-03-2008, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lee Is Bob

http://www.eplmatches.com/index.php/...urn-highlights

mm, Benni McCarty was ones a diamond of Amsterdam,

**Meursault** · 11-04-2008, 10:16 AM

champions league to be continued tonight. I'll be watching the werder game and I hope I won't regret it.

BroadLeaf · 11-04-2008, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meursault

champions league to be continued tonight. I'll be watching the werder game and I hope I won't regret it.

against?

I'll be watching Olympique Marseille vs. Psv, should be a match with verve...

Further, a little entertainment from Barcelona: commotion about star child Messi: haha, he's human!

**Meursault** · 11-04-2008, 12:24 PM

Disgusting! But I bet he gets a lot of dirty fouls from his opponents, too, so it's not entirely surprising he can't be the nice boy from next door all the time.

Werder will play Panathinaikos tonight, and I hope they will manage to beat them somehow. It doesn't have to be in style, no need to run them down 5-0 or so, just win. If they do, they have all the options for finishing second in the group. Unless Inter fuck it up against the cypriots tomight, that's the best they can hope for.

10-24-2008, 01:54 PM	#211
Meursault Le Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Old Europe Posts: 39,015 Thanks: 141 Thanked 90 Times in 36 Posts	a nice goal by a goalkeeper in the MLS, roughly 70 meters' distance: __________________ sick sig courtesy of teabelly!

10-24-2008, 02:14 PM	#212
TheLancinator I love Post Icons Join Date: Jul 2006 Tournaments Won: 2 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 119,629 Thanks: 83 Thanked 879 Times in 617 Posts	What is 'terracing'? __________________

10-24-2008, 02:27 PM	#214
Meursault Le Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Old Europe Posts: 39,015 Thanks: 141 Thanked 90 Times in 36 Posts	standing places. We used to have a lot of them in most or all of the big stadiums. In Britain, they began to replace standing terraces with seats after the Hillsborough disaster, and a few years later the UEFA began to impose gradually stricter restraints on standing terraces, not least because of a crowd panic incident at Brussels' Heysel stadium in the mid eighties dring a european cup final. . __________________ sick sig courtesy of teabelly!

10-24-2008, 02:28 PM	#215
TheLancinator I love Post Icons Join Date: Jul 2006 Tournaments Won: 2 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 119,629 Thanks: 83 Thanked 879 Times in 617 Posts	We call it a concourse here But you can't watch games from that area unless that part of the concourse is designated for 'Standing Room' __________________

10-24-2008, 02:40 PM	#216
Meursault Le Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Old Europe Posts: 39,015 Thanks: 141 Thanked 90 Times in 36 Posts	terraces are (or were) an important part of fan culture. The "real" fans would usually prefer to stand while the posh "fashion fans" would spend the extra money on seats so they wouldn't have to mix with the riff raff. In Germany there's a pressure group called "sitzen ist für'n arsch" (roughly: seating grandstands - my arse) that has manage to convince a few clubs to spend the extra money on convertible areas such as they have in Dortmund, Schalke and Cologne. __________________ sick sig courtesy of teabelly!

10-24-2008, 03:59 PM	#217
TheLancinator I love Post Icons Join Date: Jul 2006 Tournaments Won: 2 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 119,629 Thanks: 83 Thanked 879 Times in 617 Posts	Here's a pretty decent view of Mile High Stadium home of the Denver Broncos here in town. You can see that the concourse is under all the seating areas and you couldn't even see the game from the concourse. You could watch from one of the tunnels, but the ushers don't let you stand there very long, especially if you are not in your seating area. __________________ Last edited by TheLancinator : 10-24-2008 at 04:01 PM. Reason: Picture not uploading right

10-24-2008, 04:22 PM	#218
Meursault Le Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Old Europe Posts: 39,015 Thanks: 141 Thanked 90 Times in 36 Posts	nice picture! European stadiums have concourses, too. But the terraces are actually grandstands without seats. So you have an excellent view . __________________ sick sig courtesy of teabelly!

10-29-2008, 11:04 AM	#220
BroadLeaf Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: woodywood forest, 3rd tree left Posts: 3,466 Thanks: 30 Thanked 49 Times in 21 Posts	nice pic indeed and, mista Donna Diego!!! Very Curious on to what he will achieve!! __________________

11-02-2008, 05:08 PM	#221
Lee Is Bob Post Whore Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 29,235 Thanks: 19 Thanked 283 Times in 118 Posts	http://www.eplmatches.com/index.php/...urn-highlights __________________

11-04-2008, 10:16 AM	#223
Meursault Le Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Old Europe Posts: 39,015 Thanks: 141 Thanked 90 Times in 36 Posts	champions league to be continued tonight. I'll be watching the werder game and I hope I won't regret it. __________________ sick sig courtesy of teabelly!

11-04-2008, 12:24 PM	#225
Meursault Le Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Old Europe Posts: 39,015 Thanks: 141 Thanked 90 Times in 36 Posts	Disgusting! But I bet he gets a lot of dirty fouls from his opponents, too, so it's not entirely surprising he can't be the nice boy from next door all the time. Werder will play Panathinaikos tonight, and I hope they will manage to beat them somehow. It doesn't have to be in style, no need to run them down 5-0 or so, just win. If they do, they have all the options for finishing second in the group. Unless Inter fuck it up against the cypriots tomight, that's the best they can hope for. __________________ sick sig courtesy of teabelly!

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