Deva Stadium - Maximum Capacity?

I know that you have to knock a certain amount off the seating capacity because we do to assign seat numbers. Another good reason to set up decent online ticketing where you can choose your seat.

We had over 5,000 against Northwich a few years ago and nothing has changed in the ground since then. It’s all Safety Advisory Group bollocks in my opinion.

Question for the SAG, why do you regularly reduce the deva stadium capacity by nearly 1,000 for big matches ?
What is the justification for this?

Given the deva stadium complies to the Taylor report being one of the first stadiums in the UK to apply to that, do you think your actions are completely over the top?

I suspect if our all ticket matches strictly enforced allocated seating then the allowed capacity would be close to maximum. As it is, there is no seat allocation normally, so the maximum is reduced so to prevent overcrowding in certain areas of the ground.

Always think the capacity reduction is a bit of an overkill. You would think that by allocating in pairs of blocks e.g. east stand blocks A and B with a couple of stewards at tunnel from turnstiles and on steps to direct fans would be adequate to control. Mind you you always get a few clowns who can't follow simple instructions and cause issues by wishing to sit anywhere they choose.

No reason for seats in the away end. If it's a small away following we keep it closed anyway. It's not increasing revenue but on this occasion has hit it quite hard.

Probably not as bad as that. From CFC OWS -


'Following Liverpool’s increase in allocation, we would like to assure Chester fans that have already purchased tickets for the Swettenham Chemists Community (West) Stand that they will not be affected – and their seat is secure in the West Stand for this game'.

Anyone know who is on the SAG?

Normally representatives from the council and the various emergency services i believe. SAGs were recommended as a result of Hillsborough i believe

Bit of info here on whoa and what they are: SAGs

Whilst i agree with most of this topic and would also like a breakdown of where capacity is lost, i do not think you are going about it the correct way. We will never get a concise answer on DC. The way to go about this is to bring up at a cfu meeting. You will probably not get an answer immediatly but the board should be able to provide one for the following meeting. Done this way we will all know why the club is potentially losing money. What we need are exact numbers, not just "well it's to do with H&S"

Stockport would bring a shed load, we've over sold to them in the past obviously with the FA Cup

As far as I understood it the capacity of the ground (5400) is reduced by around 20% for segregation and due to the fact that tickets are sold for seating on an “unallocated “basis. If this Taylor Report compliant stadium has satisfactory infrastructure which meets all known safety standards (including stewarding, audible annoy, exit gates, safety barriers, fire safety, CCTV etc) please could someone explain why the Club cannot sell "Allocated” seating" and increase capacity?

Must admit Joey I thought it would be pretty straightforward to print a ticket with a corresponding seat number on it ! I am sure football Clubs managed it back in the 1970s. But If it is simply an IT technical problem then surely this should be a priority for use of Mr Murphy’s investment given the loss of revenue . On the other hand if the Club are being made to sell unallocated seating due to safety reasons then such matters clearly need to be addressed as an urgent priority. Or alternatively,  is it that the local SAG is simply unreasonable and so risk averse that no end of improvements would satisfy its draconian standards ?