I should know this but a Watford supporting friend ( I have low standards ! ) has asked if we still have wooden seats in the Cricket Field stand ?

I know they got painted a few years back, but were they then replaced ?

Home section wooden.
Away section plastic.

Watching the game last night they looked almost black, possibly a very dark Claret. Wondered if they had been painted or replaced.

Cheap spray paint.

I thought it was all plastic now

Chester Perry wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 12:09 am

I thought it was all plastic now

The last time we were in there it was plastic in the away seats and wood in the home seats.

If we were to enter Europe again we would need to replace them for plastic. When we were allowed on the ground almost 12 months ago they were wooden in the home section. Since lockdown we've had covers over all the seats so can't tell if they have been replaced or not.

bf2k wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 12:14 am

If we were to enter Europe again we would need to replace them for plastic.

We were close to having two stands shut down for the games we did play but did some negotiating. Had we beaten Olympiacos then we would have had to put plastic seats in the away end for the group games and had we got through to the knock out stage we would have had to replace the rest of the cricket field stand seats and all the Bob Lord.

I was baffled given that Everton had been in the season before and used Goodison but they were new rules for 2018/19.

It's quite a few seasons since I sat there regularly but I still prefer the comfort of the wooden seats and the only downside to them was that, with the open backs, I was prone to kick the person in front when clearing the ball or shooting (or tackling for that matter)

I don’t understand other fans obsession with wooden seats. What are their dining room chairs made from at home?

claptrappers_union wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 1:02 am

I don’t understand other fans obsession with wooden seats. What are their dining room chairs made from at home?

Dining room? Posh git

Tea ont lap in front of the tele for us real folk

Ha, I'm only making out that I have a dining room, we have a kitchen table, but to be fair, we only use it as a place to dump stuff onto.

Bobzuruncle wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 12:27 am

It's quite a few seasons since I sat there regularly but I still prefer the comfort of the wooden seats and the only downside to them was that, with the open backs, I was prone to kick the person in front when clearing the ball or shooting (or tackling for that matter)

What were they doing playing football in the stands?

Chuckypad wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 8:34 am

Dining room? Posh git

Tea ont lap in front of the tele for us real folk

Luxury

We ad our tee on't old newspaper on't floor by t'radio.


Tea ont lap in front of the tele huh ..........

O'nt floor by radio??
We didn't even have a floor.
We had ours in a make shift tent in middle of road - used to dream of having a real floor.

CaptainKirk wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 10:07 am

O'nt floor by radio??
We didn't even have a floor.
We had ours in a make shift tent in middle of road - used to dream of having a real floor.

We used to dream of having some food

There were 42 of us in our tent in't middle o t'road

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 10:17 am

There were 42 of us in our tent in't middle o t'road

Tent? Luxury.

Ive never understood why people get upset with wooden seats. They're much better than plastic. I suppose one over the head might hurt more if that's what the issue is or a fire risk

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 10:17 am

There were 42 of us in our tent in't middle o t'road

Life of Riley - You don't know your born lad

Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 28, 2021 11:23 pm

Home section wooden.
Away section plastic.

That just sounds so funny

claptrappers_union wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 1:02 am

I don’t understand other fans obsession with wooden seats. What are their dining room chairs made from at home?

When he asked about our wooden seats, I did ask what life was like in the Championship with their 13th Manager since sacking Sean Dyche !!

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 10:17 am

There were 42 of us in our tent in't middle o t'road

There were 42 of us in a tent in't middle o t'road. Until we had to eat some of us. And the tent.

TheOriginalLongsider wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 11:02 am

Ive never understood why people get upset with wooden seats. They're much better than plastic. I suppose one over the head might hurt more if that's what the issue is or a fire risk

I think the reason behind the rule is fire risk, even though fire retardant wood is less flammable than plastic. But politicians generally try not to let practicalities get in the way of theory. They would probably ban steel ships as well on the ground that steel doesn't float.

I'm told they had a proper test where they tried to set fire to one of our wooden seats, but couldn't. But rules are rules.

Aye but that was Metcalfe sat there like Ray Mears with a flint spark lighter.

It’ll be a sad day when my Bob Lord seat is replaced with a plastic one.

Don’t even ask about my tartan blanket