harrybuckle
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Post by harrybuckle on Apr 6, 2016 8:34:08 GMT
Club announces no pay on the day to watch at the Mem on Sat. Get last remaining tickets while you can £5.
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Post by pirateer on Apr 6, 2016 11:10:26 GMT
just phoned the club shop at 12.05 and all tickets have now gone.
anyone got 4 spares?
does make you think that the club could do with a big screen in front of the north terrace again to maximise demand!
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Post by manchestergas on Apr 6, 2016 11:14:22 GMT
Out of the interest, what is the capacity for the beam backs?
It must be a nice little earner for the club on a Saturday which otherwise would not be generating revenue. Wonder also what they make on food/drink and less overhead than a match day.
A very good move by the club.
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Post by Peter Parker on Apr 6, 2016 12:02:37 GMT
Good show Gasheads.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2016 12:17:20 GMT
Out of the interest, what is the capacity for the beam backs? 14,274
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Post by kwoodgas on Apr 6, 2016 12:31:19 GMT
What's the #superfan stance on this one Chewy?
A) Go to Six fields B) Go to the Mem so Rovers get your money C) It's a big game so leave it to the part timers and to and watch a random non-league game.
I'm doing a) so hope it's the right move.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2016 12:44:01 GMT
I'm doing D) Leave the country.
Superfans don't go to Sixfields on principle, anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2016 12:44:36 GMT
What's the #superfan stance on this one Chewy? A) Go to Six fields B) Go to the Mem so Rovers get your money C) It's a big game so leave it to the part timers and to and watch a random non-league game. I'm doing a) so hope it's the right move. Doing A) as well, personally I think true #SuperFans will just watch the youth lads up at Golden Hill.
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kingswood Polak
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Post by kingswood Polak on Apr 6, 2016 15:39:30 GMT
just phoned the club shop at 12.05 and all tickets have now gone. anyone got 4 spares? does make you think that the club could do with a big screen in front of the north terrace again to maximise demand! I would imagine it's down to legality. They don't want gas to be in town when the 82 are home in anycase
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kingswood Polak
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Post by kingswood Polak on Apr 6, 2016 15:51:10 GMT
What's the #superfan stance on this one Chewy? A) Go to Six fields B) Go to the Mem so Rovers get your money C) It's a big game so leave it to the part timers and to and watch a random non-league game. I'm doing a) so hope it's the right move. I was chatting with the Mrs about this and I told her that we get people,who haven't been for a long time, turn up and sometimes it means that regulars don't manage to see the game but the truth is that I & others could fork out for a ST. My reason for not having one is well known but others just can't, for a plethora of reasons, fork out the lump sum. We can sometimes forget that there are many who can't have a credit card and who are in real financial, difficulty. Personally, I welcome the so called part timers and hope they see enough to come again. I don't understand the anger by some. We are all gas and that's all that matters to me. I don't think k it does any good to get upset and I have left it very late at times, to buy my early bird tickets. Those who work, full time, don't have that comfort
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Post by DudeLebowski on Apr 6, 2016 16:35:01 GMT
What's the #superfan stance on this one Chewy? A) Go to Six fields B) Go to the Mem so Rovers get your money C) It's a big game so leave it to the part timers and to and watch a random non-league game. I'm doing a) so hope it's the right move. I was chatting with the Mrs about this and I told her that we get people,who haven't been for a long time, turn up and sometimes it means that regulars don't manage to see the game but the truth is that I & others could fork out for a ST. My reason for not having one is well known but others just can't, for a plethora of reasons, fork out the lump sum. We can sometimes forget that there are many who can't have a credit card and who are in real financial, difficulty. Personally, I welcome the so called part timers and hope they see enough to come again. I don't understand the anger by some. We are all gas and that's all that matters to me. I don't think k it does any good to get upset and I have left it very late at times, to buy my early bird tickets. Those who work, full time, don't have that comfort I'm sure some would much rather have an attendance of just themselves and a few mates. I was sat next to some dohnut on a minibus last season going to Eastleigh. He was somehow complaining that we were taking 1400 there on a Tuesday night in the conference! "We only took 300 to Lincoln 4 days ago, where were all these people then?!" Total cretin.
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Post by badbloodash on Apr 6, 2016 17:37:29 GMT
I was chatting with the Mrs about this and I told her that we get people,who haven't been for a long time, turn up and sometimes it means that regulars don't manage to see the game but the truth is that I & others could fork out for a ST. My reason for not having one is well known but others just can't, for a plethora of reasons, fork out the lump sum. We can sometimes forget that there are many who can't have a credit card and who are in real financial, difficulty. Personally, I welcome the so called part timers and hope they see enough to come again. I don't understand the anger by some. We are all gas and that's all that matters to me. I don't think k it does any good to get upset and I have left it very late at times, to buy my early bird tickets. Those who work, full time, don't have that comfort I'm sure some would much rather have an attendance of just themselves and a few mates. I was sat next to some dohnut on a minibus last season going to Eastleigh. He was somehow complaining that we were taking 1400 there on a Tuesday night in the conference! "We only took 300 to Lincoln 4 days ago, where were all these people then?!" Total cretin. Against Cambridge I was accused by some twat of being a part timer and standing in his space in the blackthorn end after giving him little glare he backed off when he realised where it was going and I let him off as I doubt hid dentist was open over Easter
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kwoodgas
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Post by kwoodgas on Apr 6, 2016 18:01:41 GMT
Ha, I was only having a bit of banter with Chewy guys think you've taken this a bit seriously.
Obviously if we're going to be modern and progressive club we need some kind of membership system, if for no other reason than it will help us tailor marketing information to people. I've regularly given my email address/phone number etc to fit promotion girls in night clubs when pissed and several months later I'll get an email from the club offering me free entry for me and some mates because it's my birthday.
Forest Green in the playoffs last season aside, I don't think there have been that many massive miscarriages of justice when it comes to people 'deserving' of them missing out. But I think a membership system would allow us to dig deeper into how loyal people have actually been. For example at present someone who's had a season ticket for this season only has a massive advantage over someone who may have had one for 10+ plus years, but has had to dip out this season because his wife has had twins or he's been seconded abroad for 6 months with work. Is this fair? Some would say yes, but I think most would say no.
My dad who has had a season ticket for probably close to 30 years on the spin, but barring Millenium and Wembley hasn't been to an away game in probably 15 years. Admittedly I regularly use his voucher to get a non-ST holder an away ticket (the morals of this probably opens another can of worms) so that would skew the numbers here; but is it theoretically fair that at Forest Green last season probably less than 1 in 4 season ticket holders had a chance of a ticket(750 tickets, 3250ish ST holders), yet someone who had been to all 23 league aways would have the same chance of getting one as someone who'd been to none?
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Post by singupgas on Apr 6, 2016 18:03:10 GMT
I'm sure some would much rather have an attendance of just themselves and a few mates. I was sat next to some dohnut on a minibus last season going to Eastleigh. He was somehow complaining that we were taking 1400 there on a Tuesday night in the conference! "We only took 300 to Lincoln 4 days ago, where were all these people then?!" Total cretin. Against Cambridge I was accused by some twat of being a part timer and standing in his space in the blackthorn end after giving him little glare he backed off when he realised where it was going and I let him off as I doubt hid dentist was open over Easter Are you a part timer though?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2016 18:17:02 GMT
Ha, I was only having a bit of banter with Chewy guys think you've taken this a bit seriously. Obviously if we're going to be modern and progressive club we need some kind of membership system, if for no other reason than it will help us tailor marketing information to people. I've regularly given my email address/phone number etc to fit promotion girls in night clubs when pissed and several months later I'll get an email from the club offering me free entry for me and some mates because it's my birthday. Forest Green in the playoffs last season aside, I don't think there have been that many massive miscarriages of justice when it comes to people 'deserving' of them missing out. But I think a membership system would allow us to dig deeper into how loyal people have actually been. For example at present someone who's had a season ticket for this season only has a massive advantage over someone who may have had one for 10+ plus years, but has had to dip out this season because his wife has had twins or he's been seconded abroad for 6 months with work. Is this fair? Some would say yes, but I think most would say no. My dad who has had a season ticket for probably close to 30 years on the spin, but barring Millenium and Wembley hasn't been to an away game in probably 15 years. Admittedly I regularly use his voucher to get a non-ST holder an away ticket (the morals of this probably opens another can of worms) so that would skew the numbers here; but is it theoretically fair that at Forest Green last season probably less than 1 in 4 season ticket holders had a chance of a ticket(750 tickets, 3250ish ST holders), yet someone who had been to all 23 league aways would have the same chance of getting one as someone who'd been to none? I genuinely think that would be fair. Season tickets guarantee top priority, its one of the major incentives for committing to one.
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Post by kwoodgas on Apr 6, 2016 18:48:54 GMT
Ha, I was only having a bit of banter with Chewy guys think you've taken this a bit seriously. Obviously if we're going to be modern and progressive club we need some kind of membership system, if for no other reason than it will help us tailor marketing information to people. I've regularly given my email address/phone number etc to fit promotion girls in night clubs when pissed and several months later I'll get an email from the club offering me free entry for me and some mates because it's my birthday. Forest Green in the playoffs last season aside, I don't think there have been that many massive miscarriages of justice when it comes to people 'deserving' of them missing out. But I think a membership system would allow us to dig deeper into how loyal people have actually been. For example at present someone who's had a season ticket for this season only has a massive advantage over someone who may have had one for 10+ plus years, but has had to dip out this season because his wife has had twins or he's been seconded abroad for 6 months with work. Is this fair? Some would say yes, but I think most would say no. My dad who has had a season ticket for probably close to 30 years on the spin, but barring Millenium and Wembley hasn't been to an away game in probably 15 years. Admittedly I regularly use his voucher to get a non-ST holder an away ticket (the morals of this probably opens another can of worms) so that would skew the numbers here; but is it theoretically fair that at Forest Green last season probably less than 1 in 4 season ticket holders had a chance of a ticket(750 tickets, 3250ish ST holders), yet someone who had been to all 23 league aways would have the same chance of getting one as someone who'd been to none? I genuinely think that would be fair. Season tickets guarantee top priority, its one of the major incentives for committing to one. Season ticket holders should always be ahead of non-seasons, but when there are less than 1000 tickets should there be a sub group for season ticket holders who regularly go away. I believe this is what Premiership teams/teams like Leeds that regularly sell out allocations work.
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kingswood Polak
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Post by kingswood Polak on Apr 6, 2016 20:20:28 GMT
I genuinely think that would be fair. Season tickets guarantee top priority, its one of the major incentives for committing to one. Season ticket holders should always be ahead of non-seasons, but when there are less than 1000 tickets should there be a sub group for season ticket holders who regularly go away. I believe this is what Premiership teams/teams like Leeds that regularly sell out allocations work. Join the helpline. That's the best bang for your buck you will ever have and priority on tickets too plus prizes. Top people
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2016 23:47:48 GMT
I genuinely think that would be fair. Season tickets guarantee top priority, its one of the major incentives for committing to one. Season ticket holders should always be ahead of non-seasons, but when there are less than 1000 tickets should there be a sub group for season ticket holders who regularly go away. I believe this is what Premiership teams/teams like Leeds that regularly sell out allocations work. There was talk once of clubs working together to try to get some sort of away season ticket launched. It never got off the ground due to many complications. Perhaps clubs could be encouraged to issue vouchers to our visiting fans at the turnstiles? An easy way would be if fans had an away membership card which could be swiped at the turnstiles but that would have to be a league initiative to make that one work. The reality is that for most clubs at this level it's not a problem so I don't think that things will change. Hopefully we will be back up the league soon where visitors capacity isn't an issue at the majority of grounds. Good posts btw kwoodgas.
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Post by fatherjackhackett on Apr 7, 2016 5:29:48 GMT
Season ticket holders should always be ahead of non-seasons, but when there are less than 1000 tickets should there be a sub group for season ticket holders who regularly go away. I believe this is what Premiership teams/teams like Leeds that regularly sell out allocations work. There was talk once of clubs working together to try to get some sort of away season ticket launched. It never got off the ground due to many complications. Perhaps clubs could be encouraged to issue vouchers to our visiting fans at the turnstiles? An easy way would be if fans had an away membership card which could be swiped at the turnstiles but that would have to be a league initiative to make that one work. The reality is that for most clubs at this level it's not a problem so I don't think that things will change. Hopefully we will be back up the league soon where visitors capacity isn't an issue at the majority of grounds. Good posts btw kwoodgas. Vouchers for away fans certainly happened in the Twerton days. I remember getting one at Huddersfield's old Leeds Road ground (I think) on a Tuesday night back in the late 80s.
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Post by GasMacc1 on Apr 7, 2016 6:55:23 GMT
There was talk once of clubs working together to try to get some sort of away season ticket launched. It never got off the ground due to many complications. Perhaps clubs could be encouraged to issue vouchers to our visiting fans at the turnstiles? An easy way would be if fans had an away membership card which could be swiped at the turnstiles but that would have to be a league initiative to make that one work. The reality is that for most clubs at this level it's not a problem so I don't think that things will change. Hopefully we will be back up the league soon where visitors capacity isn't an issue at the majority of grounds. Good posts btw kwoodgas. Vouchers for away fans certainly happened in the Twerton days. I remember getting one at Huddersfield's old Leeds Road ground (I think) on a Tuesday night back in the late 80s. Yes, I remember Ron Craig handing out vouchers in person to travelling Rovers fans at a northern outpost (Darlington?) in the late eighties / early nineties.
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