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Post by yattongas on Apr 21, 2022 14:59:43 GMT
So I take it you will be taking thousands of fans for your 28 mile trip to Swindon on Tuesday? To be fair, I think they are taking around 800, which isn't bad from a home fanbase of roughly 2,500. Agreed , I don’t like the way people are mocking FGR , Salford etc as poorly supported. How would our fans like it if next season we were called tinpot by the likes of Derby County , Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday etc if we go up ? Show a bit of class .
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Post by bidefordgas on Apr 21, 2022 15:02:32 GMT
Wrong again I’m afraid. FGR have sold out every allocation Bristol Rovers have given us within 2 hours. We have completely sold out your third supply of tickets and have been told that’s all we can have now by your club. Lots of very annoyed people I know are trying everything they can to get hold of tickets even now. Joke really, from both of our club’s management. Like I said yesterday, we are a very small club at this level, but Salford we are not! Don’t even start us on not giving enough tickets. Still shredding the 2015 play off semi final ones and posting on your social media channels are we ? Short memories on their part.
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Post by bidefordgas on Apr 21, 2022 15:04:16 GMT
We have been knocking down doors to get tickets weeks ago!! The demand for a small club like ours has been huge. One poster on the FGR forum claimed he bought his Gas away ticket just over a week ago and the chap selling told him they hadn’t sold many at all🙃To which said poster replied, “because no one knows they’re on sale” Not even hearsay, posted on your clubs actual forum. Not the only fan either, several of them on a very small forum tells you all.
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Post by stroudrover on Apr 21, 2022 15:09:48 GMT
We have been knocking down doors to get tickets weeks ago!! The demand for a small club like ours has been huge. One poster on the FGR forum claimed he bought his Gas away ticket just over a week ago and the chap selling told him they hadn’t sold many at all🙃To which said poster replied, “because no one knows they’re on sale” Not even hearsay, posted on your clubs actual forum. To be fair, that Forum is full of moaning old men. We had sold the paltry initial allocation out weeks ago. So they are talking rubbish. Most of our fans don’t use that forum.
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Post by stroudrover on Apr 21, 2022 15:11:38 GMT
One poster on the FGR forum claimed he bought his Gas away ticket just over a week ago and the chap selling told him they hadn’t sold many at all🙃To which said poster replied, “because no one knows they’re on sale” Not even hearsay, posted on your clubs actual forum. Not the only fan either, several of them on a very small forum tells you all. Yeah it tells you they are misguided old men. You said it yourself, “very small forum.”
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Post by bidefordgas on Apr 21, 2022 15:21:35 GMT
One poster on the FGR forum claimed he bought his Gas away ticket just over a week ago and the chap selling told him they hadn’t sold many at all🙃To which said poster replied, “because no one knows they’re on sale” Not even hearsay, posted on your clubs actual forum. To be fair, that Forum is full of moaning old men. We had sold the paltry initial allocation out weeks ago. So they are talking rubbish. Most of our fans don’t use that forum. I don't know if you are aware but our capacity for this season has been reduced by the safety advisory group from over 11000 to just below 10000 from memory. I read somewhere you had been given 777 tickets so that is around the amount you are entitled to under efl rules. Your club are saying you have been given a reduced allowance of tickets which is misleading but correct as our capacity is reduced.
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Post by bridgwatergas on Apr 21, 2022 15:38:14 GMT
To be fair, that Forum is full of moaning old men. We had sold the paltry initial allocation out weeks ago. So they are talking rubbish. Most of our fans don’t use that forum. I don't know if you are aware but our capacity for this season has been reduced by the safety advisory group from over 11000 to just below 10000 from memory. I read somewhere you had been given 777 tickets so that is around the amount you are entitled to under efl rules. Your club are saying you have been given a reduced allowance of tickets which is misleading but correct as our capacity is reduced. I believe it's cup matched that we have to offer a certain percentage. I'm the league we have to offer a certain amount of seats which we have done so don't think there is anything FGR can do about it. Personally offering nearly 800 tickets to a fanbase of 2500 is ample
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Post by bidefordgas on Apr 21, 2022 15:53:45 GMT
I don't know if you are aware but our capacity for this season has been reduced by the safety advisory group from over 11000 to just below 10000 from memory. I read somewhere you had been given 777 tickets so that is around the amount you are entitled to under efl rules. Your club are saying you have been given a reduced allowance of tickets which is misleading but correct as our capacity is reduced. I believe it's cup matched that we have to offer a certain percentage. I'm the league we have to offer a certain amount of seats which we have done so don't think there is anything FGR can do about it. Personally offering nearly 800 tickets to a fanbase of 2500 is ample No, the home club must provide 2000 away tickets or 10% of capacity if that's not possible. The club can apply for permission to reduce this for certain reasons. The away club must request the allocation they require 5 weeks before the game and the home club should send them the tickets 4 weeks before the game. These are the efl rules.
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Post by keygas on Apr 21, 2022 16:09:26 GMT
I believe it's cup matched that we have to offer a certain percentage. I'm the league we have to offer a certain amount of seats which we have done so don't think there is anything FGR can do about it. Personally offering nearly 800 tickets to a fanbase of 2500 is ample No, the home club must provide 2000 away tickets or 10% of capacity if that's not possible. The club can apply for permission to reduce this for certain reasons. The away club must request the allocation they require 5 weeks before the game and the home club should send them the tickets 4 weeks before the game. These are the efl rules. If your info is correct, I’am wondering if 5 weeks ago FGR were so far clear in the league that they thought promotion would be wrapped up before they played us so didn’t ask for their full allocation & told Rovers to wait before sending tickets to see what the demand from their end would be. Now as their form has dipped recently this match as taken on a greater importance for them, hence the uncertainty on both sides over ticket allocation.
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Post by aghast on Apr 21, 2022 16:29:29 GMT
Another 700 tickets have just gone on sale for the FGR game, be quick! Where did that lot suddenly come from? A unicorn brought them from heaven.
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Post by baggins on Apr 21, 2022 16:36:54 GMT
Where did that lot suddenly come from? A unicorn brought them from heaven. Where?
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Post by bidefordgas on Apr 21, 2022 16:41:44 GMT
One poster on the FGR forum claimed he bought his Gas away ticket just over a week ago and the chap selling told him they hadn’t sold many at all🙃To which said poster replied, “because no one knows they’re on sale” Not even hearsay, posted on your clubs actual forum. To be fair, that Forum is full of moaning old men. We had sold the paltry initial allocation out weeks ago. So they are talking rubbish. Most of our fans don’t use that forum. A bit of research tells me the away club asks for an initial allocation of tickets and them puts them on sale. The "paltry allocation" was requested by your club. Makes total sense, as why would the home club go to the expense as in the case of Port Vale to send 3000 tickets to FGR when they know over 2000 would be sent back. In your case you asked for a few hundred, then another few hundred and then asked again at the last minute for more and are then told that's your final lot.
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Post by yattongas on Apr 21, 2022 17:01:33 GMT
To be fair, that Forum is full of moaning old men. We had sold the paltry initial allocation out weeks ago. So they are talking rubbish. Most of our fans don’t use that forum. A bit of research tells me the away club asks for an initial allocation of tickets and them puts them on sale. The "paltry allocation" was requested by your club. Makes total sense, as why would the home club go to the expense as in the case of Port Vale to send 3000 tickets to FGR when they know over 2000 would be sent back. In your case you asked for a few hundred, then another few hundred and then asked again at the last minute for more and are then told that's your final lot. Let’s hope then that we don’t get shafted by Rochdale . I think we had an initial allocation of around 1300 but if we win sat I’d guess we’d want double that amount. The away end can accommodate 3500 . Maybe we should request them now ?
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Post by bluestickgas1 on Apr 21, 2022 17:01:48 GMT
One poster on the FGR forum claimed he bought his Gas away ticket just over a week ago and the chap selling told him they hadn’t sold many at all🙃To which said poster replied, “because no one knows they’re on sale” Not even hearsay, posted on your clubs actual forum. To be fair, that Forum is full of moaning old men. We had sold the paltry initial allocation out weeks ago. So they are talking rubbish. Most of our fans don’t use that forum. It was a paltry initial allocation of 200 tickets because that’s all your club asked for … this whole debacle has been caused by your club who are trying to deflect the issue onto us. My understanding is that regulations state if you want full 10% allocation then it is to be requested up front in the first ask - your club only asked for 200… you’ve then requested more tickets on 2 separate occasions - each time only asking for limited amounts rather than asking for higher numbers.. each time this has meant we haven’t been able to plan or accommodate our fans and every time we have accommodated your demands at the detriment of our fans… It’s rich criticising us when the issues have been caused by your club
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Post by bidefordgas on Apr 21, 2022 17:07:35 GMT
A bit of research tells me the away club asks for an initial allocation of tickets and them puts them on sale. The "paltry allocation" was requested by your club. Makes total sense, as why would the home club go to the expense as in the case of Port Vale to send 3000 tickets to FGR when they know over 2000 would be sent back. In your case you asked for a few hundred, then another few hundred and then asked again at the last minute for more and are then told that's your final lot. Let’s hope then that we don’t get shafted by Rochdale . I think we had an initial allocation of around 1300 but if we win sat I’d guess we’d want double that amount. The away end can accommodate 3500 . Maybe we should request them now ? Our initial allocation for Rochdale on the 24th Feb was 620. We have since requested and had more tickets, no doubt Rochdale will be keen to give us what we request.
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Post by yattongas on Apr 21, 2022 17:16:15 GMT
Let’s hope then that we don’t get shafted by Rochdale . I think we had an initial allocation of around 1300 but if we win sat I’d guess we’d want double that amount. The away end can accommodate 3500 . Maybe we should request them now ? Our initial allocation for Rochdale on the 24th Feb was 620. We have since requested and had more tickets, no doubt Rochdale will be keen to give us what we request. Isn’t that similar to FGR though ? We requested only 620 ( as you say) and now I think we’ve sold something like 1300. Win sat and we could take 3,000. It’s unlikely but Rochdale could just say nope , you’ve had enough . Lots of fans leave it late to buy depending on what’s at stake in the match.
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Post by fintanstack on Apr 21, 2022 17:24:43 GMT
Our initial allocation for Rochdale on the 24th Feb was 620. We have since requested and had more tickets, no doubt Rochdale will be keen to give us what we request. Isn’t that similar to FGR though ? We requested only 620 ( as you say) and now I think we’ve sold something like 1300. Win sat and we could take 3,000. It’s unlikely but Rochdale could just say nope , you’ve had enough . Lots of fans leave it late to buy depending on what’s at stake in the match. The difference is, most grounds have a proper away end so filling it does not mean having to displace long standing home fans.
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Apr 21, 2022 17:25:10 GMT
Wrong again I’m afraid. FGR have sold out every allocation Bristol Rovers have given us within 2 hours. We have completely sold out your third supply of tickets and have been told that’s all we can have now by your club. Lots of very annoyed people I know are trying everything they can to get hold of tickets even now. Joke really, from both of our club’s management. Like I said yesterday, we are a very small club at this level, but Salford we are not! Don’t even start us on not giving enough tickets. Still shredding the 2015 play off semi final ones and posting on your social media channels are we ? Didn’t work either, hundred of Gas in the home ends that day!
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Post by percy on Apr 21, 2022 17:25:40 GMT
Our initial allocation for Rochdale on the 24th Feb was 620. We have since requested and had more tickets, no doubt Rochdale will be keen to give us what we request. Isn’t that similar to FGR though ? We requested only 620 ( as you say) and now I think we’ve sold something like 1300. Win sat and we could take 3,000. It’s unlikely but Rochdale could just say nope , you’ve had enough . Lots of fans leave it late to buy depending on what’s at stake in the match. They could, and we'd have no complaint. They are unlikely to say no as, unlike us, they cant sell them to home supporters instead God we need Saturday to just arrive!
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Post by yattongas on Apr 21, 2022 17:26:53 GMT
Isn’t that similar to FGR though ? We requested only 620 ( as you say) and now I think we’ve sold something like 1300. Win sat and we could take 3,000. It’s unlikely but Rochdale could just say nope , you’ve had enough . Lots of fans leave it late to buy depending on what’s at stake in the match. The difference is, most grounds have a proper away end so filling it does not mean having to displace long standing home fans. You know what ? I reckon we need one of those new stadium thingies !
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