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Post by peterparker on Jan 19, 2015 13:39:48 GMT
At the moment is it not, he said, she said?
Lets be honest. Even if it is all Wokings fault, Rovers never issued a warning to Gasheads that their advice had been turned down and for 'us' to get there early
Depends on when Rovers knew. Well I guess if Rovers/Woking spoke to each other at any point regarding Tickets or not, it would have been in advance surely.
Of course it still there is some clarity on what has actually gone on............
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Post by peterparker on Jan 19, 2015 13:43:41 GMT
At the moment is it not, he said, she said?
Lets be honest. Even if it is all Wokings fault, Rovers never issued a warning to Gasheads that their advice had been turned down and for 'us' to get there early
How could the club predict that we'd take over 2000 though if they couldn't sell advanced tickets? Also, why would the club turn down selling tickets in advanced? We get sent the tickets and sell them in a shop that would have been open anyway. If we did turn it down then that is quite frankly ridiculous. you can't predict anything but I thought the point was Rovers allegedly said to Woking to expect a large number of Gas?
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Post by baggins on Jan 19, 2015 13:57:15 GMT
How could the club predict that we'd take over 2000 though if they couldn't sell advanced tickets? Also, why would the club turn down selling tickets in advanced? We get sent the tickets and sell them in a shop that would have been open anyway. If we did turn it down then that is quite frankly ridiculous. you can't predict anything but I thought the point was Rovers allegedly said to Woking to expect a large number of Gas?
Tiger Ninestein said, expect the unexpected
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Post by ThisCharmingMan on Jan 19, 2015 14:52:56 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2015 15:03:22 GMT
So it was Woking who screwed up then.
Don't understand why they are so insistent on pointing out that their safety certificate 'doesn't allow mixing of home and away fans'. All they (and Surrey police) needed to do was send police/stewards in to the home terrace to move home supporters along the terrace a bit, whilst segregating the remaining 200 Rovers fans so everyone could get in.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jan 19, 2015 15:03:52 GMT
"Last November, when planning the above fixture, there was a misunderstanding between Woking and Bristol Rovers and, consequently, the Club decided to plan ahead for this fixture, working closely together with the police and the Club’s Safety Officer. The Club wish to make it clear that Bristol Rovers did not refuse its request to sell tickets. The advice and intelligence reports were to expect approximately 1600 to 1700 Bristol Rovers fans to attend the game and the Club’s planning was based on these figures. Due to the configuration of Kingfield Stadium, the maximum number of away fans the Club can accommodate is 1900, which is written into the Club’s safety certificate. When the number of away fans reached 1,869, the Club’s Safety Officer and police took the decision that the gates were to be closed and, regrettably, a number of Bristol Rovers supporters were unable to gain entry to the game. Other parts of the ground were not filled to capacity, but the Club’s safety certificate forbids the mixing of home and away supporters when the game is designated to be a segregated game and, reluctantly, therefore, the Club could not allow the excess fans to enter the ground under any circumstances. The Club wish to apologise to the Bristol Rovers fans who were unable to see the game, but wish to stress that it must also abide by its safety certificate." Read more at www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/article/woking-ticket-statement-2213868.aspx#v3mPrJMoDogqA3Xe.99
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