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Post by gasincider on Dec 26, 2015 22:33:12 GMT
Another farce created through lack of forethought again today.
Depending on who you listen too, somewhere between 30 and 100 gasheads were denied admittance today. I don't understand why the tickets were issued as they were.
Rovers said they believed pay on the day was in operation, but should never have agreed to say such a thing. We should have asked for all the tickets available to the away fans and then sold them with no sale on the day. At least that would have prevented another Woking.
As it stands it's the home club who bear overall responsibility as it's at their ground. But surely Rovers knew what was likely to happen and advise Wimbledon accordingly. So yet again our supporters pay the price for inept management of the situation by whoever.
I understand talks with Wimbledons chairman to get the fans into the ground were held but were told it was not possible.
Surely it's not beyond the intelligence of either club to have prevented this situation arising. But in the meantime our fans suffer yet again.
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Post by banjogas on Dec 26, 2015 23:13:49 GMT
It's Bristol Rovers, what do you expect? The club will blame Wimbledon, and yes ultimately it's their fault. However if our club did some work it would have never of got to this situation again. No doubt it will get swept under the carpet again!
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Post by mjhgas on Dec 26, 2015 23:36:43 GMT
I trust the Rovers directors will reimburse fans who travelled and couldn't get in?
Should have been all-ticket for away fans! It's that simple!
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Post by stevek192 on Dec 26, 2015 23:43:03 GMT
Got to be Wimbledons fault. If their capacity for away fans is just over 800 what on earth is the point of providing advance tickets of over 700 which sell out when they know that there will only be about another 100 spaces available on the day!! May as well have issued the extra tickets and made it all ticket.
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Post by Gas-Ed on Dec 26, 2015 23:46:36 GMT
I echo other's thoughts on the matter. It should have been all-ticket.
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 26, 2015 23:51:34 GMT
Then again why would fans travel without a ticket when there was no guarantee they'd get in after the Woking farce last season? Wimbledon should have really called it a sell out first thing this morning when they were then down to the last 100 or so tickets for sale.
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Post by nolongernonleaguegas on Dec 26, 2015 23:54:44 GMT
Then again why would fans travel without a ticket when there was no guarantee they'd get in after the Woking farce last season? Wimbledon should have really called it a sell out first thing this morning when they were then down to the last 100 or so tickets for sale. Because when a professional football club in 2015 says fans can pay on the gate then you expext to see a game of football
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Post by gregsy on Dec 27, 2015 0:45:48 GMT
it's very strange why they take a risk with pay on the day when there really is no need....
a little extra admin and publicity then make the game all ticket, how to manage ticket sales is surely one of the basic operations of running a football club....
the mind boggles....
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Post by gheadray on Dec 27, 2015 2:44:06 GMT
Anyone with any once of sence would look at Wimbledon v Plymouth the ist game of the season attendance 4850 so why would today's be any less It should have been all ticket but Wimbledon were trying to sell as many tickets as possible even if those people couldn't make it
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Post by Henbury Gas on Dec 27, 2015 4:42:47 GMT
Another farce created through lack of forethought again today. Depending on who you listen too, somewhere between 30 and 100 gasheads were denied admittance today. I don't understand why the tickets were issued as they were. Rovers said they believed pay on the day was in operation, but should never have agreed to say such a thing. We should have asked for all the tickets available to the away fans and then sold them with no sale on the day. At least that would have prevented another Woking. As it stands it's the home club who bear overall responsibility as it's at their ground. But surely Rovers knew what was likely to happen and advise Wimbledon accordingly. So yet again our supporters pay the price for inept management of the situation by whoever. I understand talks with Wimbledons chairman to get the fans into the ground were held but were told it was not possible. Surely it's not beyond the intelligence of either club to have prevented this situation arising. But in the meantime our fans suffer yet again. Bar humbug
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Post by Henbury Gas on Dec 27, 2015 4:45:06 GMT
Another farce created through lack of forethought again today. Depending on who you listen too, somewhere between 30 and 100 gasheads were denied admittance today. I don't understand why the tickets were issued as they were. Rovers said they believed pay on the day was in operation, but should never have agreed to say such a thing. We should have asked for all the tickets available to the away fans and then sold them with no sale on the day. At least that would have prevented another Woking. As it stands it's the home club who bear overall responsibility as it's at their ground. But surely Rovers knew what was likely to happen and advise Wimbledon accordingly. So yet again our supporters pay the price for inept management of the situation by whoever. I understand talks with Wimbledons chairman to get the fans into the ground were held but were told it was not possible. Surely it's not beyond the intelligence of either club to have prevented this situation arising. But in the meantime our fans suffer yet again. Bar humbug.... and how many of the 50 or so went in the home end... ??
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Post by Severncider on Dec 27, 2015 6:15:24 GMT
Unbelievable that it is any way the fault of BRFC.
If you went without a ticket I'd ensure I was there at least two hours before the kick off as tickets were apparently still available at that stage according to posters on various social media.
I would have thought that most Gasheads would have learnt their lesson last season about arriving ticketless at the last minute and expect to get in.
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Post by gasheadwest on Dec 27, 2015 7:54:59 GMT
How is it Rovers fault. If you know your going buy a ticket. Simple.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Dec 27, 2015 8:07:58 GMT
Wimbledon at fault here.
Don't see what Rovers can do other than politely request all ticket.
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Post by gasincider on Dec 27, 2015 9:27:12 GMT
Unbelievable that it is any way the fault of BRFC. If you went without a ticket I'd ensure I was there at least two hours before the kick off as tickets were apparently still available at that stage according to posters on various social media. I would have thought that most Gasheads would have learnt their lesson last season about arriving ticketless at the last minute and expect to get in. The only element of fault with Rovers is that they should have refused to mention pay on the day. With the advance tickets they were given, they knew only about 100 or so would be available in London, so it was a disaster waiting to happen, they should have insisted on getting all the tickets and saying no pay on the day. As for the fans, it was no fault of theirs. If they are told pay on the day is available, they have every right to believe it. If the tickets had sold out by one o'clock, you can't then say they should have arrived by midday. There was no last minute about getting tickets. They had sold out well before kick off. A London gas fan and his wife went to get tickets at two o'clock only to be told they had gone. Hardly last minute. But the real responsibility is Wimbledons. They set the rules as it's their ground.
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 27, 2015 9:39:35 GMT
Unbelievable that it is any way the fault of BRFC. If you went without a ticket I'd ensure I was there at least two hours before the kick off as tickets were apparently still available at that stage according to posters on various social media. I would have thought that most Gasheads would have learnt their lesson last season about arriving ticketless at the last minute and expect to get in. The only element of fault with Rovers is that they should have refused to mention pay on the day. With the advance tickets they were given, they knew only about 100 or so would be available in London, so it was a disaster waiting to happen, they should have insisted on getting all the tickets and saying no pay on the day. As for the fans, it was no fault of theirs. If they are told pay on the day is available, they have every right to believe it. If the tickets had sold out by one o'clock, you can't then say they should have arrived by midday. There was no last minute about getting tickets. They had sold out well before kick off. A London gas fan and his wife went to get tickets at two o'clock only to be told they had gone. Hardly last minute. But the real responsibility is Wimbledons. They set the rules as it's their ground. Imagine if Rovers hadn't mentioned you couldnt pay on the day and then somebody found out you could, the BoD would have been accused of lying/incompetence? Any fan travelling without a ticket took the chance they wouldn't get in once Wimbledon suggested most of the ground had sold out. Wimbledon should have made it all ticket as surely they can't be that desperate for money if they are building a new ground costing £10/20m's?
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Post by gasincider on Dec 27, 2015 10:03:39 GMT
Easy for someone sitting in his armchair to say that Topper. A bit different if you travel all the way there to be refused admission to the ground.
It should have been obvious to Rovers that with only another 100 tickets available in London that it was a shambles waiting to happen. It is obviously Wimbledons responsibility as it was their game, but we didn't need to tacitly support what anyone with an ounce of sense would know would be a mess up waiting to happen.
The answer was get all the tickets and sell only from here. If Wimbledon refused(why would they) to let us have them, recommend on our website that fans should not travel without a ticket.
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Post by gasincider on Dec 27, 2015 10:07:35 GMT
How is it Rovers fault. If you know your going buy a ticket. Simple. You couldn't buy a ticket until you got to the ground. That was the problem. There should not have been tickets available on the day. It should have been all ticket. Simples.
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Post by RetroGamer on Dec 27, 2015 10:22:34 GMT
Bit easy blaming the Rovers for this.
All they are doing is passing on the message Wimbledon sent. I'd imagine the football league would have something to say if our club started playing with Wimbledons ticket arrangements. Doing so would most likely reduce our income on return fixtures too.
The only thing the club can do is request the fixture be made all ticket which I'd imagine has been done. A quick statement from the board would clarify that.
I believe that the blame lies on Wimbledons door as it's their own organisation at fault. If anything I'd argue that the terrace was oversold. Squashed in with most gasheads having no view of several areas of the pitch. The dons stewards had no idea how to deal with that many people on the terrace either.
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Post by clearblue on Dec 27, 2015 10:57:17 GMT
Sack both boards!!
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