Just has an email from City regarding non - NFC phones and they are now saying that there will be specific ticketing stewards ( grey bibs) and they are asking us with non - NFC phones to approach these stewards,give them your supporter number and they will generate a barcode and then scan you through the turnstiles.
Make of it what you will, as they couldn't help me for the Spurs match, and just let me past them and into the ground, mentioning that my attendance would not be registered.
( My entrance is at X/Y so the new turnstiles are not open yet, it's still being done by a steward with a hand held scanner ).