Me personally? When I was still at sea I'm not sure they existed. I'm retired now but I don't like my newly acquired free time being dictated to. I like to go to somewhere warm in bad weather and if the club sells my seat they make at least £40 on it after they've paid me back.
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Statement from fan groups ahead of new season
- Thread starter Ric
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Me personally? When I was still at sea I'm not sure they existed. I'm retired now but I don't like my newly acquired free time being dictated to. I like to go to somewhere warm in bad weather and if the club sells my seat they make at least £40 on it after they've paid me back.
Tim of the Oak
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Top post mateFor 42 years I was in the merchant navy. Before the jobs dried up deep sea it meant being away from the UK for up to eight months a year, with leave in-between. When home on leave I got to every game I could. We weren't great back then so getting into games home and away was doable and I did so. When those jobs dried up I ended up working on cross channel ferries in Dover in 1987. This was a week on week off basis. I bought a season ticket then even though due to my shift patterns I missed a lot of games and it cost me more having one. This was the days before seat exchange etcetera. The club were happy to take my money whether I turned up or not. Obviously we were a different financial animal back then.
Anyway I've digressed slightly. The point is many people have jobs where their shift patterns will mean they can't personally attend games. They keep their season ticket because they want to be amongst friends and families when they can attend. Only a fool wouldn't put it on the seat exchange or pass it to family or a friend if they can't attend. What's the problem with that?? The club will often make more money by selling it for more than the season ticket holder paid for it. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever for this ten game ruling except to get rid of season ticket holders who could fall foul of it.
dannybcity
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Why couldn’t you have a flexi gold season card and if your life circumstances changes and you attend 16/19 home league games in a season it converts into a standard gold season card?
There's no guarantee that will happen every season.
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Alienating the soul of the club. It will bite them in the arse one day when things aren't so rosy and there will be nothing left. Shameful really.For 42 years I was in the merchant navy. Before the jobs dried up deep sea it meant being away from the UK for up to eight months a year, with leave in-between. When home on leave I got to every game I could. We weren't great back then so getting into games home and away was doable and I did so. When those jobs dried up I ended up working on cross channel ferries in Dover in 1987. This was a week on week off basis. I bought a season ticket then even though due to my shift patterns I missed a lot of games and it cost me more having one. This was the days before seat exchange etcetera. The club were happy to take my money whether I turned up or not. Obviously we were a different financial animal back then.
Anyway I've digressed slightly. The point is many people have jobs where their shift patterns will mean they can't personally attend games. They keep their season ticket because they want to be amongst friends and families when they can attend. Only a fool wouldn't put it on the seat exchange or pass it to family or a friend if they can't attend. What's the problem with that?? The club will often make more money by selling it for more than the season ticket holder paid for it. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever for this ten game ruling except to get rid of season ticket holders who could fall foul of it.
Alienating the soul of the club. It will bite them in the arse one day when things aren't so rosy and there will be nothing left. Shameful really.
The hard core who prevailed throughout the dark years are sadly dying off. We are still there week in week out but our numbers get thinner every season. We do have a younger element coming through but it appears the club value tourists more. It's a dangerous policy as they will melt away if we go a few seasons without a trophy.
Tim of the Oak
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I was chatting to a mate this morning who went to see the LA Lakers in January with 10 work colleagues. His ten work colleagues who had Apple phones got in no problem. He had an Android phone and despite being very tech savvy he could t get in and had to queue. Up to set it in a portacabin. Clearly, some of the faults with NFC adoption are known in the sporting industry.