33 replies to this topic

[Wendall]

If Crusaders wnat to attract fans then they need to allow fans to pay on on the day at the turnstiles.

Listened to radio manchester before and hundreds of Salford fans were turned away because they could not pay on the gate and didnt have tickets.

How can a club like this expect to attract fans?

Bloody scandalous if you ask me.

[dkw]

Unless they had announced prior to the day that the game is all ticket, and theres a good reason.

[Wendall]

Unless they had announced prior to the day that the game is all ticket, and theres a good reason.

Yes but is their a need for Cru to make games all ticket when the ground is 3/4 empty!??

[Saint Billinge]

Yes but is their a need for Cru to make games all ticket when the ground is 3/4 empty!??

This requires further investigation as to why. Not a good day having travelled over.

[jannerboyuk]

Unfortunately my impression from the neath game was that the organisation hasnt really improved since the bridgend days - programme sellers outside but not inside, a badly hand written sign for the food area that a village fete would be ashamed of, no merchandise selling except after the game in a small and packed club house - but at least you could pay on the gate!
Sometimes its all about getting the basics right and done with some quality. One day maybe.

[Silvia Saint]

Its possible the stadium no longer has cash turnstiles.

[adelwire]

If Wendalls point is correct that is ridiculous. When I went to see Wire at Crusaders a lot of what Janner said is true. Our ticket experience was nearly as daft. But well done for that result today - play off possibilities?

[snapski]

hundreds? from salford?. you really sure about that?

[Padge]

If Crusaders wnat to attract fans then they need to allow fans to pay on on the day at the turnstiles.

Listened to radio manchester before and hundreds of Salford fans were turned away because they could not pay on the gate and didnt have tickets.

How can a club like this expect to attract fans?

Bloody scandalous if you ask me.

If you had listened to everything on Radio Manchester you would have heard the full story, or are you selectively reporting.

Supporters got in, but some where late, the club apologised for the problems, one woman who came on the radio was given £20 cash back. The bloke who ballsed it up is to be sacked.

The club website (according to a Salford supporter) pointed out that tickets would have to be bought from the ticket office prior to the game.

What's bloody scandalous is your pathetic attempt to hype this beyond what it is.

[Trojan]

The club website (according to a Salford supporter) pointed out that tickets would have to be bought from the ticket office prior to the game.

Sounds a bit like the Keepmoat.

[Wendall]

If you had listened to everything on Radio Manchester you would have heard the full story, or are you selectively reporting.

Supporters got in, but some where late, the club apologised for the problems, one woman who came on the radio was given £20 cash back. The bloke who ballsed it up is to be sacked.

The club website (according to a Salford supporter) pointed out that tickets would have to be bought from the ticket office prior to the game.

What's bloody scandalous is your pathetic attempt to hype this beyond what it is.

Just heard it on Radio Manchester dont shoot the messenger!

[Padge]

Just heard it on Radio Manchester dont shoot the messenger!

So you would have heard the woman that explained about the apology, the cashback and the fate of the bloke at the ticket office then?

[Dave T]

It's not really unusual to have to buy your tickets from the office nowadays before going to the turnstyles is it?

We did it at Wrexham with no issues whatsoever.

[cookey]

What is truely scandalous,is that yet again Wendall tries to inflame a situation with false,misleading and inaccurate information.Quite why Admin allow him to continually post such disgraceful posts is beyond me.

[tim2]

Bramall Lane is the same. Unmanned turnstiles so you buy the ticket beforehand and use it to open the gate

[Wendall]

I think the pc brigade on here are missing the point.

Why does a club like Crusaders who get low crowds have to make games all ticket?

Its just a barmy situation, they should have pay on the turnstiles.

[Saint Billinge]

I think the pc brigade on here are missing the point.

Why does a club like Crusaders who get low crowds have to make games all ticket?

Its just a barmy situation, they should have pay on the turnstiles.

Slightly off-topic, I recall a rugby league World Cup fixture at Widnes being ticket only. It ended up with massive queues forming outside a dimly-lit box office, where an elderly gentleman was struggling to cope. Hundreds didn't get into the ground until after kick-off.

And yes, it cannot be compared to the Crusaders situation.

[Dave T]

I think the pc brigade on here are missing the point.

Why does a club like Crusaders who get low crowds have to make games all ticket?

Its just a barmy situation, they should have pay on the turnstiles.

Plenty of grounds no longer have pay on the turnstiles, it's really no big deal.

The game isn't all ticket as such, it is simply how you get into their stadium. I found it simple as anything when I went, sorted my ticket out and then went for a few pints, wonder why these 'hundreds' of Salford fans struggled?

[gingerjon]

What is truely scandalous,is that yet again Wendall tries to inflame a situation with false,misleading and inaccurate information.Quite why Admin allow him to continually post such disgraceful posts is beyond me.

And yet if we were to put him down for the good of the board we'd be the ones in trouble.

It truly is a mad world.

[Wendall]

And yet if we were to put him down for the good of the board we'd be the ones in trouble.

It truly is a mad world.

Dont put a good man down then!

Back on topic. Its a shame that clubs like Crusaders do have this all ticket policy, when we are as a sport are struggling to attract spectators.

We are not soccer fans who need monitoring. We are RL fans who have a tradition of walking up to games on the day.