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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: roverstillidie91 on April 21, 2025, 07:05:12 pm
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Does anyone know if they're getting an advance on their allocation and if part of the away end is being opened for us rovers fans?
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I'd rather they got the full away end and we fill the other three, we'd sell more tickets and there would be a better atmosphere ( and, hopefully more Bradford fans to upset :))
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Think they have got and sold the allocation they have been given about 1,500 give or take.
If we sell tickets quickly enough then the away end will be opened to us if not it will remain empty
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Pretty sure we will end up with fans behind both goals with the way they are selling and still 5 days to go
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I’d have give them the 900 in the east stand and left the north empty or opened up for our lot! Give them no helping hand
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I’d have give them the 900 in the east stand and left the north empty or opened up for our lot! Give them no helping hand
We had both ends allocated to home fans at Belle Vue under Dave Penney on a few occasions in the Conference Days.
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We have to give minimum 10% of capacity which is what we have given and no more.
Hopefully not many if any Bradford fans in the home end hopefully we will keep them quiet
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Does anyone know if they're getting an advance on their allocation and if part of the away end is being opened for us rovers fans?
The 10% allocated is fair and within the rules … the question we should be asking is why we still can’t sell out our own stadium .
Unless we get to grips with sorting out why we can’t fill the stadium, promotion is going to get tougher as costs rise and player ambitions to play at a higher level often means loosing out where strengthening the squad is concerned . Bradford have a good following and they’ve got Leeds on their doorstep. I hope demand for tickets will prove me wrong Rtid
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Does anyone know if they're getting an advance on their allocation and if part of the away end is being opened for us rovers fans?
The 10% allocated is fair and within the rules … the question we should be asking is why we still can’t sell out our own stadium .
Unless we get to grips with sorting out why we can’t fill the stadium, promotion is going to get tougher as costs rise and player ambitions to play at a higher level often means loosing out where strengthening the squad is concerned . Bradford have a good following and they’ve got Leeds on their doorstep. I hope demand for tickets will prove me wrong Rtid
There's still blocks to be put on sale. The ticket office staff will be in from 9am. Let's see how today goes. I'd expect there to be a decent take up once the momentum gets going and word gets round it's going to be a good attendance.
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If any of the general public need reminding we could be promoted/champions on Saturday with Port Vales game kicking off at the same time as ours
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I’d have give them the 900 in the east stand and left the north empty or opened up for our lot! Give them no helping hand
We had both ends allocated to home fans at Belle Vue under Dave Penney on a few occasions in the Conference Days.
And in div 3 aswell.
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If any of the general public need reminding we could be promoted/champions on Saturday with Port Vales game kicking off at the same time as ours
Wimbledon can still catch Bradford. They won't make that easy for PV.
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Does anyone know if they're getting an advance on their allocation and if part of the away end is being opened for us rovers fans?
The 10% allocated is fair and within the rules … the question we should be asking is why we still can’t sell out our own stadium .
Unless we get to grips with sorting out why we can’t fill the stadium, promotion is going to get tougher as costs rise and player ambitions to play at a higher level often means loosing out where strengthening the squad is concerned . Bradford have a good following and they’ve got Leeds on their doorstep. I hope demand for tickets will prove me wrong Rtid
The only way the stadium will be full on the regular if we have a sustained period of top end Championship or Premier league football. There’s too many other big and successful clubs on our doorstep.
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Does anyone know if they're getting an advance on their allocation and if part of the away end is being opened for us rovers fans?
The 10% allocated is fair and within the rules … the question we should be asking is why we still can’t sell out our own stadium .
Unless we get to grips with sorting out why we can’t fill the stadium, promotion is going to get tougher as costs rise and player ambitions to play at a higher level often means loosing out where strengthening the squad is concerned . Bradford have a good following and they’ve got Leeds on their doorstep. I hope demand for tickets will prove me wrong Rtid
The only way the stadium will be full on the regular if we have a sustained period of top end Championship or Premier league football. There’s too many other big and successful clubs on our doorstep.
Impossible at the minute to go to a Leeds game. Wednesday rob their fans blind, Blades? Never known Donny to have many.
Then the rest is armchair FC Liverpool and Man Utd
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Give them the minimum, end of.
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Does anyone know if they're getting an advance on their allocation and if part of the away end is being opened for us rovers fans?
The 10% allocated is fair and within the rules … the question we should be asking is why we still can’t sell out our own stadium .
Unless we get to grips with sorting out why we can’t fill the stadium, promotion is going to get tougher as costs rise and player ambitions to play at a higher level often means loosing out where strengthening the squad is concerned . Bradford have a good following and they’ve got Leeds on their doorstep. I hope demand for tickets will prove me wrong Rtid
The only way the stadium will be full on the regular if we have a sustained period of top end Championship or Premier league football. There’s too many other big and successful clubs on our doorstep.
Impossible at the minute to go to a Leeds game. Wednesday rob their fans blind, Blades? Never known Donny to have many.
Then the rest is armchair FC Liverpool and Man Utd
I think we are seeing an emergence of Donny supporting youngsters and lower league football in general. Our away attendances this season are also testament to that.
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Tickets are selling really well for next week. It makes you wonder if it’s loads of Bradford fans infiltrating the home end. How easy would it be to beat the system and get a ticket?
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They might be one or two that can get around it (for example have mates in donny that don’t necessarily support us but have a purchase history with the club for whatever reason, although I don’t think they would be able to do this on mass
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I have had two friends who had season tickets in the early days of Keepmoat ring for tickets to be told they are not on the system so can't have tickets. I have had to get them for them.
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Some Bradford fans suggesting on their forum that they have been able to buy tickets in the home end because they have previously bout car park passes when we played them in previous games? Not sure what truth is in this?
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There were Bradford fans, on X, yesterday wanting to sell their Donny tickets after they threw away 2 points at Chesterfield!
We’ll definately have a bigger crowd than yesterday, as Bradford are taking up 1500 to start with (compared with 600 and odd Colchester tickets).
I’d guess about 11,000’ish on Saturday, as the early kick off will be a problem for some.
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There were Bradford fans, on X, yesterday wanting to sell their Donny tickets after they threw away 2 points at Chesterfield!
We’ll definately have a bigger crowd than yesterday, as Bradford are taking up 1500 to start with (compared with 600 and odd Colchester tickets).
I’d guess about 11,000’ish on Saturday, as the early kick off will be a problem for some.
With the normal home sections already sold I think we're over 10k home fans already.
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Last 2 biggest attendances were
Crewe (PO2L) 12,889 and Palace this season 12,739.
Can we edge above these?
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This must surely be a bigger game than Palace. There was massive momentum with the Crewe game.
Only 400 odd left in blocks on sale currently.
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Club decided to build it up.
https://x.com/drfc_official/status/1914727808309305550
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Quite right. Make people think they're missing out and they'll come. Think I'll be getting down early.
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less than 400 left. 50 going every 15 minutes currently.
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And it's worked as loads of tickets have gone W31 since I last looked an hour a go.
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I spoke with Tracey in the ticket office earlier today. She confirmed that Bradford would only be getting the initial allocation of 1500, but said that Rovers fans wouldn't be given tickets in the North Stand.
If tickets are going as fast as it seems, surely that decision will be reversed as the week goes on. Let's get as close to filling the ground as possible.
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Only 360 tickets left then only the north left
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Grant has issued an open letter asking for everyone to come and support, so I guess that’s a last push,….. for the North Stand….
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They've got to open the North, don't be daft DRFC. West and East sold out by midnight
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I spoke with Tracey in the ticket office earlier today. She confirmed that Bradford would only be getting the initial allocation of 1500, but said that Rovers fans wouldn't be given tickets in the North Stand.
If tickets are going as fast as it seems, surely that decision will be reversed as the week goes on. Let's get as close to filling the ground as possible.
I just don’t get why we only gave Bradford 1500. Rather send 3000 home unhappy than just 1500.
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Bradford have made facilities for Bantams fans to watch the game live at their ground and it’s already sold out.
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Bradford have made facilities for Bantams fans to watch the game live at their ground and it’s already sold out.
Hope Rovers get a cut of that!
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I spoke with Tracey in the ticket office earlier today. She confirmed that Bradford would only be getting the initial allocation of 1500, but said that Rovers fans wouldn't be given tickets in the North Stand.
If tickets are going as fast as it seems, surely that decision will be reversed as the week goes on. Let's get as close to filling the ground as possible.
I just don’t get why we only gave Bradford 1500. Rather send 3000 home unhappy than just 1500.
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We were very bitter about the measly allocation at Hull. Bradford will remember this when I hope we play them in L1.
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I spoke with Tracey in the ticket office earlier today. She confirmed that Bradford would only be getting the initial allocation of 1500, but said that Rovers fans wouldn't be given tickets in the North Stand.
If tickets are going as fast as it seems, surely that decision will be reversed as the week goes on. Let's get as close to filling the ground as possible.
I just don’t get why we only gave Bradford 1500. Rather send 3000 home unhappy than just 1500.
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We were very bitter about the measly allocation at Hull. Bradford will remember this when I hope we play them in L1.
It's us that's doing the remembering, FR. 1500 is the amount they gave us at their big stadium.
What's good for the goose, and all that.
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256 + 55 tickets currently showing left
Wonder if people are waiting to see if the north will open seems odd if not, come on rovers let’s get all 4 sides with rovers fans
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As far as I know, the North stand hasn't got any internal segregation so with the Bradford fans being in there then I doubt they'd put Rovers fans in there as well.
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As far as I know, the North stand hasn't got any internal segregation so with the Bradford fans being in there then I doubt they'd put Rovers fans in there as well.
Well it did have a year ago when we played Crewe in the playoffs!
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As far as I know, the North stand hasn't got any internal segregation so with the Bradford fans being in there then I doubt they'd put Rovers fans in there as well.
Come on Muttley. Put a pink dildo in between the fans if needed. Anything is possible.
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Past experience does suggest there could be a lot of Bradford fans in the home end- it would be good to know if extra safeguards have been put in place this time. The night when Wednesday were all over the east stand passed without incident but the stakes will be a lot higher on Saturday.
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Past experience does suggest there could be a lot of Bradford fans in the home end- it would be good to know if extra safeguards have been put in place this time. The night when Wednesday were all over the east stand passed without incident but the stakes will be a lot higher on Saturday.
I think the rules were different back then. Now it goes on purchase history and not a DN post code
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Manager sounds rattled to me.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0l5mkws
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Genuine question. What happens in the concourse of the North Stand when both sets of fans are in there?
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Genuine question. What happens in the concourse of the North Stand when both sets of fans are in there?
It has internal doors that can be shut, just like in the east stand
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Genuine question. What happens in the concourse of the North Stand when both sets of fans are in there?
Very, very long queues.
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Genuine question. What happens in the concourse of the North Stand when both sets of fans are in there?
It's like The Battle of Thermopylae
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Last 221 tickets according to the website. Surely there’s scope to open the north stand up. I mean the Crewe allocation would have been 1500 (I know they didn’t sell them all, but in theory could have) so I don’t get the difference? Unless of course the old bill have stepped in to prevent it?
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Last 221 tickets according to the website. Surely there’s scope to open the north stand up. I mean the Crewe allocation would have been 1500 (I know they didn’t sell them all, but in theory could have) so I don’t get the difference? Unless of course the old bill have stepped in to prevent it?
Seems a no brainer, get as many in as possible. But can see the potential for issues, pitch invasions etc.
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Last 221 tickets according to the website. Surely there’s scope to open the north stand up. I mean the Crewe allocation would have been 1500 (I know they didn’t sell them all, but in theory could have) so I don’t get the difference? Unless of course the old bill have stepped in to prevent it?
Seems a no brainer, get as many in as possible. But can see the potential for issues, pitch invasions etc.
That must be the worry, but it feels a waste when we’ve restricted their allocation to not take full advantage of it. You would think there is surely an option to open up another of the blocks in the east stand?
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What I don't get is why they don't give them the 1500 in the south/east corner and give rovers the allocation behind both goals. We should be looking at doing this next yr in L1 aswell.
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What I don't get is why they don't give them the 1500 in the south/east corner and give rovers the allocation behind both goals. We should be looking at doing this next yr in L1 aswell.
I would imagine there’s a couple of safety reasons why this isn’t possible, but it would also give them more tickets as they would have blocks in the east and half the north this way round, rather than just half the north. How it was done against Crewe and many years back against crystal palace in the free game promotion is the perfect way to do it
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What I don't get is why they don't give them the 1500 in the south/east corner and give rovers the allocation behind both goals. We should be looking at doing this next yr in L1 aswell.
You're suggesting we put away fans in the Family Stand?
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What I don't get is why they don't give them the 1500 in the south/east corner and give rovers the allocation behind both goals. We should be looking at doing this next yr in L1 aswell.
You're suggesting we put away fans in the Family Stand?
He’s obviously got his north and south poles mixed up
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What I don't get is why they don't give them the 1500 in the south/east corner and give rovers the allocation behind both goals. We should be looking at doing this next yr in L1 aswell.
You're suggesting we put away fans in the Family Stand?
Sorry pal, North East. Also no doubt it would need some work. But mainly to give us the area behind both goals. I went to Leeds v Swansea a few weeks ago and the away fans are that sort of area, tucked up out the way. There are times when it would give us an advantage having fans behind both goals, on penalties for instance. Even in general play, I always think we prefer playing towards South stand, like our fans pull the ball in to the goal at times....could have that at both ends.
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What I don't get is why they don't give them the 1500 in the south/east corner and give rovers the allocation behind both goals. We should be looking at doing this next yr in L1 aswell.
You're suggesting we put away fans in the Family Stand?
Sorry pal, North East. Also no doubt it would need some work. But mainly to give us the area behind both goals. I went to Leeds v Swansea a few weeks ago and the away fans are that sort of area, tucked up out the way. There are times when it would give us an advantage having fans behind both goals, on penalties for instance. Even in general play, I always think we prefer playing towards South stand, like our fans pull the ball in to the goal at times....could have that at both ends.
I was thinking about this though, I wonder what the stats are when we kick to the south first half Vs second? Certainly feels like we actually play better going south first. Our biggest two home wins this year have come that way.
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What I don't get is why they don't give them the 1500 in the south/east corner and give rovers the allocation behind both goals. We should be looking at doing this next yr in L1 aswell.
You're suggesting we put away fans in the Family Stand?
Sorry pal, North East. Also no doubt it would need some work. But mainly to give us the area behind both goals. I went to Leeds v Swansea a few weeks ago and the away fans are that sort of area, tucked up out the way. There are times when it would give us an advantage having fans behind both goals, on penalties for instance. Even in general play, I always think we prefer playing towards South stand, like our fans pull the ball in to the goal at times....could have that at both ends.
Problem is, I can only think of 3 occasions in the stadium’s lifetime when home fans have been in the north (the free palace game, the donnybob challenge against Swansea and last season against Crewe). The upheaval probably isn’t justified
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No seats currently available in the West. Only 150 left in the East.
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Wonder if we will open any more blocks in the east up? I would hazard a guess we could easily sell another 500, at least.
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What I don't get is why they don't give them the 1500 in the south/east corner and give rovers the allocation behind both goals. We should be looking at doing this next yr in L1 aswell.
You're suggesting we put away fans in the Family Stand?
Sorry pal, North East. Also no doubt it would need some work. But mainly to give us the area behind both goals. I went to Leeds v Swansea a few weeks ago and the away fans are that sort of area, tucked up out the way. There are times when it would give us an advantage having fans behind both goals, on penalties for instance. Even in general play, I always think we prefer playing towards South stand, like our fans pull the ball in to the goal at times....could have that at both ends.
Problem is, I can only think of 3 occasions in the stadium’s lifetime when home fans have been in the north (the free palace game, the donnybob challenge against Swansea and last season against Crewe). The upheaval probably isn’t justified
Closing some doors is t at upheaval.
The crewe jpt game had home fans in the north aswell.
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What I don't get is why they don't give them the 1500 in the south/east corner and give rovers the allocation behind both goals. We should be looking at doing this next yr in L1 aswell.
You're suggesting we put away fans in the Family Stand?
Sorry pal, North East. Also no doubt it would need some work. But mainly to give us the area behind both goals. I went to Leeds v Swansea a few weeks ago and the away fans are that sort of area, tucked up out the way. There are times when it would give us an advantage having fans behind both goals, on penalties for instance. Even in general play, I always think we prefer playing towards South stand, like our fans pull the ball in to the goal at times....could have that at both ends.
Problem is, I can only think of 3 occasions in the stadium’s lifetime when home fans have been in the north (the free palace game, the donnybob challenge against Swansea and last season against Crewe). The upheaval probably isn’t justified
Closing some doors is t at upheaval.
The crewe jpt game had home fans in the north aswell.
Yeah, but the original post was suggesting we move away fans from their current area on a permanent basis. Should really have read the posts
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Wonder if we will open any more blocks in the east up? I would hazard a guess we could easily sell another 500, at least.
E1 and E46 to go on sale at some point. And the top half of W32. These blocks and the rest of E2 will have to sell out before the north stand is opened up for home fans
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What I don't get is why they don't give them the 1500 in the south/east corner and give rovers the allocation behind both goals. We should be looking at doing this next yr in L1 aswell.
You're suggesting we put away fans in the Family Stand?
Sorry pal, North East. Also no doubt it would need some work. But mainly to give us the area behind both goals. I went to Leeds v Swansea a few weeks ago and the away fans are that sort of area, tucked up out the way. There are times when it would give us an advantage having fans behind both goals, on penalties for instance. Even in general play, I always think we prefer playing towards South stand, like our fans pull the ball in to the goal at times....could have that at both ends.
Problem is, I can only think of 3 occasions in the stadium’s lifetime when home fans have been in the north (the free palace game, the donnybob challenge against Swansea and last season against Crewe). The upheaval probably isn’t justified
Closing some doors is t at upheaval.
The crewe jpt game had home fans in the north aswell.
Yeah, but the original post was suggesting we move away fans from their current area on a permanent basis. Should really have read the posts
Yeah, fair enough.
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Grant has issued an open letter asking for everyone to come and support, so I guess that’s a last push,….. for the North Stand….
My first thoughts were, great, really pushing sales but then thought it's wasted on me as I've got my season ticket....but then of course the club doesn't know for sure I'll be there.
So guess this is more aimed at season members and trying to reduce pre paid seats being left empty.
The more I think about this, I think it's unlikely we'll open the North to home fans. Given the potential for it to get volatile it's probably a sensible move. It's taken sometime for these last few seats to shift, so probs fair to say the most regular Rovers fans have already got their place.
Guess we'll hear more soon.
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I'd think the possibility of problems would be at a minimum, given the hard-core of Rovers support is at the other end of the stadium.
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Grant has issued an open letter asking for everyone to come and support, so I guess that’s a last push,….. for the North Stand….
My first thoughts were, great, really pushing sales but then thought it's wasted on me as I've got my season ticket....but then of course the club doesn't know for sure I'll be there.
So guess this is more aimed at season members and trying to reduce pre paid seats being left empty.
The more I think about this, I think it's unlikely we'll open the North to home fans. Given the potential for it to get volatile it's probably a sensible move. It's taken sometime for these last few seats to shift, so probs fair to say the most regular Rovers fans have already got their place.
Guess we'll hear more soon.
if everyone shared on Facebook and general social media but like you said we have had tickets for sale in the last block on the east stand for which I've purchased 4 in but has really slowed since the blocks in the west and east was released.
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If you can only get a ticket with a purchase history, then you should get the same email. I got it too, not a ST holder but I already bought tickets some weeks ago..
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Grant has issued an open letter asking for everyone to come and support, so I guess that’s a last push,….. for the North Stand….
Well I'm bringing a +1 with me and my brother is bringing +2, so we're doing our bit to answer Grant's rallying cry.
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Grant has issued an open letter asking for everyone to come and support, so I guess that’s a last push,….. for the North Stand….
My first thoughts were, great, really pushing sales but then thought it's wasted on me as I've got my season ticket....but then of course the club doesn't know for sure I'll be there.
So guess this is more aimed at season members and trying to reduce pre paid seats being left empty.
The more I think about this, I think it's unlikely we'll open the North to home fans. Given the potential for it to get volatile it's probably a sensible move. It's taken sometime for these last few seats to shift, so probs fair to say the most regular Rovers fans have already got their place.
Guess we'll hear more soon.
if everyone shared on Facebook and general social media but like you said we have had tickets for sale in the last block on the east stand for which I've purchased 4 in but has really slowed since the blocks in the west and east was released.
I would hardly say it’s really slowed. A lot of people will only have purchased after mondays result. So it’s only been a day after that game to effectively sell the stadium out to home fans
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What I don't get is why they don't give them the 1500 in the south/east corner and give rovers the allocation behind both goals. We should be looking at doing this next yr in L1 aswell.
You're suggesting we put away fans in the Family Stand?
Sorry pal, North East. Also no doubt it would need some work. But mainly to give us the area behind both goals. I went to Leeds v Swansea a few weeks ago and the away fans are that sort of area, tucked up out the way. There are times when it would give us an advantage having fans behind both goals, on penalties for instance. Even in general play, I always think we prefer playing towards South stand, like our fans pull the ball in to the goal at times....could have that at both ends.
I was thinking about this though, I wonder what the stats are when we kick to the south first half Vs second? Certainly feels like we actually play better going south first. Our biggest two home wins this year have come that way.
My lad said before the game that they think they are disadvantaging us by turning us around but we will just potentially play better in the first half and it will be game over at half time. The rest as they say, is history.
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I'm sure I read on DRFC official tje North stand will NOT be open for home fans
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I’ve been told by someone who works at the ground that the safety officer will not allow home fans in the North Stand.Apparently Bradford will have the central blocks. Makes no sense restricting there numbers.
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We can go right up to the corners on both sides I guess giving home fans around another 1k that we would usually not have because of segregation
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I’ve been told by someone who works at the ground that the safety officer will not allow home fans in the North Stand.Apparently Bradford will have the central blocks. Makes no sense restricting there numbers.
Some considerations you may have overlooked. With a full away end, and it being a local ish derby and it being a very important game, and it being bradfords last away game,there would be a need to have Police inside the ground . At a cost to the club . Police outside are not paid for by DRFC . The extra ticket sales may not balance out the cost to have cops in the ground. Then there are the extra stewards and concourse staff required. Wendies and dingles both at home also at 3pm.
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I’ve been told by someone who works at the ground that the safety officer will not allow home fans in the North Stand.Apparently Bradford will have the central blocks. Makes no sense restricting there numbers.
Some considerations you may have overlooked. With a full away end, and it being a local ish derby and it being a very important game, and it being bradfords last away game,there would be a need to have Police inside the ground . At a cost to the club . Police outside are not paid for by DRFC . The extra ticket sales may not balance out the cost to have cops in the ground. Then there are the extra stewards and concourse staff required. Wendies and dingles both at home also at 3pm.
But the main consideration of this thread extending is that the away end is only half full. Bradford have sold approximately 1500 tickets in a stand that holds 3334. That's alot of seats to not sell to either set of fans!
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You have missed my point. Having a full
Away end would increase costs to the club which perhaps they are not willing to do. Or maybe SYP simply cannot provide enough cops to facilitate the safe housing of a full away end ? Safety officers cannot just allow a full capacity ground to happen without many considerations . If rovers were to win and PV lose on sat then there would be a full scale pitch invasion, for sure. With a full away end of disgruntled Bradford fans ? Recipe for trouble . All these things have to be factored in .i suspect there will be a number of factors why away fan numbers have been limited . And shithousery by DRFC (as has been suggested on the Bradford forum) isn’t one of them.
And lastly, and maybe most significantly, there is a scenario on Sat where Bradford and rovers could both secure promotion . Imagine a full away end and full home sides in raptures.a perfect storm for stewarding/ policing . It would end in chaos as there is a minority that would use it as an excuse for disorder. Limiting away fans for this game and keeping home fans out of the north stand is perfectly justified, reasonable and necessary.
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I'd be very sirprised if there aren't double the number of stewards in front of South Stand
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I'd be very sirprised if there aren't double the number of stewards in front of South Stand
It would be a good idea to prevent fans invading the pitch during the game, which some might fancy trying if we were to score a late winner.
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There may be good reason for not opening up the north stand to home fans. Reasons we are not party to.
However….in my opinion cost (of stewarding/policing) should not be one of them.
This is the sort of ‘mega’ game that arises very infrequently and the club should facilitate the opportunity for as many of our fans to see it as possible. This sort of game is the perfect vehicle for growing our fan base.
The only other thing I would add is that in similar circumstances I don’t see other clubs limiting ticket sales. I do wonder if we are a little too cautious and a little too apt to take the path of least resistance rather than pulling out all the stops to make things happen.
Again though we are not party to the decision making so I might be completely wrong!
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It'll be the same as it was for the play off game last season. Rovers fans round the north east corner and into the north stand.
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You have missed my point. Having a full
Away end would increase costs to the club which perhaps they are not willing to do. Or maybe SYP simply cannot provide enough cops to facilitate the safe housing of a full away end ? Safety officers cannot just allow a full capacity ground to happen without many considerations . If rovers were to win and PV lose on sat then there would be a full scale pitch invasion, for sure. With a full away end of disgruntled Bradford fans ? Recipe for trouble . All these things have to be factored in .i suspect there will be a number of factors why away fan numbers have been limited . And shithousery by DRFC (as has been suggested on the Bradford forum) isn’t one of them.
And lastly, and maybe most significantly, there is a scenario on Sat where Bradford and rovers could both secure promotion . Imagine a full away end and full home sides in raptures.a perfect storm for stewarding/ policing . It would end in chaos as there is a minority that would use it as an excuse for disorder. Limiting away fans for this game and keeping home fans out of the north stand is perfectly justified, reasonable and necessary.
Both teams only get promoted on Sat if Bradford win, and Walsall lose.
I can’t see folks hanging around until 5pm to find out..
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You have missed my point. Having a full
Away end would increase costs to the club which perhaps they are not willing to do. Or maybe SYP simply cannot provide enough cops to facilitate the safe housing of a full away end ? Safety officers cannot just allow a full capacity ground to happen without many considerations . If rovers were to win and PV lose on sat then there would be a full scale pitch invasion, for sure. With a full away end of disgruntled Bradford fans ? Recipe for trouble . All these things have to be factored in .i suspect there will be a number of factors why away fan numbers have been limited . And shithousery by DRFC (as has been suggested on the Bradford forum) isn’t one of them.
And lastly, and maybe most significantly, there is a scenario on Sat where Bradford and rovers could both secure promotion . Imagine a full away end and full home sides in raptures.a perfect storm for stewarding/ policing . It would end in chaos as there is a minority that would use it as an excuse for disorder. Limiting away fans for this game and keeping home fans out of the north stand is perfectly justified, reasonable and necessary.
Sadly because a few people can’t behave themselves these are very good points.
However I don’t see restrictions for FA Cup Finals,Champions League Semi Finals andFinals World Cup semi and finals. We have many big games this time of year, grounds are for filling, why don’t we do just that? And stop trying to sanitise everything. .
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There may be good reason for not opening up the north stand to home fans. Reasons we are not party to.
However….in my opinion cost (of stewarding/policing) should not be one of them.
This is the sort of ‘mega’ game that arises very infrequently and the club should facilitate the opportunity for as many of our fans to see it as possible. This sort of game is the perfect vehicle for growing our fan base.
The only other thing I would add is that in similar circumstances I don’t see other clubs limiting ticket sales. I do wonder if we are a little too cautious and a little too apt to take the path of least resistance rather than pulling out all the stops to make things happen.
Again though we are not party to the decision making so I might be completely wrong!
If the Shadow could raise these legitimate concerns during the close season and feedback that would be appreciated.
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If, as suggested, the safety officer is saying no then the question should be….‘ok what do we need to do to make you say yes’?
The precedent has been set. This has been done previously and recently.
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There may be good reason for not opening up the north stand to home fans. Reasons we are not party to.
However….in my opinion cost (of stewarding/policing) should not be one of them.
This is the sort of ‘mega’ game that arises very infrequently and the club should facilitate the opportunity for as many of our fans to see it as possible. This sort of game is the perfect vehicle for growing our fan base.
The only other thing I would add is that in similar circumstances I don’t see other clubs limiting ticket sales. I do wonder if we are a little too cautious and a little too apt to take the path of least resistance rather than pulling out all the stops to make things happen.
Again though we are not party to the decision making so I might be completely wrong!
Perhaps it is nothing more complicated than the club may be planning to significantly increase the strength of stewarding at the Black Bank end and are unable to do that and call upon sufficient additional stewards to adequately staff a North stand filled with both home and away fans. In which case the fans are paying a penalty for the irresponsibility of fans a year previous.
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Can’t see there is a shortage of stewards, Barnsley are at home to the mighty Shrewsbury and Rotherham don’t even play.
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What I don't get is why they don't give them the 1500 in the south/east corner and give rovers the allocation behind both goals. We should be looking at doing this next yr in L1 aswell.
You're suggesting we put away fans in the Family Stand?
Sorry pal, North East. Also no doubt it would need some work. But mainly to give us the area behind both goals. I went to Leeds v Swansea a few weeks ago and the away fans are that sort of area, tucked up out the way. There are times when it would give us an advantage having fans behind both goals, on penalties for instance. Even in general play, I always think we prefer playing towards South stand, like our fans pull the ball in to the goal at times....could have that at both ends.
Problem is, I can only think of 3 occasions in the stadium’s lifetime when home fans have been in the north (the free palace game, the donnybob challenge against Swansea and last season against Crewe). The upheaval probably isn’t justified
Notts County at home towards the end of the title winning season 2012/13, CC. The strange thing is that the Rovers fans were seated at the opposite side of the stand to where they were last season against Crewe.
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Can’t see there is a shortage of stewards, Barnsley are at home to the mighty Shrewsbury and Rotherham don’t even play.
Wendies at home to
Pompey