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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2014 20:29:30 GMT
So, on your own basis of argument, why are you not offering to pay for me to join the fan club? You must be not very loyal because £15 is very little and it does go to fund ground improvements. Incidentally, can I count the money I raised towards the building of the ground as my 'loyalty' money. That should allow me 26 years of fan club membership. Please explain to me why steve cragg goes to lots of games but is not loyal because he hasn't paid £15 to join the fan club yet someone who has joined the fan club and not been is loyal. As you boil it down to payment, who has paid more? I didn't comment on the loyalty of anyone. I've just stated that the club has set out the rules for purchasing tickets. If u can't follow these then you won't get a ticket it's not rocket science. Why should I pay for yr membership? On the point of loyalty if I wish to discuss this in detail I'll be in the Springfield end on Tuesday  I've done more that enough for the club in the past but that exactly what it is the past . They need the support now and in the future 'I didn't comment on the loyalty of anyone' A strange comment to make when you said 'The £15 goes to the club to fund improvements so why would any loyal fan oppose to that!'. Effectively you have said myself, steve cragg and any others who haven't paid to join the fan club to get ticket priority. I have stated that when I turned up on a Sunday morning at 9-45am I had been told to do that. If you don't pay for my membership then surely you are, by your own words, not loyal. As such, I won't need to discuss anything in the Springfield End. You need to have the discussion with yourself. I am not going on Tuesday anyway. |
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Post by Norfolk steve on Nov 15, 2014 20:29:30 GMT
Really disappointed I didn't get a ticket, and surprisingly there were many more I spoke to who were in the same boat. With a crowd of 1423 & guessing that half already had tickets, I mistakenly thought there would be no trouble getting one. Agree totally about the member scheme & shouldn't have took the chance, but surely with today's numbers, tickets couldn't have been sold on a one per person basis? Anyone know about returns from Stevenage, otherwise I will have to bring me ladder to the riverside? |
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Post by Norfolk steve on Nov 15, 2014 20:30:01 GMT
Really disappointed I didn't get a ticket, and surprisingly there were many more I spoke to who were in the same boat. With a crowd of 1423 & guessing that half already had tickets, I mistakenly thought there would be no trouble getting one. Agree totally about the member scheme & shouldn't have took the chance, but surely with today's numbers, tickets couldn't have been sold on a one per person basis? Anyone know about returns from Stevenage, otherwise I will have to bring me ladder to the riverside? |
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Post by smoky on Nov 15, 2014 20:33:51 GMT
'I didn't comment on the loyalty of anyone' A strange comment to make when you said 'The £15 goes to the club to fund improvements so why would any loyal fan oppose to that!'. Effectively you have said myself, steve cragg and any others who haven't paid to join the fan club to get ticket priority. I have stated that when I turned up on a Sunday morning at 9-45am I had been told to do that. If you don't pay for my membership then surely you are, by your own words, not loyal. As such, I won't need to discuss anything in the Springfield End. You need to have the discussion with yourself. I am not going on Tuesday anyway. If you were loyal you would be there on Tuesday . |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2014 20:44:18 GMT
Let's be honest, the fundamental problem at the moment is that the ground isn't big enough for the current level of support for a game of this magnitude, which is causing the current problems. And whether you've supported the club five minutes or five years, if you haven't got a ticket then you are gonna feel pretty pissed off for any number of reasons.
As someone who has supported the club for nearly fifteen years, it seems being loyal over all those years counts for very little these days. I am great believer in loyalty schemes for away/big games, as after all, if you go week in, week out to the league games against the bottom teams etc, then surely you deserve a chance to enjoy the big games. However at the moment, you have as much as getting a ticket as someone who hasn't been all season, which is a travesty. I was stood next to someone at the Play Off Final a couple of years ago who said it was their first game of the season. Now if I had been going most of the year and not got a ticket, then I'd have been pretty hacked off!
If we want to play Devil's Advocate, if we happen to win the replay and play Wrexham, and somehow manage to win, are you going to say the 200-300 who would go to Wrexham (which is all it will be) don't deserve first dibs for the 3rd Round?
On the Supporters Club, it is blatant profiteering by the Club, which seems to be the sole motivator these days. The ticket sales today were another case in point, as you had to effectively pay £20 to get a ticket for the Stevenage game, as they were only on-sale within the ground. Whilst it could be argued it is rewarding 'proper' supporters, the club gave people little option if they wanted to guarantee a ticket.
All I would say to those who are not happy, there is only one way to show the Club, and that is to consider taking your money elsewhere. After all, the golden rule in business is to look after your customers, otherwise you'll come unstuck fast...
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Post by smoky on Nov 15, 2014 20:47:41 GMT
It was tongue in cheek .
The whole ticket issue gets on my tits tbh. The club has made the rules . If u want a ticket then abide by the rules.
I personally think they have got it right if the one ticket per person rule is enforced. The majority of fan members I'm guessing are regulars. You can't just expect a ticket if you went to Sevenoaks away 10 years ago
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2014 20:52:33 GMT
So, Nigel, please explain why it was OK to sell more than one ticket at a time? It was clearly stated that it would be one ticket per person and these, as you say, were the clearly stated rules. As that appears to have happened again it appears the likes of Steve Cragg have lost out because clearly stated rules were not followed. I am not including myself here because I made no attempt to get a ticket. Anyway, I have understood the point about loyalty. No bother. You ll have to ask the club. Nothing to do with me. Sorry, I thought you were making an official comment. My mistake. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2014 20:52:58 GMT
Where are all these people wanting tickets at ksc & Robert dyers cup games in middle of winter when it's about minus 3 and the attendance is about 250-300 people
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2014 20:54:01 GMT
On the Supporters Club, it is blatant profiteering by the Club, which seems to be the sole motivator these days. The ticket sales today were another case in point, as you had to effectively pay £20 to get a ticket for the Stevenage game, as they were only on-sale within the ground. Whilst it could be argued it is rewarding 'proper' supporters, the club gave people little option if they wanted to guarantee a ticket. I think you're just plain wrong. Having complained the ground isn't big enough, you go on to accuse the club of profiteering when they have said every penny from the cup run will go towards expanding the stadium and solving the capacity problem. Unless you have a few million in your back pocket, the money has to come from somewhere. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2014 20:54:02 GMT
If you were loyal you would be there on Tuesday . I don't disagree, Smoky. My loyalty has become somewhat the same as my fundraising. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2014 20:56:07 GMT
You ll have to ask the club. Nothing to do with me. Sorry, I thought you were making an official comment. My mistake.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2014 20:57:17 GMT
I dont understand all this chat about not getting a ticket. Just pay 15 quid and join the supporters club at the start of the season and surprise surprise you wont miss out on tickets anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2014 20:58:19 GMT
If you want to get really picky with loyalty then surely you would travel anywhere to try and get a ticket for Thursday??? Wink wink nudge nudge, Stevenage have a couple of hundred left over...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2014 20:59:04 GMT
On the Supporters Club, it is blatant profiteering by the Club, which seems to be the sole motivator these days. The ticket sales today were another case in point, as you had to effectively pay £20 to get a ticket for the Stevenage game, as they were only on-sale within the ground. Whilst it could be argued it is rewarding 'proper' supporters, the club gave people little option if they wanted to guarantee a ticket. I think you're just plain wrong. Having complained the ground isn't big enough, you go on to accuse the club of profiteering when they have said every penny from the cup run will go towards expanding the stadium and solving the capacity problem. Unless you have a few million in your back pocket, the money has to come from somewhere. I don't disagree with the fact that the money has to come from somewhere, Aylesford. it becomes all the more baffling that I was not allowed to buy two of the Stevenage away tickets despite standing there with the money twice. As I understand it from a poster on here there were 22 unsold. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2014 21:02:06 GMT
I dont understand all this chat about not getting a ticket. Just pay 15 quid and join the supporters club at the start of the season and surprise surprise you wont miss out on tickets anymore. Here we go again. Why do people who go all the time have to pay another £15 to ensure that a glory hunter doesn't get a ticket and they miss out? |
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