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I think it’s more likely to be a number than a %. So say it’s 400ish per game. That’s obviously a far bigger % when it’s Brentford than it is when it’s most other places.

When they showed him on the big screen at Wembley before ko, that was the first time I’d ever seen him. I wasn’t surprised by his appearance…

I think a chunk might have been taken by some of those who got an away game of their choice after they oversold Fulham, so possibly a slightly lower %, but still far too high it would seem. They really need to improve the transparency on how away tickets are distributed.

Starting to get a bit ‘Judean People’s Front / People’s Front of Judea’

Apparently the West Ham fans had to have a passport matching the name on the ticket to get in tonight.

Clearly

I’m making assumptions here, but I think the number of people who regularly attend, that would face significant challenges with digital ticketing, has to to be a very small percentage. Small enough that any club should be able to work with them individually to find a solution. They’ll be plenty more who will moan and feel put out by it, but ultimately can adapt easily enough, however begrudgingly, and they’ll just have to get on with it.

Ultimately, yes, technology has always been the answer. Will be more tricky to implement for away tickets though, as you’re dependent on the home stadium having compatible technology. You would think it wouldn’t be a problem across the major teams (although I say that without any knowledge of whether different ‘types’ of QR codes/NFT’s or whatever are easily scannable across different software?). Would seem a lot more problematic if and when we play smaller teams. Should at least make the touting of home tickets harder though.

Appreciate, like introducing any new, they’ll be a degree of trepidation from some, but people will get used to it (possibly after some teething troubles to start) as it really doesn’t take much, even for the least tech-savvy. It’s definitely the direction of travel for future ticketing. I’d be amazed if every club in the country getting 20k+ gates isn’t near the enough digital-only within 5 years (for home games at least).

How can they do that? Surely any card only scans once per game, so there’s only one person going in per card?

https://www.eticketing.co.uk/safc/Common/CustomPage/Index/3?irgwc=1&utm_source=10078-Skimbit Ltd.&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=10078&awtrc=&clickId=RUE3HRTcMxyNWEARd41LUV%3AJUkAUcxzQbQB4y00&camefrom=CFC_BUYAT_10078&ircid=7559

Needs to avoid 5 yellows in the last 10 games or it’s a 3 game ban

Be interesting to see how the digital ticket thing goes. Feels like a fairly inevitable outcome for us at some point. Will obviously be met with some resistance, particularly in the East Stand you would have thought, but there really can’t be that many match goers who don’t have even the most basic of smartphones.

Still don’t think it beats Bew Camp

Much obliged

Anyone got the Brent/Gareth “go and get the green and gold scarves image”?

Or asking why he’s seeing Ibrahimovic on a list of transfer targets

Do June and July count? Bit of a pisstake if they do.

Brighton’s fixture congestion starting to look pretty bad now.

Agree on the Leeds match last season. That was probably as close as I can remember to an ‘old school’ away day as are often recounted. Horrendous overcrowding getting in, piss-poor ‘facilities’, a tense, raucous away end and a fairly poor game, settled by a scruffy goal.

Just a heads up that the 14/15th October is international break, so there definitely wouldn’t be a match that weekend.

Says “several months” in the article. *it also happens to mention that Wilson is “battling a niggling injury”

As far as I’m aware they’re stuck where they are on the advice/order of the local Safety Advisory Group (SAG), rather than any decision by the club.

I do agree with this wholeheartedly. Having been to the odd game around Europe, it does feel like the rest of the stadium just sits and watches the ‘Ultras’ bounce up and down. Which is nothing compared to SJP (or other British stadiums) when we get an occasion where the whole place takes off. Having said that, still massively in favour of a large standing section, doesn’t necessarily have to be about Ultras being in there.