6 minutes ago, Mike Graham said:

The Club tell me they have just reached 16k home fans.

Will they be opening the extra seats in W01? Would look good completely full.

Away fans are in opposite side of DE so no issues with segregation 

41 minutes ago, Rogerb said:

Better get there early with one digital hub the queue is likely to be out the door. I wonder if the drink and snack offer will still be available on match day.

How will the digital hub solve my problem of not having a suitable phone or printer?

There would need to be some kind of 'wow factor' to significantly increase ST sales. 

Sadly it isn't going to happen anytime soon, however I do applaud any attempt of trying.

3 minutes ago, Miller11 said:

Basically those who CAN’T print or use a smartphone rather than those who don’t want to.

I assume if you turn up on matchday without a suitable phone you'll be fine then. 

49 minutes ago, Miller11 said:

Perhaps most importantly they stated that they would not refuse anyone a ticket as a result of the changes. There will be exceptions where a paper ticket will be provided - but it’s an exception rather than an option

 

Thanks for your post and obvious effort to help supporters beat these needless obstacles.

Did they give examples of what the exceptions might be? 

Are the Trust still taking the club to task on this, or are they happy with the latest statement regarding Cambridge tickets?

Across this forum, Facebook comments etc I'm yet to see any positive comments about it, yet the club continue to ignore the fan base.

Plenty of tickets still available (albeit mainly in the Riverside).

Possible for the JW lower corner to be opened if the rest of the stand became v. close to selling out but that would be it, if indeed they bothered atall.

12 minutes ago, Rogerb said:

Meanwhile Cambridge have had a second block of tickets released for sale.

Away tickets always get sent to the away club in batches, according to expected demand. So nothing new there.

Another flaw to the club's argument making out this is the first time they have done that.

1 hour ago, arbitro said:

Good find.

Staunch habits????? What an arrogant thing to say about life long supporters.

He sounds like another corporate blagger.

 

What a patronising bag of wind he is.

Where the hell do we find them?!

I think a common theme on here is numerous people have contacted various people within the club (me included) about this, but they are not prepared to budge.

Tells you all you need to know about this club. 

4 minutes ago, arbitro said:

I have been trading emails with Fraser Read and the upshot is that there will be no compromise from the club. I sent him a link to this thread as what I believe to be a representation from the fans but no climb down.

I'm really disappointed by the club's obstinate stand and absolute failure to listen to supporters.

A thread on here won't cut it.

They just treat it as a load of people whinging.

The more people that refuse to go, the better. 

18 hours ago, Mike Graham said:

A massive communications improvement:

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2023/december/20/additional-support-ahead-of-digital-day/

The ‘technical issue’ between the Rovers and Cambridge systems is that CUFC are not with Ticketmaster.

Never heard anything so ridiculous.

If they'd listened properly then they'd have scrapped it.

As well as the away tickets, how many non-digital freebies will be printed I wonder!

It takes the gloss off the great initiative of having a fans' takeover day by creating a barrier for people to attend the Cambridge game.

2 hours ago, only2garners said:

 

We are making representations direct to management outside the meeting structure though.

I'm told the Supporters Trust are too.

The more groups and individuals that contact the club to complain about this ridiculous idea, the better.

19 hours ago, simongarnerisgod said:

could this "digital day " be the brainchild of the idiot marketing moron fraser reid

He's certainly involved, he was cc'd into a reply I received regarding this.

In a nutshell, they fully intend to turn people away if they refuse to buy online. 

Needless to say they've lost at least one tenner from me and subsequent concourse purchases etc.

On 20/09/2023 at 05:27, Oldgregg86 said:

Wouldn’t it be great and a big two fingers to waggott if we all got tickets in the JW lower and at 7.40 everyone just stepped over the fence and walked round to the bburn end and sat in there . Take our end back. If a few hundred did it I don’t think they could or would do anything 💪

Also, if the club get wind that this could potentially happen it will result in more stewarding costs (because they will want to stop it) and therefore may be worth their while to do a U-turn on closing the BBE 😉

On 20/09/2023 at 05:27, Oldgregg86 said:

Wouldn’t it be great and a big two fingers to waggott if we all got tickets in the JW lower and at 7.40 everyone just stepped over the fence and walked round to the bburn end and sat in there . Take our end back. If a few hundred did it I don’t think they could or would do anything 💪

Fans at some clubs probably would do, but as we know Rovers fans in general just sit and accept.

13 hours ago, 1864roverite said:

Not one anti waggot chant from Ewood tonight 

Yep, such a passive fan base.

We've seen cost cutting measures before, firstly with the closing of the Darwen End and then the Riverside for cup games.

But now to only offer 1 stand is just plain ridiculous.

If Waggott is that intent on penny pinching then he could have allowed the Blackburn End to stay open but instead close 2 out of the 4 sections of the JW stand. That stand operates as 4 seperate areas so could have easily been condensed. That way fans would still have had a choice between a side view or behind the goal.

The clowns that run our club never cease to amaze me.

On 06/08/2023 at 15:32, levi said:

I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this but could questions be asked about sorting the bar out at the next fans forum?

The amount of time it takes to get a pint is pathetic...i usually go int the family stand too so god knows what it's like in other stands with more people there

@only2garnerscould you also add that in the JW lower (Darwen End half) the old betting kiosks are left empty when they could be utilised as bottle bars (I believe they do this in the Blackburn End). There is only 1 kiosk in the JW lower that serves alcohol and the queues are ridiculous. There's another kiosk that does food only and that copes quite well. So can they either reintroduce alcohol in there or make use of the old betting kiosks with bottles?

Thanks. 

On 20/07/2023 at 16:18, unsall said:

Changed to what?

Just been back in...

Brixton

Old Peculiar

Cruzcampo 

Perhaps the 8,500 includes freebies & actual sales stand at the 8.2k ish mark. Just a guess.

5 minutes ago, goozburger said:

So around 8,500? That makes me feel slightly better about my estimate. 😄The press releases saying "around 8,000" must be out of date. Strange.

Yes he said around 7k + 1.5k after the increase.

4 minutes ago, M_B said:

To be fair, I hadn't really thought of it from Leeds' point of view until I heard that discussion. 

It's their way of protecting their own fans from being fleeced, which we all know would definitely happen. 

I remember in the Kean days going to Leeds and paying nearly £40. This is nothing new from them.

He will reciprocate, but at the £45 😂

Hopefully Leeds fans get charged that everywhere they go & make it known to their club how p*ssed off they are. Maybe then they'd revise it properly.

No Rovers fan should end up paying that.

Members will get the discount and like last season I would imagine ST holders will be able to buy a discounted ticket for a friend (although he didn't confirm the latter).

He also confirmed that around 7k ST's were sold at the lower price & around 1.5k since.

I asked does increasing the price not prove that sales will take a hit? He said he wanted to keep it at the lower price for as long as possible but the owners were pushing for the increase as soon as possible (budgets). He said it's the highest total since he's been here & is hoping for 10k in total!