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It looks quirkily good with the badge and manufacturers logo in the centre. I already have an order for two this morning 🤣🤣

I was told last Friday that there is a glitch in the system and it should be fixed by the start of the season. The worry is if it isn't it will only be three weeks before we play Burnley (away tickets are normally on sale three weeks before) and the club have said loyalty points will be the main criteria for tickets.

You are correct. Tom Finn told me that after a friendly against Chievo. He said we would lose money as there was a circa 5k gate and we had to pay Chievo for their appearance.

Probably the wrong thread (perhaps a thread should be started on people leaving) but I have been told Fraser Read is leaving. For the uninitiated his job title is Head of Consumer. He might be remembered by some for the Digital Day fiasco.

I'm assuming they have already lodged millions to cover the payment of the tax bill last year (£3.5m from memory) and another reported £11m put in during Q3 last year.

I envisage an Adam Wharton situation if the court case on August 20th doesn't rule in the Punatics favour whereby we are desperate for cash and and a club knows we are desperate and get Szmodics on the cheap. But the reality is that there isn't anyone left after that of any value. It's all so predictable.

With it being referenced in the Customer Charter and not happening it should be a one-sided conversation. Although I'm not a shareholder I understand from people that are that there haven't been any Shareholder Meetings since covid.I Anyone would think they have something to hide. 😉

The first bit indicates to me that they haven't yet agreed a venue for under 21 home games. I know that the County Ground at Leyland was costing £2k per game and that was a few years ago. Once again I suspect it's to drive down costs but there is a shortage of grounds locally whose facilities are suitable. The email is contradictory and I keep my eyes on the terms and conditions to see if that part of it is changed.

I got the following back after querying it. The t&c's for 24/25 season tickets clearly states that the season ticket doesn't include under 21 games. It seems to me that someone has been updated the t&c's and changed it without any consultation. Tony, I hope you are well – Steve has asked me to come back to you on your query. The terms and conditions shouldn’t have changed from previous years and I will work to get them reverted as soon as possible. We are still awaiting confirmation on this position from the host venue but we are very much hoping to be able to welcome season ticket holders to U21s league fixtures free of charge for this coming season. I apologise if this has caused distress and thanks for raising it, Fraser

Thanks Mike. It was strange that it referred specifically to 23/24 season. Will WATR be taking this up with the club and hopefully resurrect the Consultation Meetings?

I was checking for something on the Rovers Customer Charter and came across the item below. Can anybody confirm that these took place? I'm assuming the hastily convened meeting at Brockhall in January doesn't count as one. During the 2023-24 season, the club will be creating a new Supporter Consultation group to discuss strategic matters. This will consist of members of We Are The Rovers (Supporter Trust) and other supporter groups and key stakeholders. Meetings will be held at least bi-annually with members of the Board and Senior Management Team in attendance. We Are The Rovers (Supporter Trust) will invite members and fellow supporter groups to attend and manage attendance at the meeting.

And it appears the basic membership package get you the same number of loyalty points as the premium one.

There were many occasions when law was not applied so to single out the most trivial one was bewildering and in truth didn't show refereeing in a good light.

I honestly don't think anyone was aware until he told Tyjon to go off and allowed Saadi to come back on. The irony was that had the games been in their original one hour format it would have been perfectly legal. It was just a pedantic referee who decided to strictly enforce the law whilst clearly disregarding other aspects.

Which in itself is contrary to law as the substitution had taken place. It was ridiculous from the officials and petty beyond belief. I don't think anybody had even thought of the fact he had made a brief first half appearance and for a few minutes confusion reigned. I was sat close to the Technical Areas and the Accrington officials were as perplexed as everyone else and really didn't look bothered.

I seem to remember it was specifically for painting/repairing the underside of the stands where paint has flaked off and is in a state of disrepair. I was told that it has been put out to tender and three prices have been quoted but in typical Punekar fashion nothing has been done yet.

I don't know because it's so ambiguous. I have written to Waggott asking him why this has changed.

I read the company biography and I actually know the guy who seems to be the owner. He is originally from Darwen and lived close by to me when we were young and used to travel on the old Ribblesdale coaches with a lot of other Darreners. I can vouch for fact his love of Rovers is sincere. I actually worked at ICI with him where he was an Instruments Engineer but from memory he emigrated to America in the late 70's and has clearly been successful. I don't know the size of Dakota Biotech and hadn't seen anything about the interest in buying Rovers.

That is how it appears. The £30 early bird saving will be swallowed up by watching Rovers under 21's. I have emailed Waggott for an explanation for something which on the face of it seems underhanded. The new clause in the t&c's reads: A 2024/25 Season Ticket entitles you admission to all regular Men's first-team Championship League matches played at Ewood Park throughout the 2024/25 season. This does not include any of our Under 21's or Women's first-team matches, any Men's first-team friendlies, cup competitions or play-off matches.

Nothing has been scheduled but the Stockport friendly isn't certain to go ahead as we drew them in the League Cup which will be played on August 13th. My guess is that both Rovers and Stockport are looking for an alternative fixture but it's getting a but late now to arrange one.

I got mine too - thanks for them. I will add them to my collection of Rovers pin badges.

I was with a crowd of friends in the Bee Hole End after the Longside was closed to Rovers fans because it was full. That was well before kick off. There were lots of Rovers fans around the ground evidenced by the celebrations after each goal. It was easy then because there was no ticket requirement, pretty much every turnstile was cash.

I noticed that the other week. They sneaked it in without telling anybody which is about par for the course down there. The only thing I can think of is that if the new loyalty points system will include under 21 games and at Leyland there is no recording electronically so tickets would have to be bought in advance by season ticket holders. And occasionally some of the games are played the Academy. That's me having a wild guess though but once again the lack of communication is appalling.

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/july/04/ticket-news--accrington-stanley-v-rovers/ Tickets are available on the day.