As mentioned above, not my experience at Bury.To be honest i think most clubs stop their ticketing operarion about 20 minutes into a game, he'd have had the same issue at most grounds. Stewards just not set up to answer the question of 'how can I buy an admission ticket' posed by a randomer at half time.
Sure but i said most clubs.As mentioned above, not my experience at Bury.
Are you surprised, we couldn’t organise a piss up in a brewery.My son came around the house for his tea tonight. He works evenings and weekends so it is hard for him to get to many games. He was telling me that he tried to get into last night’s game.He finished work early so he thought he would get to the Ricoh for the second half. Having parked up he got to the stadium and looked for a turnstile to pay on. There wasn’t one open. There were loads of stewards outside as the doors were open for the half time smokers so he asked where he could pay to get in for the second half. They were less than helpful. Basically he just couldn’t get in. The ticket office was closed, they wouldn’t take his cash (he had the correct money) to pass on to the club later and they wouldn’t let him just wander in with the smokers at the end of half time. I don’t know if their is a club official on reception during the game and he didn’t think to go and see. However you would have thought if this was an option a steward would have pointed him that way.
I know that the amount of people wanting late admission would be minimal but surely there should be a procedure for those who arrive late to be able to get in. A few years ago I was delayed on the way to an away game at Bury. I arrived at half time and had no problem buying a ticket and getting in. Problems at the Ricoh may be due to the fact the club turns up on a match day and has no permenant base there and has no control of the stewarding either. It’s a shame though that someone trying to give them money was turned away. Annoying as me and son number 1 were sitting in the stadium oblivious to son number 2 being outside. I wish he had called me as I would have come down to have a word with the stewards and appeal to their better nature.
Many years ago that's what used to happen at Highfield Road. I had a couple of mates at school who never had any money, they would arrive outside at half time and wait for the gates to open about five minutes after the restart.They should just open the gates at half time for waifs and strays to come in.
We did tell him he didn’t miss much!As it transpires the stewards did him a favour. The second half was not worth watching.
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