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Empty seats

Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:16 am

How have we got so many empty seats, there were hundreds in the family stand, and in the corner by the canton stand and all the way across the grand stand, this is the PL and there are empty seats I don't understand this, we have waited so long to be here and should be bursting at the seams.

Re: Empty seats

Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:39 am

People in the bar, kids on the playstations, others who couldn't make the game and didn't pass their tickets on.

Re: Empty seats

Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:21 am

Most clubs work on ten% of season ticket holders unable to attend game by game (not the same ten% obviously) usually in most cases people will pass on their tickets, but not always the case. :old:

Re: Empty seats

Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:25 am

At last,someone else on my wave length.Simple.The stadium is to big.

Re: Empty seats

Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:32 am

Why not concentrate on the game!! Who cares what time people like to leave, perhaps its just as simple as to avoid the traffic.....

Re: Empty seats

Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:41 am

Lawnmower wrote:People in the bar, kids on the playstations, others who couldn't make the game and didn't pass their tickets on.


Tim, apparently over 800 fans never turned up yesterday who were season ticket holders, the other 3 matches less than 50 on each.

Re: Empty seats

Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:47 am

Forever Blue wrote:
Lawnmower wrote:People in the bar, kids on the playstations, others who couldn't make the game and didn't pass their tickets on.


Tim, apparently over 800 fans never turned up yesterday who were season ticket holders, the other 3 matches less than 50 on each.



One of them was on one of my tickets. the shame.

Pity is it was a kids ticket, so i couldn't really offer it out. Who'd want to let their kid sit in the middle of a group of blokes they didn't know, and thought you needed Gold/silver membership to upgrade it to an adult, so having to go through the club etc..

However I found out whilst queuing outside that the club weren't bothering with this in the last couple of days before the game.

I wonder how many of the 800 were kids ticket, where people couldn't upgrade them for their mates. maybe this policy needs a rethink ?

Re: Empty seats

Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:49 am

Lawnmower wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
Lawnmower wrote:People in the bar, kids on the playstations, others who couldn't make the game and didn't pass their tickets on.


Tim, apparently over 800 fans never turned up yesterday who were season ticket holders, the other 3 matches less than 50 on each.



One of them was on one of my tickets. the shame.

Pity is it was a kids ticket, so i couldn't really offer it out. Who'd want to let their kid sit in the middle of a group of blokes they didn't know, and thought you needed Gold/silver membership to upgrade it to an adult, so having to go through the club etc..

However I found out whilst queuing outside that the club weren't bothering with this in the last couple of days before the game.

I wonder how many of the 800 were kids ticket, where people couldn't upgrade them for their mates. maybe this policy needs a rethink ?



Family stand/Grandstand and one of the new corners,where most empty seats were Tim.

Re: Empty seats

Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:53 am

Lawnmower wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
Lawnmower wrote:People in the bar, kids on the playstations, others who couldn't make the game and didn't pass their tickets on.


Tim, apparently over 800 fans never turned up yesterday who were season ticket holders, the other 3 matches less than 50 on each.



One of them was on one of my tickets. the shame.

Pity is it was a kids ticket, so i couldn't really offer it out. Who'd want to let their kid sit in the middle of a group of blokes they didn't know, and thought you needed Gold/silver membership to upgrade it to an adult, so having to go through the club etc..

However I found out whilst queuing outside that the club weren't bothering with this in the last couple of days before the game.

I wonder how many of the 800 were kids ticket, where people couldn't upgrade them for their mates. maybe this policy needs a rethink ?

Tim, I agree with you and the policy of not being able to upgrade children tickets for certain games needs a rethink.

Re: Empty seats

Sun Oct 06, 2013 12:25 pm

Daft thing the family stand rule. My youngest daughter is away on a school trip (again !) for the jacks game so I have a spare kids ticket. I would have upgraded her ticket for my mrs but no way am I going to pay for a gold membership and I know they are gone anyway..... So there will be a spare seat !

Re: Empty seats

Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:12 pm

Two empty seats by me, one was away playing golf in Portugal, and my Brawd who was down his Caravan.

Re: Empty seats

Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:15 pm

welshflinty wrote:At last,someone else on my wave length.Simple.The stadium is to big.

As was said they are all season ticket holders, so not a case that the ground is to big.

Re: Empty seats

Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:29 pm

Forever Blue wrote:
Lawnmower wrote:People in the bar, kids on the playstations, others who couldn't make the game and didn't pass their tickets on.


Tim, apparently over 800 fans never turned up yesterday who were season ticket holders, the other 3 matches less than 50 on each.


Traffic was bad yesterday. It took me 20 minutes more than normal to get home, then the taxi was late through the traffic and then delayed on the way to the stadium. The result was that I missed the first half hour of the game. I'm sure some will go and watch it in a pub rather than miss anything, but I like the atmosphere as well.

Re: Empty seats

Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:32 pm

Forever Blue wrote:
Lawnmower wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
Lawnmower wrote:People in the bar, kids on the playstations, others who couldn't make the game and didn't pass their tickets on.


Tim, apparently over 800 fans never turned up yesterday who were season ticket holders, the other 3 matches less than 50 on each.



One of them was on one of my tickets. the shame.

Pity is it was a kids ticket, so i couldn't really offer it out. Who'd want to let their kid sit in the middle of a group of blokes they didn't know, and thought you needed Gold/silver membership to upgrade it to an adult, so having to go through the club etc..

However I found out whilst queuing outside that the club weren't bothering with this in the last couple of days before the game.

I wonder how many of the 800 were kids ticket, where people couldn't upgrade them for their mates. maybe this policy needs a rethink ?


Me and my dad have got STs on the corner of the Canton and Grandstand. There were quite a few empty seats in the new bit in the corner. None for the Tottenham game.


Family stand/Grandstand and one of the new corners,where most empty seats were Tim.