therams69 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Morning all As promised on twitter and facebook if you follow said I would put something out re South Stand v Leicester. First off no panic guys! Wednesday morning Sam Rush took the time to call me regarding the Leicester game and why we had to move from the South Stand. So fair play straight away for that. Club statement advised police request. Yes the police have made a request to Derby County to move fans. This is only a request to the club and not something that can be forced. Clearly the club have to take on board views and opinions from the police. Some of which I was not happy with and can be disputed and if I didn't know the below it would be something I would be arguing against. Also spoke to the ticket office manager and Leicester are expected to be bringing more than what the 2100 allocation is currently setup for so its kind of a game that we had to prepare to move for anyway despite Leicester in recent years having not actually brought that many fans to Pride Park. Can only assume because 3rd game of season and they've won both etc so on a bit of a high at the minute. So Leicester expected to bring quite a few. I would urge and advise all fans affected that are in Blocks D and E and lower B and C to move to the SW Corner. This is practically an empty area and due to low season ticket sales was always the planned place to move to for such games. I would not worry about not being able to be sat together as everyone still will be. If you wish to relocate to other areas of the stadium you will have to pay between £1 and £9.50 to upgrade, as agreed at the time of sale with your season ticket. If there is an over spill the club will accommodate you without charge I am sure. I know its a shame we have to move but end of the day South Standers will still all be together and to be honest quite looking forward to going up in the SW Corner. It will be full and noisy! Drum has its place and will probably be used for the second half again. Hope this clarifies a few points for you. Simply call the ticket office or pop down and you will be issued with a new paper ticket. Thanks Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Ta Nick. So Lester are getting a bigger ticket allocation then? More than 2100? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therams69 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 Correct hun. They've sold around 1000 already and have not gone on sale to their ST holders yet so I would expect so. Combined with the police advise decision made. Not ideal but if it was just police advise I would have disputed it and will continue to dispute it should it occur again. PPS is no different to any other stadium in terms of separating supporters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therams69 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 Aim for blocks G and H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scarlet Pimpernel Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Makes sense. Should be a good atmosphere up there looking down (in every way) on Leicester! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammieib Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Nick - Out of interest picking up on your last line there about PPS being no different to any other - A lot of other grounds have very minimum seperation in the stadium between home and away fans - often a barrier and a line of stewards. DCFC/Police seem to be very top heavy with the amount of protection they employ between the two fans? I don't know how the concourses are set up and whether this influences the decision but based on the first game - it would appear they can fit 3000 away fans in the upper/lower and if they are asking you to be moved, despite the 6-10 seat gap of netting, it seems over the top. Considering there was only 21,000 in the ground, I thought it made a huge difference having the supporters behind the goal. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny_19DCFC Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Will we be automatically issued a new ticket if we need to move or do we have to call the ticket office still? I assume we only need to call if we have a specific request as you mentioned above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therams69 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 Will we be automatically issued a new ticket if we need to move or do we have to call the ticket office still? I assume we only need to call if we have a specific request as you mentioned above Everyone in affected areas has to make contact with the ticket office either via in person or phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therams69 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 Nick - Out of interest picking up on your last line there about PPS being no different to any other - A lot of other grounds have very minimum seperation in the stadium between home and away fans - often a barrier and a line of stewards. DCFC/Police seem to be very top heavy with the amount of protection they employ between the two fans? I don't know how the concourses are set up and whether this influences the decision but based on the first game - it would appear they can fit 3000 away fans in the upper/lower and if they are asking you to be moved, despite the 6-10 seat gap of netting, it seems over the top. Considering there was only 21,000 in the ground, I thought it made a huge difference having the supporters behind the goal. Thanks Agree they do but this is something the club and police were all aware of when the SS was agreed and it disappoints me that this would ever be a reason for relocation. I think the major is the exiting from the stadium than anything. Cannot really go into too much detail on it but yeah thats one of the reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny_19DCFC Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Everyone in affected areas has to make contact with the ticket office either via in person or phone. I didn't realise that - thanks for clearing that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 I didn't realise that - thanks for clearing that up. And what happens if they don't - the statement on the club website doesn't say anything about particular blocks being affected - that is secret info that I've only read in your post here. How do we know if we are affected or not? It's absolutely rubbish that the club are putting the onus on the fans to organise the move. What a joke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 And what happens if they don't - the statement on the club website doesn't say anything about particular blocks being affected - that is secret info that I've only read in your post here. How do we know if we are affected or not? It's absolutely rubbish that the club are putting the onus on the fans to organise the move. What a joke! I'm guessing its the seats between the two sets of netting - the bit that was empty last year where the flags went. I'm also figuring the police got twitchy after some fans on the way out got a bit lairy on Sunday. I saw a couple get nicked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therams69 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 And what happens if they don't - the statement on the club website doesn't say anything about particular blocks being affected - that is secret info that I've only read in your post here. How do we know if we are affected or not? It's absolutely rubbish that the club are putting the onus on the fans to organise the move. What a joke! Yes I will advise club something needs to be reissued exactly what blocks. Was always going to be the case as some fans may wish to move to another area and pay. Or be at the back or front etc... If club has reissued you automatically far too many would be complaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Willems Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Tickets sorted in block G for 5 of us, bring it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Willems Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Sorry for double post, Nick, quick suggestion for future games, I think they should remember the seat you relocated to for this match and have an option to just automatically reissue the same seats to save time and hassle. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therams69 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 Good idea but I think a bit late now! LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Willems Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 It's not too late though is it? Next time we have to move seats, the club just say "Ok, we'll automatically reissue the same seat you moved to against Leicester, unless you specifically ask us not to" Would save 2,000 people ringing up / going to the ground every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therams69 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 I will suggest but by all accounts many have already moved.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 It's not too late though is it? Next time we have to move seats, the club just say "Ok, we'll automatically reissue the same seat you moved to against Leicester, unless you specifically ask us not to" Would save 2,000 people ringing up / going to the ground every time. 10p a minute to call the club - how much will the club make off the phone calls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Willems Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Not for this game Nick I mean for next time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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