Foreveram Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 Time to start a thread for the new season. Matlock Town tickets,8th of July 3pm. Tickets only available from Matlock Town. Premier ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggerB Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 21 minutes ago, Foreveram said: Time to start a thread for the new season. Matlock Town tickets,8th of July 3pm. Tickets only available from Matlock Town. Pay on the gate, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 6 minutes ago, DiggerB said: Pay on the gate, surely? Probably not unless they need to, if I was to guess. This type of game sets them up financially for the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadAmster Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 Reading have announced they have moved away fans to the South West Upper. That way they skirt EFL regs whereby they have to charge away fans the same as home fans when in the same part of a stand. They will now be charging visiting fans more... Twenty is plenty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted May 20, 2023 Author Share Posted May 20, 2023 32 minutes ago, DiggerB said: Pay on the gate, surely? I would think that is most likely, I have never in many visits there prepaid. DiggerB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 28 minutes ago, MadAmster said: Reading have announced they have moved away fans to the South West Upper. That way they skirt EFL regs whereby they have to charge away fans the same as home fans when in the same part of a stand. They will now be charging visiting fans more... Twenty is plenty... Well our fixture is bound to be on a Tuesday night ! I can only see Oxford being a big game for them at home so a high price for the average 500 away fans in this league is optimistic I would suggest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 That was a faff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 2 hours ago, MadAmster said: Reading have announced they have moved away fans to the South West Upper. That way they skirt EFL regs whereby they have to charge away fans the same as home fans when in the same part of a stand. They will now be charging visiting fans more... Twenty is plenty... I’m not sure that will be the case. According to EFL rules visiting fans can only be charged the same as “accommodation that is ranked as comparable or inferior to that used by supporters of the home club or next highest ranked accommodation…..” According to EFL rules again, corners are ranked the lowest. Therefore, I reckon we shouldn’t be charge more than either their lowest prices or, at worst, the same as behind the touch line (the next rank up from the corners). I reckon they have just done it in order to move visiting supporters to an area of the ground with a slightly poorer view and so that they can put home fans behind both goals. Same as we did when visiting fans were moved out of the South Stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, Tamworthram said: I’m not sure that will be the case. According to EFL rules visiting fans can only be charged the same as “accommodation that is ranked as comparable or inferior to that used by supporters of the home club or next highest ranked accommodation…..” According to EFL rules again, corners are ranked the lowest. Therefore, I reckon we shouldn’t be charge more than either their lowest prices or, at worst, the same as behind the touch line (the next rank up from the corners). I reckon they have just done it in order to move visiting supporters to an area of the ground with a slightly poorer view and so that they can put home fans behind both goals. Same as we did when visiting fans were moved out of the South Stand. As they’ll probably get even less fans than they already did, it’s probably to push them together and pay for less stewards, if I was being cynical. Tamworthram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B4ev6is Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 2 hours ago, MadAmster said: Reading have announced they have moved away fans to the South West Upper. That way they skirt EFL regs whereby they have to charge away fans the same as home fans when in the same part of a stand. They will now be charging visiting fans more... Twenty is plenty... That is were you are wrong if they offering cheaper tickets to home fans they have to do the same for away fans as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 11 minutes ago, Srg said: As they’ll probably get even less fans than they already did, it’s probably to push them together and pay for less stewards, if I was being cynical. Makes sense and not cynical IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 15 minutes ago, Tamworthram said: According to EFL rules again, corners are ranked the lowest. That can't be right... our stadium prices are lowest behind each goal, with corners being more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 Just now, Carnero said: That can't be right... our stadium prices are lowest behind each goal, with corners being more expensive. Sorry. My bad. It just says “taking regard of” and corners is the last thing listed to consider. (That’ll teach me to read it properly). So we may be charged the same as home supporters in the other corners or possibly the same as along as along the sides. In any event, I still think their primary driver for the change is to tuck away fans into the corner rather than to just charge them more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadAmster Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 On 20/05/2023 at 13:42, B4ev6is said: That is were you are wrong if they offering cheaper tickets to home fans they have to do the same for away fans as well. comparable seating in the same stand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 3 hours ago, MadAmster said: comparable seating in the same stand... I think you're half right (assuming I've got it right this time 😀). I can't see any mention of "same stand". (See rule 35.3.8). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadAmster Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Tamworthram said: I think you're half right (assuming I've got it right this time 😀). I can't see any mention of "same stand". (See rule 35.3.8). My info came from Reading fans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 29 minutes ago, MadAmster said: My info came from Reading fans... Perhaps Reading fans are as much ITK as we like to think we are 😀. Might be worth keeping an eye on as I can’t see any specific mention of which stand you’re in. 35.3.8 No Club shall charge higher admission prices for visiting supporters for accommodation that is ranked as comparable with or inferior to that used by supporters of the Home Club in the same or next highest ranked accommodation. For the purposes of this Regulation, accommodation shall be allocated a ranking as indicated by the table below (where 1 represents the best available and 6 the lowest) having regard to the following criteria: (a) Covered seating; (b) Uncovered seating; (c) Covered terracing; (d) Uncovered terracing; (e) Behind the touchline; (f) Behind the goal line; and (g) In the corners of the stadium (i.e. behind both the touchline and the goal line). Note, there is a table as well but this didn’t copy and paste very well. MadAmster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Poynton ram Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 Where are we likely to get the biggest away allocations next season? Bolton, Wigan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarterForTen Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 24 minutes ago, Poynton ram said: Where are we likely to get the biggest away allocations next season? Bolton, Wigan? Wembley, for the Papa Johns Final. 45,000!! SKRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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