Or the club issuing warnings and bans from purchasing for causing this situation (providing they can be identified of course), although i dare say they’ll say you need to see the home teams stewards to try to resolve first.
I was in the Huddersfield end and I have to say their facilities, concourse and food/bar were very good. Was served within 5 minutes. Amstel, Huddersfield's own ale on tap, strongbow dark fruits, clean toilets, warm concourse, plenty of TVs at a good height.I was on the 10:17 train from Darlington to Huddersfield. Unfortunately it decided not to stop at Huddersfield and after its Dewsbury stop went straight on to Manchester. So I had to get off at Dewsbury and get a taxi into Huddersfield. It was the same situation going back as well.
Then there is the concourse....
When is a concourse not a concourse?
When it is outside.
Thank heavens it didn't rain.
How a relative new and modern stadium can have facilities like this is mind boggling.
Queueing up at half time for a drink was an experience and not a particularly pleasant one.
Then there was the teams performance.....
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..but this game was sold out to the regulars before it got to the "day trippers" wasn't it?
Some day trippers are ‘regulars’ by using other peoples SC’s which adds to the problem sadly.
The concourse is way too small for the away fans. Looks like they have given more of that ends concourse to the home fans,(despite being smaller in number).
Unfortunately, it is one of the prices of having a points system, it can make a few people become ‘entitled’ and ‘more worthy’
Don't agree - you get far more demand for games that are closer to hand especially for those wanting a "social" day out. They will organise buses and mini buses and make a full day of it. They get tickets off mates - not for the points but for the pints.
Would you not get that if it was all gold card holders with away tickets?
I didn’t say they did it for the points though rob, it has a knock on effect however, as, by using non attending boro fans SC tickets, it builds up their points totals of these non attending members and continues to allow the non members to keep going to the well allowing them an advantage over casual SC holders who like me can only get to a smaller number of away games. At the end of the season any priority games, some non travellers may have significant points without attending and can if they so wished use their points accrued by others use to their advantage if they so wish. Personally, I view anyone using the SC for a purpose unintended by the club and can ultimately work against legitimate SC holders as a season goes on. It can and does put some people at an unfair advantage as well as the rest at a potential disadvantage.
Like I said I have no problem rewarding loyalty if the scheme were fair, my post above shows examples of how the current scheme is open to abuse, it can and sometimes does benefit a non SC holder and the same SC holder, a win win for them, less so the casual away travelling SC holder.
Is it “for a purpose unintended by the club” though? Not only does the club not seek to prevent it, it actively facilitates it by giving the ability to allocate another’s points, allowing purchase of a ticket at another concession status etc.
After the Huddersfield game it better not be that "he fuc*ing loves Paddy Mcnair"
Agreed it was a little odd, I was anticipating a very upbeat away crowd.
