That ran out of beer too by 4.00.

Doubtful that more than 500 paid on the day , no ques at the ticket office , a few neutrals like me , vast majority bought from RFL and the clubs

Having just the one point of sale in the west stand seems a bit poor , even the LSV has 2 , and they are twice the size of the one in the west stand , do the SDL fans not drink and eat when they visit , or is it a ' policy to not let them get too drunk

Sounds like I was lucky, but I arrived at 3:30pm and parked on a side street literally 50 yards or so from the stadium!

Spongey quoted above that he was told to expect 9k, and the crowd was over 11k, so there could easily have been more paying on the day.

As for the West Stand, I believe there are two kiosks, although not sure whether they both serve beer, which may have been an issue (or both open, I didn't go). I suppose the issue is that for 90% of games, the West Stand has only a few hundred in there.

Spongey is not a 'he', and she works very hard and probably not only had to cope with a shortage of food and drink but also staff who had been upset by unnecessary abuse from a minority of 'fans'.

Apologies, for some reason it is a natural assumption.