Good point. I've always done it like that. Simply find the right ticket when you are a couple of people away and tear out in front of the operator. Doesn't need to take any longer than not taking your book.

As someone else mentioned the stewards said to those in the queue, do not take the voucher out yourself, let the turnstile operator do it. I presented my book with the voucher sticking out to make it easier for them.

Me too. I do it religously now after the missus and me got our tickets mixed up back in 2003. She went in using mine at the penultimate game. Unfortunately she also ripped out voucher 14 or whatever. Wouldn't be so bad except it was for the last ever (proper) game at Wilderspool. Club sorted it thank god. Saved me about 25 years in prison*

*or whatever you get for murder these days.

My Guess is it makes him sick !!

But why must the operator see you do this? It doesn't mean it's your ticket. On the many occasions I've given my ticket away when I can't get the game, I give a mate the book and he uses it. So ripping the ticket in front of them out or just handing in a ticket makes no difference.

It says ADULT and JUNIOR on respective tickets, so if they can't distinguish the difference with reading it on the ticket, what difference will showing the book make where it just repeats what the ticket says.

I always rip mine out at the turnstyle, it's just a habit, but don't see the difference one way or the other and can't see the point of creating queues like they did yesterday.

Ok then, the club has said bring your season tickets. A steward told you not to take it out. People think it would be better to remove the voucher for the turnstile operator but have the booklet there (maybe even have voucher sticking out of the booklet). Rather than complain on here, make the suggestion to the club....add your name to that of those...errrr...the one that has. They aint stupid, they have a reason, if your solution will work in conjunction with clubs aims then everybody is happy.

Re closed turnstiles...I known a couple of the people who normally work turnstiles at the club have been ill recently so maybe they couldnt make it..and the club has been asking for anybody who might be interested in working on the turnstiles to contact them.

Because i believe that some of the season ticket booklets contain identical tickets but the covers are different (for Junior/students/adults).

So you already do what is asked and have done for some time, and you think it's a bad idea for other poeple to do it because it caused a queue?
Interesting logic.

How many of those people who didn't know what to do, will do at the next game to make the queue go faster?

I've always taken the full book with me since 1993, so no difference for me. I ripped my own ticket out and handed it over, no problems there either.

The season ticket book doesn't say anything about not ripping out your own ticket. It just says about presenting the correct voucher and having the voucher book. So stewards walking up and down the line, you were wrong.

To replace the current turnstiles with credit card style season tickets, bar coded tickets, automatic turnstiles costs around what a Myler or Atkins cost, maybe even more. To recoup the investment would take ages, it might be something they look at if the stadium is ever expanded.

The last paragraph is what I've been saying for ages, maybe some would prefer that.

I agree with you (Looks like we're in the minority though but hey, this is still a free country). The word Petty springs to my mind.

Respect your fans Warrington.

People were not told to do what I did, they were told to leave the ticket/book intact by the stewards going down the line. I never said it was a good or bad idea, I just think it's pointless, especially as people were queing for 20 mins, something I don't remember doing in all the time at the HJ. You either have a junior ticket or an adult ticket, a South stand ticket or one for the other stands. If the operators can't tell what it's supposed to be from the ticket, then the book will be no use either.

Anyway, the next time that I give my ticket to somebody when I can't use it I'll give them the book too. Fraud stopped yeah.....

Im sure many people will "lend" there tickets to mates if they cant make it. Whilst the club may not like this, without introducing ID card there is not a lot they can do...BUT...there are people who sell single tickets to other people and by telling people to bring their tickets they may be able to do something about this.

This weekend was the first time the club had "enforced" this and Im sure that the process will get better as the glitches are ironed out.

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Your very trusting,what a £200+season ticket in somebodey elses hands other than yours..

Only people I know and trust mate.

Why should it matter who goes on a adult season ticket that has been purchased?

If it's to stop none juniors using junior tickets why not introduce wolfpack cards with a picture?

The best thing would be for the club to bring themselves into the 21st century and have season ticket swipe cards as they do at Wigan and Widnes.
For one of the games last year we had to exchange a voucher might have been the playoff game, anyway they said you had to had your book over, however the ques were that long someone came round asking us to take our tickets out the book. I hate queing

Paul

i walked out the pub at 10 to 3 and straight in the west stand no problem at all. apart from having to get through the huge line of people trying to get into the south stand!

Oh

On a different note, did anyone hear Casual Des complaining about the queuing on GMR. Does he still post on here under a different name.

I would rather have the credit card style ticketing than Richie Myler.

So the problem with the new system wasn't the system itself it was the people who turned up late.

Here we go again. I can't believe that comment. Call yourself a Warrington fan. Have you ever considered that Myler is positioning himself on the pitch and playing where Smith wants him to? If Smith wasn't happy with him on Sunday, then he would have taken him off, after all that's what he did with Briers.

Here we go again someone has an opinion that you don't agree with so you question whether they are a 'true' fan.

Would we have won the game without Briers on the pitch and just Myler?

TBH...it was both. In a few weeks time people turning up at the times they did wont be a problem as bugs in the system are likley to have been ironed out. This week the volume of people turning up "late" (ie..near kick-off) only made the teething problems worse.