does anyone know if the likely hood that the swipe cards will appear for the Batley game on 22/3 and will they be delivered to our home address or will we have to pick up at the tkt office?

This is a very explosive and unreasonable question! You will be castigated for it!

Not really, it is a direct question, that gets to the heart of what the original poster wants to know. He hasn't tried to put any words in anybodies mouth, so castigation is the last thing he'll get.

Anyway. An e-mail arrived from the ticket people about half an hour ago. The cards should be in our hands, and available to be picked up next Friday morning without fail (or else action will be taken).

Anouncement to be made in due course.

Do for me. I'm sure the Ticket Office will be on top of it anyroad with a contingency plan in place if needs be.

Hurrah!

"Please note that supporters should purchase all required tickets in a single transaction to ensure all required seats are together. Unreserved standing tickets also available.

When purchasing tickets for the west stand please specify which side of the stand you wish to sit as once you enter the stadium you cannot pass the tunnel area as it is a sterile area which cannot be accessed."

Quote from LSV site and, hopefully, a straightforward question!

Does this mean that this match has reserved seating for the West Stand? How will this affect swipe card holders who wish to sit next to each other?

As I see it, it’s unreserved seating but once you decide to go in, say the South Turnstile/End of the West stand, you can’t change your mind and go to the North End of the West stand as you will not be allowed past the tunnel.

If you want to sit with your mates, you need to go in together or make prior arrangements.

The LSV request for people to buy tickets in batches seems to imply reserved seating, especially as only standing tickets are said to be for unreserved seating but we await guidance.

I think that's so that you and your mates get tickets for the same section of the West stand.

Ah yes.....could be?

Nope, no reserved seating. That was a mistake on LSV's part.

Thank you

what was the mistake?

Supporters have been passing from one side of the West stand to the other without any intervention from the stewards at every home game up to now. Hopefully this will continue

Just going to say that. It looks like a little walkway has been made just above the tunnel.

It would be good to be reassured that the 'walkway' above the tunnel is not part of the 'sterile area' and that fans can continue to walk across above the tunnel.

It won't continue forever, as what people are actually walking accross is the press box area, which is currently out of action due to a cock up when the electric sockets were installed.

why would fans need to walk across it when theres exits on both sides of the tunnel area?

I presume that people want to sit closer to the try line that Leigh are attacking.Therefore one half you would sit in the south side of stand & in the 2nd half you would walk across the "walkway" & sit in the north side of main stand.Simple is it not.but I bet your bottom dollar that this simple practise that's doing no harm will be stopped

why do you not do as wayne is sugesting walk through one exit near tunnel and go in through the other entrance on the other side of tunnel simple

..... because there is no direct access underneath the stand between the two exits. If you want to transfer between the North West and South West corners this is the only way to go since the stewards stopped people walking past the tunnel.

Vy yu nt mak uup yur miind sit here only now movey abut a bit ar yu neevr happy mein gott!

I noticed this at the weekend and suddenly Freds words of it being condemmed came to me. Who ever put those in is not really upto speed with the IEE Wiring Regulations covering exterior power supplies. Dont know what the planning dept where thinking of that sort of thing should be on the plans, stating the type of materials to be used ans the IP rating of them.

The reason people need to walk across sometimes is that the person they are meeting is on the other side. (and isn't able to use a mobile phone before anyone asks...).

Seems to me the simple answer will be to relocate the Press Box permanently so that there is access and the West Stand remains undivided.

Surely this would be both possible and sensible?

Would LSV be prepared to do that though? Don't forget that the club's say in it is zilch.