If I were selco I'd be looking for a refund

I'm sure it's safe to say you are not alone
In thinking that.

No explanation on the club site. Looks like the proposed openness with the fans suggested at the forum hasn't lasted long. I guess we can draw our own conclusions.

I suspect the attendances thus far have underwhelmed all concerned.
Frankly, it looks like their plan was to stick posts in the ground and announce a kick off time.......I'm stunned it hasn't worked

This is bullcrap, one of the grounds genuine redeeming features. If they must do it just close the South and leave the north open.

It's a tiny stadium, if they can't leave the 2 terraces open for every game they may as well pack up their balls and leave. Give the players to the Skolars and move them in to The Hive. Seriously, we are the worst run pro-sports club in the UK bar none.

AK sees us as nothing more as an income stream. The income wasn't "streaming" enough, so he's cutting back on his costs. He's a businessman.....although I'd be asking where the marketing budget (BRIBE) the RFL gave him has gone......


We are tenants but with the added bonus of not having any recourse to our landlord.....the baby went out with the bathwater, along with the family silver and any semblance of dignity or professionalism the club had left....and a great many here stood by and politely applauded

nobody stood by and politely applauded. You're being a n*b again.

Haha. I remember when you were originally Gus's puppet, telling everyone that you wouldn't judge the Harlequins-to-Broncos re-brand until 3 months into the season or summat even though it was plainly a catastrophe from the start. How times change!

Yep.

Actually, I was against the rebrand, but I said I would reserve "PUBLIC"judgement until the 3rd home game of the season, which I did. Thereafter, I have spoken my mind when it comes to all things at the club.

As for being anyone's "puppet"....not in this or the next life....as anyone who knows me will tell you.

Taking away the cheapest tickets will really help attract new fans when all that marketing expenditure kicks in......

I'm slightly surprised they didn't go the whole hog and move us to the safety certificate less Underhill. None of those annoying supporter types to worry about then.

Can any of out Barnet Broncos comment on if they close parts of the stadium for the soccerball or is this just another example of a landlord bending us over and the club willingly receiving???

Don't think anything is closed at football. The end Wire attacked first is the away terrace for football. Doubt the safety licence would let that be closed tbh.

ah...so because we don't knock lumps out of each other, but instead mix like civilised folk, AK has seen an opportunity to make savings by cutting back on services.
Somebody needs to keep MacKay away from him.......the guy has got form on this front in both Rugby Grounds and Cricket administration...

Is it just me who doesn't see this as a big deal?

The club moves to a small stadium and is already closing two sides. Not exactly ambitious is it.

We were told that those b'stards at the Stoop weren't very accommodating and that our new home at the Hive would all be sweet as bro........same way we were told shirts in the shop by the wire game at the latest, regular updates from the club and all the other good news sprinkled with pixie dust that was going to make this year the year of the horse.........
....when in fact it's pretty much as you were....just a few miles up the road



The surprising thing is how many people expected anything to change whilst the same idiots were still in charge

Terraces still open for the football as tickets available on Barnet's website for away fans. Certainly a cost cutting measure, though given two games are Thursday nights one of which is Catalan crowds unlikely to be immense. Business decision, would make a change for the clubs. Not sure why for a Saturday game with Wakefield they'd close it though.

But getting back to the topic at hand....

We had stand(s) closed at the Stoop and nobody complained. I know the Hive is smaller but unless we're near to capacity of the two side stands I don't see what makes it any different.

If the numbers are low then the terrace is closed for Away fans at football. You can still buy terrace tickets in advance but you are seated in blocks f&g of the west stand when you go as this is the away seated section for football..
If the home attendance is expected to be below 600 then the home terrace and West Stand is also closed and home fans are seated in the East.

So more a general stadium policy then.

I thought it would all end in tears

Yes, there was a couple of incidents earlier in the season where away fans hadnt got the message and were upset to find they couldn't buy a terrace ticket on the day, Barnet v Salisbury was one of them. For a herts senior cup game the attendance was a few hundred so only the east stand was open.