I understand now. Anybody actually running the club?

As Orangeman, Benny Profane (with his specialist knowledge) and Big Time amongst others have noted, the London Broncos can't even get the most basic task right, selling tickets.

If you attempt to buy at the moment, you are met with 'Please keep device in portrait orientation, not in land scape mode.'

Well I do apologise on behalf of my laptop, I've turned it on it's side to get a portrait view, but to no avail ! Come on this is Mickey Mouse (with apologies to the great mouse).

I tried on my phone, and yes it does work when held in portrait rotation. Not sure I’ve ever bought tickets on my mobile, always on a computer.

By the way, this may be regarded as a minor issue. But try it, pretend you are buying a ticket for the first time. Do you just see a minor issue, or do you just move on with your other Sunday plans? For something that is a nice to do, I think you give up quite quickly; I mean you haven't even got as far as selecting seats, paying, receiving the tickets, all areas that may have issues.

My impression as a newcomer, is for whatever reason, the club have just given up. Mistakes happen, but I see very little enthusiasm or visibility of trying to establish the club in a new location. There appears to be zero presence in the Wimbledon area. Is there actually anyone to instigate and run a campaign in the local community? Fundamentally this isn't about locals not being interested in the sport (of course many won't), but the number of local non AFC Wimbledon supporters who even know there is a high level (no sing please) Rugby League team playing in the borough will be miniscule.

Unfortunately what is happening is exactly what many of us who have been around the club for years predicted. It's not a shock.

As ever the club assumed simply moving grounds would see thousands beating down the door to get in. Without out any need for them to do the basics, such as selling tickets competently, doing basic marketing etc. The problem has always been the location apparently, not appalling mismanagement off the field...

The only real variation is they decided to devastate the playing standard whilst simultaneously burning money in a ground far too big for the current status of the club.

Sadly I fear there is a second variation to come. I really can't see the club surviving this fiasco.

Perhaps that was Hughes plan all along.

Hate to say I (we) told you so.......
A disgusting shambles. I really dont ever want to hear Hughes is the saviour of London Broncos. He is the reason we are in this mess.

Here's the latest problem on the ticketing website - a 1hour virtual queue to book tickets for the Bradford game!!! You couldn't make it up unless, of course, the game is a sellout.

That is just hilarious.

AFC Wimbledon's ticketing was even worse at the start of the season. The Dons Trust Board put out an official statement that they would review the issues and publish the findings. We are still waiting 7 months later. The day it was going to be published a month or two ago, they came across more information. We now wait on Legal, 14 days late on that being completed.

How two big sporting clubs can mess up the number one priority of selling tickets is hard to comprehend.

They will probably allow you to buy from the club shop on sunday... with only one person serving

Hence queue of 500+ bradford fans trying to get a ticket stopping anybody being able to actually buy anything like a top..

As this should be 1500 - 2k gate, its another mess. As private frazer would say (we're doomed)

An image I created back in May 2012.....I believe that counts as "I TOLD YOU SO"
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Don't panic, Mr Orangeman, don't panic!

Talk of another move, this time to Walmington-on-Sea. Hughes, of course yet to comment.

"Stupid Boy!"

Possibly the problem with the tickets will now be sorted out as they eventually posted something new on Twitter- usual stuff buy tickets, buy platinum lounge get padded seats etc and someone posted fix your site and I would buy a ticket. Unbelievably they asked him to explain what the problem was so they could fix. It seems for the last 3 (is it?)weeksThey couldn’t see a problem. One assumes the problem was only met by those on this forum as surely they would have noticed sluggish sales. Or maybe there is next to no oversight or quality control going on at all. Surely it can’t be that.(Having said all that the punter didn’t explain what the problem was so maybe they have just taken him for a troll and ignored the problem.) Is it pantomime season already.

London Broncos v Bradford 2015 RFL Championship Attn: 1,101
London Broncos v Bradford 2016 RFL Championship Attn: 1,524
London Broncos v Bradford 2017 RFL Championship Attn: 1,608
2018 Bradford in L1
2019 London in SL
2020 Covid 19
London Broncos v Bradford 2021 RFL Championship Attn: 500 (Covid limited)
London Broncos v Bradford 2022 Challenge Cup Attn:551
London Broncos v Bradford 2022 RFL Championship Attn: ?????????

Currently about 350 seats showing as sold.....The question should be asked if the 2017 figure will be bettered or if this will be further proof that Wimbledon was an unnecessary move.

MARKETING
2 tweets, one saying 'hope to see you Sunday" the other promoting the discounted Platinum lounge.....if you go to the club site to book the lounge you arrive [urlhttps://londonbroncos.ticketco.events/uk/en/e/platinum_lounge_hospitality__london_broncos_v_widnes_vikings[/url if you try to book a normal ticket you arrive at a page telling you Please keep device in portrait orientation, not in land scape mode.

Ticketing site still giving Please keep device in portrait orientation, not in land scape mode. error.

I've given up telling them. Tweeted, emailed....they either don't care or don't know how to sort it.
On my phone it looks like 400 tickets sold max with 25 in the south stand. Gold lounge sales seems to be their main concern.....as I've said, company for Hughes in his ego bubble in the hope he won't notice he has been lied to AGAIN.

Its up and running now

Not here it isn't
Problem starts when you hit a section you want to sit in......it's a fault in THEIR settings not being compatible for all. The Mobile site works fine....still fewer than 400 seats sold.

As Orange says looks like you can buy on a phone but not PC, Ipad etc. Still there’s 4 more days for them to get it right. Maybe they should just post - walk ups on the day accepted at the Shop - and get a stall set up in the stadium to sell merch. Spectacular effort by all concerned.

I will stick my neck out here and say that 2022 will be our only year at AFC Wimbledon.....

You can, as I've just discovered. But it was such a mare I'm not bothering to go to another game until this is sorted.

Image 1 is a screenshot on a laptop... "Please keep device in portrait orientation, not in land scape mode."



Image 2 on a laptop with the corner pulled across over halfway.

And if it is we’ll hear about it on another team’s website and tickets to the leaving party will only be available to people buying on their mobile. Any more of this and they should change their website to shambles.com but of course the links wouldn’t work.

You have to ask the question why this website fiasco in terms of ticketing has been going on for nearly a month and hasn't been addressed by:

The Commercial Manager
The Social Media Volunteer
The CEO
Key & Eagle
Ticketco

Any of the above?

The rumours I am hearing seem to be true.....not long now!

BTW they do seem to have removed this guy’s post so they must have assumed he was a troll. Sigh.

I've just tweeted to them again...let's see.

How difficult can it be ? Selling stuff on the web is done perfectly well by any other business I can think of.

We all like to moan about mistakes big and small from our armchairs but this really is desperate stuff. It’s indefensible for a professional (i.e no run by volunteers) operation to go on like this.

Being positive, assuming this isn’t the end, then things will improve because we really are at a low ebb. Sooner this new person comes in and begins improving basic things the better. Hopefully he/she will have some support as well.

You are assuming that they had applicants, they interviewed, they selected and the person accepted.
You'd be wrong to assume any of this.
There's nobody coming......