This is relevant but fans at newcastle are 1/4 mile from the centre circle at one of thier stands.

Spot on, sums up exactly the reason I won't go to the South Stand at CP.

Look on google earth, at the mid point of the stand you're in excess of 40m from the dead ball line and not a lot closer at the the ends of the stand.

Good job they invented stands that go up then so you can look down on the pitch to see what is happening.

Thats what I said before the Derby this season. However, in light of Rovers generous half price ticket off to fans of their Nazi Party Club, I'd charge Master Of Hatred £50 per ticket, shaft Rover and their fans in one fatal swoop. See how they like it then, judgemental little pi1cks

In any kind of weather...except if I have to pay £20 in the south stand at Craven Park!
You're all phoneys, boooo to the lot of yer!

Were just not mugs who throw our money at Hudgell whenever he snaps his fingers. Have you paid your £60 to be an elite Rovers fan yet?

Rovers are just ripping us off and as fans have said for once we have stood together on this one. Who do they think we are, hiking the charges for an area is the worst for seeing in the Super League, then they grumble on here becuase we are not buying them.

It has nothing to do with our traveling support with 2,000 at Leeds 3000 at Wakey and the same at Cas, we travel however we are playing, its just the fact that we do not like being ripped off, Simple. Even Dobbins fans say on here they would not pay £20 to stand there at their own ground!

The constant letters from away fans in the RL press about trouble at the ground and the poor away supporters facilities keep the travelling fans to Caravan Park down even compared with those at the KC.

It is no coincidence that, as some Dobbins fans say on here the three biggest travelling supports have been either from teams across the Pennines (whose supporters have probably not travelled before) and Cas (who have just come up). It would be interesting to see how many of those away fans who were put in the South end would come again!

That's very irrelevant.

re: 1st line of your sig, its bollox. If it had a grain of truth you'd not be where you are.



1/4 mile, thats about 400m?

So you would pay an £10 hike in charges aimed specifically at ripping you as a group of supporters off, to stand or sit at a ground where you could not see all the pitch and were miles away from what you could see, when the game is televised, would you!

Don't these sort of inflationary tricks and the £60 Caravan Park Cuddle Club tell you anything?

If that's 1/4 of a mile, I'd love to know how far back the seats are in the top tier of Wembley!

Its a great view from up there

Luckily I'm only paying £12 as I'm a student but even then I feel thats too much. What I don't get is, is that people are citing the awful South Stand as the reason they are not going yet there are still tickets available in another area in the ground. I've been in the North Stand before and its a very good view and there was no hostility. The only reason I switched ends is because I couldnt get student tickets in there before

I agree they have heard its bad but until they actually visit they dont realise just how bad!

Dont get me wrong I am NOT knocking what the club have done so far and you cant make new stands and facilties appear from thin air or overnight , all I am saying is that its obvious why away fans wont come and pay £20 to stand in the south stand

Go stand in it some time and see for yourself

Enjoy the match and think that it going to cost your club a small fortune to play it and the result will mean jack in the scheme of things

Well at St James's a quarter of a mile from the pitch you won't see any goals, or Premiership teams for that matter!

Expected the North to sell out TBH but I think you may still get a few last minute fans who decide on going in there tomorrow.

Sure is. Can't think of too many grounds that are further away from the pitch? Still a cracking view though, because like you said on the previous page, somebody clever invented stands that go up.

TBH it has always been a real pain to get tickets in the North stand and I assumed it would be the same again this time. Stan usually sorts me out with tickets but it wasn't possible this time. I'm shocked the North stand isn't sold out TBH. Where are all the millions of loyal Rovers fans?

Dont start Ash off





They might get lucky and draw a big club in the cup

Point is, its been publicised in the media there are tickets left for that stand, and the fact that its not been said to have sold out yet means its a poor excuse not to get tickets in that stand if someone didnt want to stand in the South end.
Also, why does it matter if its a hassle. If I couldnt get a cheaper South Stand ticket I would have tried my hardest to get a ticket for the Rovers end whether I felt it was going to sell out or not

People may have now made other arrangements. IIRC we were originally told we could not have tickets for the North stand? I was always under the impression tickets had to be obtained through other means? We also have the issue of the kick off time and the potential for trouble. As I was spat at the last time I was there under very hostile circumstances (after a mid-day kickoff) I dont fancy subjecting my other half to that again after a 6PM kick off. If it was just me it wouldn't be an issue.

I also think its about time the money grabbing to$$er realised he cant treat us like that and expect us to keep paying.

Kick off time and potential for trouble are different reasons, I was just solely talking about those who arent going just because they dont want to go in the South Stand. Tickets have always been able to be got for areas in the ground, the only difference between the derby games and other Rovers home games is that I think they have some sort of loyalty thing where if people have stubs from certain games they will get priority.
If people try and get tickets in other areas but fail, then fair enough. But if people say they arent going just because of how bad the South Stand is, and dont try for other areas no matter if they are under any assumption, then its a very, very poor excuse

Have you seen today's Sun mate? Only 3 people outside St James yesterday to get the new away shirt!!













Hey, any idea what squad number Taylor is for next season? Was 27 but didn't know if had changed (want to order printed away shirt off the website).

So its not the case we are not suposed to get tickets for the North stand? Genuine question as I was always under the impression we are not really allowed?

Also as I assumed the North Stand would be sold out maybe others did as well and have now made other plans so cannot now go to the game now we know its not sold out? I'm very surprised the North stand has tickets available TBH.