Just read in the Dons Match Info thread that there will be no cash turnstiles this weekend

Does anyone know when tickets can be bought from? (or do they have to be bought on the day)

Does the article mean--

No cash Turnstiles--as in you can't get through turnstiles with cash.
Or
There are turnstile now that will allow access via card payments..

I took it mean the first one...but hadn't considered it could mean the second ... good point

It means the first one

If it does mean there will be no turnstiles that take cash--and they are doing this to take pressure off the turnstile operators.

Then they sure as hell will be putting extra pressure on the actual staff who sell the tickets----as most fans will be buying on the day.

Surely this will lead to big queue's outside the ticket office on match days when everyone arrives just before kick-off..

We've already been down this route before and people were left queueing after the game had started---and some of those people on seeing the que left never to return--and we can't afford to let that happen again surely..

There will need to be at least five or six people manning the ticket office for it to be viable i would have thought.

Turn up earlier

The majority of fans will turn up with less than half an hour to kick-off----always have and always will.
All i'm saying is that if there's a large queue at the ticket office that put even one supporter off then it's a bad decision.

It will only take the new match day bus that's scheduled to arrive at 2:30pm and people leaving the St-John Ellis Bar around that time for a queue to form-------i hope i'm wrong.

The bus will be lucky to get there fo 2.30pm. Based on the pick up times, theres not much time to allow for hold ups or busy traffic etc..

The pick up times (for 3pm kick offs) are Carcroft (The Moon Inn) 1.35pm, Askern (Askern Timber) 1.45pm, Toll Bar ARLFC (on A19 outside club) 1.55pm, Bentley (Magnet) 2pm, Bentley (Tesco's, High Street) 2.05pm, Bentley (The Drum) 2.08pm, Bentley (Good Companions) 2.10pm, Town Centre (Church View, opposite Tesco) 2.15pm.

A couple of things occured to me;

How will away supporters react to this?

How many Season Tickets have been sold?

Just trying to get a handle on how many people will need to purchase a ticket on the day from the ticket office?

Lets say we've sold 250 season tickets (?) that would mean 750 people wanting a ticket for a crowd of 1000. But what if the crowds (as the Club would surely like) rose above that?

As has been said earlier in the thread, there is a distinct possibility that the vast majority will arrive in the final 30 minutes before kick-off especially a fair chunk of the away support I would suspect.

My earlier analogy references a crowd of 1000 but surely there will be a number of games next season where that number is exceeded (the visits of Halifax and Widnes would seem obvious ones and possibly Featherstone and Sheffield if they are having decent seasons).

I suppose we'll get a flavour of it on Sunday (weather permitting).

I bought my ticket today...it took about a minute (but that was because they already had my details on the computer.I'm hopnig they won;t be asking for eveyones details on the day)

This sounds like a recipe for disaster. The last time we did this it was a total joke!! Its alright saying get there earlier but i pefer to have a couple of beverages elsewhere before i pay a visit to the SJE bar. Its also difficult if you are trying to encourage friends to come along, i can get my ticket before game day as i know i am going but they then need to queue for god knows how long. What a great way to try to get more fans down, especially when they see theres only approx 1000 watching!!!!

I suppose we will just have to wait and see.

COYD

If its anything like the last time they did it then it will be a complete pain in the ar*e

Do; Moorends, Thorne, Stainforth, Hatfield, Barmby Dunn & Wheatley fend for themselves.

Apparently so.

Only one bus provided in the agreement. How the route was decided I don't know.

We must be the poor relations..



Sure it's only a test to start with and if it works, they might expand the service?

Is it a ploy to get more people to buy season tickets..



Or is it the Stadium Management taking over and Bo**oxing thing up ..

Will the Fev fans be aware as they will not be a happy bunch if they miss the ko.

Lets hope they are not a happy bunch after the game.

Yes, I have this unfortunate vision of groups of disgruntled away supporters trooping back from the turnstiles towards the ticket office.

Just got mine, and having read this thread asked if they would be asking for peoples details on Sunday - like Jemmo they had mine and it took about a minute. The lady serving me asked somebody else, and they said they [uwould[/u be asking for details on Sunday. She said that the Dons had asked about putting a supporters database together from ticket sales (as they had done for the Rovers).

If correct this would be chaotic.

If it took you and Jemmo 1 minute each to purchase a ticket---

So

700 tickets at a minimum of 1min per/ticket=[u[size=13411 Hours 40mins[/size[/u

Even if there were six ticket outlets--it would take [u[size=1341Hr 56 mins each[/u[/size

and thats assuming the stadium already has the details of all of those 700 fans

Wouldn't want to be at the back of that queue



I'm sure/hope it won't take that long--but on 1minute per/ticket it most certainly will.

does anyone know what time the ticket office opens on sunday.i guest theirs no point going down early sat/dy with the rovers at home.ive had a season ticket for the last 3 years,but this year most of my weekend shifts fall on home games,and this is what they do to me.im a bit miffed.

This was tried before and was a complete failure in more ways than one.If it is going to take as long as suggested it will put people from coming and will do nothing to encourage stay away supporters to return it is virtually as bad as only having one turnstile open.If teams like Featherstone have trouble getting in for N R cup games they are not likely to return for LEAGUE games could be another recipe for disaster for the club

I'm keeping schtum.