E-mail to Club

[St. Jason]

Dear Sir's,

 

I've read with dismay your intention to restrict the Itchen North stand to season ticket holders only. I feel extremely let down and alienated by this decision. I own 2 no. season tickets, 1 for me and one for my son. Evening games I like to take my 8 year old daughter as I can't on Saturdays as she dances. With your new policy it means I can no longer take her,my wife, nephew or niece as they are only occasional fans. Yet again I'm left here thinking 'am I really respected or wanted as a fan'? So by one swift flick of a pen you have lost 4 occasional paying customers, crazy!

 

Jason

 

I realise there is a couple of threads on this subject and the Mod's may choose to lock this one, but I feel its extremely important and also feel the that club are scoring an own goal here and should be told now, before its to late!

Edited 4 October, 2009 by St. Jason

[Thedelldays]

Dear Sir's,

 

I've read with dismay your intention to restrict the Itchen North stand to season ticket holders only. I feel extremely let down and alienated by this decision. I own 2 no. season tickets, 1 for me and one for my son. Evening games I like to take my 8 year old daughter as I can't on Saturdays as she dances. With your new policy it means I can no longer take her,my wife, nephew or niece as they are only occasional fans. Yet again I'm left here thinking 'am I really respected or wanted as a fan'? So by one swift flick of a pen you have lost 4 occasional paying customers, crazy!

 

Jason

 

I realise there is a couple of threads on this subject and the Mod's may choose to lock this one, but I feel its extremely important and also feel that club are scoring an own goal here and should be told now, before its to late!

 

you can move your season tickets for free...(i think)...

[Fitzhugh Fella]

you can move your season tickets for free...(i think)...

 

Yea there a piece in the Echo last night. I think the club reckon by joining up the Kingsland and the Northam it will be seen positively by the fans.

 

I would give David Luker a call - he usually is very helpful in these circumstances.

[St. Jason]

you can move your season tickets for free...(i think)...

 

Dell days, mate, please listen, please, I don't want to move my seat. I like, love the Itchen Corner. I along with 30 mates took time and several visits to the media centre @ The Dell and on the St. Mary's site to choose our seats. Already in the last 3 years I've had to move my seat from block 2 to block 5 to block 4 from the back row's to the middle because of the club's new and ever changing policies, not the best customer relations is it??

[Scudamore]

Well you can't please all the people all the time

[Thedelldays]

Dell days, mate, please listen, please, I don't want to move my seat. I like, love the Itchen Corner. I along with 30 mates took time and several visits to the media centre @ The Dell and on the St. Mary's site to choose our seats. Already in the last 3 years I've had to move my seat from block 2 to block 5 to block 4 from the back row's to the middle because of the club's new and ever changing policies, not the best customer relations is it??

 

in my opinion...the seating is a ground like SMS means you should not matter where you sit..it is all a great view..

 

the only factor would be if you like to sing..

 

is there any difference in the itchen corner to moving a block or two down ...?

[St. Jason]

Yea there a piece in the Echo last night. I think the club reckon by joining up the Kingsland and the Northam it will be seen positively by the fans.

 

I would give David Luker a call - he usually is very helpful in these circumstances.

 

I have no problem in them actively promoting the 'Extended Northam' my problem is with them taking away my right to purchase a second, third or fourth ticket for friends, family or guests to sit with me!!!

 

There is no reason why they can't do both, promote the Kingsland sorry 'Extended Northam' as the new vocal end of St. Mary's, give tickets away, print song sheets etc etc etc just leave the Itchen corner and the old lads alone to plod on as we do. There's room for everyone, if you want to 'have a disco' go to the Northam & extended northam, if you want a kip go to the chaple and if you want a bit of a laugh a song and banter with the away fans then come to the Itchen North!!

[Chez]

Yea there a piece in the Echo last night. I think the club reckon by joining up the Kingsland and the Northam it will be seen positively by the fans.

 

 

why restrict choice though? Stupid Lowesque style move this.

[St. Jason]

Well you can't please all the people all the time

 

Why??

 

Who are they trying to please by stopping matchday tickets for the Itchen North???

 

And again, why should I be restricted in taking my family to a game??

[St. Jason]

in my opinion...the seating is a ground like SMS means you should not matter where you sit..it is all a great view..

 

the only factor would be if you like to sing..

 

is there any difference in the itchen corner to moving a block or two down ...?

 

Yes, the proximity of the away fans, that's what's unique to our corner, that's is what creates the 'special' atmosphere, the banter with the away fans!

[Thedelldays]

Why??

 

Who are they trying to please by stopping matchday tickets for the Itchen North???

 

And again, why should I be restricted in taking my family to a game??

 

but you are not resticted..you can move your season ticket a couple of blocks for free.....

 

the view at sms in not restricted anywhere..

[Chez]

Dell days, mate, please listen, please, I don't want to move my seat. I like, love the Itchen Corner. I along with 30 mates took time and several visits to the media centre @ The Dell and on the St. Mary's site to choose our seats. Already in the last 3 years I've had to move my seat from block 2 to block 5 to block 4 from the back row's to the middle because of the club's new and ever changing policies, not the best customer relations is it??

 

its bloody rediculous and ****ed me off no end. This move all seems to have stemmed from the Leeds United bottle throwing game if you ask me. With all the `love' around the new regime taking over I just don't understand why they didn't open the Itchen block 1,2 and 3 and get rid of the last **** Lowe policy and give the fans their club back once and for all. All very strange.

[Chez]

Yes, the proximity of the away fans, that's what's unique to our corner, that's is what creates the 'special' atmosphere, the banter with the away fans!

 

which has been all but eradicated. Madness.

[Chez]

but you are not resticted..you can move your season ticket a couple of blocks for free.....

 

the view at sms in not restricted anywhere..

 

can you move from block 4 to 5 for free though? Block 5 is a centre ticket and more expensive isn't it?

 

Or do you mean they are free to move over to the Kingsland? If thats the case let me say that being miles from the away fans is ****. No banter.

[St. Jason]

but you are not resticted..you can move your season ticket a couple of blocks for free.....

 

the view at sms in not restricted anywhere..

 

You answer your own point Dell Day's, I'm not restricted if I move, so by making me move is in itself restricting my choice!

[Saint_clark]

I'm thinking about emailing the club about the stewards at the front of the Northam as well, really beginning to f*ck me off with their non-stop "SIT DOWN MATE" all 90 minutes, killing the atmosphere and creating trouble where there was none (two blokes got thrown out for arguing their point about how the stewards don't have to be such ****s about the rules).

[Thedelldays]

I'm thinking about emailing the club about the stewards at the front of the Northam as well, really beginning to f*ck me off with their non-stop "SIT DOWN MATE" all 90 minutes, killing the atmosphere and creating trouble where there was none (two blokes got thrown out for arguing their point about how the stewards don't have to be such ****s about the rules).

its the law ffs

[Saint_clark]

its the law ffs

 

Yes, but the away fans never get the hassle we do. Nor do fans at most of the grounds i've been to this season.

To clarify, the steward i'm talking about shouts at the top of his voice all game long - as someone who is sat quite near the end of the row, it dampens my enjoyment of the footy A LOT.

[St. Jason]

its the law ffs

 

Its not actually the law that you have to be seated the entirety of the game DellDays as standing during moments of excitement, leaving and entering the ground are permitted! Funny as my moments of excitement normally mean I'm laying down!

 

Ps. I could be wrong but the way I understood it, it was only goverment policy rather than law??

[mrjolly]

Quite right St. Jason, it isn't the law.

 

Football league rules clearly state standing is permitted during states of excitement. I go to football because of the excitement. Who's to tell me when i am or am not excited. Therefore i believe i have the right to stand as and when i feel. The situation is exactly the same in the Itchen North. The back three or four rows all like to stand - obscuring nobody's view, and yet all match we are harangued by stewards which creates tension.It is extremely tedious and really gets peoples backs up. Especially as away fans are clearly permitted to stand throughout the duration. Every other club in the country suffocates the away fans thus giving home teams advantage - all except good old Saints who still take fans for granted despite what we've been through.

 

Sorry to sound dramatic but this issue really grinds my gears!

[JRM]

Its not actually the law that you have to be seated the entirety of the game DellDays as standing during moments of excitement, leaving and entering the ground are permitted! Funny as my moments of excitement normally mean I'm laying down!

 

Ps. I could be wrong but the way I understood it, it was only goverment policy rather than law??

 

I wouldn't bother arguing with most on here mate, they have no grasp whatsover of terrace culture and what motivates people to sit in that part of the ground, they think everything revolves around view of the pitch and access to facilities.

while your at it with the letter writing, can you ask them why they have dedicated so much time to vicimising that particular area of saints support. Just crazy. From a marketing perspective the usual theory on give the customer what they want and they will come back for more, rather than lets look at a popular area of the ground and try every initiative possible to destroy it, and the atmosphere at the same time

[SET]

http://WWW.susd.vitalfootball.co.uk/

 

Stand up sit down

[Thedelldays]

I wouldn't bother arguing with most on here mate, they have no grasp whatsover of terrace culture and what motivates people to sit in that part of the ground, they think everything revolves around view of the pitch and access to facilities.

while your at it with the letter writing, can you ask them why they have dedicated so much time to vicimising that particular area of saints support. Just crazy. From a marketing perspective the usual theory on give the customer what they want and they will come back for more, rather than lets look at a popular area of the ground and try every initiative possible to destroy it, and the atmosphere at the same time

 

 

lets be honest...it wont really effect the number of people in the itchen that much...the atmosphere generated from there is pretty quiet most of the time....sounds great when you are sat there but from other parts of the ground you can hardly hear them most of the time

[lordswoodsaints]

To the people moaning about seating.

 

To all the northam moaners......obey the law and sit down,you ain't special,you ain't above the law.do you stand at home putting your deep sounding hardest singing voices on watching football on your tv?

 

To all the moaners in the itchen........change your seats,it's pretty much the same view wherever you sit in st marys.unless you're a spotty teenager then having a bit of 'banter' with the away fans shouldn't really concern you,concentrate on watching the football and leave the banter to the spotty green street generation.

[Thedelldays]

To the people moaning about seating.

 

To all the northam moaners......obey the law and sit down,you ain't special,you ain't above the law.do you stand at home putting your deep sounding hardest singing voices on watching football on your tv?

 

To all the moaners in the itchen........change your seats,it's pretty much the same view wherever you sit in st marys.unless you're a spotty teenager then having a bit of 'banter' with the away fans shouldn't really concern you,concentrate on watching the football and leave the banter to the spotty green street generation.

 

lol

[krissyboy31]

I wouldn't bother arguing with most on here mate, they have no grasp whatsover of terrace culture and what motivates people to sit in that part of the ground, they think everything revolves around view of the pitch and access to facilities.

while your at it with the letter writing, can you ask them why they have dedicated so much time to vicimising that particular area of saints support. Just crazy. From a marketing perspective the usual theory on give the customer what they want and they will come back for more, rather than lets look at a popular area of the ground and try every initiative possible to destroy it, and the atmosphere at the same time

 

Absolute garbage!! The OP makes a point about because it is now ST only he can't now take his 8 year old daughter and was quite rightly advised that if he wishes to he can relocate. His argument then went on to say that he sits (stands) where he does so he can give sh!t to the opposition fans. If that is the case then his email is b*ll*cks because, either you want the "terrace culture" you speak of or you want to take your young family.

[SaintRobbie]

I must admit, the Itchen North was becoming the best part of the ground to be in... Lowe killed it and just as it was coming back we restrict it to ST holders.

 

Understand the idea of increasing the Northam support but the decision is barking IMHO. Cant help but think the Police had something to do with it.

[OldNick]

It is a case of the greater good IMO. The team will be cheered on by the extra vocla support the Itchen gives us and they can if they want to 'have banter' with the away fans stand at the Notham Itchen corner of the stand near to the new away section.

It is obvious to me that the club are doing the no non s/t holders to encourage fans like St jason to move.

[Red&White]

I'm thinking about emailing the club about the stewards at the front of the Northam as well, really beginning to f*ck me off with their non-stop "SIT DOWN MATE" all 90 minutes, killing the atmosphere and creating trouble where there was none (two blokes got thrown out for arguing their point about how the stewards don't have to be such ****s about the rules).

 

That particular steward is a nob ! IMO

[OldNick]

That particular steward is a nob ! IMO

If you mean Mark, I dont agree. he is doing what he has been told by the head stewards.

The club need to address the problem as it is annoying, as only the front 10 rows get to be sat down, while the rest of the northam stand, as well as the away fans.The club should turn a blind eye to it and let us stand and just make low key attempts to make us sit

[aintforever]

Have they given a reason for doing this?

 

Seems daft to stop people buying tickets, or forcing people to move.

[OldNick]

Have they given a reason for doing this?

 

Seems daft to stop people buying tickets, or forcing people to move.

I think it is part of a scheme to relocate the away fans around inot a less effective position and to get the home fans into the majority of the Northam. The fans relocated can still stand and 'have banter' with the away fans by getting s/ts close to the away section in the northam

[70's Mike]

It is a case of the greater good IMO. The team will be cheered on by the extra vocla support the Itchen gives us and they can if they want to 'have banter' with the away fans stand at the Notham Itchen corner of the stand near to the new away section.

It is obvious to me that the club are doing the no non s/t holders to encourage fans like St jason to move.

 

Nick do have proof that the ,as you put it" new away section will be the Itchen Corner because the club are really trying to attract corporate interest in the boxes and no one is going to want a box if you have 3000 away fans stood in front of it

[aintforever]

I think it is part of a scheme to relocate the away fans around inot a less effective position and to get the home fans into the majority of the Northam. The fans relocated can still stand and 'have banter' with the away fans by getting s/ts close to the away section in the northam

 

But if it's season ticket only in the Itchen corner, how are away fans going to be sat there?

[St. Jason]

To the people moaning about seating.

 

To all the northam moaners......obey the law and sit down,you ain't special,you ain't above the law.do you stand at home putting your deep sounding hardest singing voices on watching football on your tv?

 

To all the moaners in the itchen........change your seats,it's pretty much the same view wherever you sit in st marys.unless you're a spotty teenager then having a bit of 'banter' with the away fans shouldn't really concern you,concentrate on watching the football and leave the banter to the spotty green street generation.

 

A. its not the law, ITS GOVERMENT POLICY!

 

B. All the moaners in the Itchen?? I've had my seat moved 4 times in 3 seasons, I'm a customer ffs, surely I'm entitled to voice my dissatisfaction.

 

C. Why are you so dismissive of your fellow fans rights???

[St. Jason]

Absolute garbage!! The OP makes a point about because it is now ST only he can't now take his 8 year old daughter and was quite rightly advised that if he wishes to he can relocate. His argument then went on to say that he sits (stands) where he does so he can give sh!t to the opposition fans. If that is the case then his email is b*ll*cks because, either you want the "terrace culture" you speak of or you want to take your young family.

 

FFS mate, I'm not interested in who you are, where you sit, why you go to football, what you do for a living, how old your wife is and how many times a week you have sex, all those things are your personal options!

 

I enjoy the atmosphere in the Itchen corner, what is your problem?? I've sat there since the ground opened, my Dad has joined me there before he passed away, I've taken 2 nieces, 6 nephews and love taking my daughter, why should this OPTION/RIGHT now be taken away???

[St. Jason]

lets be honest...it wont really effect the number of people in the itchen that much...the atmosphere generated from there is pretty quiet most of the time....sounds great when you are sat there but from other parts of the ground you can hardly hear them most of the time

 

Well whats the point in closing in for match day purchases and alienating your loyal fans then???

 

Leave it as it is, it works, re brand the kingsland, but don't bullsh1t us!

[St. Jason]

It is a case of the greater good IMO. The team will be cheered on by the extra vocla support the Itchen gives us and they can if they want to 'have banter' with the away fans stand at the Notham Itchen corner of the stand near to the new away section.

It is obvious to me that the club are doing the no non s/t holders to encourage fans like St jason to move.

 

Nick, please explain how this works??

 

How can the away fans be moved to the itchen corner with the executive boxes directly behind that section?? What about when we get a top home draw in the cup?? Do we move the directors so they can have the 15% they are entitled to or do we again upset the loyal home fans and move them again???

[Genk]

Quite right St. Jason, it isn't the law.

 

Football league rules clearly state standing is permitted during states of excitement. I go to football because of the excitement. Who's to tell me when i am or am not excited. Therefore i believe i have the right to stand as and when i feel. The situation is exactly the same in the Itchen North. The back three or four rows all like to stand - obscuring nobody's view, and yet all match we are harangued by stewards which creates tension.It is extremely tedious and really gets peoples backs up. Especially as away fans are clearly permitted to stand throughout the duration. Every other club in the country suffocates the away fans thus giving home teams advantage - all except good old Saints who still take fans for granted despite what we've been through.

 

Sorry to sound dramatic but this issue really grinds my gears!

 

 

I actually laughed out loud at that. So true. I tend to get my ticket towards to back of the Northam so I don't have the problem. But I have to admit when I have sat towards the front it is frustrating having them telling you to sit down. I honestly dont see the point, everyone stands up when something happens and they have to start all over again. Waste of time.

[Genk]

Nick, please explain how this works??

 

How can the away fans be moved to the itchen corner with the executive boxes directly behind that section?? What about when we get a top home draw in the cup?? Do we move the directors so they can have the 15% they are entitled to or do we again upset the loyal home fans and move them again???

 

Cortese mentioned something regarding the away fans but there was a thread last week about it. We couldn't work out where they could possibly put the away fans other than where they already are. Each place has a con.

 

I can see what the club are trying to do in extending the Northam noise round and I think it would be fantastic if i works. However they are going to lose customers in doing it. They must of thought it through upstairs, so have come together with some sort of good plan.

[Genk]

The club need to address the problem as it is annoying, as only the front 10 rows get to be sat down, while the rest of the northam stand, as well as the away fans.The club should turn a blind eye to it and let us stand and just make low key attempts to make us sit

 

Totally agree. I could understand their efforts if the Northam was full of small children that couldn't see due to people standing up but its not so why bother.

[Wes Tender]

St Jason

 

Your main concern about staying in the Itchen North appears to be that you are upset that you will not have the banter with the away fans. What if the away fans are moved to the diagonally opposite corner, the Kingsland/Chapel? Presumably you will forget the upset caused by you having to be moved two or three times and wish to relocate there. Also apparently, it is of less importance to consider your 8 year old daughter it seems, than to have the banter, but you don't mind exposing her to some pretty ripe language and some idiotic behaviour that exists where the two rival groups are closest.

 

The thinking behind this scheme is that by marginalising the away support and crammimg our own support behind both goals, we will gain an advantage. If you would rather put your own selfish interests above those of the team, up to you. But don't make out that you are a good supporter of Saints, especially if you'll threaten not to go because of it.

[aintforever]

St Jason

 

Your main concern about staying in the Itchen North appears to be that you are upset that you will not have the banter with the away fans. What if the away fans are moved to the diagonally opposite corner, the Kingsland/Chapel? Presumably you will forget the upset caused by you having to be moved two or three times and wish to relocate there. Also apparently, it is of less importance to consider your 8 year old daughter it seems, than to have the banter, but you don't mind exposing her to some pretty ripe language and some idiotic behaviour that exists where the two rival groups are closest.

 

The thinking behind this scheme is that by marginalising the away support and crammimg our own support behind both goals, we will gain an advantage. If you would rather put your own selfish interests above those of the team, up to you. But don't make out that you are a good supporter of Saints, especially if you'll threaten not to go because of it.

 

But the away support is not going to be moved this season, why shouldn't people who sit in Itchen North be able to sit there now with their friends?

[derry]

FFS mate, I'm not interested in who you are, where you sit, why you go to football, what you do for a living, how old your wife is and how many times a week you have sex, all those things are your personal options!

 

I enjoy the atmosphere in the Itchen corner, what is your problem?? I've sat there since the ground opened, my Dad has joined me there before he passed away, I've taken 2 nieces, 6 nephews and love taking my daughter, why should this OPTION/RIGHT now be taken away???

 

I may be wrong but I don't think David Luker or the club management are entirely daft.

 

I suspect they didn't expect this to be taken literally. I would be absolutely surprised if their intention is other than to allow the season ticket holders only to buy accompanied tickets on an ad hoc basis. Furthermore any JPT games would have to be treated that way.

 

I can't see them wanting to turn down that business as there is unlikely to be many more season tickets sold this season.

[Sour Mash]

St Jason

 

Your main concern about staying in the Itchen North appears to be that you are upset that you will not have the banter with the away fans. What if the away fans are moved to the diagonally opposite corner, the Kingsland/Chapel? Presumably you will forget the upset caused by you having to be moved two or three times and wish to relocate there. Also apparently, it is of less importance to consider your 8 year old daughter it seems, than to have the banter, but you don't mind exposing her to some pretty ripe language and some idiotic behaviour that exists where the two rival groups are closest.

 

The thinking behind this scheme is that by marginalising the away support and crammimg our own support behind both goals, we will gain an advantage. If you would rather put your own selfish interests above those of the team, up to you. But don't make out that you are a good supporter of Saints, especially if you'll threaten not to go because of it.

 

What are you on about? It shouldn't matter why he wants to stay there or why any of the long-standing loyal fans that have been shoved around by the club want to stay there. The point is they do. Fans who have been coughing up their hard earned cash year in, year out, putting up with rubbish for years, while many other "fans" have jumped ship. For the vast majority of people I know "football" is far more than a 90 minute game played by 22 men etc, its about socialising with your mates, atmospehere, banter with those around you or the opposing fans, having "your part of the ground" and seeing all the familar faces every other Saturday. The Itchen North was obviouly a part of the ground enjoyed by a significant section of Saints support. That developed over years, not months.

 

You might not get why many enjoyed being there, but the fact is they did. The facts are that first of all blocks 1-3 were closed - then the back rows of the other blocks - now season ticket holders only. Its just marginalising and persecuting those that helped contribute to the best atmospheres at St Mary's. There hasn't been any major trouble there. For some reason you're buying into this "wall of noise" nonsense. If people want to move to the Kingsland/Northam corner, then all well and good, but they could move there anyway. The majority of away fans that will come to St Marys will look directly across the ground and see masses of empty seats, they'll look to their left and see empty blocks of seats and a handful of fans left trying their best to keep an atmosphere going.

[St. Jason]

St Jason

 

Your main concern about staying in the Itchen North appears to be that you are upset that you will not have the banter with the away fans. What if the away fans are moved to the diagonally opposite corner, the Kingsland/Chapel? Presumably you will forget the upset caused by you having to be moved two or three times and wish to relocate there. Also apparently, it is of less importance to consider your 8 year old daughter it seems, than to have the banter, but you don't mind exposing her to some pretty ripe language and some idiotic behaviour that exists where the two rival groups are closest.

 

The thinking behind this scheme is that by marginalising the away support and crammimg our own support behind both goals, we will gain an advantage. If you would rather put your own selfish interests above those of the team, up to you. But don't make out that you are a good supporter of Saints, especially if you'll threaten not to go because of it.

 

What the f????

 

Put my own selfish needs above the needs of the club?? I'm paying my own money to sit in the stadium, how the fook am I being selfish by saying I want to sit in the section that i've paid for, for the last 7 years????

 

Don't you dare judge me on how I bring my daughter up you sanctimonious tw4t. So if I do as you and the club suggest and move to the more vocal section 'the extended northam' they won't sing 'my old man' etc etc??

 

Tell you what mooooosh, have your cling filmed club, all nice and clean and sanitised, everyone sat down, no swearing, no banter, no life, you keep it because that is not the game I fell in love with 25 years ago!

[Block 5]

Dear Sir's,

 

I've read with dismay your intention to restrict the Itchen North stand to season ticket holders only. I feel extremely let down and alienated by this decision. I own 2 no. season tickets, 1 for me and one for my son. Evening games I like to take my 8 year old daughter as I can't on Saturdays as she dances. With your new policy it means I can no longer take her,my wife, nephew or niece as they are only occasional fans. Yet again I'm left here thinking 'am I really respected or wanted as a fan'? So by one swift flick of a pen you have lost 4 occasional paying customers, crazy!

 

Jason

 

I realise there is a couple of threads on this subject and the Mod's may choose to lock this one, but I feel its extremely important and also feel the that club are scoring an own goal here and should be told now, before its to late!

 

I totally agree Jason.

I took my young nephew and some of his mates to yesterday's game and the nearest they could sit to me was block 9. There is no access from block 5 to block 9 at half time so I couldn't meet up with them and check they were ok. Madness!

 

Furthermore, the club are 'encouraging' me to move to the Kingsland north..... for free! They should be refunding me £62. That's the price difference between my seat in the Itchen and the corner where they want to put me. Will they? To be honest, I don't care. I like my seat. It's MY seat. I'm not moving.

 

 

Personally I think it's a good idea to open up Kingsland north, and to encourage fans to sit there and sing their hearts out. But the manner in which the club are attempting to bring this about is tantamount to coercion:- "If you want to bring a friend or family member to a game..... you'll have to move your season ticket".

 

Jog on Luker!

[St. Jason]

I totally agree Jason.

I took my young nephew and some of his mates to yesterday's game and the nearest they could sit to me was block 9. There is no access from block 5 to block 9 at half time so I couldn't meet up with them and check they were ok. Madness!

 

Furthermore, the club are 'encouraging' me to move to the Kingsland north..... for free! They should be refunding me £62. That's the price difference between my seat in the Itchen and the corner where they want to put me. Will they? To be honest, I don't care. I like my seat. It's MY seat. I'm not moving.

 

 

Personally I think it's a good idea to open up Kingsland north, and to encourage fans to sit there and sing their hearts out. But the manner in which the club are attempting to bring this about is tantamount to coercion:- "If you want to bring a friend or family member to a game..... you'll have to move your season ticket".

 

Jog on Luker!

 

Exactly my point mate, open the Kingsland corner, give out song sheets, paper hats and drums, whatever floats their boat but why am I being persecuted??

[Block 5]

I may be wrong but I don't think David Luker or the club management are entirely daft.

 

I suspect they didn't expect this to be taken literally. I would be absolutely surprised if their intention is other than to allow the season ticket holders only to buy accompanied tickets on an ad hoc basis. Furthermore any JPT games would have to be treated that way.

 

I can't see them wanting to turn down that business as there is unlikely to be many more season tickets sold this season.

 

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~1814950,00.html

 

"As of today's home match against Gillingham, Saints fans will no longer be able to purchase match day tickets in Blocks 4 and 5 of the Itchen Stand."

 

Seems pretty clear cut to me Derry.....

[derry]

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~1814950,00.html

 

"As of today's home match against Gillingham, Saints fans will no longer be able to purchase match day tickets in Blocks 4 and 5 of the Itchen Stand."

 

Seems pretty clear cut to me Derry.....

 

Doesn't say season ticket holders, I'll email David Luker and check.