A bit worrying

[Royal Lady]

They must be getting even more desperate now to shift tickets.

They are offering employees of the company I work a free member card and £5 off a match ticket for the Bolton and Villa games.

I actually think this shows that the club is now actively trying to increase the fanbase further and has very little to do with a slackening demand.

If demand hadn't slackened the Bolton game in particular would be sold out already so they wouldn't have to start offering incentives to get other people in! I'll even be generous and allow you the Villa game, as with a 12.30 Sunday kick off, they know a few people can't go. However, this won't allow for ST holders unable to go, as the Club won't buy back their ticket.

[Rawlie19]

THIS might be why you're on the villains hit list...



I didn't vote for you though

[The 17 Bus]

I feel sure that last season Bolton was one of the linked games to the big boys. If I was still interested in attending I would not pay £32 to watch it, in fact I have turned down a ticket from a nobber for this game. Until football comes down to earth they can shove it where the sun does not shine.

[Rawlie19]

I feel sure that last season Bolton was one of the linked games to the big boys. If I was still interested in attending I would not pay £32 to watch it, in fact I have turned down a ticket from a nobber for this game. Until football comes down to earth they can shove it where the sun does not shine.

[Wycombe Royal]

They are offering employees of the company I work a free member card and £5 off a match ticket for the Bolton and Villa games.

You work for Foster Wheeler AICMFP

No I don't.

[T.R.O.L.I.]

They are offering employees of the company I work a free member card and £5 off a match ticket for the Bolton and Villa games.

You work for Foster Wheeler AICMFP

No I don't.

Fair enough - then that will be two local companies that have the "free member card and £5 off a match ticket deal"

[RoyalBlue]

They should actually be letting less Man Utd fans in next time around due to their persistent standing. However, wonder which counts most, income or safety?

That's down to the FA/Premier League, not RFC.

Nope, it's actually down to the Football Licensing Authority and Reading Borough Council - who are responsible for issuing the safety certificate for matches at the MadStad. Under current legislation neither the football authorities nor anyone else within the football industry has anything to do with this.

PS, and it should actually be "fewer Man Utd fans" ...

Alright - accept the grammar correction. However, even if fewer ManU fans is an issue to be decided by the FLA & RBC, if RFC really cared about the issue of safety more than income, they could make strong representations to both those bodies and include video evidence to prove how bad the persistent standing was. Will they? Well I wouldn't bet anything on that happening.

[West Stand Man]

... they could make strong representations to both those bodies and include video evidence to prove how bad the persistent standing was. Will they? Well I wouldn't bet anything on that happening.

They could, but until there is a way of physically reducing the number of away seats without financially penalising RFC then I can't see it happening. The away section that we have at the moment is as small as it can be. If we reduced the away allocation that would simply reduce the total crowd numbers. What is needed is a way to take a smaller section of the stadium for away fans, so that the balance of the seats freed up can be sold on to home fans. Maybe the design of the extension will take that into consideration?

[AF1]

I feel sure that last season Bolton was one of the linked games to the big boys. If I was still interested in attending I would not pay £32 to watch it, in fact I have turned down a ticket from a nobber for this game. Until football comes down to earth they can shove it where the sun does not shine.

'greed

I thought about going, was shocked to see it wasn't one of the lower priced games and have decided to spend my money on sweets and comics instead

[SWLR]

Pass round the sweets!

This should be a higher priced games - all the ones against the teams around us are the key battles. Reading vs Man Utd = eye candy.

[STAR Liaison]

... they could make strong representations to both those bodies and include video evidence to prove how bad the persistent standing was. Will they? Well I wouldn't bet anything on that happening.

They could, but until there is a way of physically reducing the number of away seats without financially penalising RFC then I can't see it happening. The away section that we have at the moment is as small as it can be. If we reduced the away allocation that would simply reduce the total crowd numbers. What is needed is a way to take a smaller section of the stadium for away fans, so that the balance of the seats freed up can be sold on to home fans. Maybe the design of the extension will take that into consideration?

Nice though that may seem it will not happen and when the FLA insist on reducing numbers they don't just sell 90% of the seats and have the remaining 10% to try to sell to home fans (assuming this was possible logistically) as the whole reason the FLA use is that standing fans need more room and so the club has to take one ticket in 10 out of those for sale to allow more space for standing. The club have suggested that means they should increase the cost of tickets when this happens but we at STAR have argued against that strongly as the fight for away fans to be charged the same as home fans is not one to give up whatever the justification. So despite what is perceived on here the club puts a lot of effort into getting the away fans to sit as they do not want to see 10% of the away income taken away by the FLA.

[CocoPops]

They are offering employees of the company I work a free member card and £5 off a match ticket for the Bolton and Villa games.

You work for Foster Wheeler AICMFP

No I don't.

HP are doing the same offer.

[RoyalBlue]

... they could make strong representations to both those bodies and include video evidence to prove how bad the persistent standing was. Will they? Well I wouldn't bet anything on that happening.

They could, but until there is a way of physically reducing the number of away seats without financially penalising RFC then I can't see it happening. The away section that we have at the moment is as small as it can be. If we reduced the away allocation that would simply reduce the total crowd numbers. What is needed is a way to take a smaller section of the stadium for away fans, so that the balance of the seats freed up can be sold on to home fans. Maybe the design of the extension will take that into consideration?

If you are right, then the point is prove i.e. To the club income means far more than the perceived and loudly trumpeted safety risk of supporters standing throughout the game.

Nice though that may seem it will not happen and when the FLA insist on reducing numbers they don't just sell 90% of the seats and have the remaining 10% to try to sell to home fans (assuming this was possible logistically) as the whole reason the FLA use is that standing fans need more room and so the club has to take one ticket in 10 out of those for sale to allow more space for standing. The club have suggested that means they should increase the cost of tickets when this happens but we at STAR have argued against that strongly as the fight for away fans to be charged the same as home fans is not one to give up whatever the justification. So despite what is perceived on here the club puts a lot of effort into getting the away fans to sit as they do not want to see 10% of the away income taken away by the FLA.

So talking about that great effort made to make away fans sit - how many Man U fans were quietly apprehended in the concourse and ejected for persistent standing (in the seated area!)?

They keep telling us it happens but never offer any evidence to support it. Little wonder that what is perceived on here is that they don't put that much effort in.

[Riseley]

Judging by the hundreds of empty seats in the Upper West on Saturday expansion is about as feasible as RL giving up Chateaux Neuf De pape or RFC avoiding playing Swansea in a league fixture next season.

[Rawlie19]

Bored Risely?

[West Stand Man]

Judging by the hundreds of empty seats in the Upper West on Saturday expansion is about as feasible as RL giving up Chateaux Neuf De pape or RFC avoiding playing Swansea in a league fixture next season.

I can see you aren't a taking this seriously. Basing the viability of expansion on one game isn't really right is it? Especially when that game is a turgid affair against a fellow relegation prospect that is known to be a turgid team to watch. Over the whole of this season, the stadium has been sold out regularly. On that basis the expansion is essential?!

[Platypuss]

Judging by the hundreds of empty seats in the Upper West on Saturday expansion is about as feasible as RL giving up Chateaux Neuf De pape or RFC avoiding playing Swansea in a league fixture next season.

I can see you aren't a taking this seriously.

[Riseley]

Judging by the hundreds of empty seats in the Upper West on Saturday expansion is about as feasible as RL giving up Chateaux Neuf De pape or RFC avoiding playing Swansea in a league fixture next season.

I can see you aren't a taking this seriously.

I think he typed it in an Italian accent. What a mistake a to make a. I wish he would take expansion seriously as sitting in a half empty stadium is not a joking matter.

[Rawlie19]

I wish he would take expansion seriously as sitting in a half empty stadium is not a joking matter.

People have sat in a half empty stadium watching Reading for over a hundred seasons I'd wager. I'll imagine it didn't kill them.

[West Stand Man]

I wish he would take expansion seriously as sitting in a half empty stadium is not a joking matter.

People have sat in a half empty stadium watching Reading for over a hundred seasons I'd wager. I'll imagine it didn't kill them.

There have been years when sitting in a half empty stadium would have meant you were part of the largest crowd of the season.