South Stand Queue

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Had the kop been open fully, may I suggest there would have been far less issues and a bigger attendance.

I am a South Stand regular (old moaning twat obvs) but was amazed at the number pillocks wandering up and down the aisle till about 8.15
in some sort of stupor looking for a row and a number. FFS its not difficult.

Well the good news is, on Satdi I will be able to go the Sheaf View, imbibe a couple of stiffeners and roll up at 2.55 and be in my seat at 2.57.
 
I may be alone in thinking this: but (biggish) Cup games always attract a lot of people who don't normally attend games, and as a club we're not alone with this issue, (I went to Stockport v Walsall in the 2nd Rd and the queue to get in was 500 yards long with just 2 turnstiles open)

Witnessing what the queue is normally like around the South stand on Bramall Lane on a normal matchday, (as I wade through it on my way to the Upper Bramall Lane Corner) it made sense not to stay in the pub until wandering down at Half past seven because it was always going to be busy last night.

It was just common sense to get there earlier.

I went in at just gone 7, no queue, straight in, print at home tickets no issues, no queue at the bar, Pint of Neck Oil, sat down in seat 10 minutes before kick off.

Going to the toilet at half time.....well that's an entirely different issue ☹️
 
Linz said:
Not a dicky bird.

Someone has said on Twitter that their phone tries to default to Apple Pay when scanned, which is something Foxy pointed out before.
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Yeah this happened to me. It took 5/6 attempts for it to work.
 
Ainsley Harriott said:
Well arguably, then, it's the QR stuff that held queues up. That won't get sorted overnight. Under 40s know the score. The seniors, not so. (some will but as a generalisation, its right)
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I'm under 40 and couldn't get in with the QR code. Every time my phone went in the reader Apple Pay came up so it wouldn't read. So no, not quite the right assumption
 
Moan? Nope-I saw Longhorn said:
Maybe ask your da’ & your Nan where they’re going next time they put on their coat on a match day
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The simple thing to do is have someone ( a steward there are plenty around doing nothing,) who knows the way to use these Barcodes..loads of fans faffing about trying to get in with no knowledge how to use them or how about using the website to show the way to do it.
Some fans trying to use there mobile others having a barcode on a sheet of paper°can't anyone at the club take this on board it happened against forest last season
Spurs next!do we have to suffer same again! Hope not.
 
finlaytheblade said:
Some fans trying to use there mobile others having a barcode on a sheet of paper°can't anyone at the club take this on board it happened against forest last season
Spurs next!do we have to suffer same again! Hope not.
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The options were either mobile tickets or print at home tickets - so as long as you'd picked the right one and tried to use it in the way that was intended, this shouldn't have caused issues.
 
K1 flabby stick said:
Had the kop been open fully, may I suggest there would have been far less issues and a bigger attendance.

I am a South Stand regular (old moaning twat obvs) but was amazed at the number pillocks wandering up and down the aisle till about 8.15
in some sort of stupor looking for a row and a number. FFS its not difficult.

Well the good news is, on Satdi I will be able to go the Sheaf View, imbibe a couple of stiffeners and roll up at 2.55 and be in my seat at 2.57.
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I think you'll find that those "pillocks" had only just got through the turnstiles
 



i know they tell you buy online, because they dont want the massive queues you get for some away games, thinking MK Dons that was a 3hr queue at 1 point, to leave my auntie in the queue have a driving lesson & come back she still hadnt been served, but i always go in person as without sounding like some 40yrs older than myself, you can beat in person contact & getting a proper ticket from the ticket office. because i knew it would work.

but that seemed really bad, i attempt to get into the family stand, until 7.15. so in theory plenty of time compared to league games. & i agree they start putting the match on the card again it was a very good system. maybe have a 1st day of sales where you can reserve the Season ticket seats

& Linz hope you dont mind, ill be nicking that picture of the stewards, as 1 of them is my neices dad. who separated from my sister many years ago. as my Family would love to see his moment of fame on the group chat 😄
 
sheff_blade90 said:
i agree they start putting the match on the card again it was a very good system. maybe have a 1st day of sales where you can reserve the Season ticket seats
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I seem to remember they said that due to the short selling period for this game, they couldn't load tickets to season cards. Should be ok for the Tottenham game - with a bit of luck.
 
Grey Blade said:
I seem to remember they said that due to the short selling period for this game, they couldn't load tickets to season cards. Should be ok for the Tottenham game - with a bit of luck.
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Though loading to season cards hasn’t always worked in the past either, as some have previously testified on here (turnstile says no, steward sends you to ticket office, queue of similarly afflicted punters means you miss first half, etc).

Also doesn’t work at all … if you don‘t have a season card.

It’s definitely something the club hasn’t consistently got right.
 
Grey Blade said:
Nearly 70 and I managed it. Was a bit surprised when I was frisked before going in though
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And yet our Welsh visitors managed to swamp us all with pink dust and the like when celebrating their freak penalty. Were they searched on the way in?
Absolute joke it is.
 
Linz said:
The options were either mobile tickets or print at home tickets - so as long as you'd picked the right one and tried to use it in the way that was intended, this shouldn't have caused issues.
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That's true but 100s of people did.A steward was asked how to do it he obliged which was fine.
It's obviouse it's causing issues ! No point in turning a blind eye.
Some fans were getting irate! God knows what would have happened if a goal had been scored.
Club needs to sort this as it will turn part timers off from going perhapes you could pass on to somebody who can act!
It's not acceptable as it I'd.
I have been coming to the Lane all my life and seen big crowds far bigger than the ones we see today,there was an expectancy to queue, not today as no money changing hands.
Come on United get it sorted.
 
I was in the queue and it was good natured. Cheers to the lads in front of us who shared their cans of beer! One of the stewards told us that some of the printed tickets weren’t scanning and fans were having to then queue at the ticket office and then again to get in. Ours worked fine as did one lad next to us who had a QR code. Very poor from the club as per usual.
 
Was similar on Boxing Day, queues all down Bramall Lane to get into the upper tier, with daft lads pushing past families to get in. Frustrating, and hopefully something the club can look into, especially if we have more sell out crowds towards the end of the season.
 
Whiston Blade said:
I didn't have any issues last night. Only queue was at half time, our lass was in one toilet and my lad was in the other, the walk back downstairs was quick enough to hear Roy Keane.
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Two toilets you flash bastard. I live in Barnsley we still only have one, and it’s down the back garden.
 
184blade said:
Never understood why they allow print at home tickets, not everyone is using decent ink or paper, and if the settings of your printer are set for a lower quality that could cause issues too. When you print at home gig tickets often they are scanned by a hand held device and often have more than one barcode to choose from too.
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Cheaper and quicker than posting them, I suppose.
 
Ainsley Harriott said:
Be thankful you don't go on the kop then. Multiple queues? There's one mass of people that eventually trickles out into queues when you get to the pavement.

If all the turnstiles weren't open though, that's not good enough. There's little excuse for that
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Wilderat Heart said:
Old fellow in front of me struggled gave up.in the end. Or codes on phones were a problem apparently if the size was wrong theydidnt work older man in front of me had the code the full size of his phone screen. I printed off my ticket and it worked fine I'm 61 by the way and very rarely use my phone for this kind of thing. I would bet serious money that most of the problems were old buggers like me. Not to be ageist but I'm old and learning new shit is harder.
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Agree. I’m ” virtually”, lost when it comes to modern technology, fortunately I’m helped by my wife and family, although not without abuse, insults and condescension. It is what it is, will only get worse. If I lived on my own I’d probably never go out.
Although I can say “ pint please “.
 
I took a screen grab of the barcode and scanned that rather than the original email. Not sure if this would work better for those who had problems.
 
K1 flabby stick said:
Had the kop been open fully, may I suggest there would have been far less issues and a bigger attendance.

I am a South Stand regular (old moaning twat obvs) but was amazed at the number pillocks wandering up and down the aisle till about 8.15
in some sort of stupor looking for a row and a number. FFS its not difficult.

Well the good news is, on Satdi I will be able to go the Sheaf View, imbibe a couple of stiffeners and roll up at 2.55 and be in my seat at 2.57.
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100%. Still baffled as to why it wasn’t fully open. Signed “ errant miscreant “ ( pommpey) winks
 



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