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[Archived] 2,025 Empty Seats ?

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Paul World Cup

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My dad is disabled and not able to go through the turnstiles. He shows his season ticket and is allowed through a gate. There must be more who do this (wheelchairs etc.) and I'm not sure how these are added to the gate. May account for some of the 'missing' 2000.

Total ST sales are counted in the gate, not just those who attend.

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Don't know why, but I have always assumed that all clubs routinely report their attendance figures a few K short for income tax purposes.

Poular theory this but I can't see how the IR would let that get past them. If all clubs did it routinely thenthe government would be missing out on millions and millions of pounds and it would not be difficult for auditors to rumble them very quickly.

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I've asked this before but never received an answer from anyone who might know someone who might know...is there any advantage to BRFC in swiping my daughter's season ticket for matches (mainly night games) she doesn't attend? According to some, she's added to the gate by default anyway!? Incidentally twice I've brought her season ticket wallet instead of my own and used it successfully to get into Ewood ie never been challenged on entry :blink:

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I've asked this before but never received an answer from anyone who might know someone who might know...is there any advantage to BRFC in swiping my daughter's season ticket for matches (mainly night games) she doesn't attend?

I can't think of any benefit to Rovers. As I understand it the club very carefully analyze attendance for each game, including non-attendance by ST holders, usually around 10%. If you were to swipe your daughter's card you would actually be corrupting, be it very slightly, the Rovers captured data.

According to some, she's added to the gate by default anyway!?

I understand gate figures include all ST holders, present or not. So the published figure will probably always be higher than the actual attendance, apparrently for any game around 10% of ST holders will be missing.

Incidentally twice I've brought her season ticket wallet instead of my own and used it successfully to get into Ewood ie never been challenged on entry :blink:

Either luck or commonsense by the stewards on the gate, recognising you. On our gate if it's the regular crew we never get a bag search, if the stewards have been swapped around we always get a bag search.

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Al World Cup

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May be wrong but I believe that there is a system of green and red lights that indicate to the steward inside the gate as to wether or not the ticket scanned is a 'concession' ticket. If the steward feels that the person coming through the turnstile should not be using that ticket they can be challenged.

Can anyone confirm this?

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I have never been asked to show my season ticket card to anyone......the chances of an adult getting into Ewood on a childs season ticket must be very high.As I understand, there is no way the system can differentiate.

Watch the coloured lights on the way in.

I get checked every week by the stewards on the BBE turnstiles.

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Al World Cup

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I'll take your word for it mate, but next season when I get my first 'senior citizen's' season ticket I won't be able to resist a quick glance at the lights when I go in. :rolleyes:

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Looking on from the Jack Walker Upper the big problems with empty seats were:

1. BBE Lower: there were a lot of empty seats especially near the front corners, I expected the BBE Lower to be full but sadly not;

2. BBE Upper: a big gap to the left of centre as you view the stand;

3. JW Upper: quite a few in the top areas of the more expensive seats;

4. Darwen End Upper first one, or two, rows empty for safety reasons (the Rovers Hd of Safety John Newsham says it is to stop suicides after Rovers score).

we thinks somebodies got to much time on their hands...I didn't think the game was that bad!

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The 'coloured lights' only mean the season ticket is valid or not....not the person using it!

No they dont, the turnstile wont let you in if it's invalid. The coloured lights (on the inside wall - above the turnstile) flash different colours for Adult and Concession tickets.

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I'll take your word for it mate, but next season when I get my first 'senior citizen's' season ticket I won't be able to resist a quick glance at the lights when I go in. :rolleyes:

I didn't know they made you be that old to be considered a senior citizen.

I figured you'd have had the senior ticket for the past 5-10 seasons!! :P

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Al World Cup

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I didn't know they made you be that old to be considered a senior citizen.

I figured you'd have had the senior ticket for the past 5-10 seasons!! :P

And I thought you were a friend of mine. :P

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