So nice to read that match report again after so many years Meadow. One of the best away days.

Even better than that Scottish Womble we got given three tickets by a Mansfield supporter who had family members who couldn’t attend, then told the stewards that we had accidentally got tickets for the home end and then transferred

At Kingsmeadow and Plough Lane while I was volunteering I never ever had to show (or have scanned) my season ticket. Even if there was a procedure in place we used to get there too early to trouble the bean counters and most of the time at Kingsmeadow the gates were unlocked so anyone could have walked in anyway. Totally agree with meadow that it is another layer of complication that you could go without when you have a job to do that has to be completed to allow the game to start especially as season tickets are included in the attendance figures even if they aren’t recorded/scanned

That was a great day out Meadow with a great win topped off with 2 penalty saves from Seb absolutely brilliant.

Yeah I feel like we owe them for the defeat up there when we went down to ten men unfairly and then fell apart

Trigg - sorry, yes I do 🤪

Trig, I'd settle for this scoreline. [Link]

Original OTD [Link]

There you. Over 16 years ago sort it out JJ.

8th December 2009 Ash United 1 AFCW 7 Surrey Senior Cup

You mean OI

Trigg - I want to know how the net is somehow behind the keeper’s leg… 👀🤪🤷🏻‍♂️😂

Yeah I understand your stance on that Meadow. Wasn’t having a pop at you. Does seem a bit weird though. Anyway Mansfield up next and it’s 23rd vs 10th in the form table we’re gonna smash em all over the park and win 1-7 it’s been too long since we won by that scoreline.

I'm sure it comes from a genuine old photo but the OTD today looks so artificial with the keeper hugging the post whilst the ball is perfectly pictured in the net. Is the ball maybe bouncing back off a stanchion?

6M - exactly, I mean how hard can it be…? 🤷🏻‍♂️

I always thought no show season ticket (and matchday ticket) holders are included in the attendance anyway? The issue is data on who is physically in the ground would be incorrect as it looks like the supporter with an unscanned ticket is absent. If there was an emergency I doubt anybody would be doing a roll call of who has had their ticket scanned to make sure they had evacuated the stadium. However, given there is a ready made solution of using a hand held scanner it seems silly not to use it, even if it just increases the robustness of actual ticket usage.

I’d have expected the club to have someone with a hand held scanner and a list of the volunteers and their location on a match day, then they simply walk around from volunteer to volunteer and scan their ST - simples… 🤷🏻‍♂️

Meadow - if you are not having your ticket scanned, then you could be one of the 'missing' season ticket holders on a match day? There should be the ability for volunteers to have their ST scanned by a hand held scanner, which many team leaders have at gate lines. It also means attendance numbers are one down from your non-scanninhg. Then in the event of an emergency ...... you get the idea? Maybe flag this up to whoever looks after volunteers?

The day the club forces volunteers to queue up and go through the turnstiles is the day I quit.

@Trig correct. I'm not going to join a long Queue at gate 3 having spent the best part of two hours selling programmes.

So you pay for the ticket and it doesn’t get scanned?

On my non volunteer matches I've scanned my Donstix ticket and it has worked very well. Most of the time I'm volunteering and it doesn't get scanned. I can do weeknights but prefer not to. Early kickoffs are a definite no.

I suspect it is clumsy wording or the inflexibility of the ticketing system. They sent me a card last season (which I paid the extra for) and I seem to recall I had a similar issue then.

Are physical tickets and the costs of producing and delivering them something that needs communication and clarification? Feels like the club is at risk of knowingly taking money for something it does not intend to deliver.

6M - just download DonsTix… 😉