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Re: Bolton Saturday

Post by Bingo » Sat Jul 24, 2021 3:19 pm

You need more point of sale and everything the same price no messing

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Re: Bolton Saturday

Post by mickmike wilson » Sat Jul 24, 2021 5:04 pm

Cromwell58 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 2:24 pm
mickmike wilson wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 2:17 pm If the Furness public don’t support in big numbers then I hope we have scope to be flexible on away numbers allowed in, Example today, Only a friendly but as they sold out why not give them double the amount??

Blocked radio today so no chance of me following soooo play up Barrow
Why should we, what if we played a bigger club should we then have the away section for home fans ?
What are you blathering on about, It’s a friendly & they sold their allocation while we sold nowhere near ours….Hate to break it to you but it’s very expensive to run a football club & IMHO it’s madness to turn away fans who want to attend.

Say we allowed another 500 Bolton in today the club would have made an easy extra several grand, You never ever look a gift horse in the mouth

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Re: Bolton Saturday

Post by Jonty » Sat Jul 24, 2021 5:37 pm

Mike, we have to also consider the ground configuration, turnstiles, facilities etc, match-day management, stewarding, policing. We currently have an away capacity of 600 odd which isnt great but if demand outstrips capacity we just have to factor that in. It is a match-day management decision and correct imo.
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Re: Bolton Saturday

Post by Bottleofsass » Sat Jul 24, 2021 5:42 pm

Why would we get over 2,000 for a pre season friendly, on a hot weekend in summer holidays?
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Re: Bolton Saturday

Post by Cromwell58 » Sat Jul 24, 2021 6:13 pm

Giving more to away fans would mean we would lose the holker end where else could they go, took us years to get a roof on it.

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Re: Bolton Saturday

Post by boyliegladbach » Sat Jul 24, 2021 6:44 pm

mickmike wilson wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 2:17 pm If the Furness public don’t support in big numbers then I hope we have scope to be flexible on away numbers allowed in, Example today, Only a friendly but as they sold out why not give them double the amount??

Blocked radio today so no chance of me following soooo play up Barrow
No chance. We dont want them behind our goal. Doubt the manager will as well.

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Re: Bolton Saturday

Post by Main Stand SeasonTct » Sat Jul 24, 2021 7:03 pm

mickmike wilson wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 2:17 pm If the Furness public don’t support in big numbers then I hope we have scope to be flexible on away numbers allowed in, Example today, Only a friendly but as they sold out why not give them double the amount??

Blocked radio today so no chance of me following soooo play up Barrow
IIRC this has been mentioned some time ago and the segregation fence is so that it can easily be moved. From what I can recall though extra capacity for away fans would only be given if the club were unlikely to fill the rest of the ground with home fans. FA Cup rules are away team is supposed to get 15% of ground capacity roughly 750 for Holker street so might not have any option but to increase the away end capacity by another 100 if a large following of away fans are expected.

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Re: Bolton Saturday

Post by GTBLUE » Sat Jul 24, 2021 9:46 pm

Bingo wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 3:19 pm You need more point of sale and everything the same price no messing
So, £3.20 for a pint and the same for a bag of crisps. Club goes bankrupt. Glad you don't run my finances.

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Re: Bolton Saturday

Post by spirit of 1990 » Sat Jul 24, 2021 10:35 pm

Main Stand SeasonTct wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 7:03 pm
mickmike wilson wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 2:17 pm If the Furness public don’t support in big numbers then I hope we have scope to be flexible on away numbers allowed in, Example today, Only a friendly but as they sold out why not give them double the amount??

Blocked radio today so no chance of me following soooo play up Barrow
IIRC this has been mentioned some time ago and the segregation fence is so that it can easily be moved. From what I can recall though extra capacity for away fans would only be given if the club were unlikely to fill the rest of the ground with home fans. FA Cup rules are away team is supposed to get 15% of ground capacity roughly 750 for Holker street so might not have any option but to increase the away end capacity by another 100 if a large following of away fans are expected.
The fencing definitely cannot be easily moved. The HSE changes shape as you move towards the home end meaning the fencing, fixtures & gates won’t fit the next column.
I’m not saying it can’t be done but it wouldn’t be easy and not something that can be done quickly.
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Re: Bolton Saturday

Post by Bingo » Sat Jul 24, 2021 11:10 pm

GTBLUE wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 9:46 pm
Bingo wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 3:19 pm You need more point of sale and everything the same price no messing
So, £3.20 for a pint and the same for a bag of crisps. Club goes bankrupt. Glad you don't run my finances.
I obviously was meaning same price for all pints or all bottles or all cans anything that makes it easier but you knew that, and if they are [SwearFilter] around selling crisps at the bar I'm not surprised people are queuing for 20 mins for a drink

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Re: Bolton Saturday

Post by PRR » Sat Jul 24, 2021 11:44 pm

Bingo wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 11:10 pm
GTBLUE wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 9:46 pm

So, £3.20 for a pint and the same for a bag of crisps. Club goes bankrupt. Glad you don't run my finances.
I obviously was meaning same price for all pints or all bottles or all cans anything that makes it easier but you knew that, and if they are [SwearFilter] around selling crisps at the bar I'm not surprised people are queuing for 20 mins for a drink
Same price for a can of yellow Lynx and a bottle of Pironi?
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Re: Bolton Saturday

Post by Hadrian » Sun Jul 25, 2021 8:13 am

Serving deodorant, too??!!
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Re: Bolton Saturday

Post by Wintergreen » Sun Jul 25, 2021 8:46 am

Do they serve nuts?
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Re: Bolton Saturday

Post by pjdaly » Sun Jul 25, 2021 10:17 am

Wintergreen wrote: ↑Sun Jul 25, 2021 8:46 am Do they serve nuts?
The cases variety, yes. (Well, I had no problem . . . . .)

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Re: Bolton Saturday

Post by mickmike wilson » Sun Jul 25, 2021 12:01 pm

Jonty wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 5:37 pm Mike, we have to also consider the ground configuration, turnstiles, facilities etc, match-day management, stewarding, policing. We currently have an away capacity of 600 odd which isnt great but if demand outstrips capacity we just have to factor that in. It is a match-day management decision and correct imo.
But Demand will outstrip demand several times per season & clubs we try to model ourselves on make sure they can accommodate these larger followings as it’s financial sense to do so, Why turn down free money one day then get the begging bowl out on other days?

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