Torquay United Fans Forum

Potential lock out ?


I'm hoping the Gashead landlord of the Union Inn is busy organising a lock in !

What sort of figure to Sky give us for televising the match and do we get to keep all of it , or does it go to the FL?

300 spaces if £6k

where exactly in the popside will the scaffolding be?

I've no doubt that the club would put tickets back for these people. Especially christmas tree.

Parry wrote:Surely the 'die hards' will be getting their tickets in advance anyway ?

You would hope so, but as we know we have quite a few diehards who don't live in the Bay and for some travelling down twice to pick up a ticket and attend the match in the same week might be a bit hard on the budget. I don't know whether the club is able to accept orders over the phone and put them by?

I can certainly think of one fan (who I'm sure most of us know ) who travels from the Manchester area for every TUFC game and quite often cuts it very fine! Hopefully he is sorted.

Surely the 'die hards' will be getting their tickets in advance anyway ?

stefano wrote:
I am looking forward to an entertaining game and even if we win well hopefully not another pitch invasion as it will only be half time and we still have to go away.

Amen to that! A pitch invasion would be silly. But then again so was the last one.

I think it's a bit more than that Stefano.

By my reckoning it's currently

Away end 1080
Family Stand 1166
Popside 2200 (reduced by 300 for this game to 1900)
Grandstand now 733 (reduced from 983)

However these figures don't allow (at least that's the way I see it) for the Enclosure which I guess might add another say 500? I've never seen any figures stated for that area but based on previous capacity figures I reckon it must be in the order of 500 - 600.

Anyhow, I make you right ..... best get up there early to make sure you get in, if you haven't already got a ticket.

I think this further reduction in capacity by 300 to accommodate the scaffolding for the Sky tv cameras will after the previous Health & Safety reductions mean that our capacity on Saturday will be just under 5000. I haven't had chance to get up to Torquay to get a ticket so will be there early and missing the FA Cup final to make sure I get in, but I can see a problem for those without a ticket who can not arrive early. Let's just hope we don't have a repeat of the delayed kick off for the Crawley game as such things in professional sport are embarrassing for the club and even more so when highlighted on satellite tv.

I am looking forward to an entertaining game and even if we win well hopefully not another pitch invasion as it will only be half time and we still have to go away.

Cheers all. Don't recall Setanta ever needing the kind of space that would reduce capacity? Sky are clearly amatuer.

gasheadinpeace wrote:Might come down from Bristol to watch...

See what kind of football our new manager plays.

You're such a mug.

Anyway, would anyone like to answer my questions?

Because of Cameras and scaffolding, Shane.

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Might come down from Bristol to watch...

See what kind of football our new manager plays.

Where the scaffolding is going to make the Sky booth apparently.

Shame they couldn't make the booth over in the corner of the away end/grandstand. Massive area there where there is nothing anyway.

Fonda wrote:Why is the Pop side capacity being reduced?

Extra space needed for more cameras maybe ??