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apologies meant to post this yesterday ( sunday ) as soon as i found out!

did you know that, 300 season tickets have alredy been reserved & paid for, in the central viewing area, of the new grandstand,
for wait for it, "special guests etc." which i am reliably informed includes, local & national politicians & family members,
local councillors & spouses, westlands school guvenors & spouses, plus a special paid for allocation to accomadate
the guests of both plymouth argyle, exeter city & yeovil town, furthermore it seems that our previous manager mr.buckle has been
allocated 4no.seats for the next 2seasons ( free of charge )
evidently these allocations were a part of the deal that was struck with the F.A.to secure the grant, under their "football in the community allocation requirements"
& has little to do with the club!!!!
" a bit rich i think"

source?

300 does sound rather a lot, but if it means the club gets a new grandstand I suppose there's not a lot we can do about it, except perhaps go into local or national politics..

A joke just like politics but nowt we can do about it. Look at the positives and we have a brand new grandstand like GS says. Doesn't affect me as i will be going in the popside every time i visit Plainmoor from now on.

thinking about it, that might explain why the capacity of the new stand was a couple hundred more than we'd previously thought it would be.

happytorq wrote:source?

"i prefer daddies to heinz "

does this mean that the club has sold near to 300 more season tickets than it would normally; surely this can only be a good thing?

No truth in this "story" which I suspect has more to do with the day that it appears to have been contrived........April Fools Day!

luketufc wrote:does this mean that the club has sold near to 300 more season tickets than it would normally; surely this can only be a good thing?

no they dont get the revenue!
in fact they have to pay the F.A a levy for each of the allocated seat!
goes towards paying for the new wembly stadium re-development/stadium running costs!

A Candy wrote:No truth in this "story" which I suspect has more to do with the day that it appears to have been contrived........April Fools Day!

HA HA - spoil sport mr.candy ! apologies to all!!!!

Sorry to spoil the joke, but I know how sensitive some supporters can be on these matters...... also saves me having to reply to dozens of "angry" emails. Decent wind up though!

This is outrageous..!! I shall write to the Prime Minister about this..!!