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| Quote Bobbin' Along="Bobbin' Along"Is that the royal 'we'?
Has it occurred to you that the stewards might have insisted on you sitting for your own safety? As an added bonus people behind you might have even got to see some of the match.'"
Ah you beat me to it!
Getting shouted at to sit down every two minutes would imply that every two minutes you ignored what the stewards had asked you to do and with no regard to those seated around you stood up again! I can't imagine why the stewards would ask you to sit down again, the cheek of it!
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| Quote Barnacle Bill="Barnacle Bill"Ah you beat me to it!
Getting shouted at to sit down every two minutes would imply that every two minutes you ignored what the stewards had asked you to do and with no regard to those seated around you stood up again! I can't imagine why the stewards would ask you to sit down again, the cheek of it!'"
The people that were stood up were at the top of the stand and there was no one behind them  and they didn't do much about the safety when one of our fans slipped down the wooden steps that were like glass, they were nowhere to be seen then 
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| Quote Barnacle Bill="Barnacle Bill"It was an excellent turnout from Wakey yesterday. I was sat in the North stand and there was a real family atmosphere, loads of kids and quite a few ladies (young and old) which has to be good for the club.
I turned up about 2-3 minutes late and went straight in so it's surprising to hear that people where queuing for 25 minutes at the turnstile I went through and still got in late.
I guess if there were problems then it shows the benefit of buying your ticket in advance from those available through the Wakefield club plus Wakefield get a slice of the pie if you do that.'"
once the game kicked off they decided to tell everyone who had been stood outside the one turnstile paying cash that it was full. stood at the south stand there appeared a fair few seats empty in the north stand all game. as a ground i dont think CP is that bad. decent atmosphere from the side stands and it strikes me as a good view from em both for the home fans. KR are hardly gonna put away fans first. that said ithe problems which did arise were terribly dealt with by the stewards who tbh appeared to have about 3 brain cells between them and thats being generous.
as for buying tickets in advance it didn't do a few people any good who ended up in the cheap end with full price tickets 
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| Royal we? no it was my party of 4.
To be honest we only ever stood up when it was nearly a try (as did the rest of the end).
We have never been thrown out but have seen lots of other Wakey fans thrown out for nothing.
The constant chat from the stewards genuinely stopped us concentrating on the rugby.
Although these factors are all small they all detract from the experience which costs £20 hence we (group of 4 in case your wondering) do not bother to go anymore.
Contrast to the Hull FC experience which we always go to.
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| Quote Catnap="Catnap"The people that were stood up were at the top of the stand and there was no one behind them
and they didn't do much about the safety when one of our fans slipped down the wooden steps that were like glass, they were nowhere to be seen then
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It's funny you should say that because there were people stood at the back behind where I was sitting but I don't recall my enjoyment of the game being ruined by stewards shouting at them to sit down.
I was in the same stand, the steps were not "like glass". When walking down steps care should be taken especially if they are wet. I hope the person who slipped is ok, there are medical facilities at Craven Park for just such circumstances, did you report to one of the stewards that the person who slipped was injured?
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| Quote St. Chunter="St. Chunter"once the game kicked off they decided to tell everyone who had been stood outside the one turnstile paying cash that it was full. stood at the south stand there appeared a fair few seats empty in the north stand all game. as a ground i dont think CP is that bad. decent atmosphere from the side stands and it strikes me as a good view from em both for the home fans. KR are hardly gonna put away fans first. that said ithe problems which did arise were terribly dealt with by the stewards who tbh appeared to have about 3 brain cells between them and thats being generous.
as for buying tickets in advance it didn't do a few people any good who ended up in the cheap end with full price tickets
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There were quite a few in the North end that chose to stand up, as some usually do, in the corner so that could explain the empty seats.
Stewards are rarely mensa members, I think that is common to all grounds
It certainly seems like something went wrong regarding the away fan arrangements. I am sure that if you bought a ticket for the North stand and were told to go into the South, then the club will refund the difference, but I guess it will be difficult to prove at this stage.
Anyway, thanks for coming see you next time.
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| Home fans could get into the north stand without any problem. Any away fans that turned up at the turnstile at the north end of the ground were sent away and told to join the one very long queue at the one turnstile that supposedly catered for away fans.
It was pretty shabby really, and it is the only ground I can think of where the away fans are treated so differently to the home fans.
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| Quote Slugger McBatt="Slugger McBatt"Home fans could get into the north stand without any problem. Any away fans that turned up at the turnstile at the north end of the ground were sent away and told to join the one very long queue at the one turnstile that supposedly catered for away fans.
It was pretty shabby really, and it is the only ground I can think of where the away fans are treated so differently to the home fans.'"
I had my Rovers shirt on under a combat jacket there was nothing to identify me as a home fan. I already had my ticket, went to the turnstile and straight in, a couple of Wakey fans went through at the same time no problem.
Like I said something clearly went wrong. If possible a letter or e-mail to the club will help to make sure that it doesn't happen agai. It's rare for clubs to bring such a good following to Craven Park so Rovers are not going to want to jeopardise that for the future.
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| Quote Barnacle Bill="Barnacle Bill"I had my Rovers shirt on under a combat jacket there was nothing to identify me as a home fan. I already had my ticket, went to the turnstile and straight in, a couple of Wakey fans went through at the same time no problem.
Like I said something clearly went wrong. If possible a letter or e-mail to the club will help to make sure that it doesn't happen agai. It's rare for clubs to bring such a good following to Craven Park so Rovers are not going to want to jeopardise that for the future.'"
Fair play.
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| Quote Barnacle Bill="Barnacle Bill"I had my Rovers shirt on under a combat jacket there was nothing to identify me as a home fan. I already had my ticket, went to the turnstile and straight in, a couple of Wakey fans went through at the same time no problem.
Like I said something clearly went wrong. If possible a letter or e-mail to the club will help to make sure that it doesn't happen agai. It's rare for clubs to bring such a good following to Craven Park so Rovers are not going to want to jeopardise that for the future.'"
I never turn up before 2:50pm and have NEVER had a problem seeing kick off.
As to quality of the ground or seating, I can take it from Wigan, FC or Hudds who play in good quality stadia, but WAKEFIELD  , watching a game in a landfill would be better than Belle Vue
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| Quote Slugger McBatt="Slugger McBatt"I'm sure the home fans had no problems. They weren't restricted to one turnstile. The treatment of away fans yesterday was pretty shabby.
Good home support though. You are heading in the right direction.'"
That side of my family are Wakefield fans, hence my comment.
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| Perhaps you can turn up 10 mins before kick off and get in if you're a home fan. We were stuck for 30 mins in a queue with only 2 turnstiles open.
Perhaps we can return the compliment when you come to BV and see how you like it!
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