Got something to say or just want fewer pesky ads? Join us... 😊

[Albion] A bit of disappointment yesterday



Timbo

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
4,322
Hassocks
For me at least, quite possible nobody else will care! I had to go to the ticket office before the game, in front of me was a family and the man at the front was getting quite irate.

A bit of presumption here but I guess the man was the grandfather or father of the two kids who were 6 & 9. The lady with them was their mother, the kids were head to toe in Brighton gear (full kit and scarves) and face paint on. The mother and (possibly) grandfather also had Brighton gear on. They were being taken for one of their birthdays and the lady was calmly explaining that she was really sorry but didn't think they would be allowed in.

They had gone to drop their rucksack at the bag drop, I assume the bag gets checked there. In the bag was a Man City carrier bag screwed up in the bottom which made them a 'security risk'. A supervisor comes along and takes over at the counter, he's really sorry but can't do anything. But however, and here's the genius but from the club, he can offer them an upgrade to hospitality where they naturally don't care who you support as you have more money. The man looks at the kids, one of whom is in tears and gets his credit card out and the club relieves him of another £191.
 
















PILTDOWN MAN

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Sep 15, 2004
19,597
Hurst Green
Upselling superb work...maybe
 


Whitechapel

Famous Last Words
Jul 19, 2014
4,412
Not in Whitechapel
The club get so, so much right but there’s been a few stories like this lately and it needs to stop.

1901 ticket holders can do what they want with their tickets, home ends are littered with away fans for certain games but then some jobsworth steward will crack down over absolute trivial bollocks like this. It’s grim.
 




Springal

Well-known member
Feb 12, 2005
24,785
GOSBTS
The club get so, so much right but there’s been a few stories like this lately and it needs to stop.

1901 ticket holders can do what they want with their tickets, home ends are littered with away fans for certain games but then some jobsworth steward will crack down over absolute trivial bollocks like this. It’s grim.
Sounds like they’re stopping exactly what you are talking about ?

Move them from home ends where they will upset a few to ‘neutral’ hospitality
 


METALMICKY

Well-known member
Jan 30, 2004
6,826
For me at least, quite possible nobody else will care! I had to go to the ticket office before the game, in front of me was a family and the man at the front was getting quite irate.

A bit of presumption here but I guess the man was the grandfather or father of the two kids who were 6 & 9. The lady with them was their mother, the kids were head to toe in Brighton gear (full kit and scarves) and face paint on. The mother and (possibly) grandfather also had Brighton gear on. They were being taken for one of their birthdays and the lady was calmly explaining that she was really sorry but didn't think they would be allowed in.

They had gone to drop their rucksack at the bag drop, I assume the bag gets checked there. In the bag was a Man City carrier bag screwed up in the bottom which made them a 'security risk'. A supervisor comes along and takes over at the counter, he's really sorry but can't do anything. But however, and here's the genius but from the club, he can offer them an upgrade to hospitality where they naturally don't care who you support as you have more money. The man looks at the kids, one of whom is in tears and gets his credit card out and the club relieves him of another £191.
Sorry but that makes no sense. The presence of a City carrier bag suggests they are deep cover with Albion kits on and once in the whole family will kick off!
 


Timbo

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
4,322
Hassocks
Where do you get a Man City carrier bag though ?
It was an odd one I agree and I didn't get into the nuts and bolts of how they came about having one! However, there were plenty of City fans dotted about in the ground yesterday, spending probably the best part of 150 quid on club merchandise to try and blend in would seem a bit excessive
 




AK74

Bright-eyed. Bushy-tailed. GSOH.
NSC Patron
Jan 19, 2010
1,372
Prevented from entering the home end due to the presence of an errant carrier bag?

Someone is getting the sack.
 




A1X

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Sep 1, 2017
20,544
Deepest, darkest Sussex
So were they away fans trying to sneak in who we rinsed because they were dumb enough to get caught? Or was it a family of Brighton fans who for some reason had a City bag and made a mistake?

If the former, yay.
If the latter, boo.
 






Sid and the Sharknados

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Sep 4, 2022
5,701
Darlington
Where do you get a Man City carrier bag though ?
The simplest explanation would be that at some point one of them had been to an away day or otherwise been in Manchester and bought something there.

I just had a quick root around the bottom of my rucksack. Lying around in the detritus at the bottom I found:
Bits of cardboard from a box of Polish chocolates,
A site plan of a steelworks,
A letter for a previous occupier of the house that I meant to return to sender and apparently forgot about,
An NHS leaflet about preventing blood clots after surgery,
A single sheet from a work permit application,
Some tap cartridges (admittedly I just bought those),
A train ticket from Rouen to Dieppe, or possibly vice versa, I've already forgotten.
And a load of other crap.

Presumably the club would leap to the assumption that I'm some sort of Polish industrial espionage agent and would immediately call the police to have me deported. :lolol:
 


hans kraay fan club

The voice of reason.
Helpful Moderator
Mar 16, 2005
62,759
Chandlers Ford
It was an odd one I agree and I didn't get into the nuts and bolts of how they came about having one! However, there were plenty of City fans dotted about in the ground yesterday, spending probably the best part of 150 quid on club merchandise to try and blend in would seem a bit excessive
Would have been cheaper to just buy hospitality tickets in the first place!
 


Bry Nylon

Test your smoke alarm
Helpful Moderator
Jul 21, 2003
20,574
Playing snooker
Sorry but that makes no sense. The presence of a City carrier bag suggests they are deep cover with Albion kits on and once in the whole family will kick off!
Which doubtless would have come as something of a surprise to the referee.
 




el punal

Well-known member
Aug 29, 2012
12,547
The dull part of the south coast
The club get so, so much right but there’s been a few stories like this lately and it needs to stop.

1901 ticket holders can do what they want with their tickets, home ends are littered with away fans for certain games but then some jobsworth steward will crack down over absolute trivial bollocks like this. It’s grim.
Hmm. I think there’s more to this story than we know. I was sat in the West Upper trying to find my Man City bag, which I carry odds and sods in, had disappeared for whatever reason.
 


Timbo

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
4,322
Hassocks
I reckon there’s more to this story
If I read it I would agree. However seeing it first hand, the family were very well spoken and just one look at them and anyone could tell there was no problem here whatsoever. I think in the first instance there's been an absolute jobsworth somewhere and from there on in nobody can back down (unless of course you've got a spare £191).

I've also been on here since the year dot and I'm really not in the habit of making things up.
 


Albion and Premier League latest from Sky Sports


Top
Link Here