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Car parking and stewarding.
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pastafarian
Well-known member
Does the fact that no-one has posted about Bennetts Field mean they are still stuck in there?
I think the Bennets field massive are mostly silent due to empathy....BF was madness again monday night,but no shocker there.I guess the UNI parkers are getting a taste of what we experience every game.Saying that its not right.
There is a serious flaw in the transport policy with regard to cars,this seems to be exacerbated with midweek games when i presume peoples plans fluctuate.People on here dont really help by saying leave earlier and sort yourself out or get the park and ride "i am home in 30 mins" or my favorite " ha ha.....posh people with 4x4`s stuck in car park"
The fact of the matter is people travel by various means for various reasons,by all accounts the trains and the park and ride are(apart from the odd exception) now working well after initial problems.The car situation though is absolute chaos.I fully expect to spend some time queuing to get in and queuing to get out......but is playing bumper cars sometimes up to 90 mins after the final whistle acceptable?I think you would agree probably not.
I will still reluctantly put up with it,but answer this question...... how many will give the whole game a swerve because they are car drivers and cant be dealing with it(especially week games and on TV as well),if that is even one person then the club needs to look into this issue closely and do their utmost to improve the situation.It is after all in the interests of everyone.
pastafarian
Well-known member
Next time you car drivers are all queuing, can you get out of the bus lane please and stop buggering up the transport for everyone else. Cheers
what bus lane is that?
Is that message seriously from the transport manager? What a knob.
Superphil
Dismember
Does the fact that no-one has posted about Bennetts Field mean they are still stuck in there?
The fact is that these paltry stories of 45 minute waits to get in and out of the Uni car park pale into insignificance compared to the sink hole that is Bennets Field for every single game.
pastafarian
Well-known member
Join the Bennets Field Escape Committee mate,we need new members and are confident of a mass breakout and a "Home Run" fairly soon....can you speak goon(steward)?
Seasider78
Well-known member
- Nov 14, 2004
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Superphil
Dismember
Sorry to say that I've given up, and now get to the stadium by other means, as have 3 other friends. At least it should free up the scrum by the tune of 2 cars per game.
severnside gull
Well-known member
I gave the Hull game a miss in large part because I couldnt face an avoidable night spent in BF.
After the Leeds game I spent longer escaping BF than I had spent in the stadium and I then have a 200 mile drive home.
Sadly the responses of the club's Traffic Manager seem to range between complacent and rude.
It's a mess.
Lewes Road eastbound.
severnside gull
Well-known member
I gave the Hull game a miss in large part because I couldnt face an avoidable night spent in BF.
After the Leeds game I spent longer escaping BF than I had spent in the stadium and I then have a 200 mile drive home.
Sadly the responses of the club's Traffic Manager seem to range between complacent and rude.
It's mess.
Since1982
Well-known member
From what I have read on here, BF has always been nightmare. The issue on Monday was that the previously excellent Uni was equally dreadful. That is the issue the club need to address - what went wrong, what are the lessons to be learnt and how can it be avoided in the future. I'd be surprised if the answer didn't at least involve training stewards properly.
Not only was there ridiculous wait to on the A27 which would have been much better if the bridge had been open. You have no drop off at falmer station for safety reasons but nothing to prevent IGNORANT SELFISH people passing the Q and pushing in, stopping in the hatch marks on the raised section, a serious accident waiting to happen.Getting back to the car was a problem. the Railway Bridge was blocked so pedestrian access to the car park was blocked. Stewards were not managing the situation, I mentioned it to a Plod, politely, as a possible improvement and that was met with raging apathy. Even then we weren't finished.Leaving the Uni,2 streams merge. It was wet dark so visibility impaired, Stewards everywhere but not clear whether they were alternating flow, the weren't they were doing ****all. I don't know how much we are paying for it but it is too much. we could send them home 2 hours before kick off and it would be any worse.
We don't go to midweek games anymore very much because of the traffic chaos. We'll likely give up our ST's next season too as the benefit becomes marginal so we'll pick and chose Saturdays.
But hey! we're only 2 and in a minority so who cares?
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
next time there is a club/supporter meeting i hope all these issues can be raised...i don't generally have a problem (apart from tuesday) as i pay someone a small fee to park on there property in coldean...but the responses from the transport manager should be looked into and obviously the stewarding in the car parks judging from what is said on here needs to be addressed.....to balance the stewarding comments i have always found them polite and efficient at the stadium and average to good at bridge car park on the odd occasion i use it
It might be a start but it's a general meeting and I guess most going will be those that use train or local buses which seem to be OK. Also the possibility if raised that the majority attending won't recognise the issues and there may not be the degree of support needed to get the club to take a proper look at it.
Ultimately the club should be conducting a proper structured information gathering exercise, identifying the issues and then looking at every possible remedy (using as much as possible those fans that are impacted). The clown that is the Transport Manager has shown little if any interest so far and I'm not sure how or if it changes anytime soon
East Preston Gull
New member
This..Saturdays only for me as well. I have tried every method of getting from Felpham to the Amex midweek and it is just not worth it! Shame but I suppose albion's progress has come at a cost for me.
Part of me misses withdean. Left Bognor at 6.45pm and arrive at 7.20, beer, nosebag, match and home by 10.20pm. Got wet and cold but never really bothered me. It felt as though we were all in this together( before Cameron ruined the phrase). Now I am a number and cow laden full of cash ready to be milked and fobbed off.
The rise of the albion has sadly sprinted away whilst I limp along chasing!
Still a Gull, but a few less turnstile thigh bruises for me!
Dick Knights Mumm
Take me Home Falmer Road
Well the presence of some of the more sober-minded NSC posters with complaints should be ringing the alarm bells in the Transport office. Sounds as though some of the stewards are taking the money and not doing their job - either because they do not know their job, or they are not beng supervised. Someone needs to take it all in hand.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Are people copying in Barber? As surely he wouldn't be happy about all this....i see some people are tweeting..all well and good at the time, but i would be following it up with a letter/email
ROSM
Well-known member
I have used a variety of different transport methods and routes in the last 3 years. Prior to this Monday, the uni car park had been very good. Only on one occasion before had it been a faff getting out and that was my fault for following cars from car park 2.
This week however was a mare arriving (leaving not so bad). I too was told that the car parks were full despite me having pre booked. I also heard people saying they hadn't booked or paid but had got in. I can understand that when the queues formed the priority is to get people in but allowing pay on the day didn work.
I joined the queue on the falmer road at 6.25 and got parked up in car park 1at 7.25. I had my 4 and 7 year old with me and they were both good as gold jogging across to the stadium and were sat down by the time the teams came out. Afterwards we got back to the car and they quickly fell asleep. Seeing the traffic not moving we sat still and actually moved off at 10.30. When I use race hill park and ride, I'm usually home by 10.25. This time it was 10.45. So not that awful.
In simple terms (and trying to be constructive) I know the idea was to reduce costs but ideally if there is to be pay on the day parking it should perhaps have been located at the bridge with ticket only for uni.
This week however was a mare arriving (leaving not so bad). I too was told that the car parks were full despite me having pre booked. I also heard people saying they hadn't booked or paid but had got in. I can understand that when the queues formed the priority is to get people in but allowing pay on the day didn work.
I joined the queue on the falmer road at 6.25 and got parked up in car park 1at 7.25. I had my 4 and 7 year old with me and they were both good as gold jogging across to the stadium and were sat down by the time the teams came out. Afterwards we got back to the car and they quickly fell asleep. Seeing the traffic not moving we sat still and actually moved off at 10.30. When I use race hill park and ride, I'm usually home by 10.25. This time it was 10.45. So not that awful.
In simple terms (and trying to be constructive) I know the idea was to reduce costs but ideally if there is to be pay on the day parking it should perhaps have been located at the bridge with ticket only for uni.