I agree he's the best ref, but I still don't think him officiating so many Wigan games is a good look for the sport. But that says more about the lack of top refs, I suppose.

Josie I think that's the same boiler-plate reply I got when I emailed and asked for a physical card. Hence my comment about "never got a proper acknowledgment". I wondered if it had been read by a human!

But in my case, it turned out all right.

It seems pretty clear to me that you're much better off with a card anyway!

It's no difference to previous years in the CC, is it? The BBC pick a game to screen. They don't (and surely never have) screened all games?

I shan't be doing that, but I can quite see that a fair few long-standing fans will do so. You'd think the numbers for auto renewal will drop off next year.

Season ticket card arrived in the post today, complete with the mea culpa message from KR.

That's a relief. Now perhaps we can just look forward to the rest of the season.

It's such a shame, this is such bad PR for the club when everything else is going so well.

I've just checked: my mid-range phone (Samsung A54-5g) has the NFC capability, but I've never used it.

Is Ipape out long-term?

You can pay on the day. So I didn't actually buy a ticket, but if the mood takes me and the weather's good I thought I might just run over there on the bike.