Re: Harlequins seating arrangment

warrior till i die · Post by **warrior till i die** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:39 pm

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simmy1 · Post by **simmy1** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:57 pm

was stood right behind the blokes arguing started when one guy thoght it big to punch the girlfriend of the other guy he then tried to knock lumps of the other looked worse that it was with people trying to keep em apart they did shake hands before the end ...didnt spoil my day out though BUT AGREE ITS NOT WANTED

think the quins stewards casued the issue with seating we were told to sit anywhere and had nothing to do with having a drink which has been claimed and to be honest what did it matter there was enough seats for everyone in the end reserved or not it didnt matter

josie andrews · Post by **josie andrews** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:12 pm

The reserved seating arrangements were a shambles. How can someone who was among the first to buy the Â£20 tickets, is disabled and be seated right at the top of the stadium. The stewards saw the situation and told her and her carer to sit lower down, they were then ousted out of their seats by ablebodied fans. A guy with two walking sticks and suffering from diabetes was also told to sit lower down in the Â£20 seats again to be ousted by young fit ablebodied supporters.

The whole thing was a disgrace, and when I asked one of the stewards why they had made these seating arrangements they said it was a trial to see how it worked!

Well let me tell you that it didn't work. What was wrong with the way we used to be seated in that stand when it was always allocated as the away stand, unreserved seating, there were never any problems then. Or, was it down to, as some said, to make the ground look full due to it being on Sky? I still think there were as many, if not more, Wigan supporters than Quins.

It used to be a great atmosphere going to this fixture. Fans were able to walk round to were the dugouts are and see, chat and have pictures taken with the players before the game. I'm afraid this year was a big letdown regarding the stadium. The best thing about the day was the Wigan win.

Well done lads for grinding out the win when it has always been a difficult place for teams to play.

white elephant · Post by **white elephant** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:40 pm

Two women off our coach bought tickets for the east stand, but ended up sittin with us in the north because of all the problems with someone in there seats. they ended up havin a great time.

the stewards, all 15 of them, had not got a clue. i asked if the east stand was reseved and they said "ermm i think so"

dont get me started on the price of a cheese burger!!

wiganer in exile · Post by **wiganer in exile** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:43 pm

I bought my ticket for the Wigan end of the Etihad from Harlequins cause I live in London - they were selling them for the whole stand, not just the 'home' parts where them flags were.

Much preferred it last season when it were unreserved in the other stand, but if they're only getting 2,000 (if that!) home fans a game they won't want to pay for extra stewarding and all that if they can try and shove everyone in one stand.

Overhearing some Quins fans on the train on the way back it seems they're not happy with sharing a stand either - a lot of them have had their season tickets moved from the half way line to the 20 yd line to accommodate it.

trotski_tgwu · Post by **trotski_tgwu** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:58 pm

cpwigan wrote:You are allowed to express your views here with little or no censoring unless it becomes libel related. Mike as the owner decides upon that. Such cases are few abd far between and it does not matter who you are because the last post Mike had to censor was by a moderator (me) oopps

CP i think Pie Man means not to name and shame the bloke fighting on here as the club have been given his name and pictures. Plus it would keep the site right, so no legal action could be taken if someone did name and shame. If that makes sence.

exile in Tiger country · Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:53 pm

JJ wrote:I had a good day at Harlequins yesterday, though there was a lot of confusion with seating. it was reserved seating though people were just sitting where they wanted, then as the ground got fuller there was a lot of arguing amongst the fans because there ticket seats were already occupied.
(Some people said the stewards told them they could sit anywhere, though surly they could see that they had seat numbers on their tickets.

The tickets for South stand at Wigan have seat/row numbers on them also, but are additionally marked "unreserved seating" or something similar.

wigan_twins · Post by **wigan_twins** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:19 pm

we was talking to Ian Lenagan before the match and he said wigan had sold over 2000 tickets for the match.but it was sooo confusing i had no idea where we was ment to be sitting oh well didnt spoil the match!