Sorry to be the pedant (but I guess I’m not the only who would point it out if I didn’t) but a ticket’s stub is the bit you keep, not the bit they take - that is sometimes called a counterfoil.
But all moot anyway - I wasn’t paying, much attention so can’t recall if the Alfreton turnstiles ripped off the counterfoil or scanned them (nearly all EFL clubs scan now so no tearing necessary). Can anyone remember?
Whatever, Alfreton will accept the bit you’ve kept (if they did tear off then they already have the other bit, or do if you entered the ground before it was called off - there were still some people outside with their whole ticket, and of course others who bought tickets but couldn’t make use of them on the day) but our ticket office aren’t asking for any part to be returned, only for you to ring them. They will have a record of who they sold tickets to so that should prevent anyone who didn’t buy one trying to claim a refund, but it doesn’t stop someone claiming a refund then turning up tomorrow with their stub and trying to get in.
If they also noted which ticket number they allocated to a purchaser they could let Alfreton know and they could invalidate those numbers - but that’s only feasible if they are scanning (and they have a system that could cope).
The ticket stub was torn off and kept by the turnstyle operator. The tickets are numbered so I suppose that they could take the counterfoil off us tomorrow and do an audit check to see if anyone has turned up having been given a refund if they know who had what number ticket. I can’t really see that happening, I think it will be just done on trust.
See above - the stub is the bit we kept, the counterfoil is what they took (if they did rip them off rather than just scan???)
They won’t take any bit tomorrow night as a) the stub acts as our receipt of the transaction not theirs, b) if the game gets called off again (even if abandoned part way through) then we might still need them for the next attempt/claim a refund.
Sorry I assumed that stub was the smaller part as it is in lot of other situations any way they ripped off and kept the liitl bit no electronic reader or bar code on ticket
BTW I’m not attempting any oneupmanship on this (it’s just my understanding of the term, and backing @mel58’s statement that @NewportSaddlersDad questioned - and I suppose a little bit of a semantics debate for those that like that sort of thing ) And, as I say, it’s all a bit irrelevant anyway as the ticket office isn’t asking for them whatever you call it, it’s the bit that you kept is what they want tomorrow.
And did we get stubs/counterfoils anyway or did they scan and we kept the lot (as we do at most games these days - the bits that can be torn off are usually to differentiate concessions)?
Let’s just hope people do the right thing and don’t take advantage of the opportunity to get a refund AND go to the game. They’re only depriving the club of money ultimately.
I heard they wanted volunteers just before I left Telford to visit my parents on Beechdale so I threw a spade in the boot dropped the family off and headed up there to shift the snow.
I was walking round with the ref and Terry Austin when they inspected the goalmouth at the Hillary st end and I heard that they were not happy the area was frozen solid and the game was off.
I then went back to my car to find I had left my lights on and the battery was flat.Luckily a couple of our fellow snow clearers were walking by and gave me a push and I got back to get a bollocking from the family for abandoning them.
It’s what you did in those days if you were a saddler so I thought it was worth it
You are correct that’s normal practice as I said earlier I always picked up my match day ticket or had them posted out to me up until this year and now email them to me .when going through turnstile they kept stub small bit you kept rest( large bit ) like below .it was exactly the same ticket only emptied my match day coat pocket few weeks ago had dozen or more in it .not changed much since 2007
I was having a laugh to myself about your flooding the tower block 1981/1982 this morning and thought the makers of The Towering Inferno had employed you to put the fire out but on checking that film was made in 1974
) And, as I say, it’s all a bit irrelevant anyway as the ticket office isn’t asking for them whatever you call it, it’s the bit that you kept is what they want tomorrow.
