Bees v Wrexham April 15th

[BGr]

How comes stand 66 e not opened yet?

It is! And almost completely full already!

Its not? Send screenshot

Maybe you didn’t select “away fans” option

[Tuesds]

Stand 66 Block E is not currently available for sale (perhaps JWTBee read bfc_mo’s message as referring to Stand 66 as a whole?). Blocks A-D are a handful of seats short of selling out. Hopefully Wrexham have been given the message that further sets will be released for them, in order that they can discourage impatient Red Dragons fans from buying seats in Legends.

[Roy57]

Just restrict sales of home tickets to people with a previous history of buying.

We could allocate Bumbles family zone to them as it has a separate access turnstile but it would be a pain to police.

Also it seems like the rows A-C haven't been sold yet in stand 66, which is a couple of hundred seats

Totally disagree, what if new supporters do come for this one match, if we play well and put on good performance by not letting them but tickets could be throwing away perspective new supporters.

[Roy57]

Don't forget there are no other clubs even close to Wrexham, both Cardiff and Swansea are both over three hours away. So not surprising they get good following. How many clubs within a hour of the Hive, just be double figures.

[pgbee]

Don't forget there are no other clubs even close to Wrexham, both Cardiff and Swansea are both over three hours away. So not surprising they get good following. How many clubs within a hour of the Hive, just be double figures.

No other Welsh clubs, Liverpool and Manchester are closer than Cardiff and Swansea...

[eastbarnetsupporter]

This is a good problem to have, and fortunately, we have probably the best away stand in not just in this league but the one above too. 1,900 is a healthy away capacity.

If we're still in contention for the playoffs, then an overall 4,000+ crowd isn't out of the question at all. 2,500 odd home fans, 1,900 away etc

[ETBee]

I fear that as we approach the date of the game Bees fans will find that there are no available seats in the West Stand as they've been taken by Wrexham fans. Outcry from fans and the club gets the blame!

I smiled when on the BBC weather forecast last night one of their weather watchers had sent in a vivid photo of a rainbow in Wrexham. The presenters mentioned gold at the end of the rainbow - Wrexham FC has certainly found that!

[becbee]

Don't forget there are no other clubs even close to Wrexham, both Cardiff and Swansea are both over three hours away. So not surprising they get good following. How many clubs within a hour of the Hive, just be double figures.

Chester is only 12 miles away, for years the two clubs were on a par. A lot of people in the Wrexham / Chester area support the 4 nearby Premiership clubs in Liverpool / Manchester. In fact in Chester city centre, there's no Chester City shop but there is a big Liverpool FC shop.

Wrexham's attendances have doubled since the Rob and Ryan Show rolled into town.

[wearebees]

I fear that as we approach the date of the game Bees fans will find that there are no available seats in the West Stand as they've been taken by Wrexham fans. Outcry from fans and the club gets the blame!

I smiled when on the BBC weather forecast last night one of their weather watchers had sent in a vivid photo of a rainbow in Wrexham. The presenters mentioned gold at the end of the rainbow - Wrexham FC has certainly found that!

Hopefully the club take home ticket sales down soon at least for now as this would be a real shame with us doing so well ourselves. Maybe purchase by phone or in person, with proof of address/ticketing history/proof a Bees fan, but with a way around for anyone who really cannot fulfil one of these criteria and does not live in Wales?!! Good luck to the Club!

[CrawleyBee]

At least open block E, until they decide what is best to do! Crazy Notts County still not sold out block A.

[becbee]

I fear that as we approach the date of the game Bees fans will find that there are no available seats in the West Stand as they've been taken by Wrexham fans. Outcry from fans and the club gets the blame!

I smiled when on the BBC weather forecast last night one of their weather watchers had sent in a vivid photo of a rainbow in Wrexham. The presenters mentioned gold at the end of the rainbow - Wrexham FC has certainly found that!

Hopefully the club take home ticket sales down soon at least for now as this would be a real shame with us doing so well ourselves. Maybe purchase by phone or in person, with proof of address/ticketing history/proof a Bees fan, but with a way around for anyone who really cannot fulfil one of these criteria and does not live in Wales?!! Good luck to the Club!

It would seem improbable that there will be people who have no ticketing history who would suddenly decide to become a Barnet supporter in our penultimate home match of the season. The way around that would either be to buy tickets for a previous match so being on the mailing list or to ask a friend who is on the mailing list to buy one for you.
Proof of address doesn't prove who you support, all clubs have exiled fans.

[BGr]

If it gets to it and home demand is significant, should be fairly easy to cancel all but the tiny minority of away fans in home areas. Our ticketing site asks for address and postcode, meaning any in North Wales could be cancelled anyway, and besides as mentioned the club could see previous purchasing history - anyone who had no purchase history but bought say within a week of the away end selling out would likely have their orders cancelled and be invited to rebook with proof of address.

If any Wrexham fan is committed enough to buy tickets for other prior games to get round it, good luck to them!

[ETBee]

Given the rate at which Wrexham are buying tickets the club need to do something ASAP if they don't want away fans in the home areas. I suspect that the ticketing system is unsophisticated and allows little manual intervention, which would introduce unwanted delays. I don't think they currently check addresses - we have fans who live miles away from the Hive and there will be Wrexham fans who live in the London area.

Perhaps the simplest thing to do is to specifically urge Bees fans to buy tickets now with a promise that if they later are unable to attend a refund will be given.

[john dockers shorts]

Email the club maybe tell em maybe....

[hoppy]

It looks like Barnet have passed the remaining block back to Wrexham so that they can sell the tickets.