UpInTheAyr Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 How's that working out for you?Don't think anybody expected it to work flawlessly first time.Enjoy League 1 next season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shodwall cat Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Mgc1910 said: Don’t see why. It is extremely easy to buy a ticket before you head to the game. I’ll make allowances for fans who are a bit older and/or a bit thick, but I’m pretty confident most fans will get up to speed pretty quick. We use cashless systems in so many other aspects of our life so don’t see any reason why football should be any different. It’s safe to assume this wasn’t developed purely for Ayr United - I’m sure you’ll find plenty of other clubs have migrated to this approach. I doubt many have moved to a system where you get a ticket with a couple of letters written on it with a biro pen by some old biddy in a porto cabin. Why couldnt the folk manning the turnstyles just do that ffs? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deano25ffc Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Nae bor VikingBAIRN Oaffffffft . Compare me to virginton 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 These Falkirk fans are brilliant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcal Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 I doubt many have moved to a system where you get a ticket with a couple of letters written on it with a biro pen by some old biddy in a porto cabin. Why couldnt the folk manning the turnstyles just do that ffs?Absolutely fucking raging 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 (edited) Most clubs are moving to modern ticket systems, but its either naive or stupid for anyone to think there are not regularly going to be people who expect that they can turn up at a lower league Scottish match with 20 quid and pay in. Anyone saying otherwise is not being realistic. Edited July 20, 2019 by Bairnardo 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mgc1910 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, Shodwall cat said: I doubt many have moved to a system where you get a ticket with a couple of letters written on it with a biro pen by some old biddy in a porto cabin. Why couldnt the folk manning the turnstyles just do that ffs? Why didn’t you just buy a ticket online? Would have saved you so much heartache. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Typical. Ayr folk must have been pockling the gate money for them to move to the cashless system. Thieving fuckers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shodwall cat Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, AuAl said: 4 minutes ago, Shodwall cat said: I doubt many have moved to a system where you get a ticket with a couple of letters written on it with a biro pen by some old biddy in a porto cabin. Why couldnt the folk manning the turnstyles just do that ffs? Absolutely fucking raging The size of your crowds you should be trying to encourage as many fans to attend games as possible. Having them queue for 20 mins plus to get in is hardly going to do that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shodwall cat Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Mgc1910 said: Why didn’t you just buy a ticket online? Would have saved you so much heartache. I didnt know if id be coming because i was working today and shot right down the road when i finished. I didnt think for a minute that it would take that long to get into a game with a 1600 crowd. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrExile Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Mgc1910 said: Don’t see why. It is extremely easy to buy a ticket before you head to the game. I’ll make allowances for fans who are a bit older and/or a bit thick, but I’m pretty confident most fans will get up to speed pretty quick. We use cashless systems in so many other aspects of our life so don’t see any reason why football should be any different. It’s safe to assume this wasn’t developed purely for Ayr United - I’m sure you’ll find plenty of other clubs have migrated to this approach. I bought a ticket online and wasn’t sent a QR code on either email I received . Went to shop and they kindly gave me a ticket. As an example Partick Thistle have a seperate portakabin at their turnstiles where you have a good few queues to buy a ticket so it happens within a few minutes. Today we had queues of 30 deep into a shop with a table or two like a beetle drive. Not sure how further congestion in the shop will help with merchandise sales either as it was best avoided. Think with Thistle you might be able to scan ticket so one person can work two or three turnstiles and keep things moving. Today we had one person per turnstyle that took as long as paying with cash operating an amazon scanner. To be fair the home crowd was a bit lighter due to holidays and we still had a delay of ten minutes. Hopefully lessons can be learned and make this efficient in the future but not really seeing a massive benefit from this system 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhursty7 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 This ticketing melt down is joke I understand some people still want cash but this change will come to most grounds sooner rather than later, Ayr have made it well known since the end of last season this was happening and have been proactive on social media and probably in the Ayrshire post advising Ayr fans opposition fans to buy in advance if they don't want to queue if you don't have the time to buy on line turn up 15 min early and get a ticket it's not rocket science. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shodwall cat Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, AyrExile said: I bought a ticket online and wasn’t sent a QR code on either email I received . Went to shop and they kindly gave me a ticket. As an example Partick Thistle have a seperate portakabin at their turnstiles where you have a good few queues to buy a ticket so it happens within a few minutes. Today we had queues of 30 deep into a shop with a table or two like a beetle drive. Not sure how further congestion in the shop will help with merchandise sales either as it was best avoided. Think with Thistle you might be able to scan ticket so one person can work two or three turnstiles and keep things moving. Today we had one person per turnstyle that took as long as paying with cash operating an amazon scanner. To be fair the home crowd was a bit lighter due to holidays and we still had a delay of ten minutes. Hopefully lessons can be learned and make this efficient in the future but not really seeing a massive benefit from this system Your always better to give people as many options as possible to get in. Buying on line great we do that obviously but we also have the pay at the gate option. Keeps everyone happy and prevents what happened today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrucerick Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Folk moaning they had to stand in the sunshine to get into a game which was delayed for 8 (eight) minutes! What a time to be alive! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 When does the Falkirk crowdwank begin? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shodwall cat Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Just now, Superhursy7 said: This ticketing melt down is joke I understand some people still want cash but this change will come to most grounds sooner rather than later, Ayr have made it well known since the end of last season this was happening and have been proactive on social media and probably in the Ayrshire post advising Ayr fans opposition fans to buy in advance if they don't want to queue if you don't have the time to buy on line turn up 15 min early and get a ticket it's not rocket science. 15 mins? You would needed to have turned up half an hour early go get in on time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcal Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 When does the Falkirk crowdwank begin? It never stops 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mgc1910 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, AyrExile said: I bought a ticket online and wasn’t sent a QR code on either email I received . Went to shop and they kindly gave me a ticket. As an example Partick Thistle have a seperate portakabin at their turnstiles where you have a good few queues to buy a ticket so it happens within a few minutes. Today we had queues of 30 deep into a shop with a table or two like a beetle drive. Not sure how further congestion in the shop will help with merchandise sales either as it was best avoided. Think with Thistle you might be able to scan ticket so one person can work two or three turnstiles and keep things moving. Today we had one person per turnstyle that took as long as paying with cash operating an amazon scanner. To be fair the home crowd was a bit lighter due to holidays and we still had a delay of ten minutes. Hopefully lessons can be learned and make this efficient in the future but not really seeing a massive benefit from this system Like I say, teething problems. The amount of drama queenery on here is unreal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDust Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 2 hours ago, placidcasual said: Not sure why the Falkirk fans were raging at Doohan. It's not like he went down in a heap looking for a red card. Some save at the penalty. Geordie Watson now, would've saved that penalty 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrExile Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, Mgc1910 said: Like I say, teething problems. The amount of drama queenery on here is unreal. First week so fair enough to put down to teething problems. There will need to be some radical change to the system to make this work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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