I have received a letter from Saints today to say they have sold too many tickets for the west stand for the Salfrod game. Aprarently the Council have asked ofr a reduction in capacity in that stand!!

They have sent me an East Stand ticket or I can have a refund.

I bought two tickets for the west stand two days apart and the second one i've bought has now been cancelled and replaced with an East Stand one (or refund)

Anyone else had an issue?

thats not good for you and others affected, but a reduction in capacity was on the cards after the widnes game

No, but I've read reports of similar for other people. It's because some idiots moved from their seated stands into the West Stand, overcrowding it, and so Saints won't be able to have a capacity crowd in for the Salford match. An arrangement has been made with Salford for their fans to go in one end of the North Stand and Saints fans who aren't season ticket holders can go in the East Stand.

Hopefully the idiots who moved from their seats are now happy that they have messed things up and our capacity is reduced.

What she said ..

I hope so!

I have a family member with a season ticket for the West, I then bought one and then a few days later another for my Mrs. It's my Mrs' ticket that has been "cancelled". Apparently the one I bought first is ok.

Some people! Why would you pay for a seat and then go and stand up? I would think most people who sit do so because they're in the company of family members or friends. It's irresponsible to decide to stand because that most probably means everyone else you're with will move with you. So, people like mistermoo have been inconvenienced!

This must be the end of the open concourse idea?

Saints should offer you a seat if there is any for your trouble

It's an option but we all wanted to be together and with my brother-in-law having a season ticket for the West that can't happen.

My Mrs has said to get a refund so at least I can go, just so frustrating!!

I hope not as it's a lovely idea.

I'm really peed off by those idiots who have spoiled it all. Some people are bloody selfish.

Why don't you see if you can swap two rather than just the one? I know it's disappointing that you won't be in the West as a group but you can meet up pre and post match, it'll only be an hour and a half apart

It so whats the new capacity for Saints. I imagine a safety certificate for the full capacity will only be issued now if the ability to stop people moving between stands is removed.

Shame but was always going to happen if you can't control the crowd. Leaving it to the honesty of the individual is never going to work, it only takes 1.

Yeah but it means i have to spend that hour and half with my Mrs!!

lol, good point!

Very very shoddy from the club again. Whoever had the idea of letting people move between stands is an idiot to be frank. What would happen if it were raining heavily for a sold out game and a thousand people from the West and East decided that rather than get wet that they would get into the unallocated seats in the side North and South?

Bedlem!

Put some cattle gates up like every other modern ground has.

This had nothing to do with the club. The club wanted fans to be able to mingle pre-match and at halftime on the concourses, but it was idiot fans who decided to change stands. Where Saints were possibly being naive is to think that there weren't selfish idiots in the fan contingent.

I think Saints should announce at the Salford match that if any fans end up in the wrong stands they will be thrown out. Then let me kick their selfish, idiotic asses.

Saints twitter states West terrace season tickets sold out.

It shouldn't be. It will be a retrograde step if it is. Easily solved with all the suggestions made thus far re tighter stewarding.

That's because only season ticket holders are being allowed in there and we're on reduced capacity. All other Saints fans are being located in the East Stand.

So if this reduced capacity carries on how much do you estimate we'll lose in revenue each game in ticket sales alone?

That's anyone's guess as the club hasn't stated what the capacity will be. But if it's 2000, say, well that's 2,000 x £18.50 minimum I should think. That's a lot of money just on ticket sales alone.

I hope those fans are really happy!

That's what I was thinking. Unless Saints sell match day tickets for the West terrace in the future the reduction will be for the whole season.

If the reduction is based on the west stand situation alone, can only see a 20% reduction there of 700 to 800 places but if they are looking at the stadium as a whole they may well double that figure.
We seem to have a similar scenario as what happened at the Halliwell Jones.

But a couple of gates makes it easily fixable. They could even make it variable, for lower crowds leave it open, for capacity shut the gates.

It says in the letter I received only season ticket holders are allowed in the West BUT, I haven't got a S T and have been told my ticket is still valid, it is only the one I bought later that is not valid.