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Originally Posted by AccyMad
As far as I know nobody from the club has said this officially or otherwise but if it is the reason why exactly is it a disgrace?
In another post you mention games v Leeds, Derby, Sunderland etc where the opposition have outnumbered the Stanley fans & yes, they were good games with a cracking atmosphere BUT on other occasions, for example the play off game in 2016 v Wimbledon & the semi final of the Efl trophy v Bolton giving these clubs a massive numerical advantage backfired on us, not only because of the results but also the away fans behaviour, particularly in Boltons case & I would hope lessons were learned from that.
If the games against Tranmere & Carlisle were not so pivotal.for both clubs, i'm.sure more tickets would have been made available & a good day out would have been had by all.with us welcoming any additional revenue but that is not the case so why should we give in to.'bigger clubs' demands for more tickets just because we're going to disappoint some of their fan base?
You mention there could be a police bill if fans travel without tickets, well that would be a guaranteed bill if we allowed more opposition fans in the ground
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Youre right they Havnt.
And i see they've now don it again in only giving the reduced number to Chesterfield as well.
Can anybody really believe that reducing the away allocation increases Stanley's chances of winning games ? Does it hell having a cracking atmosphere in a full ground does is encourages the Stanley boys to turn up in numbers and be just as loud.
I wasnt at the Wimbledon game so can't comment on that one but the Bolton game was a bit different because whatever they did they couldnt win either give them the tickets or risk having Bolton fans in the home areas but once again backward thinking from Accy when they should have said its a thousand tickets or you pay for and bring 30 stewards if you want the other 1700 seats.
Personally i would have charged 40 quid for a ticket and given 2x £10 vouchers to use at future games or at the bars and kiosks to increase the take on the night as the Bolton fans would have all spent them on food and drink on the night putting another 50k into the coffers.
Anyway we both live to fight another day and nobody was more relived than me to hear the Accy boys had done the business at Salford and were superbly backed into the bargain and that despite trying to do an Accy and throw away a 3 goal lead our miracle is still on and its now looking like its Tranmere with all the work to do and if our Cumbrian neighbours do us a favour on Monday it most definitely will be. We're just targeting getting to 49 points and see where that gets us and if we do we.ll gladly accept our fate knowing that both Hughes and the team couldnt have done any more.