SIR – Further to the chaotic outcome surrounding the sale of cup-tie tickets at Valley Parade on Sunday, February 22 and resultant bad feeling, surely a more organised approach could have been employed to avoid the chaos?
Perhaps, if first consideration had been given to season ticket holders most inconvenienced by such matches, namely the faithful in the Midland Road Stand who have to give up their treasured seats – to accommodate away supporters – not a popular “have to” in the first place I can assure you!
Allow an allocated time span “the displaced” to safely secure their alternative available seats – then allow other season ticket holders to secure theirs within a time scale.
Surely this would reduce the pressure on the ticket office admin. In dispensing tickets.
As for allowing extra tickets to be purchased? Given the couple of weeks available before the actual match, casual fans would surely have time to purchase theirs when season ticket holders had taken up their option?
Keith Sivyer, Dale Croft Rise, Allerton
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