Commercial failings

[dave.woodhall]

On the Trinity side I'd imagine it would be pretty easy to simply move the turnstiles to the fence, move in some portable bars and covers etc and have a large outdoor fan area. More difficult on the other three sides.

The logistics of installing a load of turnstiles aside, you'd be restricting access to the North Stand and Witton Lane, making evacuation harder and it would mean the only unrestricted area outside the ground would be a narrow footpath,

[TheTimVilla]

Anyone who can drink more than 1 pint of that gassy garbage they call draught beer at VP, the Holte Suite or Holte pub deserves a medal. It makes me feel sick.

I'd suggest not drinking it if it makes you feel sick.

I tried the IPA in the Holte Pub before Millwall. Man alive, how can you cock IPA up?!

[Drummond]

We're in Division 2. We expect low prices.

However, our owners aren't averse to making a few quid and the management team being built at a senior level have experience. Gut feeling is that when we're promoted again we'll see far better offers.

[mallo]

A few years back we were in the Holte and they were trialling a pint pouring device which had about 36 nozzles which descended into pint glasses arranged on a plastic mat so all the glasses were in the right place - it poured the pints all at once in about 3 seconds. Whatever happened to that? Maybe I'd had 1 too many before the game.

[mike]

I don't go to away matches anymore, how do we compare to other big grounds?

[cdbearsfan]

The best grounds for getting served relatively quickly, with a big away support, are Cardiff and Fulham. Much better than Villa.

Wednesday and Forest are worse than Villa and if you want a drink at half-time at Burnley you need to start queuing before the first half kicks off.

That's off the top of my head.

[cheltenhamlion]

The thing with Twickenham is that everything is a card payment rather than cash. And whilst the infrastructure around the ground isn't great, they do free shuttle buses in from Richmond and there are loads of them. There are bars and food areas all over the shop inside the ground as well so service is very quick.

If you fancy warming up during the winter in the Lower Holte then the Holte Suite is your only option. But you wont get in there if you dont leave five minutes before half time and the service is painfully slow if you want food or drink.

[mike]

The thing with Twickenham is that everything is a card payment rather than cash. And whilst the infrastructure around the ground isn't great, they do free shuttle buses in from Richmond and there are loads of them. There are bars and food areas all over the shop inside the ground as well so service is very quick.

If you fancy warming up during the winter in the Lower Holte then the Holte Suite is your only option. But you wont get in there if you dont leave five minutes before half time and the service is painfully slow if you want food or drink.

I remember going to Twickenham years ago and there was one beer on sale which was pre-poured Guinness which cost £3 a pint. I don't especially like Guinness and at the time that was an outrageous price. However, the combo of no choice plus a round sum plus a shitload of pre-poured beer meant I was comfortably served in a packed stadium during half time. I was quite happy with not my favourite beer and paying 50p extra.

[Jon Crofts]

The thing with Twickenham is that everything is a card payment rather than cash. And whilst the infrastructure around the ground isn't great, they do free shuttle buses in from Richmond and there are loads of them. There are bars and food areas all over the shop inside the ground as well so service is very quick.

If you fancy warming up during the winter in the Lower Holte then the Holte Suite is your only option. But you wont get in there if you dont leave five minutes before half time and the service is painfully slow if you want food or drink.

There's also a pre payment and pre ordering app for Twickenham, order, pay, walk up to the chosen outlet and pick up your beers avoiding the queue. It's really not hard in this digital age.
There's also roving beer sellers, the RFU really are way ahead in this respect.

[curiousorange]

I recall there were roving beer sellers at VP a few years ago. I definitely bought a beer from one in the Lower North.

[Steve67]

That wasn’t beer my friend!

[Drummond]

The thing with Twickenham is that everything is a card payment rather than cash. And whilst the infrastructure around the ground isn't great, they do free shuttle buses in from Richmond and there are loads of them. There are bars and food areas all over the shop inside the ground as well so service is very quick.

If you fancy warming up during the winter in the Lower Holte then the Holte Suite is your only option. But you wont get in there if you dont leave five minutes before half time and the service is painfully slow if you want food or drink.

There's also a pre payment and pre ordering app for Twickenham, order, pay, walk up to the chosen outlet and pick up your beers avoiding the queue. It's really not hard in this digital age.
There's also roving beer sellers, the RFU really are way ahead in this respect.

Of course the licensing laws are different at rugny.though.

[Roysmert]

Take the play off tickets fiasco - hard to spend money

Take the replica kits current fiasco - hard to spend money

Take the phone lines for tickets - hard to spend money

Take the season tickets currently off sale - impossible to spend money

Take the catering - a sad joke, hard to spend money

Take the beer - a sad joke, hard to spend money

Take the bogs - disgraceful, unpleasant to spend a penny and God forbid if you've got a sudden evacuation of your bowels moment

Take the programme - smaller than ever, way overpriced - hard to spend money

Take the outside catering (that the clubs facilitates) - dire, hard to spend money

Take the parking - what parking?

Take the replica kit debacle EVERY close season - impossible to spend money

THE CLUB IS RUN AS A SHAMBLES. It needs to change.

[Clampy]

Take the play off tickets fiasco - hard to spend money

Take the replica kits current fiasco - hard to spend money

Take the phone lines for tickets - hard to spend money

Take the season tickets currently off sale - impossible to spend money

Take the catering - a sad joke, hard to spend money

Take the beer - a sad joke, hard to spend money

Take the bogs - disgraceful, unpleasant to spend a penny and God forbid if you've got a sudden evacuation of your bowels moment

Take the programme - smaller than ever, way overpriced - hard to spend money

Take the outside catering (that the clubs facilitates) - dire, hard to spend money

Take the parking - what parking?

Take the replica kit debacle EVERY close season - impossible to spend money

THE CLUB IS RUN AS A SHAMBLES. It needs to change.

But apart from that, you're quite happy.

[Roysmert]

Am I on the 'everything's great' thread?