Fair point. I'm not sure how you get round this other than going back to a cash turnstile or physical tickets (and better signage for the walk ups).

I got a mail from the club but it just gave me a link to the website so I'm not sure how much that would have helped anyway.

As for the ticket checking using phones, my experience on Sunday wasn't particularly good. My plastic card was scanned by a guy with a phone but it took him ages of moving his phone backwards and forwards to get it to 'ping'. This system may work with the relatively low crowds in the friendlies but I can see problems with the league games, given that most fans will tend to turn up at the last minute - after all, it shouldn't take any time at all to get a mere 2.5 thousand (ish) into the ground should it?

When it comes to scanning the hundreds of home printed tickets I can only see it being worse, unless they really do intend just let folk wave them at the stewards. #actionfraud

It wouldn't be so bad if they turned the turnstiles into automatic scanners like they have at Headingley. Imagine if even 10% of the turnstiles at Odsal were turned into scanners for this season and maybe next where the crowds won't be huge then every year add a couple more. It would allow those who can, to use them. And those who aren't sure can use the stewards. A bit like how some people are quick as hell using self service checkouts but others prefer to use a checkout with someone on it.

I don't think season tickets should be scanned yet, to reduce the queue times. Just shown at the gate. Each season ticket is paid for and every season ticket represents 1 person at every home game. Even if a season ticket holder doesn't attend and gives it to a friend etc technically that 'supporter allocation' is paid for anyway. So no need to make everyone scan.

In fact in an ideal world the scanners idea could be for season ticket holders only for the first season (as a trial) and the gate used by individual game tickets (like myself).

If the club were selling 'proper' paper tickets I'd agree 100%, but, unless they could be scanned and be shown to be single use, home printed tickets would be a big no-no to me. The potential for fraud is just too great and it wouldn't need more than a few abused tickets to make the cost of a couple of gatemen seem an absolute bargain. Incidentally, I think the story about "safety reasons" being behind the decision to not open a turnstile is the biggest load of 'fake news' Ive heard for some time.

I would reasonably bet that the lack of cash turnstile is only for the friendlies as they want to minimise the costs of opening and operating odsal.

I fully expect cash turnstiles to be open again (probably not many mind!) when the season kicks off proper. What business would turn away cash paying customers after all.... I expect the price hike to stay aswell.

Indeed. I was talking to a mate who's a walk up punter and he said he'd not bother at all if he has to queue up in the shop for a ticket.

So a cash turnstile is a must.

They probably only have to flog two or three walk up entries or so to pay for the costs of opening a couple of turnstiles. Not opening pay on the gate turnstiles is a false economy, all you're going to do is p!ss people off by making them queue. If they aren't put off going altogether, that is. It's an incredibly bad bit of business.