Don't disagree but the scanners have never worked from season one, much quicker to access via a book especially with older operators

Christmas present to me from me one season ticket, book, card, app, t-shirt, tattoo, whatever (apart from tattoo) will be bought

Much more open to abuse should folk 'lose' them though.

How when the scanners don't work ?

ST books can be 'lost', re-issued and then mysteriously found. The people working the gate would not have a clue if any duplicated books had been used.

Whilst at HP I know of someone who picked up a previous years ST book which still had a few unused coupons in it. They simply walked up to the gate ripped a ticket out of it and gained entry. I saw that with my own eyes.

However, It's supposed to be a state of the art stadium we play in these days. So let's get the scanners working. As Matt correctly states the chances of any abuse then is virtually zero.

It's as simple as that.

Fix the scanners. Simple as that. I'd be amazed if there aren't covered by the maintenance contract for the turnstiles.

So the club lost out to the tune of around 1£ , as in theory that previous seasons tickets had been paid for, but as a system, it is less open to abuse, if somebody loses their tickets? Tough

No, the club did not lose one penny actually as it was a genuine mistake and the person already had paid for ST that covered the game in question. Quite rightly being a legitimate ST holder , they were reluctant to pay twice.

It just shows how a book could be abused

As an aside, if you are unfortunate to have your ST book / card lost or stolen on the opening weekend of the season , what is the club policy ?

Probably the same as if you lost a tenner

I lost my season ticket at Hilton Park when it used to be a laminated card that was punched each game (was the night when we beat Workington 70-0 in 2001). Got a replacement the day afterwards and was even reunited with the original when the terraces had been swept, so I find it very unlikely that "unlucky, pay up again" would be the standard response.

But if it was a book of match tickets, you would only be risking losing 1 match ticket surely?

Yes, Sophie lost her junior ST a couple of years ago and the club was very good to re issue one for her on that occasion.

Also I am pretty sure The ST book always used to say the coupon had to be taken from the book in the presence of the gate man or words to that effect.

Yes it did, why god only knows?

If I remember didn't they decide which number ticket to rip out on the day ie it was a random number each week?

This was to prevent anybody copying the tickets on a printer, not an issue with the hologramed tickets we now have