In fact, I see your point GF, but I'm just tee'd off with the reply I got. In fact, I am now pretty sure who is responsbile for this decision, but I didn't think PB would ever bother replying.

What am I even talking about? I bet even PB had no input into this "decision".

Last message. The day I edit out a club employee's name on the basis that their feelings are hurt is the day I stop posting on these forums.

I recall attending an Open Day at The Stoop in September 2005 and the West Stand wasn't quite complete, so presumably no union STs were sold for that stand that season. (The double header would have been Spring 2006 I think.) furthermore the union team were outisde the top division that season so presumably their crowds weren't quite at the same level as now.

I was under the impression the union team comes close to a sell out for most games so I would have thought it a tight squeeze to accommodate our crowd too (especially for a fixture with a larger than average travelling support) without selling some of the same seats separately for the two games.

As for the £25 ticket price for Saints fans including a game of no interest to them - as a matter of principle I think this is wrong. The closest equivalent I can think of would be if our game at Leeds was preceded by a Leeds Tykes match kicking off three and a half hours before our game, with a gap of almost two hours between matches, and we were charged an extra tenner on top of the regular price. It wouldn't stop me from attending if I was going to travel in the first place, but the union game would be of no interest to me whatsoever and I wouldn't be impressed. The earlier suggestion on this thread that different coloured "league only" tickets could have been sold to only admit the bearer after the union game is over sounds logical, but there could be a stewarding/safety issue in directing them to vacant seats as no one would know which union fans intended returning to watch the "free" second game, having paid their usual £25 for their own game.

Other than putting a spin on our average attendance for the purposes of our next licence application I'm beginning to think this whole double header has fewer plusses than minuses and that the union team should ahve arranged their match for the Friday evening or Sunday afternoon instead.

Now all it needs is a double-header programme at a double-header price, double-header car parking charges since the space will be occupied for longer....the list could be endless.

I know a few who wouldn't mind 2 pints for £5

The whole thing is another monumental own goal by the club as far as I'm concerned. For supporters of St. Helens, I have to say on your behalf I am outraged that you are being charged £10 more than every other visiting supporter this season. This season seems to be getting worse and worse on all fronts.

Plus if Saints fans travel by car there is no parking available to them at the Stoop or next door.
I sort of get the impression that the Quins don''t actually want Saints fans... they seem to be putting as many obstacles as they can in the way of watching a good RL match.

Unless I've mis-read it, all the above suggests that you have already received your tickets. My understanding when the double-header was announced was that Quins were going to contact season ticket holders. I've heard nothing as yet. Is this yet another occasion when I have to chase them?

This is the general feeling we are getting amongst some of our fans up here. We are wondering if Harlequins Union are making a statement of "we are in charge". The League fixture was a scheduled one where the Union I believe was a re-arranged one, so we would at least hope that the league fixture would be the first match, but no, the league match has been shoved back to the end of the day.
We were also concerned about the state of the pitch after the union game if the weather is bad with all the line outs, scrums, rucks and mauls.
Other comments was that they would have preferred playing Sunday rather than this invention of a double header. I hope the Union admin have taken on board most of the concerns and show some respect to another mans professional sport.

Quins can be blamed for a lot of things BUT in this case Sky are in the frame, they selected the game, time and day.

Good, I hope it is an absolute bog, ankle deep in mud, that will level things of a bit.