My schooling was fine thank you. I went to the right section but the seat and row number were nowhere to be found. So I asked a steward who just waved vaguely at the area we'd ready looked in. So I asked him again and he just completely blanked me. As far as we could make out the seat numbers related to seats in a sort of directors box area and I couldn't see 3 empty seats together anywhere else so that's where we sat.

Yes agree with you on this. Cats bar staff really efficient serving drinks n food. Pie counter to other side of north stand have the queue moving at a reasonable pace but one near exit was woefully slow. My wait was about 10 minutes for a coffee during first half and were only about 5 people before me in queue.
Saw a fair few start to queue then gave it a miss when they saw speed of serving staff.

That's fair enough, I'll report that back. Was it the actual burger can we have up there?

the small coffee van not the burger van

Ok cheers

It was the burger van i queued at

In Cats bar £3 a pint. Very decent pint as I said before

one thing worth mentioning rather posting negatives on entering trough the turn styles it must of been the first time I can remember someone being so polite and saying I hope you enjoy the game

Yep I got that.

Hi Daddycool - thanks for doing a great job in rescuing our great club - much appreciated, can i point out one thing tho - not everyone is 100% correct in their decision making 100% of the time (i'm sure you will appreciate that) - there are 8 of us that attended every home game last year and went into the bar at the bottom of the flats - we had a couple of drinks each and at least 4 of us had something to eat. Now the charge to get into that bar has been put in place - we don't use that bar - the bar has never looked full this season and i'm guessing it's due to the charge- we can't afford the additional charge and you have to cut your cloth accordingly ( i know you are aware of this due to the difficult decisions you have had to make to save the club). Is there nothing you can do to reverse this decision (refunds to members who paid for the privilege to use this bar)- whilst i appreciate their commitment to the club - i'm guessing this was a decision that is costing the club money hand over fist.
The option of using the cats bar is not there for us either because the stewards won't let you out of there until way after the kick off(honestly alcatraz must have been easier to get out of) - i think this is why that bar is under used. if this is because people we're sneaking into boxes - then it is still easy to do - how do i pm you and i can let you know- i would not do it. I'm a season ticket holder and love my club - i bought my ticket in spite of sometimes having the opportunity to get an invite into a box. We used to drink in the bar and then go to the box just before kick off. If we don't get an invite we use the Northstand but being a 'lady' - i use the term loosely - i'm not comfortable drinking on the terraces.
I'm honestly not having a go - i wish i could have done what you have for this great club - but from a fans perspective - this may have been a decision made in haste and is just my opinion.
By the way my nephew had a pie at half time - said it was a decent pie and only cost £1.50 - he might have had peas on too but they were an additional £1.50 ???
Good luck with everything you do for the club and here's to a successful season on and off the pitch

The decision to make that bar members only wasn't a great one for us too as it was our match day watering hole. Have to say for last 2 home games have had no issues with entering and leaving Cats bar. We go in at 2 show tix to very polite security and leave 245 to walk up to turnstiles. Used to have a half time pint at bar and queues were always very healthy. Takings must have taken a real nosedive since became members only particularly during big local Derbys. Don't know the numbers that have taken up the offer but an educated guess would assume that a u-turn on this could be a good move. Question for this weeks fan forum meeting?

I agree the security people are very polite and were apologetic - it's the door that lets you into the ground that they wouldn't let me out of - i also don't have the 'facts' regarding numbers and take up of the membership but am guessing like yourself that takings must have taken a real nosedive - ope the club could take a look at the stats. going to try and get to the forum - transport issues- if i can't make it would someone please ask this to Micheal.

Daddycool

While you are at it. Look into the reason why the door was locked on one side of the toilets behind the east stand and why there was no lights working inside. Absolute Chaos at half time with people trying to use them.

When you get time also ask why the PA system in the East stand has not worked since last season.

Sorry to burden you with these problems but I hope you are now realising that as soon as you fix something at Belle Vue ,something else crops up. The ground is a never ending nightmare which will continue till we move.

I wanted to buy my tickets online as I work so am unable to get to the shop during the week but I went on the website and was unable to, it looked as if I was only able to buy season tickets and not individual match tickets. I usally pay on the gate but as we are at reduced capacity I didn't want to risk missing out hence I tried to buy in advance. As it happens I had no issues getting in and the extra £2 doesn't bother me but some people may have not bothered if they had tried to buy is advance and failed and didn't want to turn up at risk of not getting in.

Now i saw on the website that some company has been brought on board to improve the clubs E-Commerce but i dont think it is too much to ask that we can buy individual match tickets from the website.