Season ticket holders were being recorded on a tally chart where I went in. Very 21st century.

Solution appears simple. All entry to be via a turnstyle. Entry to cats bar to be via the steps within the ground.

Way I read the post is the bloke and his lad walked through and into the ground without someone checking they had tickets for the game. Not that he didn't have or had paid for tickets.

We are season ticket holders...not counted and surrounded by people coming from the ground into Cats.

If they paid cash at the turnstile, how does the guy on the door know the difference between them and someone who just walked straight through Cats bar?

Very strange coming into the ground yesterday.
We are season ticket holders and when we came into the Cat's bar (through the main entrance) we were told that we would have to "get a
ticket" from one of the other entrances before we would be allowed into the ground.
So I went out of the Cat's Bar and went in to the ground at the side of the main stand and asked for a ticket but, was told that I didn't need one and
carried on to the Cats Bar from inside the ground.
I then asked the guy on the door if I would be ok to get back into the ground from the Cats bar with just my season ticket and he confirmed that I could.

When we finally went out of the Cats Bar, I actually asked the guy about the numbers going through and he said "it's ok I'm keeping count" ????

There are 2 definite glitches from yesterday:

The first one only impacts on attendance numbers but there would be nothing to prevent someone leaving the ground with a handful of tickets (or cards)
and coming back in with some freeloaders.

I understand that there weren't scanners at every entrance point but, the last thing anyone wants, is folk not paying to get in.

Doncaster Road turnstile up from Conservative club the guy on the gate just glanced at season cards and waved you through.
I also think more than 5300!

You should have to have a ticket at the entrance to Cats bar, not the steps to the ground.

Seems from all this anecdotal evidence that lots of ticket holders are not going through the turnstiles and are not counted. Not sure if it really matters if they have paid but low crowd figures are often used to ridicule the club and suggest we don't deserve to be in the super league

The issue is not necessarily ST holders, but those who walk into Cats for free, then realise they can just walk into the ground, by claiming they entered Cats from the ground, having paid cash at a turnstile.

We went into Cats bar around 1.30pm then when we went into ground security guy was shown season tickets and marked them down. Should have a hand held scanner at entrance to Cats bar sure something will be sorted soon as it was the first time the new season tickets have been used.

Simple answer is to stamp people who enter Cats bar from the ground. There was always going to be teething problem. It was the longest I've queued to get in for a sub 6k crowd.

Simple low cost solution there KK

The long queue at the main gates was a bit deceptive; I went back up dog alley to the turnstiles on that side, and walked straight in.

Surely the simple answer is no entry to cats bar through the main door until after the game? ,Obviously with the exception for disabled access.

Same happened with me, although the turnstile itself may have been counting the number in. Putting this not as a complaint but feedback to help improve the system for next time.