We won't be getting any tickets as it stands. MC and CB don't seem at all bothered they are potentially going to lose 8 adult season ticket holders over something they got wrong. A few of us may go to some away games, that's about it unfortunately.

Chatting to a pal of mine yesterday, I hadn't realised that the club aren't going to offer student tickets, meaning those fans who are still studying and with little income (if any) will have to pay the full £250 (£220 early bird).

How many fans take up the student S/T and how are they expected to afford the jump in cost of a full price S/T ?

The stewards are peanut brains who need a team meeting with Mick about repeat business skills as we the fans pay their wages for attending. A meeting should take place but come on you cannot stop watching your beloved club because of a over zelous peanut brain steward!

I think in the main this is an error in the pricing policy. It's not too late to consider students as a concession as it benefits no one with their likely non-attendance because of cost. I know Trinity have started up their own facility but link ups with educational institutions can only be be a positive, especially with the City of Wakefield looking to start up a University of their own.

This unfortunately.

As it stands this bit of the family has probably watched their last Trin game.

Have you really thought out this post!!!

your missing the point. Al and the rest of the family have stopped coming because of how MC and more so CB have dealt with it. CB met with Al and fobbed him off, backing the stewards and blaming Al himself. And refusing to apologise. We understand the stewards can get things wrong but the club are at fault here!

Some of this makes very unpleasant reading.

There appear to be regular problems with some of he stewarding on match days and the rules appear to change, without notice, at regular intervals.
Whilst I have no sympathy with folk that are drunk and abusive being turned away, it is absolutely crazy for the club to alienate long standing decent fans.
What happened to "the customer is always right".

It's really disappointing to hear that loyal fans feel that things are so bad that they have to walk away form their club and let's hope that either time or someone from the club can perhaps remedy some of the individual cases, it would certainly be worth the time and effort.

I think the jump in concessions for OAPs from 60-65 has affected some too, including my dad. He is unlikely to renew and will just pay when he comes, which also affects my decision to renew as we may not come to as many games when other stuff is on.

Especiaally when the fan concerned helped with fund raising for Brennan Rooney, Adam Watene and Leon Walker. He was also a regular on the walks from Wakey to Huddersfield.

There is a massive distinction between the "I'm not coming again because they've changed the pies" and hacking off longstanding loyal fans.
Obviously, it's none of my business but, it's a crying shame that people that actually want to come and pay money to watch Wakefield, feel that they can/should no longer do so.
We actually want more of this type of supporter and not be turning them away.

Also, I'm not trying to have a go at the club here, it just seems that they should, in some circumstances, work harder to look after their "customers" (of course, being a Wakefield supporter runs far deeper than just being a customer)

I don't think I will be renewing my ST for the first time in twenty odd years. Work commitments mean I will struggle to get to 10 games max next year. A quick glance at my ST tells me that I have 5 unused stubs already.

At the £150 I paid for it that was fine and I was happy to stand the missed matches but at £220-£250 I may just have to be a pay as you go next season.

On another note, what caused big Al to call it a day ?

I had a quick look back but could not see anything. When we are losing supporters like him we really are in trouble.

From what I can gather he was thrown out of the ground. Not sure why but I think it's plastic bottle related.

I tend to ignore that - because it's simply not true; a quick glance through this forum will bear that out.

As for the OAP issue - I don't know of any other circumstance where 60 is considered to be an OAP; I thought 65 was the standard threshold in every other walk of life? It seems reasonable for the club to bring that policy into line with the norm - as part of the 'no more freebies' approach.

I don't know the details of the Big Al issue but it does seem like the club have got this one badly wrong; I'd suggest that it would be worth some of MC's times to get across this matter, get the protagonists sat down and work out an amicable way to settle the dispute. Al deserves better, and it wouldn't do the club's reputation any harm at all to be seen to have resolved it.

MC isn't interested, the club say they have dealt with the issue properly. MC will not listen to anyone about this. All Al wanted was an apology which they refused to give, in fact they just blamed him. MC has had emails from other well known supporters yet ignored even them. I'm resigned to the fact I won't be watching Wakefield until Al does as I will back my family over the club. If that means waiting for MC to leave that's what will happen. I know Al thinks there is more to this than just a misunderstanding, I believe he feels it's personal. I mean if it was your business and you needed all the money you could get, you would apologise to a longstanding supporter.