This farce took the gloss off the day for us,we along with maybe 10 thousand others were kept waiting outside the entrance to turnstiles K of which there were probably 8 in total.
We started queuing at 2.30 ish and they were closed at this point with the queue building all the time .
Now modern technology as it is allows you to enter the stadium by just inserting the ticket into the scanner thus allowing the turnstile to open,only when the ticket fails to let you in you have a problem and we were faced with people having to u turn back through the crowded area to then make there way to the ticket office,apparently this was caused by faulty printed tickets.
We eventually got into the stadium at 10 past 3 and missed the build up.not good enough Wembley...?anyone else caught up in this.
Stadium Entry Shambles..
posted on 25/5/14
That's it, we just need to dust ourselves down, replace any non-returning loanees and carry on exactly as we have been. Champions next year
posted on 25/5/14
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posted on 25/5/14
Red for 50.
I think you are correct. The problem is - football fans will put up with anything. The current totally uneven distribution of Rupert's and BT's hundreds of millions is a case in point. It is not only unfair - it also gives rise to much trouble and corruption.
posted on 25/5/14
All in all, my Wembley experience was good, got to the Bobby Moore entrance at 2:20, got a pint in my hand at 2:30 got in my seat at 2:40, aisle seats right by the exits, legged it right on full time, got on train at 5:20 and in Birmingham at 6:45, one declaration I made yesterday was, if I get to go to Wembley again, it won't be on a coach.....
posted on 25/5/14
Will you stay and applaud your team next time?
posted on 25/5/14
if they'd built it at St Georges park....that would be even bigger nightmare getting 88k people away from....the trains and underground work like clockwork and easy to use....st Georges park doesn't have a railway station and only the A38 to nearby
posted on 25/5/14
The stadium should have been built somewhere around the NEC in Birmingham surely,slap bang in the middle of the country with all the infrastructure in place
posted on 25/5/14
I applauded and sang all afternoon, thank you.
posted on 25/5/14
St George's location looks to have been chosen for cheap land, albeit plenty of it, and no other reason, certainly not public transport access.
As Ricky says, a national stadium near the NEC and Birmingham airport with St George's nearby would have been complete joined up thinking.
posted on 25/5/14
comment by BilstonRam (U1425)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
I applauded and sang all afternoon, thank you.
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Well done
What about after we had lost the game - did you bother to stay and appreciate their efforts over the season?