Halifax away

[pawn star]

Originally Posted by moynkeepthefaith

It will never happen. Obviously we want to get the best advantage and I assume the home club gets the gate receipts so I would expect the board would 'encourage' the manager to try and secure a home tie (hopefully a semi final )
I will be there and I suspect will be joined by a four figure following if we can beat Sutton and (please god) Bromley do us a favor.

I believe the gate money is shared in all playoff games.

[Vambo]

Originally Posted by moynkeepthefaith

It will never happen. Obviously we want to get the best advantage and I assume the home club gets the gate receipts so I would expect the board would 'encourage' the manager to try and secure a home tie (hopefully a semi final )
I will be there and I suspect will be joined by a four figure following if we can beat Sutton and (please god) Bromley do us a favor.

Nice to know you're going, four figures if we beat Sutton, really?

[stevewxm]

Originally Posted by Vambo

Nice to know you're going, four figures if we beat Sutton, really?

Definitely, last away game of normal season always has a good following. Full of happy clappers so no miserable tw@ts allowed.

[Quay Red]

Originally Posted by Wirral Red

Still quite a bit of uncertainty about the size of the away following. Will become clearer after the results on Friday. There will be a huge following if the top three is realistic.
Sure Halifax will realise this and be planning accordingly.

Last away game of the Season? Bank Holiday fixture on top of a win on Friday?
Can see a big following.

[moynkeepthefaith]

Originally Posted by pawn star

I believe the gate money is shared in all playoff games.

Really ? I never saw that anywhere.

[Willywill]

The Shay is a better ground than average in this crappy league. Views are good as well. The catering was an issue last time I went - a caravan with two in it. Some folks missed most of the first half as they were so determined to feed their faces. And the lovely toilets. Peeing against a black gloss painted wall. Quality. What greater incentive to gain promotion?

[Superunknown]

Originally Posted by Willywill

The Shay is a better ground than average in this crappy league. Views are good as well. The catering was an issue last time I went - a caravan with two in it. Some folks missed most of the first half as they were so determined to feed their faces. And the lovely toilets. Peeing against a black gloss painted wall. Quality. What greater incentive to gain promotion?

Having watched the first half, I was massively jealous of the lucky sods who missed it queuing.

[Red Light]

Originally Posted by Willywill

The Shay is a better ground than average in this crappy league. Views are good as well. The catering was an issue last time I went - a caravan with two in it. Some folks missed most of the first half as they were so determined to feed their faces. And the lovely toilets. Peeing against a black gloss painted wall. Quality. What greater incentive to gain promotion?

The Shay has come on massively to what it used to be like back in the 70's - 80's when the away end was just a grassed / mud slope which was situated where the home fans now assemble behind the goal.

Catering - lots of clubs appear to be stuck in first gear - same mentality regardless if Bromley turn up on a Tuesday night with 20 fans or Wrexham turn up with 1,600 (as per Solihull / Chesterfield / Salford City). Many fans confronted with massive ques and the possibility of missing part of the match just don't bother.

I can't knock the bog facilities - a black gloss painted wall of considerable length with a roof is fine - it's grounds like Solihull, Sutton and specifically moneybags Salford, where they are happy enough to sell fans as much ale as they can but only provide portokabins big enough for about 4 fans to use at a time.

[Red Light]

Originally Posted by RED2309

They are opening the stand that houses 1400 told in club shop this afternoon when I went to get tickets that had not been sent!

This would suggest that Wrexham fans will be housed in the usual Skircoat Stand - running alongside the pitch which is all seated with a roof and consists of 7 blocks of seats some with restricted views because of the supporting roof pillar - 1400 / 1450 capacity would be about right - they could house all home supporters in both the opposite stand & home terrace.

Can't find any capacity for the new North Stand / terrace behind the goal which is normally never opened unless they are expecting a large away following - perhaps they are planning to use it as a potential overspill if more than 1400 away fans turn up which could well happen as we took 1600 to Solihull, Chesterfield and Salford - if we beat Sutton on Friday and given it's the last away day of the normal league programme on a BH then there is a real chance we could exceed this figure by quite a few.

We took 425 to Barnet last Saturday but that wasn't on a BH and just up the road in comparison to London.

No advanced tickets (yet) so pay on the day does not bode well at the turnstiles for potential congestion - seems the days of handing money and change over are still very much with us - lets hope they don't run out of change.