Has anyone ever sneaked into Ashburton Grove without paying?

All_Arsenal_1886 · Post by **All_Arsenal_1886** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:16 pm

Calo wrote:
All_Arsenal_1886 wrote:I often see 2 or 3 kids sneak in on one membership.
Ive got in on a kids ticket a few times.
i dont think can be right

its seats now

and full up

Trust me, younsters will and do go in 2 or 3 at a time.

leedsgooner · Post by **leedsgooner** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:11 am

i was brought up on no-league football (halifax town) so always got in gmaes for free. used to be a ball boy and saved them from relegation one season by setting up a goal on the break...unsung hero!

SWLGooner · Post by **SWLGooner** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:40 am

Calo wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:I knew a bloke that had an "arrangement" with a turnstile operator in the NB. We'd pay Â£20 and he'd hand us a piece of card same size as a ticket. We'd hand that to the operator and he'd let us in. Then we'd head for the seats at the edge of the NB lower, over beside the East stand and grab the vacant ones... did it probably 3 or 4 times when tickets were hard to get...
im very sad that you was invloved with thsi type of crime activity
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I think yopu should do the right thing and hand yourself into the police station -

And I think you should go fuck yourself.

Calo · Post by **Calo** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 9:29 am

leedsgooner wrote:i was brought up on no-league football (halifax town) so always got in gmaes for free. used to be a ball boy and saved them from relegation one season by setting up a goal on the break...unsung hero!

people like you caused Leeds to go in adminstration

SWLGooner · Post by **SWLGooner** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 9:43 am

Calo wrote:
leedsgooner wrote:i was brought up on no-league football (halifax town) so always got in gmaes for free. used to be a ball boy and saved them from relegation one season by setting up a goal on the break...unsung hero!
people like you caused Leeds to go in adminstration

WTF? He was talking about Halifax Town, where you DON'T HAVE TO PAY.

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 7:17 pm

Amazing all the stories on here, part of football folklore.

The clubs knew that the turnstile guys at most clubs had their own racket, and it came to light in the 80's and early 90's when there were tax discrepancies on gate receipts and stories of the turnstiles being wound back to fix the attendance count etc.

For the best that club manages to make most pay though considering gate receipts form about 45% of revenue; understandable when kids sneak in as they probably don't have the money anyway (I know I was broke the time I walked in for free) but it is a wrong 'un to only sneak in and never try to pay and claim you are a proper supporter, if it leads to a Hillsborough situation it is simply dangerous.