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[HashtagAlty]

Re the comment about how it would be nice if we could find out before fans of other clubs what is going on -

1.  Re the capacity - the club cannot release information about capacity until we get agreement from TBC - and whilst details were shared with individual fans about the capscity for the Xmas period games-  I don't think the club received any confirmation until maybe yesterday afternoon.
2. The Chequers end is not one of the three restricted areas in the ground - these are The Golf Road, the Pop side and the Main Stand - so capacity can be set at 1000 for the Chequers end.  The Family stand is not restricted either - so capacity for that can be fixed at 1177.  Therefore we can safely release 1000 standing tickets to Wrexham and Stockport, and we can also release up to 177 seats to them.

The point of this is that the club has definitely not with-held information from Alty fans about capacity and tickets.

3900 - if this has actually been agreed now by TBC - is a good working capacity for the two big games, and if we sell out both, we will have the 2 biggest league attendances at Moss Lane for over 50 years. 

For all the problems on and off the field in recent weeks, the fact that we are talking in slightly disappointed terms about attendances restricted to 3900 shows just how far we have come in the last 3 years or so. 

My advice is to get your rickets bought for both games asap - as I think we may indeed sell out.

That 1k hasn't come from a finger in the air, Bill, Lawrence, Grahame Rowley (assuming he still does Ops) and Nigel made a decision.

That 1k on sale should have been communicated by the club to fans with an update on when and why decisions were being made.

Not every update needs to be an essay from Bill in full details. Lots of fan base aren't on this forum or even local, so for festive games updates should be more forthcoming.

[Leeds Leeds Alty]

To be fair the 1000 capacity for the chequers end/away end hasn't just been set.  That was the capacity for the Bromley match, I believe, and was the main reason why we were able to increase the capacity for that match. Uncovered terracing is not subject to the same restrictions as covered terracing is. Not sure what the board should have said that they didn't TBH.

The leader of TBC confirmed the effective capacity as 5000 and at 3900 for the next two matches to a random proper fan on Friday but not to the club.  That isn't the board's fault. They have had this entire situation visited on them from nowhere and I know for a fact that the largely unpaid volunteers that comprise the board and management of the club have worked night and day and lost a lot of sleep trying to put this whole sorry mess right - they did not create or deserve this mess but they have done everything humanly possible to sort it out,

[Saughall Robin]

Well said Leeds Leeds.

[distancetraveller]

To be fair the 1000 capacity for the chequers end/away end hasn't just been set.  That was the capacity for the Bromley match, I believe, and was the main reason why we were able to increase the capacity for that match. Uncovered terracing is not subject to the same restrictions as covered terracing is. Not sure what the board should have said that they didn't TBH.

The leader of TBC confirmed the effective capacity as 5000 and at 3900 for the next two matches to a random proper fan on Friday but not to the club.  That isn't the board's fault. They have had this entire situation visited on them from nowhere and I know for a fact that the largely unpaid volunteers that comprise the board and management of the club have worked night and day and lost a lot of sleep trying to put this whole sorry mess right - they did not create or deserve this mess but they have done everything humanly possible to sort it out,

Good post fella

[HashtagAlty]

The fact Andrew Western emailed me out of the blue to tell me the crowd capacity is still one of the weirdest parts of the saga.

I'll see if he can solve bin collections too

[CRT Butty]

https://www.altrinchamfc.com/news/more-tickets-available-now-for-the-big-holiday-games-against-wrexham-and-stockport