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Topic Originator: ike2112
Date: Thu 10 Jul 10:08
My son has been a season ticket holder since he was 6, he`s now 9.
I have just attempted to renew again over the last week, and the club are now saying I cannot buy a season ticket for an under 12.
We have a seat in the NM stand, next to my friend and his son.
Some weeks I take him, some weeks he goes with my friend, some weeks he goes with my father and due to his poor health and mobility issues, they actually sit in the main stand, and twice in each of the last 2 seasons we`ve done the hospitality.
As a result, I don`t buy a season ticket myself, just my son, and we buy whatever other tickets we need for each game.
This is third generation Dunfermline fan.
And the club are now saying we cannot buy a ticket for him any more - that for safeguarding reasons, they cannot let him buy a ticket because I can`t guarantee that I would get a seat next to him.
What an idiotic reasoning?!
I`m obviously not going to have him sit in his section and I`ll be 2 sections away, we`d move if we had to - though its unlikely we`d need to if he has a seat reserved.
And forcing me to buy an adults season ticket doesn`t change the safeguarding situation - I could buy the ticket today then send him to the game on his own all the same (not that I would, but the point is that the club hiding behind this safeguarding thing is a nonsense).
I only make maybe 7 or 8 games myself in the year, as I said he goes with me, my dad in another stand, or our friend or we`re in the hospitality. I can`t justify spending £349 on an adult ticket that`ll only get used 7 or 8 times, when my son`s been going to games the last 3 seasons perfectly fine.
Has anyone else faced this issue?
Thanks
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Topic Originator: Bamba-Daft
Date: Thu 10 Jul 10:37
Had exactly the same issue, went into the shop and sorted it. The woman checked my name on the laptop to see if I had indeed been buying tickets to go with him (and not just using a 12 year old season ticket to blag the system). When she seen I had been buying tickets every second week she was happy to renew.
The safeguarding reason is nonsense, think the bigger issue is a number of people are buying under 12 season tickets and using that rather than paying for an adult/young adult etc.
Post Edited (Thu 10 Jul 10:39)
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Topic Originator: ike2112
Date: Thu 10 Jul 11:06
Hadn`t even occured to me that you could do that, I guess with the scanning of ticket/card now people could do that.
Its the woman at the club shop I`m speaking to though, isn`t budging. I wouldn`t have quite the same regularity as you unfortuantely as often my dad buys a ticket, or he goes with our friend.
I don`t know what else I can do - physically take him to the shop and say "look - he exists!".
I reckon if I just buy him an U18 card instead of an U12 though it`ll be fine, though it`ll cost me £58 instead of £21 - which again is idiotic. But better than spend £349 on a card I won`t use.
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Topic Originator: TAFKA_Super_Petrie
Date: Thu 10 Jul 11:13
I was in the same boat.
Cannot make it every week so ST for me not an option but thinking was the U12 season ticket for my son would pay for itself even if he only made a few games with me buying an individual ticket each time for myself - so it was a no brainer.
Couldn`t get anywhere with it though so ended up just getting it added in with his grandad`s ST and we`ll tag along as and when i aint working.
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Topic Originator: P
Date: Thu 10 Jul 15:11
Bought my 8yo son his season ticket first week they opened, I pay as I go, did not have any issues doing so
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Topic Originator: Ladswell_Thistle
Date: Thu 10 Jul 20:58
If your friend and his son has a season ticket can you ask him to buy it so that it`s seen as being with an adult?
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Topic Originator: NMCmassive
Date: Thu 10 Jul 22:28
I’m pretty sure you’re free to buy a child’s ticket but if your child turns up on their own they can be refused entry into the stadium… age dependent of course! I’m sure the minimum is age is 12 but I could totally be making that up so please don’t quote it
COYP
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Topic Originator: Raymie the Legend
Date: Thu 10 Jul 23:50
Just lift him over the turnstiles, like the good old days. 😞
It`s bloody tough being a legend
Ron Atkinson - 1983
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