Turnstile, ticket and other stadium entry information ahead of Sunday's (29 December 2013) Sky Bet League 1 fixture with Swindon Town at the Coral Windows Stadium.
First of all, the club would like to thank fans for their co-operation at the recent Boxing Day game against Rotherham United.
Fans reacted well to requests to get to the stadium early and, on a day when the club's highest home attendance of the season was recorded, the vast majority of spectators were in the stadium by kick-off.
For the Swindon Town game, the visitors will need only the TL Dallas (South) Stand.
This means that more turnstiles will be available to home supporters in the Northern Commercials (East) Stand.
However, the two main thrusts of the publicity for the last game still apply. Please come as early as possible to the stadium and if you are paying with a FlexiCard for the North Stand Kop, please use turnstiles N9-N10 on Midland Road which provide access to both levels of the stand.
To help spectators get into the stadium without delays, the club would also take this opportunity of reminding them where they can get into various sections of the stadium for the game against Swindon Town.
For the Main West Stand
- Supporters with pre-paid tickets - i.e. season tickets, match tickets or FlexiCard where the seats have been paid for in advance - should make their way to turnstiles W5-W10 or W12-W18. These turnstiles are all located in the Directors’ car park either side of the glass doors that lead to the banqueting areas.
- Supporters with a FlexiCard who wish to pay cash on the day can enter by turnstiles W4 or W11.
- Supporters for the Main West Stand who haven’t pre-booked and wish to pay cash can enter via turnstile W3 (which is the turnstile nearest to Valley Parade).
For the North Stand Kop
- Supporters with pre-paid tickets - i.e. season tickets, match tickets or FlexiCards where the seats have been paid for in advance - should make their way to turnstiles N3 or N4 and N5-N8, all of which are located behind the Kop.
- Supporters with pre-paid tickets - i.e. season tickets, match tickets or FlexiCards where the seats has been paid for in advance – can also enter the North Stand Kop through turnstiles N11 - N14 which can be located on Midland Road.
- Supporters with a FlexiCard for the North Stand Kop, who wish to pay cash on the day, are asked to gain access through turnstiles N9-N10 on Midland Road. N2 behind the Kop will also be available for flexi-card holders wanting to pay cash on the day, but to ease congestion in the area around the ticket office; all supporters are asked to use the turnstiles on Midland Road (please see image below).
- Supporters for the North Stand Kop who haven’t pre-booked and wish to pay cash can enter via turnstile N1, which again is behind the Kop.
For the Northern Commercial (East) Stand
- Supporters with pre-paid tickets - i.e. season tickets, match tickets or FlexiCards where the seats have been paid for in advance - should make their way to turnstiles E1, E4, E5 or E6, all of which are located on Midland Road.
- Supporters with a FlexiCard who wish to pay cash on the day can enter the Northern Commercials Stand by turnstiles E2 or E3.
- Please note there is no cash only option for the Northern Commercials Stand for this game - supporters wishing to pay full rates in cash should make their way to the Upper level of the Main West Stand via turnstile W3 in the Directors’ car park.
Other points to note:
- The cash only turnstiles (W3 for the Main West Stand and N1 for the North Stand Kop) offer no choice of seats and only take cash. Any supporter wishing to have a choice of seats or pay by credit or charge cards must go to the Club’s Ticket Office.
- Restrictions will again be in place in the area of the Ticket Office to avoid any crowd congestion in that area - supporters are asked to keep clear of this area unless they have a specific reason for approaching the stadium via this route.
- The club will continue its policy of having a late entry gate in each section of the stadium. This gate will stay open until half-time. W3 will be the late gate for the Main West Stand, N1 for the North Stand Kop and E1 for the Northern Commercials Stand.