templeofsaints

Do you have this weeks lottery numbers as well? https://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/news/article/an-open-letter-from-chairman-adam-webb-2/

2yr deal as well. Great news

OK - still hacked off about a lot of the clubs decisions but I'll confess I've just renewed. Saints aren't going to be changing anything soon. One thing I will say though is that the Fanbase renewal "experience" is very straightforward.

That's part of the problem. These seats are definitely not the equivalent in terms of view that you get in a premium East Stand

Fair dos for Fran putting the video out and being relatively honest in the comms - guy looked very uncomfortable and obviously the last 24h has had an impact with everyone at the club. I agree with others that it looks like he's been thrown under the bus by Adam in how to explain the boards decisions. Don't agree with the 3 stands - OF should get North/Ormond and the part of the main stand - do that and there would be few grumbles from home support. But it is what it is although those of us in Premium E Stand seats will have to put up with a worse seat in the GB stand obviously (unless they're throwing in free padded seat upgrades). Presumably if by some miracle we sell >26-2700 season tickets throughout the ground the 3 stands option won't happen. And as an aside if there is much damage done to the East Stand (seats / kiosks etc) by the OF knuckledraggers it would be good to see Fran and co come out now and say that their allocation will be properly cut. The point re U13s not turning up is a good one although not sure we've ever sold out the East Stand since thats happened - why not just have a limit on the no of U-13 free tickets to encourage early adoption. Nothing was said to address the pricing tiers now or how these will be enforced - that's still a major issue with most fans, and I don't have much faith in the McD stewards to do anything about folk sneaking into more expensive seating areas.

I'll wait and see what's said. Club have obviously been caught out by the depth of feeling though and reacted - that's slightly better than the head in the sand approach of Broon jr era. Whether they'll do anything to fix this shambles remains to be seen. Club feed says 500 tickets sold already. Personally I'm holding off until I hear what's said.

If thats aimed at me I'm not trying to defend anything. I emailed the club and got a reply from Adam that's all

Just had a reply direct from Adam to my questions: 1. Re the capacity - if ticket sales are higher than expected then a section of the East Stand will be held back for home fans - not sure how segregation etc will work for that. At the least I'd expect Premium Sts to be punted to one end. 2. For the GB stand - "You will get the nearest to equivalent available seat. Our new ticketing partner is very advanced. This process should be better than previous seasons." 3. Premium+ seats in GB stand are for renewals and Campbell suite ticketholders only. 4. Re people buying entry and then sitting in standard/premium - that will be addressed by training stewards so that people sit in assigned seats. Probably similar to the bodyguards that stop you sitting in the padded seats for the pre-season friendlies when the GB stand is the only one open. So not exactly inspiring. I will say its good to get a direct reply from Adam (apparently he's being cc'ed in on all the queries/issues raised). Keeping some seats in the East if we outsell the capacity of the GB stand should work and at least ensures every ST holder should get into the game, that probably addresses my main issue. I'll reserve judgement on the equivalent seat argument.

I can see your opinion but every fan in the current Premium section of the East Stand will not get a better view since we're not allowed into the padded seats section. Season ticket sales of 2200 were hopefully going to increase this year - currently the club have done little to incentivise this - raising prices, removing the u-13 access as well as moving fans. But even a moderate increase on the 2200 will push it pretty close to the 25-2600 limit in the GB stand. If we have a situation where any East Stand season ticket holder is deprived admission because of this then it will make the Rangers Cup disaster under Flax look like a well-organised decision. IMHO the club should have pushed season ticket sales without moving fans. Give the Ormond/North to the OF if need be but otherwise prioritise the guys that will turn up week after week (no matter what league we're in). At least do this until the start of the season once we know what season ticket sales are - as it is, if sales are semi-decent despite the prices etc, the club are setting themselves up for a fall.

OK I've bitten the bullet and emailed ticketsales at the club with the following - hopefully get some answers for here or on their FAQ I'm currently a Premium season ticket holder in the East Stand. Given the announcement today about 2026/27 season tickets can you please answer the following: 1. For Category A games against the Old Firm as an East Stand ST holder am I guaranteed a seat in the GB stand for these games? 2. Given the extra I am now expected to pay for a "Premium" view in the East Stand, if I am moved to the GB stand for these games do I get the same view or am I expected to put up with a reduced match experience? 3. Looking at the puchase options on the GB stand it seems that there are no Premium+ tickets available - is this the case or is it a glitch with Fanbase? 4. What steps are the club going to take to ensure that someone with a walkup Entry level ticket doesn't occupy a seat in one of the more expensive categories?

I'm in the same boat (30 yrs in the Premium section). Seriously considering moving to the GB stand now to ensure that I can be sure of gettting a decent seat for games. But as it stands you can't buy any of the PRemium+ seats in the GB stand that I can see. Don't want to move since it takes me away from friends etc but if the alternative is that I'm not guaranteed a seat for all home games then I might do so. When we had the OF in the past East Stand ticketholders were allocated seats in the main stand for the OF games - surely they should be able to do something similar. At least then they'll have to develop a process for when the main stand seats run out for the OF games.

Would have thought Hearts might be in that as well now?

North Stand to be the new Family Stand (except for category A games) so away fans located in the Ormond https://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/news/article/family-stand-returns-to-mcdiarmid-park/

I used Fanbase for a couple of the away games this year. Seems OK and I suppose it might be a saving for Saints

Only one change. Foulds in for Baird.