Roy Keane

It’s ridiculous that somwone can’t just ‘decide’ they want to go to a football game and turn up on the night though. what ever your postcode, it shouldnt be exclusive to the infamous database.

couple of years ago i popped over to watch a liverpool game. no worries. should be encouraged rather than discouraged.

I’m not familiar with this policy being applied to any other club.

maybe roy keanes little rant will stop our club from shutting the doors on new fans coming along to watch Latics.

I don’t agree with the policy but understand why it was introduced.

However when the club explain the reasons that it was introduced & then say that’s why the couldn’t let Roy Keane in, far from making the club look in the right, it makes them look ridiculous.
Would letting Roy Keane in on Saturday have caused any trouble in the ground or led to the club being hit with a fine for failing to control the crowd? – even with Roy Keane’s temper I doubt it

All the statement released yesterday basically says is that we can’t sell on matchdays to non-database people for specific games coz we’ve no idea that a certain person is who they say they are & they live where they say they live. However when someone turns up & can prove that they are who they say they are & live where they say they live we still won’t let them in

Interesting points from the club statement

when your name goes on the clubs ‘database’ – it is only on there for a period of time

even if you are not on the ‘database’ if you ring the club and explain your personal circumstances you may well get a ticket

Somebody posted on Wiganer.net the other week asking whether anyone would get them a ticket for the Arsenal game i think as the ticket office/internet wouldn’t let them.
Someone else told them to e-mail the club & explain their circumstances & a short while later the original poster went back on to say the club had sorted them out with tickets.
Don’t know what sort of criteria the club use in such circumstances but I’d imagine that if Keane had sued his noggin instead of losing his temper and gone to the club reception/office then he’d have been sorted with tickets

The club should allow the ticket office staff to use some common sense. I understand the one rule for the rich & one rule for us plebs type comment someone else has made but if it is just some average Joe then even with a Wigan address you can’t guarantee that they won’t be a supporter of the opposition (particularly with a local derby like Liverpool tonight) but if the bloke/woman in question can prove that they are Roy Keane/Alex Ferguson/Beyone Knowles then there isn’t a problem on that score – even if the computer system won’t allow them to print a ticket at the ticket office the staff in there should be told to send em round to the main office

Then he’s thick (Roy Keane, not The Egg). It’s Wigan Athletic’s rule, not the Stadium’s.

You forgot that bloke who won Stars in your eyes!!

Has anyone got that latics song he brought out?

Come on you latics woohhooohoooo hahahaha quality