Firstly, why does BFC insist that paying adults and concessions use separate turnstiles, thus insisting that parents and kids have to be (albeit briefly) separated? Same with season tickets? Is it really beyond the turnstile operators to handle two different types of money / tickets? Last night I only had a £20 note and a £10 note on me. So I had to get in line with the kids to pay them in, get the change, then jump to my queue to get myself in. My kids are old enough now not to be worried about having to wait briefly on the other side of the turnstile, but for other younger kids even the brief separation is scary. It's absolutely ridiculous. Secondly, that half time shoot out is still wrong. Two kids shooting at a goal which has different scores on each side. 25 points top left, 20 points top right. Nothing wrong with that as such, as long as you start both kids from the middle. But they don't they put one on each side? It's basics and I can't believe they're still getting it wrong. Apart from that the match was really great.
I'll speak the the rest of the trust board about the turnstile issue as I think you're right- it shouldn't be right that young kids have to venture in on their own. There should be a turnstile for Adults and one for concessions, but parents should be able to accompany children through the same turnstile on payment of the appropriate entrance fee.
Thats not right, I didn't realise that still went on tbh. Depending on the age of the kids, a football crowd can be very intimidating. Though I'm not familiar with your turnstile system, I'm guessing they use the different queues to get an accurate picture of the numbers going through each at the various charges - and to avoid fiddling by the operator. Should they be inclined, it would be quite easy for them to charge adult prices and pocket the difference but surley an element of trust has to be placed in someone working with cash - and besides, random spot checks (stewards or office staff covertly counting adults/children and tallying the receipts later) would probably stop that.
You'd have thought so. There must be a way for a family club to avoid separating kids from their parents at point of entry.
