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Thread | Reserved seat stickers
at 13:11 14 Oct 2026
Reserved Stickers on Season Ticket Holder Seats.
The Club and Season Ticket Holders have the same ultimate goal on this issue – we
want people to sit in their allocated seats.
Furthermore, the Club NEEDS everyone to sit in their allocated seats because much of
our permitting, licensing, insurance and health and safety arrangements and protocols
are predicated on this.
We know that this doesn’t currently happen, but that needs to change.
The Club’s decision is not to put ‘reserved’ stickers on Season Ticket Holder’s seats this
season. There is a rationale for this decision, as follows:
- Placing reserved stickers on certain seats and not others gives the impression
that the other seats are not reserved, which is not the case – everyone has an
allocated seat. We now have over 1,000 regular supporters who purchase on a
match day and they are also entitled to expect to be able to sit in the seat they
have purchased.
- Reserved stickers cause confusion at non-season ticket games such as cup
games and women’s games.
- More generally, we would like to see a complete behavioural/mindset change
which results in all people entering the stadium sitting in their allocated seats,
not just not sitting in Season Ticket Holder’s seats.
We recognise that in order to effect the change we are hoping to see we need to take
various steps to INFORM and to ENFORCE, so that over time it becomes accepted as
standard – just as it is when you attend many other paid for seated events.
On that front, we intend to do the following:
1. Communicate with supporters via our social media channels and emails to
reiterate that everyone needs to sit in their allocated seat;
2. Inform supporters as they enter the stadium – verbally and via signage – that
everyone must sit in their allocated seat and if they are not, they should expect to
be moved and that anyone concerned should approach the nearest steward;
3. Brief our stewards consistently that they must be vigilant and proactive in
helping any supporters who need assistance because somebody has sat in their
seat;
4. Provide additional resource where possible to ensure there are sufficient
numbers of stewards/volunteers to help identify issues and enforce the policy.
Our hope is that these efforts – together with your support in spreading the message will
– over time – bring the change we need.
We intend to review the situation in 6 months’time to assess progress. |
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Reply | Watson.....
at 08:34 6 Oct 2026
He's been nominated for manager of the month for September.
Good luck to him.. |
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Reply | J.Bird
at 14:28 1 Oct 2026
..and a Jay, too. |
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Reply | J.Bird
at 18:43 30 Sep 2026
It'd be cheaper to drive, tbf |
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Reply | Drinking at the match
at 16:20 24 Sep 2026
Depends who you are watching, I suppose.
Did anyone see if Fondop put a beer down before shooting last Saturday? |
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Reply | Attendance Saturday
at 15:41 22 Sep 2026
There has been other contact made re this and inconsistent stewarding, and seat labelling.
They will be brought up at CAB on 12th October. |
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Reply | Fans’ Forum
at 13:55 12 Sep 2026
Rochdale Supporters Trust would like to thank Laura Thomas for the following statement regarding our earlier post:
We are aware of the Dale Supporters Trust statement regarding last night’s Fans Forum.
Firstly, we would like to thank those fans who attended the Forum, as well as those who sent questions to the Trust in advance.
Whilst there was a high volume of questions forwarded to the Club, there were some that raised a lot of similar points. In order to avoid repetition, these questions were grouped together.
In some cases, these were covered by the panel – Simon Gauge, Laura Thomas and Ryan Bradley – at the start of the evening.
Other topics were then asked by the event’s MC, David Dockerty, towards the end of the night.
With regard to any questions submitted that were not fully answered, we are more than happy to provide a written response directly to the supporter who raised the question, upon request.
As a Club, we remain committed to working closely with the Dale Supporters Trust, supported by Vince Ashall, the Trust’s representative on the Club’s Board of Directors, who sat on Thursday night’s top table.
We also recognise that the Forum ended earlier than on previous occasions, and we will endeavour to ensure that all supporters in attendance have the chance to ask a question at future Forums.
Laura Thomas - CEO
Rochdale AFC |
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Reply | Fans’ Forum
at 13:57 11 Sep 2026
Those 23 minutes included time to discuss Ian being nice to someone's daughter and a detailed enquiry as to the availability of vegan options approximately 30 minutes before kick off.
The sweeping the room policy has never been successful, and to shorten the forum without any prior warning is not what this club has been about.
I had 3 requests to raise it at CAB. Hopefully the Trust statement will be followed up with a detailed response. |
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Reply | Unacceptable
at 18:25 5 Sep 2026
3 NL squad players started today. |
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Reply | Unacceptable
at 17:33 5 Sep 2026
4,003 at home to Gillingham and around half left together on 70 minutes. Either Oldham fans or a statement by Dale fans to be taken note of. |
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Reply | Traffic warning
at 21:25 22 Aug 2026
Where in any of the public pronouncements from RMBC is this particular scheme of works in place to enable a cycle lane? |
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