- Aug 31, 2012
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unbelievable!.There's a discussion on KUMB at the moment about the season ticket waiting list.
Now, I'm no expert, but I would have thought that the defining characteristic of a list is that it is a register of individual names in a specific order. Consequently, if such a list existed, one would expect West Ham to be able to identify anyone's position on that list so that they could ascertain how close they were to being able to purchase a season ticket and assess whether it was worthwhile having paid £10 for the privilege of being on this list (which some apparently did ). If West Ham couldn't tell you your position on the list, then it would be either a nefarious scam or a complete shambles.
Still, surely a Board with the integrity and competence of Gold, Sullivan and Brady wouldn't get involved with anything remotely like a scam or oversee a complete shambles, would they? So when one West Ham fan asked for his position on the list, then surely West Ham could tell him. Couldn't they?
Here are their answers to date...
July: We are currently updating the list and allocating numbers.
August: It should be available shortly.
October: Waiting list positions have been delayed, but I will get this chased up.
December: Passed to my manager.
January: I have chased this up again.
January: My manager has been off this week, I have chased this again.
February: We are unable to tell you where you are on the waiting list at present.
February: We don’t have access to the information that will tell us fans' whereabouts on the list, but we should have this early March.
Early March: We sold season tickets to all those on the waiting list since Nov 2015. Hopefully, you will be able to purchase one for next season.
Later in March: Once renewals have begun we will be able to disclose your position.
And renewals have now begun, but still no answer, along with the 15 or so occasions they never replied that I've cut from the above.
So the next time you hear reference to the mythical 50,000 list, don't think "50,000, really?", think "list, really?" too.
The only question is whether it's a scam or a shambles. And, as with all things West Ham, it's really difficult to tell whether the Board are operating with evil intent or whether they're just utterly incompetent, because, frankly, the end result always seems to be pretty much the same either way.
Why don't they just cut to the chase and ask him "Where would you like to sit sir?"