At the away end! looking at the latest pictures there is only one section left next to the changing rooms, the pitch looks bloody wonderful though.

Something must have gone wrong..... from the Walsall forum......

Newport County ticket update
We would like to advise supporters that we have now SOLD OUT of our initial allocation of 607 tickets for Saturday's away fixture against Newport County.

Well, that's 400 short, which is the missing section. Not good if it isn't there for Saturday. Walsall is one that would sell out the usual 1030.

Weird that there's been no communication anywhere about this. One would imagine that the rickety temporary seating, or at least one section of it, has reached the end of its shelf life and needs replacing. That's fine, hardly controversial. So why hasn't the club made any comment about it? Just to explain what's happened and whether / when it'll be replaced by the landlords. I can't think of a single reason why we WOULDN'T include something about that in one of the many updates that have gone out over the summer. Most odd.

This bit was on the Walsall official website.

The Club have requested a further allocation of tickets for this game but due to renovation work being done in the away end, we are yet to receive confirmation as to whether this request has been successful.

Salford on a Tuesday might only need the remaining block at the school end, but then we get Tranmere who might need the full allowance.

Why wasn’t the work done in May.It is now losing the club revenue by having reduced capacity until whenever.

Heard that it failed a safety inspection and was condemned. If this is the case shouldnt the landlords be replacing this? Could cost us money 400 seats less for Walsall, Tranmere and Salford all this month and would have thought all would bring more than 600!

Percy plunkett wrote: August 1st, 2022, 8:36 pm Why wasn’t the work done in May.It is now losing the club revenue by having reduced capacity until whenever.

Absolutely!!!! it really does beggar belief.

owlsabout wrote: August 1st, 2022, 8:44 pm Heard that it failed a safety inspection and was condemned. If this is the case shouldnt the landlords be replacing this? Could cost us money 400 seats less for Walsall, Tranmere and Salford all this month and would have thought all would bring more than 600!

Salford will be lucky to fetch 60 never mind 600.

owlsabout wrote: August 1st, 2022, 8:44 pm Heard that it failed a safety inspection and was condemned. If this is the case shouldnt the landlords be replacing this? Could cost us money 400 seats less for Walsall, Tranmere and Salford all this month and would have thought all would bring more than 600!

Wouldn't expect Salford to have much more than 250, if that. Tranmere would probably request the full allowance. It's a really embarrassing situation.. A rebuild/replacement is a good opportunity to increase the size of that section....... future proofing.

llanwern exile wrote: August 1st, 2022, 9:31 pm

Percy plunkett wrote: August 1st, 2022, 8:36 pm Why wasn’t the work done in May.It is now losing the club revenue by having reduced capacity until whenever.

Absolutely!!!! it really does beggar belief.

Well a possible answer to the question is that a safety inspection wasn't carried out until recently. Another explanation is that the intention is to put in a permanent structure. A further explanation is that the rugby don't need to replace it and we can't afford to replace it. Another possible explanation is that someone made an administrative error and there hasn't been time to rectify it. Then again the cost of a replacement might be prohibative. I could go on.

What is inexcusable is that Newport County are meant to be your club, your trust. The reality is just pay your money and don't expect to be told anything. Little people you are, and little people you shall remain.

I’ve read somewhere that new seating is being erected this week in time for Saturday, so Walsall should get their extra allocation.

Copied from the Walsall forum:-

Ticket for City's trip to Newport County on
Saturday April 2, 3pm are now SOLD OUT.
The full allocation of 1,031 tickets for this
fixture of which 422 are covered seating (Bisley
Stand) and 609 uncovered seating (PureVans
South Stand) sold out on Wednesday, March 9.
THank you for your support.

Could be interesting if half the seating is missing