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• Message 1. Posted by kentwolvesfan (U14212838) on Thursday, 12th November 2009 permalink

  For my sins,I am a disabled ( ambient ) Wolves fan.
  I now live in Kent following my exile from the Black Country back in 2001.Due to the distance to Wolverhampton from Tunbridge Wells I don't get to as many games as I would like.
  When Wolves play in London,no problems,apart from ticket allocation.They were allocated just 8 pairs of tickets for disabled away fans for the forthcoming game against Chelsea & this left me thinking how many more times will I & other diasbled away fans will be left disappointed this season & seasons to come?
  Are there any minimum of seats that are made available or are they allocated at the clubs discretion?
  Any feedback would be greatfully appreciated
  Thanks in anticipation
  KWF

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• Message 2. Posted by mentalas (U1820557) on Thursday, 12th November 2009 permalink

  Hi there,
  'For my sins,I am a disabled'
  
  A Buddhist then
  
  Welcome to this 'ere board, sorry, got no advice for ya.
  
  pete
  
  

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• Message 3. Posted by RoseRodent (U1896879) on Friday, 13th November 2009 permalink

  Ever been in touch with these people?
  http://www.nads.org.uk/
  
  They have a lot of information on different stadiums and allocations, numbers to call rather than get shunted about the main switchboard system, and campaign information.

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• Message 4. Posted by powerrider (U13766712) on Friday, 13th November 2009 permalink

  Hi.
  Perhaps you should have started 'for my sins, I am a Wolves fan'. Never, ever, apologise for having a disability.
  I agree there are not enough spaces allocated to football fans with disabilities, throughout the game and many grounds simply do not cater properly for us.
  Perhaps spaces should be allocated as a percentage of the ground capacity, and be made more user friendly. That way clubs could attract many more supporters who have a disability .

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• Message 5. Posted by RoseRodent (U1896879) on Friday, 13th November 2009 permalink

  Perhaps you should have started 'for my sins, I am a Wolves fan'. Never, ever, apologise for having a disability.

  
  
  If you read it grammatically that's how it works anyway. "Disabled" is an adjective, so the subject of the sentence (Wolves fan) agrees with the "I am" verb. Disabled is incidental to the picture, the "for my sins" goes with "Wolves fan" not with "disabled". It's possible to read it either way, but I think it's unlikely it was meant to be an apology for being disabled!

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• Message 6. Posted by BaggiesBob2 (U14154847) on Friday, 13th November 2009 permalink

  
  
  For my sins, I am a disabled ( ambient ) Wolves fan.

  
  
  Bet you felt at home when Hoddle was your manager, then.
  
  Your club - I refuse to write it - should have both information and a policy about seating/access/tockets at away grounds.
  
  Suggest you also check out Championship grounds....for next season. Boing, Boing!

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