1. Issue of a Matchday Ticket  

1.1.       Digital Matchday Tickets are issued by our ticketing partner and subject to their terms and conditions as well as our Ground Regulations. Please see the TicketCo website at TicketCo – Legal terms ticketbuyers 

1.2.       The issue of a Matchday Ticket and subsequent access to the Ground is subject to the Grounds Regulations (as may be amended from time to time). 

2.  Term  

These Conditions apply for this Season only and accordingly, unless terminated earlier in accordance with their terms, will terminate at the end of this Season. 

3.  Admission to the Ground  

3.1        The Matchday Ticket should be presented for scanning at the turnstiles. The Club reserves the right to refuse admission where a scanned ticket returns an error code or is otherwise deemed invalid.

3.2        No refunds shall be paid in respect of any matches which the Matchday Ticket entitled you to attend but which you did not attend.

3.3        The Matchday Ticket must be available for inspection and produced by you on demand by any official, steward or security staff of the Club at all times where the ticket has been used to gain admission to the Ground. 

3.4        The Club does not guarantee that the team for any particular match will necessarily only be selected from the Club’s regular first team players. The team manager may consider it desirable on occasions to omit regular first team players and select the team from the full playing squad. 

3.5        No guarantees can be given by the Club that a match will take place at a particular time or on a particular date. The Club reserves the right to reschedule any match without notice and without any liability whatsoever. Your Matchday Ticket will enable you to attend the re-arranged fixture. The Club will have no further liability whatsoever, including (but not limited to) any indirect or consequential loss or damage, loss of enjoyment or travel or accommodation costs. 

4.  Duplicate/replacement tickets  

4.1        If you have forgotten your Matchday Ticket, or otherwise cannot produce it, a duplicate may be obtained, at the Club’s discretion, at the Club office. The Club reserves the right to require proof of identity and/or withdraw this duplicate ticket facility for any particular match or matches without notice. 

4.2       The Club is not responsible for any Matchday Ticket which is lost, stolen, defaced, damaged or destroyed. If the Matchday Ticket is lost, stolen, defaced, damaged or destroyed, the Club may, subject to the Conditions, and at its discretion, issue a replacement ticket. 

5.  Use of concessionary tickets  

5.1        Concessionary priced Matchday Tickets may only be used by persons that qualify for such tickets, as follows: 

• “17 and under” Matchday Tickets may only be used by persons who will be aged 13 to 17 years at 31 August of the relevant Season.  
• “Student” Matchday Tickets may only be used by persons in full-time education. 
• “65 and over” Matchday Tickets may only be used by persons who will be aged sixty five or over at 31 August of the relevant Season. 
• ‘Disabled Support’ Matchday Tickets may only be used by persons having a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day to day activities. For the purposes of these terms and conditions, a disabled person is defined as “any person who, because of their disability or impairment, is unable to use ordinary stand seating without contravening Health and Safety regulations, guidelines or policy. Any such person will be considered for use of the designated areas within the stadium”.
  • Any person entering or seeking to enter the Ground with a concessionary priced Matchday Ticket may be asked to provide proof of age in the form of a birth certificate or passport. Copies of the relevant document are acceptable, so long as the information is clear, legible and has not been doctored. 
  • Any person entering or seeking to enter the Ground with a concessionary priced Matchday Ticket in circumstances where such person is not entitled to such concession will be refused entry. In such case we will not make any refund in respect of any games remaining in the Season. 

6.  Unavailability of seats  

6.1        The Club reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to allocate, on a temporary basis, an alternative seat anywhere in the Ground, including (but without limiting thecircumstances when that discretion may be exercised): 

• when the stand or part of the stand is closed for repairs, maintenance or re-building; or 
• when the Club, the police or any other relevant authority otherwise considers it desirable in the interests of safety, crowd control or other Club requirements to re-allocate the seat. 
• when the club is required to make provision to allow for social distancing within the ground for public health reasons. 

6.2        As far as possible, details of any home matches at which there will be a re-allocation of the seat will be notified on the Website and, where practical, in advance in the Club’s home match day programme. When restrictions are operating nationally in respect of a national health emergency, the club shall not be required to make such notification. 

7.  Use of a Matchday Ticket  

7.1       You agree that at all times you will: 

• use the Ground in a proper and lawful manner and not so as to cause any nuisance, annoyance or inconvenience to the Club or any other person (including any other spectators or local residents) or to render void or voidable, in part or whole, any insurance maintained by the Club in respect of the Ground;  
• not cause damage to the Ground (fair wear and tear excepted); and 
• comply with all of the rules and regulations imposed by the Club from time to time in respect of admission and attendance, including, without limitation, the Ground Regulations. 
  • The Matchday Ticket is not transferable in accordance with Section 10. It may not be offered as a prize in any promotion or competition, or sold to any third party.  
  • You shall indemnify the Club against all costs, charges, claims, expenses, demands and liabilities suffered or incurred by it as a result of any breach of these Conditions or any other terms and conditions, rules, laws or regulations, including, without limitation, the Ground Regulations. 
  • By entering the Ground, all persons acknowledge that photographic images and/or video recordings and/or stills taken from those video recordings may be taken of them and may also be used in televised coverage of the game or by the Club and/or any Football Authority in perpetuity, by way of any present or future media, for any purpose deemed reasonable by the Club, including, without limitation, for marketing or promotional purposes. Entry into the Ground is confirmation that all persons have consented to such use of their image unless the Club is notified in writing to the contrary. If any images should feature an individual prominently the

Club will make reasonable efforts to gain the consent of that person before publishing such image. However, if this is not possible, the entry into the Ground shall be deemed consent unless the Club is notified in writing to the contrary. 

• If you are aged 16 years old or under, your parent(s) and/or guardian(s) are also responsible for your actions, conduct and compliance with these Conditions.
  • If, acting alone or with others, your conduct, or incitement of others, results in disciplinary action being taken against the Club by The Scottish Football

Association or other footballing authorities, you shall be jointly and severally liable to the Club for any loss the Club thereby suffers. You shall also be jointly and severally liable to the Club for any loss the Club suffers as a result of the behaviour of a third party gaining access to a match using the Matchday Ticket with your permission. 

8.  Limitation of liability  

8.1      The Club shall not be responsible for any interruptions and/or restrictions to the view of a match caused by virtue of the position of the seat and/or the actions of other spectators. 

8.2      The Club hereby excludes any liability for loss, injury or damage to persons/property in or around the Ground except in respect of death or personal injury resulting from any negligence of the Club or for the Club’s fraud. 

8.3      Except as otherwise set out in these Conditions, and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Club shall not have any liability in respect of any failure to carry out, or any delay in carrying out, any matter in respect of these Conditions, including admitting you to the Ground for a particular match, caused by any circumstances outside the Club’s reasonable control. 

9.  Default and suspension and/or termination of Matchday Tickets  

9.1      Any Matchday Ticket obtained or used in breach of the Conditions and the Terms & Conditions of Entry shall be automatically void and all rights conferred or evidenced by such Season Ticket shall be nullified. 

9.2      The Matchday Ticket may be suspended, withdrawn and/or cancelled without the payment of any refund, in the event that you are under investigation by the Police, charged, cautioned or found guilty of any football related offence anywhere in the world, is ejected and/or banned from the Ground or any other sports stadium anywhere in the world or breaches any of the Conditions; or 

9.3      Racist, sexist, homophobic or other discriminatory abuse in any form will not be tolerated. If you are caught abusing a player or any other individual you will be reported to the police and prosecution and a lengthy ban from the Club may follow. 

10. Sale, assignment and third party rights  

10.1      All rights with respect to the Matchday Ticket are personal and shall cease upon the death.  

10.2 Your matchday ticket cannot be sold, or assigned to any third party for their use. 

11.  Notices  

13.1      The Club reserves the right to make changes to any of the Conditions referred to herein and notify you of the same notified by display these at the Ground and on the Website. 

13.2      You should notify the Club of any change of address by email to tickets@stirlingalbionfc.co.uk or in writing to: Stirling Albion Football Club Forthbank Stadium, Springkerse, Stirling, FK7 7UJ 

12.  Entire agreement  

These Conditions constitutes the whole and only agreement between us in respect of the subject matter of these Conditions and supersedes and extinguishes all prior oral or written agreements, understandings or arrangements between us relating to the subject matter of these Conditions. 

13.  Waiver   

The Club’s failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy provided by these Conditions, the documents referenced herein or by law shall not constitute a waiver of that right, power or remedy. 

14.  Governing Law  

These Conditions, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Scotland. The parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Scotland. 

Schedule 1 – Glossary 

In these Conditions, the following terms have the following meanings: 

“Club” means Stirling Albion Football and Athletic Club Limited; 

“Conditions” means the terms and conditions set out in this document (as amended from time to time); 

“Guest” means a relative, friend, colleague and/or, companion to disabled supporters who would be entitled to purchase a Match Ticket under the Ground Regulations. 

“Ground” means Forthbank Stadium, Springkerse, Stirling, FK7 7UJ; 

“Matchday Ticket” means the entry card or electronic ticket entitling you to admission to certain home games played by the Club at the Ground;

 “Season” means the football season (the season in which the ticket is valid); 

“Ticket” means the entry card or electronic ticket entitling you to admission to certain home games played by the Club at the Ground;  

“Visiting Club” means the football club playing against the Club.