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Post by Pilch on Apr 13, 2011 1:47:21 GMT 1
whats wrong with allowing fans who have 40 points to buy a ticket now ? that means they have bought at least 20 tickets this season eg every home game
the system is already in place
at the moment those who were in a position to pay £255 this time last year can buy a ticket
those who have bought a ticket for every game on the day and bought the offer 3 games at total cost of over £400 cant
but they can next week and so can those with just 30 loyalty points, which could be just 15 games
this is a quote from the official website re loyalty points and tickets
How will prioritisation work?
In the event of a high profile game where demand is expected to exceed ticket availability, those with the highest point total will get first priority. Sales will then progress in a number of stages based on point bands. Lowest priority will go to those not registered for the scheme
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2011 6:50:54 GMT 1
Aaarrggh wife has booked us on a weekend to Anglesey.....aaargh Stu: there's a simple remedy here kid. Tell her you need some time and space to get your head sorted (mid-life crisis and all that). Tell her you're moving out. Do it on the Thursday then there's a touch more realism. Go to the game while she's over the Menai Bridge with some local sheep farmer she met in the hotel the night before, and then when she returns from North Wales, arrive back at home to say you love her more than life itself (with a box of Milk Tray and some £3 Tesco flowers). Hey presto! Make sure you hide the programme from Cheltenham though or you're f*cked! Happy to help
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Apr 13, 2011 7:59:28 GMT 1
How do you mean the facility? All you need to do is give everyone a ticket and say you can sit anywhere. Even if the ticket has a seat number on it doesn't mean you need enforce it. Not sure that can't be put into place... Anyhow, a fair few stadiums allow you to park up where you like seated or no seated. Don't understand why this is needed myself... here we go again what i mean is we have the facility to print seat numbers on tickets or not depending how we see it their system may be older than ours, it might not be able to not print seat numbers on the tickets either way if they are expecting a sell out it makes sense to put people in their seats groups come late and end up causing chaos the only problems have been caused by our own club in how they have decided to distribute them whats the point of loyalty points ? when you have almost 6 times the amount a season ticket holder has and still cant get a ticket something is wrong What do you mean, here we go again?! It's easy Pilch. Just because your ticket may have a seat on it doesn't mean that you have to enforce it. So if Chelts tickets have seat numbers on them they can simply declare that its not to be enforced. It's that simple. Old ticket machine or not... Here we go again indeed...
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Post by Pilch on Apr 13, 2011 10:46:59 GMT 1
As simple as that then
So will they announce you can sit anywhere at wembley this weekend ?
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Apr 13, 2011 11:38:41 GMT 1
As simple as that then So will they announce you can sit anywhere at wembley this weekend ? Sure!! Just make sure you get there early if you fancy a Club seat...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2011 11:48:44 GMT 1
As simple as that then So will they announce you can sit anywhere at wembley this weekend ? Got mine. Block 131. And a designated seat number. Come on you Whites!
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Post by Pilch on Apr 13, 2011 11:57:59 GMT 1
As simple as that then So will they announce you can sit anywhere at wembley this weekend ? Got mine. Block 131. And a designated seat number. Come on you Whites! i see you have a crime scene as your avatar
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2011 13:48:52 GMT 1
oh yeah, sorry mate. Great win last night but please... don't be greedy!
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Post by Dale on Apr 13, 2011 14:25:07 GMT 1
Spoke to a Hairyfud supporting workmate about this, HUFC were originally given an all ticket allocation for their game at Cheltenham but went back to 'pay on the day' as they didnt sell all their allocated tickets (surprise surprise!) but he told me he certainly didnt sit in his allocated seat.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2011 14:32:52 GMT 1
Spoke to a Hairyfud supporting workmate about this, HUFC were originally given an all ticket allocation for their game at Cheltenham but went back to 'pay on the day' as they didnt sell all their allocated tickets (surprise surprise!) but he told me he certainly didnt sit in his allocated seat. And?? Were they enforced, was it a sell out?? sure if we dont sell our allocation then this will not be an issue, if we do, then it will be, just grow up and accept a little responsibility and have a little respect for what the owners of the club want.
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Post by onthetrain92 on Apr 13, 2011 16:06:59 GMT 1
Spoke to a Hairyfud supporting workmate about this, HUFC were originally given an all ticket allocation for their game at Cheltenham but went back to 'pay on the day' as they didnt sell all their allocated tickets (surprise surprise!) but he told me he certainly didnt sit in his allocated seat. And?? Were they enforced, was it a sell out?? sure if we dont sell our allocation then this will not be an issue, if we do, then it will be, just grow up and accept a little responsibility and have a little respect for what the owners of the club want. Its always what the owners want or the authorities, its never what the fans want or the people. Football fans in general should have a referendum of whether safe standing should be allowed at football ground but it will never happen.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2011 17:09:29 GMT 1
What the hell has that got to do with it OTT, safe standing!!
and yes, it does always fall as to what the owners want, same as when you go anywhere, someones house, a club, pub restaurant etc etc. we can say its unfair and so on, but guess what!! thats life, so accept it and stop trying to buck the system, but work it to your advantage!!
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Post by WindsorShrew on Apr 13, 2011 17:46:44 GMT 1
Why do people get all arsey over having to sit in a dictated place, we do it at the Theatre, on a Plane and on the Train.
Why then is football any different ?
Sit where your ticket states, I bet you did at Wembley, I bet you do at 99% of home games why is Cheltenham any different ?
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Post by Dale on Apr 13, 2011 17:51:11 GMT 1
Spoke to a Hairyfud supporting workmate about this, HUFC were originally given an all ticket allocation for their game at Cheltenham but went back to 'pay on the day' as they didnt sell all their allocated tickets (surprise surprise!) but he told me he certainly didnt sit in his allocated seat. And?? Were they enforced, was it a sell out?? sure if we dont sell our allocation then this will not be an issue, if we do, then it will be, just grow up and accept a little responsibility and have a little respect for what the owners of the club want. I will go to Cheltenham and sit in my allocated seat providing everyone else is, doesnt mean I have to be happy about it though?
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Apr 13, 2011 18:25:02 GMT 1
The only folk who seem to be getting a tad arsey are those folk having a go at us who suggest they would prefer the allocated seating not to be unforced... Just grow up and accept a little responsibility? I really don't see a need to post that Downie our kid. I suspect the vast majority of Town fans will of course sit in their allocate seat. However, I see no issues with folk who wished that such fixtures didnt see allocated seating expressing that opinion on here. With it being a football message board... No one is saying its going to be a free for all. They are just of the opinion that such fixtures don't need this. Bit over the top from some in response to such an opinion for me...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2011 18:55:07 GMT 1
The only folk who seem to be getting a tad arsey are those folk having a go at us who suggest they would prefer the allocated seating not to be unforced... Just grow up and accept a little responsibility? I really don't see a need to post that Downie our kid. I suspect the vast majority of Town fans will of course sit in their allocate seat. However, I see no issues with folk who wished that such fixtures didnt see allocated seating expressing that opinion on here. With it being a football message board... No one is saying its going to be a free for all. They are just of the opinion that such fixtures don't need this. Bit over the top from some in response to such an opinion for me... Its the same old thing, policy and proceedure is in place for a reason, and there will be a reason for it, safety officers rarely think errmm!! how can i **** people about today!! Now so far, on this I have seen, well thats me in the home end, I will sit where I want or certainly implied. Its going to be a nightmare and a whole load of *. I will purchase a ticket, and will indeed sit where I am allocated, I when purchasing a ticket and the people that I want to sit with have been contacted, ticket numbers collated, as this is what STFC ask for, and finacial arrangements made so we sit togeather, no hardship. When we get to the ground, if someone is sat in my seat, I will politely point out to them that they are in the wrong seat, and expect them to move!! if everyone does that, rather than "well if he is in the wrong seat, then I will be" attitude, then all will be fine. As for tickets and only one per season ticket book, great!! well done STFC, yep there will be people who miss out, but that is life, we have nearly 3000 season ticket holders, and allocation of 1600, so they have to have a system and the one they have is as fair as it can get. People only buy one season ticket per person, so why should they want more than one ticket per person, other than to get the ticket for someone who does not have a season ticket?? Just wish people would stop trying to pick holes in things all the time!! Oh, and you can always ask someone if they mind swaping places if there is the odd person out of place!!
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Post by davycrockett on Apr 13, 2011 19:21:35 GMT 1
Only problem is the ticket office are selling the tickets -from the top of a pile' not asking where you want so sit (front or back or adjacent to mates) so the only way to sit together is to buy the tickets at the same time.................
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Post by Pilch on Apr 14, 2011 0:43:57 GMT 1
as i stated, the only ones causing problems here are stfc yes its not easy when you potentially have more demand than supply but at least they could honour what they promised re the loyalty points as it happens i may have been lucky again with finding a few unloyal fans whom i can get a ticket from how ironic
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Post by dshrew on Apr 14, 2011 1:28:39 GMT 1
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Post by jamo on Apr 14, 2011 7:31:40 GMT 1
My experience of matters such as these inevitably lead me to the conclusion that despite the best efforts of all it will be carnage on the day !
Thank god Downie will be there to sort it all out for us.
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Apr 14, 2011 8:08:01 GMT 1
I think the one chap said he would be in the home end as there was some confusion over the ticket prices and a hike. Nothing to do with a allocated seat. We haven't even got to the game yet and I have the impression based on nothing more than one or two comments posted here (by folk who would prefer no allocated seating) that some see thousands of Town fans with complete and utter disregard to the ticket allocation, causing issues, panic, confrontation. I'm sure the vast majority of Town fans will sit where they are supposed to. But it doesn't mean they are going to like to do so if it means they are not sitting where they would like to sit in the stand or are not able to sit with the people they would like to sit with. And thats about the crux of it; nothing more, nothing less (not picking holes in everything for the joy of it). And I don't think it unreasonable for supporters to express that here on a football message board...
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Post by rglenshrew on Apr 14, 2011 10:22:51 GMT 1
Probably has no relevance whatsoever, but I went to the Man City-Dynamo Kyiv game at Eastlands and got a ticket in the away end with a designated seat number. Originally there was only 2 "blocks" opened but as more decided to turn up (you could buy the ticket from the MC ticket office up until kick off like I did) they simply opened up another block, and we could sit anywhere.
Unless it's announced then I can see a couple of problems arising. Some would think it doesn't matter, then the person who's ticket is for that specific seat wanting to sit there, and so on.
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Post by scooter on Apr 14, 2011 13:17:17 GMT 1
My experience of matters such as these inevitably lead me to the conclusion that despite the best efforts of all it will be carnage on the day ! Thank god Downie will be there to sort it all out for us. I will fetch Downie if I find you in my seat again
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Post by timgallon on Apr 14, 2011 14:31:13 GMT 1
So at Hereford we sell out but it's all unallocated seating.
Probable sell out at Cheltenham but it is sit on the seat printed on the ticket.
Why the difference? Are Hereford not taking spectator safety seriously enough or are Cheltenham going over the top?
Based on the above I think people have more than enough reason to question Cheltenham's approach.
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Post by Pilch on Apr 14, 2011 15:43:20 GMT 1
do herefords temp seats actually have number/letters on them ?
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Post by andygroundo on Apr 14, 2011 16:19:33 GMT 1
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Post by eclipsechaser on Apr 14, 2011 21:05:19 GMT 1
They used to charge £18 for the terracing behind the goal but it went up to £20 when they put seats there .
It has been ripoff prices there for many seasons now compared with the rest of clubs .
And
For those who like to stand ( such as myself ) be prepared for an almighty showdown with the stewards and police .
They are anal when it comes to this matter .
I have had run ins with them before but if you all stick together they will naff off .
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Post by eclipsechaser on Apr 14, 2011 21:08:43 GMT 1
Why do people get all arsey over having to sit in a dictated place, we do it at the Theatre, on a Plane and on the Train. Why then is football any different ? Sit where your ticket states, I bet you did at Wembley, I bet you do at 99% of home games why is Cheltenham any different ? It is because all those that want to stand and sing can do so without obstructing others view but when they are scattered around you get constant aggro from those that are nursey care homed into their seats .
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Post by nickjonesey on Apr 14, 2011 22:42:33 GMT 1
Or have the audacity to have a child with them that can't see the pitch due to an inconsiderate bstd standing in front of them
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Post by Pilch on Apr 14, 2011 23:10:19 GMT 1
some people actually respect those sitting behind and stay sat down
most annoying are idiots that have to quickly stand up everytime the ball passes the halfway line causing everyone behind to resemble yo-yos
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