TICKETS (11 Viewers)

[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

It was a mistake and completely wrong to allow season ticket holders to buy more than one ticket and move seats. Overcomplicated the process and unfair on general sales.

If we'd have had 20k season ticket holders the club would still have let them have 2 tickets each

 

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[David O'Day]

That was probably the day it kicked off all over Manchester before the game

aye, it likely was and GMP don't insist on 3 blocks of segregation

 

[fernandopartridge]

aye, it likely was and GMP don't insist on 3 blocks of segregation

Man City is the same, touching distance between home and away fans. It was like it at Maine Rd as well.

It's not as if you can say it is WMP either as they don't have such huge segregations at Villa Park, West Brom or Wolves.

 

[Alkhen]

Still a few tickets available in 31/32 but these are incorrectly showing as family zone.

Really? Nothing showing at all for me, not even singles

 

[David O'Day]

Man City is the same, touching distance between home and away fans. It was like it at Maine Rd as well.

It's not as if you can say it is WMP either as they don't have such huge segregations at Villa Park, West Brom or Wolves.

It's got to be someone local who is in the Cov WMP or the SAG

 

[mark82]

Really? Nothing showing at all for me, not even singles

They keep appearing and disappearing. Had them in my basket a few times.

 

[mark82]

Really? Nothing showing at all for me, not even singles

Think it's probably only a handful, but frustrating all the same.

 

[David O'Day]

For the record here is Man City vs. united

 

[Nick]

They will appear as baskets expire.

 

[edgy]

Think it's probably only a handful, but frustrating all the same.
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You cant select them. Been trying for the last 30 mins.

 

[Calista]

They keep appearing and disappearing. Had them in my basket a few times.

It's bloody mad isn't it?

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Managed to get tickets, but not together. Absolute farce as usual.

Got to the front of the queue - it timed me out.
Somehow refreshed and it put me straight to the log-in page.
Friend logged in - wouldn't load the seat map for him
I Tried to select seats showing as available - wouldn't let me.
Eventually managed to get three in the basket in the same block then during payment it looked for all the world like it'd kicked me out for being a robot, but eventually went through and got confirmation.

Still think ST holders shouldn't have had 1 extra ticket. I'd have thought it totally fair for ST to be allowed to reserve their own ticket and then had a couple of windows that were points based. Just feels fairer to me.

 

[Calista]

They will appear as baskets expire.

Doesn't really explain why it shows them to you, lets you select them, takes you to the next screen then tells you you can't have them. Or the various people earlier who have reported getting all the way to the checkout and then being denied their purchase or kicked out.
Some serious questions around the service provided by Ticketmaster I think.

 

[Alkhen]

Think it's probably only a handful, but frustrating all the same.
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It's frustrating, kind of annoying that they didn't do a second round after ST holders, before general sale, for people with a bunch of loyalty points. Can't moan too much it's nice that interest is spiking for once and if it continues I would think the club will get slicker at running things.

They will appear as baskets expire.

Ah yeah that makes sense.

 

[chiefdave]

Its all very simple.

The ground is allowed to let in 32k people to watch games.

The Police and SAG advise the club on segregation and away numbers.

The club can choose or not choose to take this advice.

If fans safety is put at risk then the club is liable to prosecution and a reduction in capacity.

However the authorities cannot reduce the capacity of the stadium willy nilly. It has to go through the correct legal channels and has to be for a valid reason.

If they had at any point reduced the capacity of the ground it would've been in the news, as such action is highly unusual.


The SAG and Police will always advise the maximum amount of segregation as it is their job to push for maximum safety, just like all those covid scientists that would still have us in lockdown. In the real world risk is traded off against living a life and running a business

Couple of points, good luck letting in more people than the SAG advice and maintaining valid event insurance. Also the council can ultimately dictate the license for the venue, if the club ignore the advice of the SAG the licensing committee may not look too kindly on it, I doubt Frasers would be happy if the club put the venues license to hold events at risk

Even if you believe the council and / or police can't directly force the club to have empty seats on Sunday they sure as hell can make things very difficult if the club goes against their advice

Lets be honest, the council make it up as they go along, the no parking zone was only supposed to be in place for events above a certain capacity according to their own documentation yet when we were getting below that number it remained in place

That said the club should come out and be very clear about why those blocks aren't being on sale, its ridiculous. Its one thing when there's thousands of empty seats in the ground but that's not the case now and if it is on police / council advice they should be put in a position where they have to justify that position, Gilbert needs to get on the case

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Still hospitality tickets available

 

[usskyblue]

Still hospitality tickets available

Just in: Tea pots are ready

 

[oscillatewildly]

The old ABC cinema for us really oldies JD sports for you younger ones.

I saw Jaws there in 1975 and the Chameleons last December.

 

[HerneBayGaz]

Just a question, who decides what blocks must be closed.

The Lemington branch. After they have received there allocation.

 

[Alkhen]

Still hospitality tickets available

There wasn't when I looked! Got an error message telling me to call the box office

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

What an absolute cock up this has been

 

[bigfatronssba]

Couple of points, good luck letting in more people than the SAG advice and maintaining valid event insurance. Also the council can ultimately dictate the license for the venue, if the club ignore the advice of the SAG the licensing committee may not look too kindly on it, I doubt Frasers would be happy if the club put the venues license to hold events at risk

Even if you believe the council and / or police can't directly force the club to have empty seats on Sunday they sure as hell can make things very difficult if the club goes against their advice

Lets be honest, the council make it up as they go along, the no parking zone was only supposed to be in place for events above a certain capacity according to their own documentation yet when we were getting below that number it remained in place

That said the club should come out and be very clear about why those blocks aren't being on sale, its ridiculous. Its one thing when there's thousands of empty seats in the ground but that's not the case now and if it is on police / council advice they should be put in a position where they have to justify that position, Gilbert needs to get on the case

The council can’t “dictate” anything. They have to operate within the confines of the law.
The licensing committee would only have grounds to act if the club’s actions directly threatened the safety of fans.

 

[Alkhen]

One single just popped up. No good for me I need two.

 

[Mild-Mannered Janitor]

It was a mistake and completely wrong to allow season ticket holders to buy more than one ticket and move seats. Overcomplicated the process and unfair on general sales.

Agree on mistake but for the club, it didn’t over complicate the process, it streamlined it as sales could be made quicker and easier allowing for faster distribution.
It would have been right but more complicated and time consuming to sell them in order of priority points, above 1,000 first, then 900-1000 etc but could have still has flaws in that where someone could not have gone this season to a single game but had a ST at blues and picked up a lot of priority points from having that ST. Should they then be ahead of someone buying this year in their first season?

Reality is that these games can sell twice over for any club with fans who have been before at some stage, no ST holder is buying for a first timer.

It’s a shame but a reality that some will get lucky and sadly others will have to watch in the pub, home or elsewhere.

 

[Evo1883]

Btw , we'd struggle to sell out in the Premier league because we got 11000 in 1992

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Btw , we'd struggle to sell out in the Premier league because we got 11000 in 1992

I think in a relegation battle it would taper off

 

[Mild-Mannered Janitor]

Btw , we'd struggle to sell out in the Premier league because we got 11000 in 1992

I was there, maybe our best season. Son was born when we were top of the league after 3 games, also the best Christmas games ever thrashing Villa and Liverpool. Mickey Quinn will be a god forever from that season

 

[skybluelee]

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One single just popped up. No good for me I need two.

These were popping up everywhere after 9pm last night. Every time I tried to put one in the basket it wouldn’t let me.

 

[Evo1883]

I think in a relegation battle it would taper off

Not much , it doesn't really elsewhere these days .. 1 or 2 k scattered at most , demand for tickets would be huge

 

[Wyken Sky Blue]

I was there, maybe our best season. Son was born when we were top of the league after 3 games, also the best Christmas games ever thrashing Villa and Liverpool. Mickey Quinn will be a god forever from that season

Was your second child born 9 months after we were top of the league after 3 games??

 

[Frank Sidebottom]

These were popping up everywhere after 9pm last night. Every time I tried to put one in the basket it wouldn’t let me.

There were a fair few (and there may possibly still be the odd one or 2 in and out of people's baskets) available in the family stand.... but nobody could buy them as you had to buy an adult ticket with a kids, So unless you got 2 in your basket and changed one of them to a child's ticket you couldn't buy them.

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

Was your second child born 9 months after we were top of the league after 3 games??

My daughter was actually born 9 months after we won the checkatrade

 

[Frank Sidebottom]

Going forward I think the club need to have a Yeovil at home priority period, Anyone with purchase history for the 6-2 home defeat to Yeovil should just be given a free ticket for whatever game whenever they want.

 

[WestEndAgro]

Relax folk's, I'm certain the remaining blocks will go on sale today. Good luck to those ticket less fans, they will sell in minutes.

 

[GIMOC]

Agree on mistake but for the club, it didn’t over complicate the process, it streamlined it as sales could be made quicker and easier allowing for faster distribution.
It would have been right but more complicated and time consuming to sell them in order of priority points, above 1,000 first, then 900-1000 etc but could have still has flaws in that where someone could not have gone this season to a single game but had a ST at blues and picked up a lot of priority points from having that ST. Should they then be ahead of someone buying this year in their first season?

Reality is that these games can sell twice over for any club with fans who have been before at some stage, no ST holder is buying for a first time.

It’s a shame but a reality that some will get lucky and sadly others will have to watch in the pub, home or elsewhere.

It didn’t over complicate the process = the club being lazy and having no plan in place