Boddy has announced that next year they are looking at bringing in priority for regular away attenders. I assume they will go back onto people’s accounts to manage this - and Futher away/less demand games will be worth more points. Thoughts?
Why is it needsd? What's wrong with the current system?
Why is it needsd? What's wrong with the current system?
I think the issue is that every STH got the opportunity to buy two.Nah, don't agree with that. Not everyone can go to every away game. All STHs should have the same opportunity to get a ticket for any away game.
I think the issue is that every STH got the opportunity to buy two.
The club obviously undercalled the demand. Badly.
They can reward them in other ways without making away games a closed shop.I can see both sides of the argument tbh. I’d rather them keep it as it is but think it is fair enough that they’d like to reward fans who go every week
They can reward them in other ways without making away games a closed shop.
Agree with that. Should be one ticket per STH. Always should have been. No need to create a two tier points system.
I might not bother with trying to get a ticket for Craven Cottage.How is it making games a closed shop.
Not difficult to do it based on points. It would encourage people to get season tickets AND go to the more unattractive away games.
There's been controversy for Bournemouth and Southampton but that won't come close to the fall out of Fulham and Birmingham away when the allocation is less than 2000 for a high demand game.
It's been said before by me and some other people on here Dave.Do a lot of people on here never buy tickets for anything but city games? Genuine question as some of the things being thrown around on here as outrageous things for the club to do are standard practice at pretty much all events.
Maybe I'm just jaded from having spent a decade working in that industry but people are kidding themselves if they think every event they ever go to doesn't have a good chunk of tickets that are allocated to various groups before going on sale, and in the case of all seated events the ones that never go on sale are usually the best seats in the house.
Dont get a st just get away tickets you will have priority, over everyone.How is it making games a closed shop.
Not difficult to do it based on points. It would encourage people to get season tickets AND go to the more unattractive away games.
There's been controversy for Bournemouth and Southampton but that won't come close to the fall out of Fulham and Birmingham away when the allocation is less than 2000 for a high demand game.
and the ' you cant select your seats unless you wear a floppy hat' that comes from the ticket office managerIt’s the hidden VIP priority that needs banning.
I'm sure there might be some supporters who may decide to go to away matches andc sacrifice home games if there's a sniff of a cup run and this idea makes that much more likely.
Would it be easier to have both those things in a points system?The priority wil be based on season tickets and away points.
They'll never just prioritise away.
About time.Boddy has announced that next year they are looking at bringing in priority for regular away attenders. I assume they will go back onto people’s accounts to manage this - and Futher away/less demand games will be worth more points. Thoughts?
Risk with this is that it is still abused at most premiership teams and others in our league with large following to away games for those "with money" as they buy away tickets or away season tickets and sell on the games they don't want for the benefit of keeping the ones they do actually want.
No different to Manure & Liverpool season ticket holders who are over 100 years old and its family members from former relatives but the wait list would be impossible, think Manure had an amnesty about 20 years ago where you could come forward and amend to your name rather than a deceased relative but again, another flaw for fans wanting tickets.
It can be costly and time consuming but a proportion based on ST's, a proportion based on away game loyalty and then a proportion allocated to a ballot based for ST's/Away supporters and then general sale seems a sensible approach.
Would it be easier to have both those things in a points system?
If you buy a ST you just automatically get 23 games worth of points added onto your account.
Don't know how hard or easy it is to prioritise different levels of points (i.e. 200+, 100+ etc.) on such a system. Also don't know if I'd allow some points to be carried forward from the previous season (say 25%)
And I also agree it should only ever be 1 per person, unless they have someone else's account linked to theirs that also qualifies then they can buy tickets on their behalf.
Box holders were able to get 20 tickets if required.It’s the hidden VIP priority that needs banning.
Season ticket holders should be rewarded by paying up front for a season, that should include priority to away games. If people really wanted to get priority they should back the club first
I'm not a season ticket holder by the way, I pick and choose my games
The club makes very little to no money on away league games so it's not in the interest to change anything
Cup games are different as everyone has to pay so for me if you were one of the 5000 that went to Derby at home you should be prioritised
over a season ticket holder that never went for tickets to the next round
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But tbf, and i would never want to be in a fucking box, they are essentially paying for 20 STs (or however many a box holds) when they get it originallyBox holders were able to get 20 tickets if required.
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