Ticket Loyalty Points

Didsbury Dave said:
I don't think that's right mate.

For the last twenty years or so of Maine Road, we had five tiers of season ticket holder: you were a 1st year, 2nd year, 3r year, 4th year or a Regular. For away games with demand like that Wigan one which had enormous demand, tickets went down the tiers in order, usually a day for each. It was only when that was exhaused that they would sell to people with ticket stubs. That also happened for Wembley that year.
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I was a regular ST holder from 93/94 onwards and I'm sure that it was when we ended up in the third tier (98/99) that extra measures were introduced because the size of the grounds we'd be visiting meant the allocations wouldn't even cover the amount of regular ST holders that wanted them.

I don't remember it being just massive demand games they asked for ticket stubs, just that it varied how many ticket stubs were required according to the size of the allocation we'd received.

It was always a toss up between which was worse... standing in the middle of Moss Side in the pissing rain waiting for a ticket office that wasn't even going to open for another half a day... or the postal ballots, where they wouldn't accept away ticket stubs that had been stapled together - but then you'd have to spend half a day ripping the ends of your fingers to pieces removing the 576 staples they'd put through your tickets before posting them back.
 
City Mike 1969 said:
I was a regular ST holder from 93/94 onwards and I'm sure that it was when we ended up in the third tier (98/99) that extra measures were introduced because the size of the grounds we'd be visiting meant the allocations wouldn't even cover the amount of regular ST holders that wanted them.

I don't remember it being just massive demand games they asked for ticket stubs, just that it varied how many ticket stubs were required according to the size of the allocation we'd received.

It was always a toss up between which was worse... standing in the middle of Moss Side in the pissing rain waiting for a ticket office that wasn't even going to open for another half a day... or the postal ballots, where they wouldn't accept away ticket stubs that had been stapled together - but then you'd have to spend half a day ripping the ends of your fingers to pieces removing the 576 staples they'd put through your tickets before posting them back.
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They added a year to make it 6 to become a regular in the latter days.

You had people at the ticket officer turning up with 23 stubs, "which do you want" ticket office staff "just give me the lot"- stamps the lot, then does the same for the partner. Claim for an RSI.
 
mancityvstoke said:
Yeah remember watching City storm in.....cant find any footage now.

only footage I could find:



Fucking Wigan......
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I've seen footage quite recently, but I can't locate it at the moment... I think the bloke looking through the gap in the fence (that appears to have been made out of old internal house ddors) in this clip is just have a reccy before a full on assault starts
 
James2401125 said:
Yeah the failure to add the carabao cup points could mean I miss out on a forest ticket ( should be OK for arsenal) I've got 21,475. Just the 25 short of 21.5k which would guarantee me one :(
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They must of listened to me complain on here. Got my 200 points will be alright for both now
 
The 18-25 thing is a ballot in effect, but even lacks that random nature, the worst of both worlds.

Lots of games have gone low this season, but the ballot boys only want the big games with zero effort.
 
Tier2Blue said:
Sooner away tickets are on a open ballot to all season ticket holders the better.
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Tier2Blue said:
Correct- season tickets should be grafted for. If this is part of the process then so be it. Same as those who hoard and only turn up 7 times a season should be held to account.
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I'll refer you to your post on Season Tickets.

Away tickets should be grafted for and those with 20,000 points plus have grafted to get to that level. Your ire should be at the club who siphon 60% of tickets off to Supporters club, corporates, dogs of those who work at club etc. etc. etc.
 
wolfie1988 said:
I'll refer you to your post on Season Tickets.

Away tickets should be grafted for and those with 20,000 points plus have grafted to get to that level. Your ire should be at the club who siphon 60% of tickets off to Supporters club, corporates, dogs of those who work at club etc. etc. etc.
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I agree with 90% of your post, but what happens to the grafters' points when they eventually call it a day, and stop going to away games?
After all, this system has been going for 20+ years and anyone in their mid 40s, and still active when we moved stadiums, will now be in their mid 60s, and maybe less keen to be treated like shit at Old Trafford.
I suspect that their points are also used by the Supporters Clubs
 
Scaring Europe to Death said:
I agree with 90% of your post, but what happens to the grafters' points when they eventually call it a day, and stop going to away games?
After all, this system has been going for 20+ years and anyone in their mid 40s, and still active when we moved stadiums, will now be in their mid 60s, and maybe less keen to be treated like shit at Old Trafford.
I suspect that their points are also used by the Supporters Clubs
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The Clubs don't need points.
 
Chappie said:
Does that include all of the allocation of away tickets to the players,staff,corporate and supporters clubs ?
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Just wait until Gary Owen & Kevin Horlock are posting on here for a spare ticket !!!
 
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