Newcastle Have Done What City Should Be Doing

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Forty-five tickets for the group match at St James' Park on 18 September were bought by the High School of Dundee - days after 110,000 fans had been in an online queue for the remaining seats.

A school spokesman said the school purchased the tickets in good faith after being "approached".

But it is understood that the tickets came from unauthorised reselling by fans who have now had their season tickets cancelled.

A Newcastle spokesman said: "These tickets will be made available to Newcastle United supporters through the club's existing ticket sale process."

A similar number of students from the school attended Newcastle's most recent Champions League game, against AC Milan in 2023.

A spokesman for the school previously said the tickets were "bought as part of a group package".

But Newcastle do not have an authorised reseller and the only way to sell season tickets is through the club's official platform at face value.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
We do have authorised sellers though and don’t have 100,000 waiting to buy.

I struggle with what our club do though so banning fans isn’t for me when they are the worst culprit of the lot!
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We do have fans who want season tickets.

City fans selling their match tickets to ticket touting websites, regardless of where they sit in the stadium, should have their season tickets suspended pending an investigation or cancelled.

Do I think the club would then sell those season tickets on to fans wanting a season ticket, probably not, if I’m being honest. But I hope the club would.

Yes we do have authorised ticket resellers, which is discussed in the other threads.

At least Newcastle are proactive about the issue, and have come out publicly to say they are cancelling the season tickets.
 
jrb said:
We do have fans who want season tickets.

City fans selling their match tickets to ticket touting websites, regardless of where they sit in the stadium, should have their season tickets suspended pending an investigation or cancelled.

Do I think the club would then sell those season tickets on to fans wanting a season ticket, probably not, if I’m being honest. But I hope the club would.

Yes we do have authorised ticket resellers, which is discussed in the other threads.

At least Newcastle are proactive about the issue, and have come out publicly to say they are cancelling the season tickets.
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Do we have fans selling tickets to touting websites or is it mostly the club doing that?
 
Norbiton said:
Do we have fans selling tickets to touting websites or is it mostly the club doing that?
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I can’t imagine a City fan ringing Viagogo/Live football tickets etc.. and haggling a price.

It’s all on the club.

You sell the club your ticket back for £50.00 then the club passes it onto the tout websites to sell for £300.00
 
jrb said:
City fans selling their match tickets to ticket touting websites, regardless of where they sit in the stadium, should have their season tickets suspended pending an investigation or cancelled.
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Is it possible to do that?
How do they get around transferring tickets on their pass to one of these ticketing websites?
 
Xhavenjoe said:
Is it possible to do that?
How do they get around transferring tickets on their pass to one of these ticketing websites?
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I don’t know.

But Newcastle, If they are being honest, and I have no reason to believe they aren’t being honest, have managed to get the seat details of fans or individual ticket touts selling match tickets for the Barcelona game.

We have ticket touts outside the Etihad buying and selling match tickets on a match day,
 
Man-chester copperpot said:
I can’t imagine a City fan ringing Viagogo/Live football tickets etc.. and haggling a price.

It’s all on the club.

You sell the club your ticket back for £50.00 then the club passes it onto the tout websites to sell for £300.00
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I stand corrected. People list their tickets at a price they want for it. The ticket touting company then add on their selling fee. The buyer pays both + Vat as a total price for the ticket.
 
aka blue jambo said:
Extremely harsh by Newcastle on the face of it
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Agreed. They'll be begging the fans to come back if/when they get relegated.

I remember the days when they had to rely on the 'big clubs' visiting and were getting sub-20k attendances.

All owners have the same aim... maximise profits at any cost. They don't give a shit about traditional fanbase etc.
 
jrb said:
We have ticket touts outside the Etihad buying and selling match tickets on a match day,
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A few years ago , I met up with a few lads who had bought a hotel and ticket package.
It was very reasonable price.
They collected the tickets in the ticket office at the ground and were given one of the old style tickets.
 
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aka blue jambo said:
Extremely harsh by Newcastle on the face of it
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That’s a matter of opinion, which you are entitled to.

Those Newcastle fans have been caught selling their Barcelona tickets to a ticket touting website for a profit, with no intention of using their tickets for the match, or selling their tickets back to Newcastle at FACE VALUE, so other Newcastle fan can buy those ticket and watch the match. Those Newcastle fans or touts won’t be doing that again.
 
Xhavenjoe said:
A few years ago , I met up with a few lads who had bought a hotel and ticket package.
It was very reasonable price.
They collected the tickets in the ticket office at the ground and were given one of the old style tickets.
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Some people will say and argue in favour of a ticket touting website as it allows fans to buy a ticket. I’m sure loads of tickets for the derby this weekend have been bought that way. Tickets bought by fans who don’t support City or United, and just want to watch the match.
 
jrb said:
Forty-five tickets for the group match at St James' Park on 18 September were bought by the High School of Dundee - days after 110,000 fans had been in an online queue for the remaining seats.

A school spokesman said the school purchased the tickets in good faith after being "approached".

But it is understood that the tickets came from unauthorised reselling by fans who have now had their season tickets cancelled.

A Newcastle spokesman said: "These tickets will be made available to Newcastle United supporters through the club's existing ticket sale process."

A similar number of students from the school attended Newcastle's most recent Champions League game, against AC Milan in 2023.

A spokesman for the school previously said the tickets were "bought as part of a group package".

But Newcastle do not have an authorised reseller and the only way to sell season tickets is through the club's official platform at face value.

www.bbc.co.uk

Newcastle v Barcelona tickets: Magpies cancel Dundee school's tickets

Newcastle United cancel tickets purchased by a Scottish school for next week's Champions League game against Barcelona.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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Before the article was amended with this new info it had a quote from the reseller on there who mentioned they provided schools with tickets for Newcastle and City. Interesting that their name has now been removed and their website is “under development”.
 
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