if that's the case with facebook, then they will be able to locate that person and ban them from future purchases surly? especially if they are doing it all the time. a one off ain't too bad.
the club IT experts are to busy having spot the ball contest or name the player behind the fucked up photo to be checking for points whores on Facebook or on these ticket sitesYou'd like to think so, I'm not sure if the club are monitoring it, hopefully they are. I suppose people could message privately to the admin of the page and it wouldn't be as obvious
City had it for Kiev before the psg gameIts interesting that the club statement refers to some clubs insisting on certain security arrangements. I assume one is PSG, not sure which the others are, and how many?
I think the timeline for this has been something like:
1) PSG and French police insisted on Chelsea introducing the system, mainly because of the terrorist situation, partly because of the bad behaviour of some Chelsea fans the previous season.
2) When this system was judged by PSG and French police to have been a success for the Chelsea game, they then insisted that City also abide by it.
3) City introduced the system, possibly seeing it as a one off for the PSG game, possibly seeing it as a trial.
Unfortunately the PSG game well and truly blew the lid off the scale of the selling on of away tickets. This caused two problems for City. Firstly it completely undermined the loyalty points system, especially Platinum and the cup schemes. Secondly it put City clearly in breach of UEFA's rule that the club is in possession the names and addresses of ticket holders. And who wants to give UEFA another stick with which to beat us? Everything since then has been the chaotic administration of an ill thought out system.
for euro aways, why not have city's staff on the turnstile and ask for passport and supporter number to confirm name of person, write it down then check on computor if that person was allocated a ticket for that game, minimal inconvenience and little queuing, just a thought.
The other clubs are the Italians you had your name wrote on the ticketsIts interesting that the club statement refers to some clubs insisting on certain security arrangements. I assume one is PSG, not sure which the others are, and how many?
I think the timeline for this has been something like:
1) PSG and French police insisted on Chelsea introducing the system, mainly because of the terrorist situation, partly because of the bad behaviour of some Chelsea fans the previous season.
2) When this system was judged by PSG and French police to have been a success for the Chelsea game, they then insisted that City also abide by it.
3) City introduced the system, possibly seeing it as a one off for the PSG game, possibly seeing it as a trial.
Unfortunately the PSG game well and truly blew the lid off the scale of the selling on of away tickets. This caused two problems for City. Firstly it completely undermined the loyalty points system, especially Platinum and the cup schemes. Secondly it put City clearly in breach of UEFA's rule that the club is in possession the names and addresses of ticket holders. And who wants to give UEFA another stick with which to beat us? Everything since then has been the chaotic administration of an ill thought out system.
City had it for Kiev before the psg game
City had it for Kiev before the psg game
Well if you go on my Facebook page you'll see a picture of me pissed up outside the ground of every euro away since TNSGenuine question how would you know who has been to what euro always as proof of buying the ticket doesn't mean that person went ?
That would have been fun at Madrid,I suspect the City staff would have got a twating from the Spanish Police Cowards like most Blues did
I can see it now city supporter services going through your Facebook pictures :+)Well if you go on my Facebook page you'll see a picture of me pissed up outside the ground of every euro away since TNS
Same with Juventus in Turin before the ticket pick up came in, there was points to be had as it didn't sell out.Two seasons ago we trembled in the Roma cauldron hoping for a minor miracle.
Funny because everybody had a chance to go to that game, regardless of how you got a ticket.
our worst trip to date.it pissed down and we got beat. only Lisbon can run it close.Got to be honest until last 4 or 5 years never really bothered when we played Santander one of the lads coming with us didn't have a season card so we just waited until they went on open sale and I walked in ticket office bought 4 never bothered with points.Of course we weren't quite as good then.
I'd forgotten that. But I still think that the introduction of the system was at least partly initiated by security issues, Kiev & Paris both having "special circumstances". Before the PSG game, City were probably aware that they needed to tighten up procedures to prevent tickets ended up in different hands, but the PSG game really highlighted the extent of the problem.
Sorry mate you sound completely detached from reality. The majority of games you mentioned are glamourous games but the issue there is the cost, taking time off work etc, it supercedes loyalty and that is why even those on the highest points who snap up the Utd, Pool tickets did not fill those seats either.
For a kid he has little chance of catching up with those on 18/20k. Even with all the games you have mentioned he would still not be able to catch up if the high pointers keep cherry picking the United, Stoke, Pool games etc.
It just seems wrong that a whole generation of fans will have little chance of watching a Manchester derby at Old trafford etc. A weighted loyalty points to recent attendance and a small percentage given to ballot would at least give them an outside chance.
Exactly where were all the points whore and 12k points at RomeTwo seasons ago we trembled in the Roma cauldron hoping for a minor miracle.
Funny because everybody had a chance to go to that game, regardless of how you got a ticket.