am i wrong for going a bit annoyed about this? (blackpool)

[darrenwassall]

Somehow i don't think we would have been having this debate just over 2 years ago

 

[Blue Smarties]

Can you imagine trying to check 47,000 photo Ids? We'd have to start going in the day before the match to make sure we could all get in for kickoff!

i think he means for away games

Imagine checking 4.5K at Wigan, the majority all cramming in a few minutes before kick off having been drinking since 12ish and in some cases earlier. It'd be a joke, some wouldn't see kick off.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Somehow i don't think we would have been having this debate just over 2 years ago

Well we were. I started getting suspicious when I was going to nearly every other away game but couldn't get tickets for the "glamorous" ones at Anfield & Old Trafford despite having plenty of loyalty points, whereas others who didn't were getting tickets. Someone told me to join a branch as that would enable me to get tickets easily.

 

[glen quagmire]

I think the OSC's should get as much tickets as they require. After all every member has been 'supporting' the club for 60 years, even the 59 year old ones!


Not!

Don't forget they were here when we were shit!

 

[allan harper]

Hotel booked for blackpool 7 of us going but only 4 of us will get tickets. The 3 who won't get tickets are looking forward to watching it with the other blues in the pubs around town.

 

[dw7]

wigan goes on open sale in 2 days time

 

[swp80]

wigan goes on open sale in 2 days time

Exactly, dont see people moaning about tickets for this. go to these games and get the points then theres no need to worry.

 

[texas pete]

I haven't trawled the full 32 pages so hopefully this will not have been stated before.

My understanding is when we played at the swamp a few years back (got beat 2-0, Tevez scored) is that globally the OSC was allocated 900 tickets of a 3000 allocation. Globally, 1100 applications were made through OSC. So you had an 81% chance of getting a ticket if you were a member irrelavent of your points total.

Totally wrong for me, but as stated previously the OSC is part of the clubs furniture and will never change.

 

[dw7]

Somehow i don't think we would have been having this debate just over 2 years ago

Well we were. I started getting suspicious when I was going to nearly every other away game but couldn't get tickets for the "glamorous" ones at Anfield & Old Trafford despite having plenty of loyalty points, whereas others who didn't were getting tickets. Someone told me to join a branch as that would enable me to get tickets easily.

so if osc's got for instance 400 tickets per away game and now they still get 400 tickets why only complain now and not 2/3 years ago

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

wigan goes on open sale in 2 days time

Exactly, dont see people moaning about tickets for this. go to these games and get the points then theres no need to worry.

Big difference as we've got around 5,000 tickets. And don't be patronising. I've got Wigan tickets and was at Spurs and will (hopefully) be at Newcastle on Boxing Day.

Many of us do go to these games and have got lots of points but can't get tickets for games like Blackpool and the swamp because someone who never sets foot outside CoMS has a mate at the branch and fancies these type of games.