Away tickets

[wolfie1988]

Correct no ballot - and west ham had no auto queue so suggests very few interested, but they will be out in force for the big games.

Point still being awarded also.

Apparently, all the 18-25 tickets have been sold in the first half hour

 

[Corky]

Apparently, all the 18-25 tickets have been sold in the first half hour

Will be a nice little earner for them selling on.

 

[fathellensbellend]

At least one plus point of the ticket collection is that if they select Utd away as one of the games, maybe some of those carrying United bags in the city section will be selected, and they will blend in with no issues at all.

 

[mayo31]

Apparently, all the 18-25 tickets have been sold in the first half hour

I bought 2 for my son and his mate. They have been allocated the lower tier. That could be the place for the miserable old bastards to avoid.

You know with 150 18-25 year olds it could get messy.

 

[Ban-jani]

It looks to me like this isn't a ballot for 18-25 year olds at all. Infact, it's a first come first served thing and therefore the same people will be able to get the tickets for each game thus taking away any "fairness" that City were trying to sought.

Can you explain how and why it will still be he same faces if it’s first come first serve?

I may be missing the point.

 

[berryblue]

How about, half empty fan coaches and as the season goes on, cancelled coaches?

 

[Wilmslow Road]

Apologies if I have missed it but is there going to be an 18/25 Ballot for Euro Aways.

 

[wolfie1988]

Can you explain how and why it will still be he same faces if it’s first come first serve?

I may be missing the point.

If it was a ballot, different 18-25 year olds could be picked for each game to ensure anybody who has applied gets the chance to get to an away game. As it is, the same 18-25 year olds will likely eat up the 150 tickets thus not giving others a chance to get one. If it's all about "fairness", then we were promised a ballot. This is bollocks

 

[liamctid]

Not enough being made about the fact that the club have incorrectly sold us Platinum this season. I wouldn't have gone Platinum this season if I knew I would not be picking up points for away games. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

 

[M18CTID]

Only true if those on high points continue to attend all home games. Theres been plenty of empty seats at home games which suggests to me plenty of opportunity now to close the points gap on non attendees.

If you continue to go to home games with high points then of course your situation remains the same. However, if you had high points only to pass away tickets on to maintain your position that option has now effectively been removed, which is great news. I suspect many of those moaning about these changes are in exactly that position.

No doubt there are some fans on high points who whore their away tickets out on an industrial scale but I think you're very much mistaken if you think it's a considerable enough number that others further down the points ladder will now catch up quickly. Not a chance of that I'm afraid, and that's because the vast majority of high points holders have accrued all or very nearly all of their points by, shock horror, actually attending the away games they've bought tickets for. And because they're loyal enough to put the hard yards in following City all over the country and beyond, they'll also be loyal enough to be signed up to all the cup schemes so hardly anyone further down the points ladder will be catching up anytime soon. People have cited ticket collection at European away games where points criteria dropped a fair bit lower than expected as a reason for there being a shit load of points whores when the reality is that many of those high points holders weren't whoring their tickets out for those games and were instead helping a mate out who wanted to go whereas they were giving it a miss.

The answer to all this could've been so much simpler and that's a 5-year rolling points system.