Chelsea away (half price)

[Manchester33]

The main thing is, our most loyal fans will get to go to the biggest game of the season for a considerable amount less than they initially thought. Unfortunately I'm worried I'll just miss out having just under 10k ticket points!!

Everton went at 8000, see this as below that

Hopefully. We'll probably get 3 of us in the car down (if we all get tickets) and between all of us it will be below £60 each for a trip to London, can't argue with that.

I'd love to know the breakdown of supporters' loyalty points so I know how many people are ahead of me.

 

[squirtyflower]

The main thing is, our most loyal fans will get to go to the biggest game of the season for a considerable amount less than they initially thought. Unfortunately I'm worried I'll just miss out having just under 10k ticket points!!

Everton went at 8000, see this as below that

Hopefully. We'll probably get 3 of us in the car down (if we all get tickets) and between all of us it will be below £60 each for a trip to London, can't argue with that.

I'd love to know the breakdown of supporters' loyalty points so I know how many people are ahead of me.

So would I

 

[Deleted member 58678]

I wonder if SSN will mention this fantastic gesture by our owners..


Probabily not..

I couldn't care less to be honest, "we" as fans know and that's all that matters to me

I'm not so sure it's anything to do with the club

Isn't it the money given to clubs by the PL to help with rising ticket costs?


Be better if the PL told all clubs to charge a maximum of £30 for all away fans

The "Twenty is Plenty" campaign started a fairly long time ago and is probably too little a price now, we've come that far. But £30 is a good idea. I even said recently for our games against Leicester WestBrom and Everton that are all around the £40 mark, that that is an acceptable and fair price for a match ticket. but they shouldn't be any more than around that price.

The bad thing is that fans are so loyal, some will pay anything to go and watch their team no matter what the price; £50, £60, £67.50... the bad thing about that is that it makes it worse in the long run for everyone else becuase all that does it fuel clubs with the idea that they can keep bumping up the prices every year.

I now do not attend any game (other than a Wembley final) where the prices are £50 and over. I just point blank refuse. I've had my fill with these greedy clubs leeching on fans' loyalty. I just wish everybody had that same idea right across the country.

It is a nice thing that the league are putting money up to clubs each season to do this but i think the odd game here and there like this doesn't make any impact on the ticket selling club to look at pricing tickets more fairly, it actually just prolonguies the initual problem as those clubs are still actually receiving the same amount of money regardless and in the long run ticket prices are still going to shoot up.

 

[Corky]

It wouldn't matter as a large minority won't go to points.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Great for everyone who will get one. Not sure I will qualify now that it's this price!

Oh well, hopefully pick one up on here if I don't....

And the next person in line with the required points won`t.

I agree with you it's not ideal but unfortunately whilst the system is as it is then this is what you have to do.

I was talking to a bloke at West Brom who has 12000 points and that was his first away that season. He openly admitted that he only does 2/3 a year now and but buys one every game for his mate.

My lad has missed one away In the last 18 but only had enough points on his card for around 6/7 of them. Arguably he is the new loyal fan but when loyalty points were introduced he was 8 years old and didn't start going to always until 3 years ago bar the odd one or two. He is platinum, is in all cup schemes and his points are growing steadily but still way off what's needed for the really big games. If everyone played by the rules properly then he would probably qualify now but as they don't, he does what he has to do to follow us.

 

[squirtyflower]

Great for everyone who will get one. Not sure I will qualify now that it's this price!

Oh well, hopefully pick one up on here if I don't....

And the next person in line with the required points won`t.

I agree with you it's not ideal but unfortunately whilst the system is as it is then this is what you have to do.

I was talking to a bloke at West Brom who has 12000 points and that was his first away that season. He openly admitted that he only does 2/3 a year now and but buys one every game for his mate.

My lad has missed one away In the last 18 but only had enough points on his card for around 6/7 of them. Arguably he is the new loyal fan but when loyalty points were introduced he was 8 years old and didn't start going to always until 3 years ago bar the odd one or two. He is platinum, is in all cup schemes and his points are growing steadily but still way off what's needed for the really big games. If everyone played by the rules properly then he would probably qualify now but as they don't, he does what he has to do to follow us.

I'm not saying you are lying but your figures are slightly out

Of the last 18 away games, up to last season's cup final-
We didn't sell out four of them
Six of them went on general sale
three went on sale to 6000 points and below

someone with a seasoncard for four years in the cup schemes etc would have more than 6000 points

I'm not saying there isn't an issue though
my supporters club branch got two tickets for WBA, they went to two people who have not been to an away game whilst i've been in the branch

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

And the next person in line with the required points won`t.

I agree with you it's not ideal but unfortunately whilst the system is as it is then this is what you have to do.

I was talking to a bloke at West Brom who has 12000 points and that was his first away that season. He openly admitted that he only does 2/3 a year now and but buys one every game for his mate.

My lad has missed one away In the last 18 but only had enough points on his card for around 6/7 of them. Arguably he is the new loyal fan but when loyalty points were introduced he was 8 years old and didn't start going to always until 3 years ago bar the odd one or two. He is platinum, is in all cup schemes and his points are growing steadily but still way off what's needed for the really big games. If everyone played by the rules properly then he would probably qualify now but as they don't, he does what he has to do to follow us.

I'm not saying you are lying but your figures are slightly out

Of the last 18 away games, up to last season's cup final-
We didn't sell out four of them
Six of them went on general sale
three went on sale to 6000 points and below

someone with a seasoncard for four years in the cup schemes etc would have more than 6000 points

I'm not saying there isn't an issue though
my supporters club branch got two tickets for WBA, they went to two people who have not been to an away game whilst i've been in the branch

I may have been wrong on the exact detail but what he tends to do is buy off someone before it gets to his points for the games he thinks it will sell out. Everton being an example. He would have had enough for that but didn't want to take the chance as he thought it wouldn't get to his number. He just doesn't want to miss out so doesn't take the chance. He has around 8500 points I think and going off the criteria on the site it won't be enough for Chelsea so he starts looking straight away. I don't think He would have had enough for West Brom, villa, QPR and Arsenal this season and Liverpool, rags and Everton at the end of last season. I think he bought West Ham, sunderland and newcastle on his own card.

I don't know the answer though. He is just desperate to watch us and will do whatever it takes. Seems by doing this he is missing out on points on his own card and adding to points on someone elses, making the situation worse!

 

[Gingers Dad]

It wouldn't matter as a large minority won't go to points.

A couple of hundred tickets will probably not go on sale. Totally understandable considering the different nationalities in the team, it's a top premier league game and it's being played in London. If it had been full price and with the KO time City would probably have taken a small allocation that would have struggled to sell out

 

[Corky]

It wouldn't matter as a large minority won't go to points.

A couple of hundred tickets will probably not go on sale. Totally understandable considering the different nationalities in the team, it's a top premier league game and it's being played in London. If it had been full price and with the KO time City would probably have taken a small allocation that would have struggled to sell out

West Ham for the 0-0 (Nolan goal not given) the only people near me were Italians plus Toure's brother and guest. Then there are supporters clubs, superbia, hospitality coaches (even around 10 years ago they would be 50 for some games and 150 for united from the brochure) players friends and family, past players etc.

I didn't see many 'guests' ten years ago, but the DJ out of M People and the news reader. We always took the the lowest allocation before the new super fans came.

I estimate a 1/3rd won't go to points miniumum.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

It wouldn't matter as a large minority won't go to points.

A couple of hundred tickets will probably not go on sale. Totally understandable considering the different nationalities in the team, it's a top premier league game and it's being played in London. If it had been full price and with the KO time City would probably have taken a small allocation that would have struggled to sell out

West Ham for the 0-0 (Nolan goal not given) the only people near me were Italians plus Toure's brother and guest. Then there are supporters clubs, superbia, hospitality coaches (even around 10 years ago they would be 50 for some games and 150 for united from the brochure) players friends and family, past players etc.

I didn't see many 'guests' ten years ago, but the DJ out of M People and the news reader. We always took the the lowest allocation before the new super fans came.

I estimate a 1/3rd won't go to points miniumum.

We sold the 3,000 maximum allocation Last season (IIRC) and yes there were quite a few international fans!