European away games ticketing policy

Tim of the Oak said:
The odd spare tends to be available on match days. Keep your eye out and you will probably get in the City end and if not BMG seem a decent bunch / get in the home end.
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Great advice. There's usually a few spares about. If you really want to go then get in bars and get chatting to blues and you'll have a great chance of picking one up. Shit I know as the preference would be to get your own ticket on your own card but needs must now if you want to go.

Next season will be very interesting when they announce what changes city are making to the ticket distribution.
 
Bill said:
very good post.
i'll tell you where I sit on this.

i am what might be termed a "high pointer", i do however agree totally with the collection process. some high pointers don't but i do. it cuts the whores out stone dead. middle pointers can at last get to games. that said whores are not restricted to high pointers, fans on 10k =15k move their tickets on too.
the problem comes about when the collection process is as disorganised as it was in Glasgow, or the traipsing round Paris. if like me a fan isn't whoring and just wants to enjoy the trip why the hell should i either stand in the rain or travel 24 stops on the Paris Metro to collect my ticket. i am going the game, I've never been a hooligan and i have never been in breach of any security in any way. i should just be able to go to the game, with my ticket in hand. to do that we need 3 times the staff and 3 times the size of collection venue and close enough to the ground where we can be dealt with immediately prior to kick off. we should only have to make that journey once. if all that then gets a ticket for someone on 10k then great, i'm all for it.
lastly, not one of us a are "precious", we are no more a blue, or loyal, we just made life choices different to those who whilst we were in Lincoln and Walsall they were choosing a different way of spending their time and money. its that simple.
now whether you like it or not those people are now moaning, boo hoo its not fair. well sorry but yes it is. you go to the games, you acquire points, you use those points to now gain entry to the bigger games we now play. its not a difficult concept to grasp.
what shouldn't happen is a change of system to accommodate the people who made those choices years ago.
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I agree with all you say here - which is why my suggestion in this thread earlier is that the solution would be something like no need for queuing for people above a certain points level - but random checks with some suitable penalty if they are found to pass them on. I hope that my post was not sounding critical of people that have high-points and actually go - that was absolutely not the intention - IMO they deserve/have earned special treatment.

I have also made the life choices you speak about - a lot more than many high-pointers I would suggest, but have less points due to a personal issue in the past. I accept being down the queue but have been delighted to traipse around European cites and queue up recently - but I agree a better solution is needed - ideally the collection working well in the way you describe or some form of checks to deter the passing on.

I am one of those that booked flights and hotel the day the BMG fixture was announced but will now end up in a bar
 
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Bill said:
very good post.
i'll tell you where I sit on this.

i am what might be termed a "high pointer", i do however agree totally with the collection process. some high pointers don't but i do. it cuts the whores out stone dead. middle pointers can at last get to games. that said whores are not restricted to high pointers, fans on 10k =15k move their tickets on too.
the problem comes about when the collection process is as disorganised as it was in Glasgow, or the traipsing round Paris. if like me a fan isn't whoring and just wants to enjoy the trip why the hell should i either stand in the rain or travel 24 stops on the Paris Metro to collect my ticket. i am going the game, I've never been a hooligan and i have never been in breach of any security in any way. i should just be able to go to the game, with my ticket in hand. to do that we need 3 times the staff and 3 times the size of collection venue and close enough to the ground where we can be dealt with immediately prior to kick off. we should only have to make that journey once. if all that then gets a ticket for someone on 10k then great, i'm all for it.
lastly, not one of us a are "precious", we are no more a blue, or loyal, we just made life choices different to those who whilst we were in Lincoln and Walsall they were choosing a different way of spending their time and money. its that simple.
now whether you like it or not those people are now moaning, boo hoo its not fair. well sorry but yes it is. you go to the games, you acquire points, you use those points to now gain entry to the bigger games we now play. its not a difficult concept to grasp.
what shouldn't happen is a change of system to accommodate the people who made those choices years ago.
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Look at @Bill talking a bit of sense!

@mcfc1632 the 'high pointers' posting on here are just concerned at the suggestion it could go to an open ballot, which is demonstrably unfair. You aren't suggesting that - so our ire isn't directed at you, but there are people on here advocating that 'everyone should have a fair and equal chance' which we vehemently disagree with.

I was happy with the ticket collection process which was generally a minor inconvenience - they just ballsed it up in Glasgow. I thought it was going to be a problem for Gladbach as our ticket covers the train from Düsseldorf so we we're going to be out of pocket. They've removed it for now so we don't know how big an issue that would have been (they may have offered collection in Düsseldorf as well for example).

Rather than inconvenience everyone by making them collect the ticket in the destination, I think a better way of doing it would be to give people the opportunity to provide proof of travel (flight bookings) in advance of the game. That could be emailed to the club and the tickets sent out, or it could be shown and collected at home game before the European away. Obviously that would not have worked for Celtic as many drove, but it would work for 99% of the others.
 
Now please remember that I am the daft one on this forum ok?

I'm devastated and I am going to complain to someone in authority because I've gone down to the second day of away ticket allocation..... I'm not catching up with my points, I can't attend many away matches because of various circumstances so I think that the club should take into account the fact that I've been ill, my doctor won't allow me to do certain things and I know he's right because I've disobeyed him and paid the price before today..................... so if I give the club a doctor's note do you think they will take all that into account and push me back to the first day?????? :-)



Remember the first line...................... I'm kidding ok? I am falling back because I can't attend, so some of you must be catching me up. :-) It happens and you will all catch me up soon even before I can get that magic wand and wave it so everyone who wants an away ticket and is a genuine supporter gets a ticket.
 
Eccles Blue said:
Now please remember that I am the daft one on this forum ok?

I'm devastated and I am going to complain to someone in authority because I've gone down to the second day of away ticket allocation..... I'm not catching up with my points, I can't attend many away matches because of various circumstances so I think that the club should take into account the fact that I've been ill, my doctor won't allow me to do certain things and I know he's right because I've disobeyed him and paid the price before today..................... so if I give the club a doctor's note do you think they will take all that into account and push me back to the first day?????? :-)



Remember the first line...................... I'm kidding ok? I am falling back because I can't attend, so some of you must be catching me up. :-) It happens and you will all catch me up soon even before I can get that magic wand and wave it so everyone who wants an away ticket and is a genuine supporter gets a ticket.
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I can get you one for CL final.




lol. x
 
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