European away games ticketing policy

I remember going to Hyde to watch matches & you got points for going. It was a nightmare to park sometimes but great camaraderie & sometimes first team players would be there especially ones like Zaba. So I accumulated some points that way as well. Can't remember now if it was 5 or 15 but I know that my points total today ends in 5!

Plus I am a member of a supporters club (not because I'm a saddo PB:-) ) & I never get a ticket through them, I get my own, but they are a fantastic caring group who've helped me over the last 2 years when I've had difficulty getting to matches. Maybe some supporters clubs are not as good as others but the Eccles Branch is the very best!
 
Eccles Blue said:
I remember going to Hyde to watch matches & you got points for going. It was a nightmare to park sometimes but great camaraderie & sometimes first team players would be there especially ones like Zaba. So I accumulated some points that way as well. Can't remember now if it was 5 or 15 but I know that my points total today ends in 5!

Plus I am a member of a supporters club (not because I'm a saddo PB:-) ) & I never get a ticket through them, I get my own, but they are a fantastic caring group who've helped me over the last 2 years when I've had difficulty getting to matches. Maybe some supporters clubs are not as good as others but the Eccles Branch is the very best!
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Good post Eccles Blue.

I get plenty of help off fellow Supoirters Club members too but less important things like building and plumbing work, sharing lifts etc.
 
Bigg Bigg Blue said:
Were you near the back of bus No 2 ?
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Haha
Don't worry. I wasn't taking sides, and I don't even know the people involved.

It just occurred to me whilst listening, that supporters club branches are like village cricket clubs, where hardly anybody helps with the organising, but those who do help, frequently fall out with each other.
 
supporters clubs are great. great for fellow blues to meet up and share travel. the way they distribute tickets in branch though is totally corrupt. they know it, we know, and the club know it. their argument, and its a good one, is that they used to hoover up tickets for games that the people now moaning about points would have been nowhere near. had we stayed shit ,had we stayed skint, had we stayed in div 3 supporters clubs would still be there and still be hovering up tickets for their members. the jcl's would yet to find the woodwork let alone come out of it.
 
I've been following this thread with interest over the last few days and it seems to me that no-one has an issue with the distribution of tickets for Euro aways as such - it's just the collection system that is the problem. Now if someone else has come up with this idea then I'll apologise in advance but seeing as it's possible to customise your seasoncard with a photo on the back, why don't the club insist on you having a passport-type photo of yourself on it instead. This way your supporter number could be printed on your Euro away match ticket and they could be distributed in the normal manner. You'd have to take your seasoncard to the game with you and the club staff could do random checks outside the ground either by physically checking the ticket against the holder of the seasoncard or via some sort of portable device (the technology must be available somewhere). If the person with the ticket and seasoncard looks nothing like the photo then the club could issue sanctions against the seasoncard, eg, disable it for a number of matches, etc as a deterrent etc. This should then stop people passing on tickets to third parties. I know I wouldn't want to run the risk of my seasoncard being embargoed if I were to try and get a ticket with the intention of not going to the game and simply selling it on.
 
hallsteve62 said:
I've been following this thread with interest over the last few days and it seems to me that no-one has an issue with the distribution of tickets for Euro aways as such - it's just the collection system that is the problem. Now if someone else has come up with this idea then I'll apologise in advance but seeing as it's possible to customise your seasoncard with a photo on the back, why don't the club insist on you having a passport-type photo of yourself on it instead. This way your supporter number could be printed on your Euro away match ticket and they could be distributed in the normal manner. You'd have to take your seasoncard to the game with you and the club staff could do random checks outside the ground either by physically checking the ticket against the holder of the seasoncard or via some sort of portable device (the technology must be available somewhere). If the person with the ticket and seasoncard looks nothing like the photo then the club could issue sanctions against the seasoncard, eg, disable it for a number of matches, etc as a deterrent etc. This should then stop people passing on tickets to third parties. I know I wouldn't want to run the risk of my seasoncard being embargoed if I were to try and get a ticket with the intention of not going to the game and simply selling it on.
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Yep its a good idea, and one I should have copyrighted when I brought it up after the Paris game last year.
However a few gobshites on here shouted it down without reason.
Personally I think we could register any fan who wants a Euro away card.
You have to provide passport details and the like and you get a card with you photo and seasoncard number on it and the club keeps the passport details safe.
You present your card and your ticket, with number on reverse and gain entry. If they don't match then bye bye.
 
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