Return of Supporters

[Gundog’s Gundog]

Nope, just ballots, pay on line if successful, simples. If Unsuccessful you can always revert to type and trot out the same tired old lines that “I was at Macclesfield” etc yawn . To be fair us oldies have more than been paid back for the painful years. This entitlement can’t go on for ever and isn’t fair on younger fans who haven’t necessarily had time to accumulate the same amount of points.

Totally agree with this point. There is a huge latent fan base of 10 - 25 yr old blues primed to make us the best supported club in the country. We have to find a way of getting them to matches so let’s expand the stadium let’s make tickets affordable for young working class lads and yes let’s tell the oldies that they’ve had a monopoly on things for a decade now and it’s time to make way for the next gen.

 

[Winchester]

Totally agree with this point. There is a huge latent fan base of 10 - 25 yr old blues primed to make us the best supported club in the country. We have to find a way of getting them to matches so let’s expand the stadium let’s make tickets affordable for young working class lads and yes let’s tell the oldies that they’ve had a monopoly on things for a decade now and it’s time to make way for the next gen.

Er no

 

[i kne albert davy]

Nope, just ballots for all season ticket holders, pay on line if successful, simples. If Unsuccessful you can always revert to type and trot out the same tired old lines that “I was at Macclesfield” etc yawn . To be fair us oldies have more than been paid back for the “painful years”. This entitlement can’t go on for ever and isn’t fair on younger fans who haven’t necessarily had time to accumulate the same amount of points.

Which is fine if it all ballot fair for everyone as long as happy being in ballot for every game Southampton away on a Sunday for instance I'm all for it. But no for picking which game you'd like to be in the ballot for.
Also the return of the last 9 years or so loyalty tax would be appreciated.

 

[goatfood]

Fook buying platinum anymore.
A big marketing error by the club this.

Fook buying a season ticket. Ill got membership and apply for big games and give Norwich on a Tuesday night a miss, and the early Carabao/FA cups/dead rubbers in Champions League. Going to save me a fortune this mess

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Looks like a typical city moment for me, snatching defeat from victory. Won the ballot but can't buy my tickets.:(

Why BP ???

 

[blueparrot]

Fook buying a season ticket. Ill got membership and apply for big games and give Norwich on a Tuesday night a miss, and the early Carabao/FA cups/dead rubbers in Champions League. Going to save me a fortune this mess

Good luck with that because this is the first and probably only game citizens have had a decent crack at. So you go ahead.

 

[blue44]

Totally agree with this point. There is a huge latent fan base of 10 - 25 yr old blues primed to make us the best supported club in the country. We have to find a way of getting them to matches so let’s expand the stadium let’s make tickets affordable for young working class lads and yes let’s tell the oldies that they’ve had a monopoly on things for a decade now and it’s time to make way for the next gen.

and then on cold autumn winter mid week games in the Champs league and laegue cup for the early rounds
only two third of the stadium can be arsed to turn up at best,even with cheap tickets.

 

[SanPellegrini]

As someone with a pretty good amount of loyalty points, but less than the 22k required to guarantee a ticket, I have no problem with the ballot being pretty open and think it’s fair.

I was lucky enough to get a ticket in the ballot, but I don’t think it’s fair to grant absolute priority to those who attended for years and years (even if that might normally include me). Yes we get it, you went to Division Two away matches. But giving total priority to those who attended for years just means the same people are always at the front of the queue. Like it or not, we’re a different footballing prospect now. You shouldn’t get dibs on league winning, europe conquering football, just because you went to Gillingham (and yes I was there).

What I don’t get is loyalty points are spoken about as a quasi-socialist ethical right. It’s the complete opposite of ethical. I’m in my 20s, but I’m fortunate enough to have had a season ticket for many years with my dad. Lots of people my age weren’t that fortunate, and wouldn’t get any tickets in a loyalty system. Hell, I probably won’t stand a chance of UCL final tickets. But at least we don’t have a 10 year waiting list for season tickets and we can generally get to home games in usual times.

Edited to say: I also think the platinum cards are a total joke. Shouldn’t be a case where the more you spend, the more you get points. We have a working class fanbase and it’s a ridiculously unfair scheme

 

[i kne albert davy]

Totally agree with this point. There is a huge latent fan base of 10 - 25 yr old blues primed to make us the best supported club in the country. We have to find a way of getting them to matches so let’s expand the stadium let’s make tickets affordable for young working class lads and yes let’s tell the oldies that they’ve had a monopoly on things for a decade now and it’s time to make way for the next gen.

Just where's this latent fan base how many games do we sell out,( the ones everybody wants) hence further expansion of stadium put on hold. I agree it should be more affordable for working class folks more of us are but while players receive £350k a week hardly likely go much cheaper is it.

 

[blueparrot]

Why BP ???

For some reason my son is in my friends and family and was in my ballot application. I put the tickets in the basket but it won't let me check out my sons because his mebership number drops off when we get to check out. I've tried contacting customer services but looks like no ones there until Monday when the buying window will be passed.