Happy to answer all of those.
1) If the government say that U-18's have to be excluded then that's one thing and we can't do much about that. If not then it's already been agreed that anyone can enter the ballot but not unaccompanied youngsters (I think the age limit is 16 for that). So if City aren't restricted and have a free choice in the matter, U-18's will have the same chance as everyone else. If we allow 2 tickets per applicant, then if a parent gets a ticket he can take his child as well.
2) When we thought we might be getting 12k per game for all games this calendar year, our initial view was that people shouldn't be automatically excluded from a subsequent ballot if they'd won tickets in the previous one but maybe would be if they'd been successful in 3 consecutive ones. But obviously that was never tested as it didn't happen.
Personally I'd allow anyone getting a ticket for next week into the ballot for Everton tickets, because there's no guarantee all those on high points will get one for that latter game, as they can for the League Cup. I can't say that will be the consensus view of City Matters as well as we've only touched on it briefly so far and not talked to the club about it. As I said, we'd like a number of tickets to go exclusively to higher points holders for the Everton game but whether that's a ballot or application we haven't discussed yet. We've pressed the club really hard on this and we'd be very disappointed if we were ignored.
3) The postcode requirement was forced on us (but not Spurs) by the authorities unfortunately, which is one of the reasons that the 1894 Group, the OSC and the THST issued that statement. It's ridiculous that Spurs fans could travel from the Midlands, under their own steam, while City fans can't and are restricted in the way we have been. I certainly don't think that City themselves will be happy as they've had to make all these arrangements which Spurs haven't had to do. The trsting requirements reduce risk considerably and, to me, it would be more useful to let people travel independently then see the results, rather than seal some in trains and coaches.
But maybe that's the government rationale, seeing if there's a different outcome from one group than from another. Let's hope there isn't as it'll be shit next season if we all have to go to away games via prescribed methods. If we can go to away games at all that is.