Who uses their real name on a forum or twitter?Don't be naive. If someone is paying us millions of pounds a year, they're going to get tickets. It's even written into the contract. I know Hays got them as I was at a game and saw someone I knew from when I'd done some work for them. He told me they got 4 tickets for any game they wanted them for.
No one has an issue with a last minute emergency meaning someone can't use their ticket and passes it to another blue.
But you're being naive again if you think the club didn't do their homework on away tickets. They were mostly very coy about their methods and I'm not going to talk about what little they did tell us but I'd be monitoring social media sites, having 'spotters' at games and doing test buying, among other things. Their evidence indicated that 25-30% of away tickets were being passed on and that's completely unacceptable. I know at least 2 former mods on here (not anyone who's currently moderating I hasten to add) were doing it regularly.
There was one game (might have been Cardiff away) where there were over 100 tickets available on this forum alone. I think that game (it was a 3pm kickoff on a Saturday) went to general sale and I was glad of the chance to go.
Spotters - ahahaha - my arse
There was one prominent City tickets page on Facebook - Daz something.
That’s all the evidence they based the decision on.
For someone in your previously elected position, to call someone naive, for expecting away tickets to go to people who have accrued loyalty points over a number of years, rather than sponsors, tells us everything we all need to know.
As stated above, home tickets to sponsors - and away tickets to points holders is a really simple system that should be followed.
No sponsor is going to refuse to sponsor us because they no longer get away tickets. The desperation to fill corporate hospitality is where I think all the away tickets are going.