Ticket Points Sales Tracking

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I don’t get involved in the never ending circular discussion about Supporters Clubs allocations. But the one thing I think everyone would be in agreement with is they at least go to what most of us would agree are ‘proper’ blues.

Let club give us some info on the allocation numbers and who exactly the tickets go to for the following groups before we worry too much about the supporters club.

Owner,

Board of Directors,

Football Management,

Players,

Club Officials and Staff,

Former Players,

Club Partners.

100%

Owner, Board of Directors and Football Management presumably sit in the home team's director's box if they attend so who do they pass their allocation to. Players will pass them to family, friends or any Tom, Dick or Harry. Club officials and staff, who does that refer to, ticket office manager, front desk, security and how many are they dishing out. How many former players have you seen in an away end. If Anelka, as he has played for us and dippers fancies watching the game in a few weeks would he ask the home club for a ticket in a box or City to be amongst us? Club Partners - how many are they given and who monitors who receives them. It has been alluded to that Hays receive four tickets for any away game they want, why? Will they withdraw their sponsorship if the club says no more away tickets, I doubt it. I might be wrong but in theory this group supposedly takes 10% of an away allocation which for Liverpool means 300 tickets although I suspect this percentage is higher in reality. If it is 600 hundred then instead of selling out 23k Liverpool may have dropped to nearer 20k or below.

 

[Chappie]

Don't think you're reading it right mate, question was posed as to why supporters club members who get a ticket through branch should have required number of points. I only pointed out our branch like many others have members who don't travel away now with enough points to use their numbers. The reason why we apply together through branch is we can get tickets together always good to stand with your mates,

You only get 1 or 2 tickets through the branch, so at least 2 of your membership can stand together .
What's your point about those that have the requisite points but don't travel anymore.
If they aren't going they don't need a ticket or are you suggesting that your branch buys them and then gives them out to someone else in your branch.
Apparently that's classed as being naughty, if a loyalty points holder does it .

 

[Chappie]

I'd have thought it was because it enables them to sit with other members of their branch.

People with points apply for a ticket when their window opens.
You sit in the block you choose at the time of purchase.
They haven't a clue where the supporters club tickets will be at the time of purchase,so they wont be sat next to members of their branch.

 

[M18CTID]

I'd have thought it was because it enables them to sit with other members of their branch.

Yep. I did this for a while back around 2007/2008. Applied for several away tickets through the branch I was a member of even though I could've gotten one easily enough myself. I only did it if travelling on the branch coach to that particular game. Obviously the points still got assigned to me. That was until Liverpool away in May 2008 when for some mysterious reason I didn't get the points added. Needless to say, I never applied for another away ticket through that branch (or any other branch) ever again.

 

[i kne albert davy]

You only get 1 or 2 tickets through the branch, so at least 2 of your membership can stand together .
What's your point about those that have the requisite points but don't travel anymore.
If they aren't going they don't need a ticket or are you suggesting that your branch buys them and then gives them out to someone else in your branch.
Apparently that's classed as being naughty, if a loyalty points holder does it .

No mate the original post was OSC tickets should go to a branch member with enough points which it doesn't have to but if it did most branch members usually have enough points to make it ineffective. Nothing to stop branch members with enough points from applying through branch so they can all stand close together at away games.

 

[bainy]

You only get 1 or 2 tickets through the branch, so at least 2 of your membership can stand together .
What's your point about those that have the requisite points but don't travel anymore.
If they aren't going they don't need a ticket or are you suggesting that your branch buys them and then gives them out to someone else in your branch.
Apparently that's classed as being naughty, if a loyalty points holder does it .

Some OsC branches get alot more than 1 or 2 tickets!

 

[i kne albert davy]

People with points apply for a ticket when their window opens.
You sit in the block you choose at the time of purchase.
They haven't a clue where the supporters club tickets will be at the time of purchase,so they wont be sat next to members of their branch.

Not sure you're grasping this or maybe you are, branches rarely get more than one or two tickets who you're correct have to take pot luck where they stand,the vast majority in our branch who travel have high points, the branch sec(whos retired) orders them together so members are mainly stood together common sense to me.

 

[i kne albert davy]

Some OsC branches get alot more than 1 or 2 tickets!

Which ones ?

 

[Blue Til Death]

Which ones ?

London for a start ..

 

[i kne albert davy]

London for a start ..

Can't speak for london branch bit far away but i'll take your word for it, I do know a few blues who've moved down that way met up with them in Lisbon, they have enough points to attend anyway though.