Stevenage (A) - EFL Trophy

[DDub]

Anyone got any details about this yet? Looking to go but can't see anything about away tickets anywhere?

[grobyfox1990]

@Globalfox

[phoneticerror]

3 hours ago, DDub said:

Anyone got any details about this yet? Looking to go but can't see anything about away tickets anywhere?

I think you’ve answered your own question there bud.

[jstclair1]

Prices even worse than ours for this 

[Permafrost]

The contest at the SPORTA Arena will take place at 7pm and we have received a full allocation of 1,363 tickets, including four wheelchair spaces.

 

Categories	Prices
Adult (18+)	£15
Under-18 (14-17)	£10
Under-14 (2-13)	£5

 

 

On Sale To	Date
Away Priority Scheme	Monday 21 September 8am
STH with 800+ Away Priority Points	Monday 21 September 2pm
STH with 760+ Away Priority Points	Tuesday 22 September
STH with 720+ Away Priority Points	Wednesday 23 September
STH with 680+ Away Priority Points	Thursday 24 September
All Season Ticket Holders	Friday 25 September
All Fox Members	Friday 25 September 5pm

Tickets on sale at 8am online and 9am by phone | All tickets subject to availability.

Fox Travel Information

Departure time - 1:45pm

Price - £26.50

Edited 18 September by Permafrost

[lcfcdan11]

Can someone confirm but I’m assuming that they haven’t opened blocks a,b,c yet?

 

two on current sale look about sold out 

[MS0204]

How’s this selling please? 

[SamL]

31 minutes ago, MS0204 said:

How’s this selling please? 

It seems as though 1 block has sold out; along with around half of another and 3 yet to open. 

[MS0204]

One more block to open? 

[Leicester_Loyal]

11 minutes ago, MS0204 said:

One more block to open? 

3 more I think? Ain't we got the whole stand?

 

Ticket office on the ball as per, every game...

[MS0204]

Just now, Leicester_Loyal said:

3 more I think? Ain't we got the whole stand?

 

Ticket office on the ball as per, every game...

Yes full end of 1390ish..

[MS0204]

2 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

3 more I think? Ain't we got the whole stand?

 

Ticket office on the ball as per, every game...

Did they open D and E first? 

[Leicester_Loyal]

2 minutes ago, MS0204 said:

Did they open D and E first? 

Pretty sure, was E then D. 

[MS0204]

New block C now open.. 

[SamL]

So the priority scheme is only an issue when it suits then? This has already gone to Members and we’ve barely sold half the allocation.

[Leicester_Loyal]

1 hour ago, SamL said:

So the priority scheme is only an issue when it suits then? This has already gone to Members and we’ve barely sold half the allocation.

Tbf it's a midweek game in a wank competition, against a team we'll play away already this season, and on the same day as an England game, not surprised people ain't queuing up for it. We'll probably take 400 less than we had at our home game in the same trophy.

[SamL]

10 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

Tbf it's a midweek game in a wank competition, against a team we'll play away already this season, and on the same day as an England game, not surprised people ain't queuing up for it. We'll probably take 400 less than we had at our home game in the same trophy.

I don’t disagree as I myself have tickets to the England game, although these excuses are always pushed to one side with higher profile fixtures. If it were Forest away for example then it would be a completely different story. 
 

These are exactly the type of fixtures people should be attending to build towards a higher priority. The priority scheme only ever becomes an issue with the higher profile fixtures and even if it were to change, we’d still be left with the same issue with people complaining at not getting tickets for these fixtures without putting in the hard yards. 

[Leicester_Loyal]

1 minute ago, SamL said:

I don’t disagree as I myself have tickets to the England game, although these excuses are always pushed to one side with higher profile fixtures. If it were Forest away for example then it would be a completely different story. 
 

These are exactly the type of fixtures people should be attending to build towards a higher priority. The priority scheme only ever becomes an issue with the higher profile fixtures and even if it were to change, we’d still be left with the same issue with people complaining at not getting tickets for these fixtures without putting in the hard yards. 

Problem is you've gotta do 300 of these fixtures in order to catch up, which isn't gonna happen. 

[SamL]

4 hours ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

Problem is you've gotta do 300 of these fixtures in order to catch up, which isn't gonna happen. 

I agree, that aspect certainly needs changing; although my point still stands. As somebody who has been going home and away every week for 25+ years, you’ll still have people that moan regardless of the system in place and that’s why I made the point.
 

The 50 points added each season for renewing is scapegoated somewhat as people will always miss out on tickets for high profile matches without putting the hard yards in.

[It'sblueupnorth]

1 hour ago, SamL said:

I agree, that aspect certainly needs changing; although my point still stands. As somebody who has been going home and away every week for 25+ years, you’ll still have people that moan regardless of the system in place and that’s why I made the point.
 

The 50 points added each season for renewing is scapegoated somewhat as people will always miss out on tickets for high profile matches without putting the hard yards in.

The 50pts a season is not scapegoated at all, there is no reason for it to be that high

[SamL]

1 hour ago, It'sblueupnorth said:

The 50pts a season is not scapegoated at all, there is no reason for it to be that high

As I’ve said previously, I do agree; although it isn’t the sole reason why people aren’t able to get away tickets. 
 

I just think it’s easy for people to hide behind it as an excuse rather than putting in the hard yards to earn priority. Regardless of the system in place, it’s important to reward loyalty and therefore those that travel week in, week out. The suggestion that it isn’t possible to pick up away tickets is completely false; only that it may not be possible for certain fixtures if you’ve not bothered with the rest! 
 

As it happens, I’m a supporter of amending the current scheme; despite being top priority myself.

[It'sblueupnorth]

3 hours ago, SamL said:

As I’ve said previously, I do agree; although it isn’t the sole reason why people aren’t able to get away tickets. 
 

I just think it’s easy for people to hide behind it as an excuse rather than putting in the hard yards to earn priority. Regardless of the system in place, it’s important to reward loyalty and therefore those that travel week in, week out. The suggestion that it isn’t possible to pick up away tickets is completely false; only that it may not be possible for certain fixtures if you’ve not bothered with the rest! 
 

As it happens, I’m a supporter of amending the current scheme; despite being top priority myself.

It pretty much is the sole reason though. I agree with you to an extent and you definitely will piss someone off somewhere, but there really is no reason for a lower band priority to go to this game to try and climb the ladder. Even if you count all the low selling midweek cup games since this system has been in place you'd have less than 15 pts for it. The 50 pts just isn't justifiable or necessary. If you rewarded st renewal with 3 pts, then 1pt a game or 2 pts for midweek/sunday/over 100mile trip then you're still rewarding the loyalty it just makes it easier for the lower bands to be able to climb it. You're protecting your legacy fans that have put the cold tuesday nights in countless times but you're also allowing fans that want to climb the chance to do so. It's all well and good telling fans if they want the glamour tie fixtures they need to put the effort and commitment in and I fully agree with that but you need to give them the chance to. To just get over the first hurdle of 50 pts they'd need to attend 50 more after Stevenage in midweek, thats over 2 seasons, it simply isn't reasonable or logistical to expect that to happen. The fairest and most logical reform of it would be to change the 50 pts

[SamL]

19 hours ago, It'sblueupnorth said:

It pretty much is the sole reason though. I agree with you to an extent and you definitely will piss someone off somewhere, but there really is no reason for a lower band priority to go to this game to try and climb the ladder. Even if you count all the low selling midweek cup games since this system has been in place you'd have less than 15 pts for it. The 50 pts just isn't justifiable or necessary. If you rewarded st renewal with 3 pts, then 1pt a game or 2 pts for midweek/sunday/over 100mile trip then you're still rewarding the loyalty it just makes it easier for the lower bands to be able to climb it. You're protecting your legacy fans that have put the cold tuesday nights in countless times but you're also allowing fans that want to climb the chance to do so. It's all well and good telling fans if they want the glamour tie fixtures they need to put the effort and commitment in and I fully agree with that but you need to give them the chance to. To just get over the first hurdle of 50 pts they'd need to attend 50 more after Stevenage in midweek, thats over 2 seasons, it simply isn't reasonable or logistical to expect that to happen. The fairest and most logical reform of it would be to change the 50 pts

 I completely agree, the system needs changing. However, the suggestion that’s been made on several occasions that away tickets aren’t accessible to the lower bands simply isn’t true. Over the past few years, there have been a high number of opportunities for people to access tickets but they’ve chosen not to.
 

It seems to be that a vast majority only have an issue with the priority scheme when they’re unable to get tickets for the more fashionable games having not bothered with remainder and that will remain the same to an extent even if the system changes. I do, however, support making changes to the system to enable younger generations to climb the ladder. Even with this, people are still only going to be able to access the more popular fixtures by putting the hard yards in and it’s been proven on many occasions that they’re simply not willing. 

 

[MS0204]

2 hours ago, SamL said:

 I completely agree, the system needs changing. However, the suggestion that’s been made on several occasions that away tickets aren’t accessible to the lower bands simply isn’t true. Over the past few years, there have been a high number of opportunities for people to access tickets but they’ve chosen not to.
 

It seems to be that a vast majority only have an issue with the priority scheme when they’re unable to get tickets for the more fashionable games having not bothered with remainder and that will remain the same to an extent even if the system changes. I do, however, support making changes to the system to enable younger generations to climb the ladder. Even with this, people are still only going to be able to access the more popular fixtures by putting the hard yards in and it’s been proven on many occasions that they’re simply not willing. 

 

In every single post you’ve said about putting the hard yards in to get the more popular fixtures.. when will it sink in? With this 50 points per season for everyone and them upping the priority points bands every year, whether you go to every midweek fixture and put the hard yards in, it’s still not possible.. 

[SamL]

52 minutes ago, MS0204 said:

In every single post you’ve said about putting the hard yards in to get the more popular fixtures.. when will it sink in? With this 50 points per season for everyone and them upping the priority points bands every year, whether you go to every midweek fixture and put the hard yards in, it’s still not possible.. 

As I’ve said in other posts, I’ve followed the Club home and away for over 25 years and remember previous loyalty schemes in place and regardless of the scheme, one common theme has remained - there’s only an issue with the scheme when the big games roll around. Even if the scheme were to change, you’d still have people that moan if they weren’t able to get tickets to 2/3 high profile matches a season. 
 

I think you’ve misread my posts as what I’ve actually said is that even if/when the scheme changes and the 50 points removed, people will only be able to climb the ladder by attending the less fashionable games. If those at the top continue you go week in, week out then nothing will change.

 

I’ve also stated that despite being top priority, I’m actually in favour of changing the scheme for a number of reasons; primarily as it’ll be easier for younger generations to attend matches and to climb the ladder. 

Edited 28 September by SamL