leicesterseddon Posted 19 March 2009 Posted 19 March 2009 regular home suppoerters will always be closer to the club's heart than regular away supporters because the latter don't bring in any money, except for cup games or if they use FT. i mean you don't shit on your own doorstep do you?
davieG Posted 19 March 2009 Posted 19 March 2009 regular home suppoerters will always be closer to the club's heart than regular away supporters because the latter don't bring in any money, except for cup games or if they use FT.i mean you don't shit on your own doorstep do you? Several LCFC teams have done that over the past 4 seasons
Daggers Posted 19 March 2009 Author Posted 19 March 2009 I feel it is unfair that fans who cannot possibly purchase a season ticket, or would rather not, can't make the big games when they have travelled to the majority of away fixtures that same season, because some season-ticket holders who haven't been to many away games only turn up when it is a big game.Where is the continuity when we sell out 4,000+ at MK Dons and Peterborough and can only manage half of that at Millwall? Are you talking about yourself here? Only asking because you've said you've been to 8, which isn't the majority of aways - we've played 19 so far out of 23. I feel it is reasonable to feel annoyed about someone getting tickets in front of you for the sell-out games when you have gone to more aways than them...but that means they are a ST holder, they've stumped up cash to the club which you couldn't or wouldn't and (like it or not) that is one of the benefits of having a season ticket. I don't feel you have any right to get a Posh or MK ticket above an ST holder simply because of your away attendance this season. Sorry. As for the question about pre-ordering, not working in the ticket office I wouldn't know whether it is just for ST holders or not - I'd suggest anyone interested in doing it next season gets in touch with them as I'm sure that Newcastle away will be a sell-out. When all is said and done, Bert hit the nail on the head: we know the order of entitlement at the outset and make are choices as we see fit, we should live with the consequences of our decisions.
leicesterseddon Posted 19 March 2009 Posted 19 March 2009 Several LCFC teams have done that over the past 4 seasons i think we all know that
JoeyB Posted 19 March 2009 Posted 19 March 2009 On the Pre-order form. I think its aviaiable to everyone BUT you need to go into the Ticket office and get the form, also they will process it on your actual priority. if their are any left. Im not 100% sure of this but im pretty about it. If im outside the ticket office on saturday, come and ask me and i'll go find out for defo.
davieG Posted 19 March 2009 Posted 19 March 2009 On the Pre-order form.I think its aviaiable to everyone BUT you need to go into the Ticket office and get the form, also they will process it on your actual priority. if their are any left. Im not 100% sure of this but im pretty about it. If im outside the ticket office on saturday, come and ask me and i'll go find out for defo. That's for others to judge!
Daggers Posted 19 March 2009 Author Posted 19 March 2009 That's for others to judge! Looks like a lady, in fact - it's a chap.
jezza130 Posted 19 March 2009 Posted 19 March 2009 well the ticket office failed to inform me my email had secured tickets for 4 season ticket holders, so i rang yesterday afternoon to get tickets, and today recived confirmation that i have got the email tickets. 8 tickets on 4 season tickets thought they had a system in place to stop this......
Hullfox Posted 19 March 2009 Posted 19 March 2009 well the ticket office failed to inform me my email had secured tickets for 4 season ticket holders, so i rang yesterday afternoon to get tickets, and today recived confirmation that i have got the email tickets. 8 tickets on 4 season tickets thought they had a system in place to stop this...... Did you ask them whether your email had been received and acted upon?
Maybes Posted 19 March 2009 Posted 19 March 2009 What went wrong with your order? Didn't you just get an extra ticket or something? No they sent an adult seating ticket instead of a standing one.... However its now all good!
leftsideoverhere Posted 20 March 2009 Posted 20 March 2009 well the ticket office failed to inform me my email had secured tickets for 4 season ticket holders, so i rang yesterday afternoon to get tickets, and today recived confirmation that i have got the email tickets. 8 tickets on 4 season tickets thought they had a system in place to stop this...... Does that mean you've got some spares? For the posh game, I'm guessing? If so, can I be the first to say... can I have them? Two or three could go to a very good home here...
CosbehFox Posted 20 March 2009 Posted 20 March 2009 I really hope we don't get into the Premiership, the last time we were up there, we had a few away games like this from what I remember, as they have different rules on allocations. Don't the clubs have to pay for a further allocation on the basis they get a percentage return on tickets sold. Some'ut like that but a few clubs can get caught out when believing the demand is there when it isn't and they make a loss. I feel sympathy with the poster who moaned slightly. I am a member (I made the effort to become a member when I realised that allocations and tickets would be difficult to get at the start of the season before the Stocky away game and asked the club if a non-STH gets any priority at all), it doesn't make sense for me to buy a ST as I can't do Tuesday this season fullstop. However, I have felt annoyed at the way the system works but the system rarely stops at P3 level (we could have sold Sixfields twice over). I do feel away followers should be given some kind of priority in say a points system (maybe miles depending from our registered home address with LCFC) but also season ticket holders be given an amount of points for early renewal, their loyalty and just having one. That why you weed out our one away game a season season ticket holders and those who travel away on a reasonable basis get rewarded too. I have been 10 away games this season and the past three or four haven't been bought on it. I've borrowed someone else's P1 or P3, this was after missing out on Leeds. As the saying goes in life, it's often not what ya know, it's who ya know.
Daggers Posted 20 March 2009 Author Posted 20 March 2009 That why you weed out our one away game a season season ticket holders "Weed out season ticket holders"? Are you having a laugh? Is he having a laugh? The simple fact that they automatically stick themselves down for half the matches played this season stands them head and shoulders in front of someone going to half those games, even if they are away from home. I'm so tired of this its boring me. 10,000 season ticket holders have stumped up for every home game next season - that enables them to a ticket to whichever away game they ****ing well choose in front of those of you who haven't bought one, whether you like it or not. Weed out season ticket holders be bollocks'd. Mileage points from home location my arse. It's money on the table - put up or shut up. Buy the tickets or stop your incessant whinging.
Guest Posted 20 March 2009 Posted 20 March 2009 It's one of the incentives and rewards of being a season ticket holder. It has been the case for many years now, and always will be.
Ultra Posted 20 March 2009 Posted 20 March 2009 10,000 season ticket holders have stumped up for every home game next season - that enables them to a ticket to whichever away game they ****ing well choose in front of those of you who haven't bought one, whether you like it or not. Except in a lot of cases, they haven't - their mummies and daddies have bought the season tickets for them. You won't find these part-timers following us at places like Accrington or Rotherham. But whenever tickets go on sale for games at big clubs or within easy travelling distance, they'll suddenly emerge in numbers from the woodwork I can well understand why regular fans who aren't ST-holders become a tad peed off.
AoWW Posted 20 March 2009 Posted 20 March 2009 Except in a lot of cases, they haven't - their mummies and daddies have bought the season tickets for them.You won't find these part-timers following us at places like Accrington or Rotherham. But whenever tickets go on sale for games at big clubs or within easy travelling distance, they'll suddenly emerg ein numbers from the woodwork I can well understand why regular fans who aren't ST-holders become a tad peed off. I agree. (...with Ultra!!! I'm more than a little alarmed!!!) :eek:
Daggers Posted 20 March 2009 Author Posted 20 March 2009 I can well understand why regular fans who aren't ST-holders become a tad peed off. Of course. A person who has attended 8 away matches is much more of a regular attender than someone who has attended 23 home fixtures. Or, in other words, bollocks.
AoWW Posted 20 March 2009 Posted 20 March 2009 Of course.A person who has attended 8 away matches is much more of a regular attender than someone who has attended 23 home fixtures. Or, in other words, bollocks. You and I... glove puppets at dawn?
Shrenchel Posted 20 March 2009 Posted 20 March 2009 Except in a lot of cases, they haven't - their mummies and daddies have bought the season tickets for them.You won't find these part-timers following us at places like Accrington or Rotherham. But whenever tickets go on sale for games at big clubs or within easy travelling distance, they'll suddenly emerg ein numbers from the woodwork I can well understand why regular fans who aren't ST-holders become a tad peed off. As a non season ticket holder who does a lot of aways I'd disagree. It's heart breaking to be sat in some shit boozer watching the last game of the season but knowing that some of the people that are there didnt trek up and down the country all season like I did doesnt really annoy me. Its season ticket sales that keep the club going. Without them there wouldnt be a club, so there wouldnt be any away games for us non season ticket holders to enjoy. Having priority for important away games, no matter whether you have had the cash, the time or the desire to do any other away games that season is a perk that I imagine contributes to a lot of peoples' decision to buy a ST, so needs to be kept. I do really think that a priority system for members (one in that even the highest priority is a step below the lowest priority ST holder) is a good idea though. Has really pissed me off a couple of times when for big games the tickets just about make it to members day but the phone lines are rammed, emails go unanswered and Ive ended up losing out.
Ultra Posted 21 March 2009 Posted 21 March 2009 So 10-year-old brats who'd rather wear a Manyoo/Chelsea/Liverpool top than a Leicester one are somehow more entitled to away tickets than diehards who have followed City for decades all over the country, including some of the worst slums this league has to offer?
PAULCFC Posted 21 March 2009 Posted 21 March 2009 i've stumped up the cash to be a season ticket holder next term(10th time) and i got tickets for Northampton,orient,leeds.....but didn't get tickets for MK......WHICH PISSED ME OFF!Seems to me the majority of people complaing about the system are people living outside the Shire(with exception to Daggers)If you want to go away games LIVE IN LEICESTER!......Sorry rant over!
Craig Posted 21 March 2009 Posted 21 March 2009 i've stumped up the cash to be a season ticket holder next term(10th time) and i got tickets for Northampton,orient,leeds.....but didn't get tickets for MK......WHICH PISSED ME OFF!Seems to me the majority of people complaing about the system are people living outside the Shire(with exception to Daggers)If you want to go away games LIVE IN LEICESTER!......Sorry rant over! That easy isn't it.
CosbehFox Posted 21 March 2009 Posted 21 March 2009 The simple fact that they automatically stick themselves down for half the matches played this season stands them head and shoulders in front of someone going to half those games, even if they are away from home. You don't understand what I am saying and maybe I didn't make the suggestion detailed enough. There is clearly two-stages with our away support. The 1,500 who'd go every Saturday away game and then the other 4,000 when it's a bigger game. When the 4,000 waded in, some of the 1,500 miss out due to them not having priority. A season ticket holder would get in the region of 2500 points for going every home game in the season. It would take someone in the region of 10 away games plus to get anywhere near that stage. The ST holder would be entitled also to loyalty bonus points based on seasonal renewal. Ok for the first season you have the same situation as this season but when it comes to the second and third, the balance would be right. The ST holder would also score points for travelling away in the same sense Joe Bloggs who goes 10 away games can. So STH with 2500 who goes 5 away games would probably be on the same priority as the Joe Bloggs on just 10 away games. That way you're integrating that 1500 (probably much less in theory) who'd go every away game but not at the expense of a season ticket holder. At the same time, come what would normally be general sale time - the non-STH bloke whose been Hereford and Hartlepool would get priority over the non-STH bloke whose been nowhere.
Dominos Pizza Posted 21 March 2009 Posted 21 March 2009 You don't understand what I am saying and maybe I didn't make the suggestion detailed enough. There is clearly two-stages with our away support. The 1,500 who'd go every Saturday away game and then the other 4,000 when it's a bigger game. When the 4,000 waded in, some of the 1,500 miss out due to them not having priority. A season ticket holder would get in the region of 2500 points for going every home game in the season. It would take someone in the region of 10 away games plus to get anywhere near that stage. The ST holder would be entitled also to loyalty bonus points based on seasonal renewal. Ok for the first season you have the same situation as this season but when it comes to the second and third, the balance would be right. The ST holder would also score points for travelling away in the same sense Joe Bloggs who goes 10 away games can. So STH with 2500 who goes 5 away games would probably be on the same priority as the Joe Bloggs on just 10 away games. That way you're integrating that 1500 (probably much less in theory) who'd go every away game but not at the expense of a season ticket holder. At the same time, come what would normally be general sale time - the non-STH bloke whose been Hereford and Hartlepool would get priority over the non-STH bloke whose been nowhere. I understand what you're saying, and am incredibly impressed with the quoted post simply because it is so lucid despite being written at 2:14am after a Friday night! I just do not agree. The current system is fair(ish), but more than that it is easier to manage than any point-based system. I believe, as does the club, that a benefit of holding a season ticket is better access to in-demand away and cup tickets. What amazes me is that this discussion is even being had in League 1...I can't wait to see the gripes when people can't get tickets for Derby, Forest or the League Cup final next season. Who's been pissing about with my account?
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