Play off final tickets ?

OK so why do the club promote season tickets at all? If, as you suggest, is to the financial detriment to the club and only serves to benefit the fan.
It’s because season ticket sales are absolute crucial to the finances of the club when it comes to the budget etc.
If you want to pick and choose your matches that’s absolutely fine and helps the club that you attend but to place them above fans who commit and pay for every single home league match before a ball has been kicked is absolutely ridiculous and would be a PR disaster.
Thankfully that decision is absolutely nothing to do with you.
 
OK so why do the club promote season tickets at all? If, as you suggest, is to the financial detriment to the club and only serves to benefit the fan.
It’s because season ticket sales are absolute crucial to the finances of the club when it comes to the budget etc.
If you want to pick and choose your matches that’s absolutely fine and helps the club that you attend but to place them above fans who commit and pay for every single home league match before a ball has been kicked is absolutely ridiculous and would be a PR disaster.
Thankfully that decision is absolutely nothing to do with you.
You're missing my point King Billy. I strongly agree that season ticket sales are the life blood of the club but I'm questioning the fairness of the benefits that are included. How many season ticket holders travel to all the games down south ? I go to almost all of them because I live in London and that is the reason why I don't attend many home games.
 
It's an awkward one due to the pandemic. I think that ST holders should be given first dibs for the semi as they've had very little for their money this season. However, if we get to the final I think that you choose names randomly from the home and away databases so all supporters have an equal chance of attending. I always hated the band A status that the stains employed and firmly believe that there should be no preferential treatment.
Utter dribble could you imagine what it would make us look like as a club if we did a lottery for Final tickets and ST holders were in the raffle.

How do you think other clubs do it say City who have got 6k for the FA cup final?
They do it on a points based system which you tot up attending cups/CL, away games and most importantly having a season ticket.

As to your idea about using the clubs database for final tickets is utterly ridiculous when we took over 30k against Cardiff so are non fans in the lottery also or do you look at attendances, well seeing as I'm down for 23 games a season minimum and also do a few aways I expect to be front of queue more than my next door neighbour who likes the odd Wembley trip.
 
But what about your neighbour who lives across the road who can't afford the upfront cost of a season ticket but pays on the gate for every home game that season ? He'll have paid more than you over the season so surely he should be ahead of you in the queue perhaps ?
 
But what about your neighbour who lives across the road who can't afford the upfront cost of a season ticket but pays on the gate for every home game that season ? He'll have paid more than you over the season so surely he should be ahead of you in the queue perhaps ?
He'd have got finance that the club provides free(they just pay full price not early bird) for a season ticket.

Most fans won't get to every single game anyway I don't but I'm down as there even if my seat is empty so have the same attendance record as the imaginary POG person or is it how much someone spends?

2x ST
Away games
Away travel with the club
Most home cup games including crappy EFL Trophy
Friendlies
I follow passes for midweek games
At least £200 spent a season in club shop between us.
Spend in the concessions.
Anything else I've missed?

But hey you would want a free for all and the neighbour who has the been to every home would be in the same pot as the once in a blue moon fan.
 
Steady on chaps, they will be printing directions to Wembley in Sunday’s Program next...

Talking of which, if, and I do mean a big if
A) we reach final
B) its at Wembley
C) fans are allowed

How will restrictions to coach travel apply, 52 seater coach but only 26 occupants, going to cost each passenger double. We could end up taking more coaches but less fans than we did against Cardiff.

Guessing same would apply to rail travel. I can’t imagine many are happy to drive themselves and passengers - well if you like a beer or three yourself you might not be!

Even without Covid I've driven it a couple of times and it's a bugger, mainly getting out of London afterwards.
 
They should allocate tickets to under 50's only. Less chance of them getting seriously ill from COVID should that occur.

Probably the safest way to go. And it would mean louder and more passionate support.
 
They should allocate tickets to under 50's only. Less chance of them getting seriously ill from COVID should that occur.

Probably the safest way to go. And it would mean louder and more passionate support.
Haven't they all been vaccinated by now the over 50's at least with one dose?
Nobody at the Vic with Covid now.
 
But what about your neighbour who lives across the road who can't afford the upfront cost of a season ticket but pays on the gate for every home game that season ? He'll have paid more than you over the season so surely he should be ahead of you in the queue perhaps ?
He'd get priority over the occasional attendee. No one really pays on the gate anymore. You go to the ticket office and buy your ticket. Thats then logged with your account. More games you attend the higher up the pecking order. In the olden days you had to show ticket stubs.

Its not a new thing STHs getting priority. Then those that have attended the most games on a sliding scale.

Same with big clubs... Travel to every away champions league game. You'll be guaranteed a champions league final ticket if your club gets there... Or should bob who never attended a game in his life get the same priority?
 
This thread is ridiculous. Season ticket holders will get priority as they should for any game because there has to be an order of priority. Its no different to away games where St holders get priority on away allocation and even then the priority is on away credits first. Its a known and correct perk of being a St holder or fan who goes to away games. If you want that perk then become one too if not you do it the other way and take your chances knowing full well the order of priority. That order of priority is what makes it so it is fair and is the reason every single club do it this way. Anything else is just nonsense trying to argue for the sake of it.
 
From my “initial” research Kudo it looks like 25 people can travel on a 53 seater with toilet. 🚌#88
They haven't mentioned any restrictions to me mate. They seem to think they'll be given the go ahead on the 17th. Can you ring me?
 
I think that everyone who went to Barnet should get a ticket 🤣🤣🤣

Oh wait, we haven't even got there yet.
Just hang fire and if we do then you can continue to tear strips off each other crowing how much an uber fan you all are.
And we have a go at Sunderland 🤦‍♂️
 
Absolutely ridiculous discussion this. As a non-STH (due to not living local) I'm fully prepared to not get a ticket for either semi nor (IF we get there) the final. STHs should be prioritised for both.

The OP's claim that STHs should get priority for the semis and then they should find a different way of prioritising for the final is hypocritical in itself and stinks of "I can't be bothered with the semis but I'd quite like a day out at Wembley"
 
Absolutely ridiculous discussion this. As a non-STH (due to not living local) I'm fully prepared to not get a ticket for either semi nor (IF we get there) the final. STHs should be prioritised for both.

The OP's claim that STHs should get priority for the semis and then they should find a different way of prioritising for the final is hypocritical in itself and stinks of "I can't be bothered with the semis but I'd quite like a day out at Wembley"
Yawn, another lazy post reader.
 
They will get priority no doubt, I'd strongly disagree that they 'should'. Supporters buy season tickets to get a discounted rate and a preferential place in the queue for the bigger games. All this bollocks about helping the club, is exactly that, bollocks !
I agree to an extent but it is also true that this year, season ticket holders have actually paid *more* than non season ticket holders and there have (Swindon game aside) been no queues.

So you could argue that of all the people in the system, season ticket holder have had the poorest deal.

Obviously, the fact I have a season ticket and want to go to Wembley is my main reason I've posted this 😂

I've been on the other side of the divide plenty of times. Uber fan I ain't...
 
A balanced reply at last without any name calling, cheers Mitch. Having thought about it, I totally agree that those who bought this year have had a raw deal and do deserve something for their dollar and concede that this season alone, they should have preferential treatment . Moving the debate forward, I stand by my thoughts that a ST ( in a normal season ) should give you the right to an allocated seat in an allocated stand for a discounted price. No more, no less.
 
So going forward would you do a ballot for every single away game and every higher value for lack of a better word game as in cups, finals etc? I'm just wondering why you think that would be more fair when it may end up someone getting a ticket who may only turn up if for instance the weather's OK or if they can be a#sed that day and then someone else who goes to every single game loses out.
Whilst this way may not be perfect, surely its the fairest to all
 
Assuming that we win the semis and season ticket holders get first dibs on the semi tickets, who gets first dibs on the final tickets ?
I suggest we see what happens in the semis, and not mention it at all.
Bradford lives long in the memory.
Whoever printed in the semis programme about the final was clearly not very bright.
It was used as motivation to beat us.
A lesson still not learned.
 
I suggest we see what happens in the semis, and not mention it at all.
Bradford lives long in the memory.
Whoever printed in the semis programme about the final was clearly not very bright.
It was used as motivation to beat us.
A lesson still not learned.
I started the post with the word ' assuming ' so it's a hypothetical question.
 
I suggest we see what happens in the semis, and not mention it at all.
Bradford lives long in the memory.
Whoever printed in the semis programme about the final was clearly not very bright.
It was used as motivation to beat us.
A lesson still not learned.

Totally. The arrogance of this thread is amazing. Some people on this thread have probably booked their London accommodation for the PO final. I'm surprised they aren't talking about the Championship away fixtures already.
 
Totally. The arrogance of this thread is amazing. Some people on this thread have probably booked their London accommodation for the PO final. I'm surprised they aren't talking about the Championship away fixtures already.
The arrogance on whose part Mac out of curiousity ?
 
The arrogance on whose part Mac out of curiousity ?
It starts off with your "assuming we get past the semi finals" and never recovers. I just hope opposition supporters don't read it. Of course there are several posts attempting to reign in the arguments of who is getting what like house wives outside Primark on Black Friday morning but the bitching continues regardless.

Personally I'm not at fighting over tickets for Wembley. I'm about Bristol Rovers tomorrow and then knowing who we get to play in the play off 1st leg.
 
It starts off with your "assuming we get past the semi finals" and never recovers. I just hope opposition supporters don't read it. Of course there are several posts attempting to reign in the arguments of who is getting what like house wives outside Primark on Black Friday morning but the bitching continues regardless.

Personally I'm not at fighting over tickets for Wembley. I'm about Bristol Rovers tomorrow and then knowing who we get to play in the play off 1st leg.
Fair enough .
 
Many choose not to buy a season ticket for several reasons. Some can't afford the upfront cost, some don't live in Blackpool so don't do home games regularly. Neither of these reasons should preclude them from being given an opportunity to attend the game, we are supporters too. Some seem to think that being a season ticket holder gives them some sort of ' Uber ' fan status, it doesn't and shouldn't. I must admit that I've never heard a ST holder explain that the reason for purchasing a ST was to save a few quid, it's always I'm helping the club !
It gives me the chance to sit with the same 7 friends every game in good seats.
 
This from the Sunderland paper seeing as as yet no news about how many we'll get.




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A general view of Stadium of Light


Sunderland have revealed how up to 10,000 fan can get tickets for the second leg of their League One play-off with Lincoln City next week.
The Black Cats host the Imps on Saturday, May 22 at the Stadium of Light and, in line with government guidelines, a limited number of supporters will be able to attend.

Tickets go on sale from 10am on Wednesday, May 12, and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis to 2020-21 season ticket holders first. They will be available to buy online only.
Adult tickets will cost £20, with under-16s and over-65 tickets priced at £10.
A club statement read: "In line with Government and EFL regulations, a reduced capacity of up to 10,000 spectators will be permitted to attend.
"Following recommendations from the fans’ working group, tickets will be priced at £20 for Adults and £10 for Under-16s and Over-65s and be sold in phases subject to availability on a first come, first served basis.

 
You beat me to it, Bayern

First time I’ve watched this since that fateful night. All I could remember was they nearly scored a 4th. You couldn’t give your shirt/scarf away in the Saddle after, brought back some bad memories. A painter who was working on the same job as me went on holiday as his wife booked it, on going Pool were 2 up from the first leg. He rang his mate after this game just to see how many we had won by & that after finding a group of Nobbers staying at the same hotel, the news got worse. Oyston had been locked up & we had lost 3-0. He though his mate was taking the piss & not until it was confirmed by a few others did it sink in, I gather he seriously got the piss taken by our friends from PNE & it totally ruined his holiday. No repeats please.
 
All this arguing etc is probably irrelevant.
The club will sort the ticket situation out.
Moans come later. 😉 🙄
 
Shit Shot by Shutt. Such painful painful memories. Woeful defending. I was at both games and still have nightmares about. Hitting the bar twice makes me think the wodges of used notes theory wasn't perhaps fair. Whatever happens on Tuesday I hope that our players are made aware of this little piece of Blackpool history.
 
Many choose not to buy a season ticket for several reasons. Some can't afford the upfront cost, some don't live in Blackpool so don't do home games regularly. Neither of these reasons should preclude them from being given an opportunity to attend the game, we are supporters too. Some seem to think that being a season ticket holder gives them some sort of ' Uber ' fan status, it doesn't and shouldn't. I must admit that I've never heard a ST holder explain that the reason for purchasing a ST was to save a few quid, it's always I'm helping the club !
It does and it should ! No one said life was fair..but hey ho.
 
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