Tickets for Huddersfield Away

SLO_BFC said:
These go on sale from today, very good prices too. Huddersfield have agreed BFC can put two blocks on sale at once. It is suggested that those who wish to stand opt for block 5 and those who wish to sit opt for block 6 tickets. Hope this helps. ⚽️🍊
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So how does that work?
 
thegloves said:
Just been on to buy (seems they are on sale already) and I can choose from areas 1, 2 or 3?!
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Yes, no way to differentiate online. You have 2 alternatives: buy them via the ticket office who are up to speed with this proposed arrangement; or if you can only buy online, email tickets@blackpoolfc.co.uk with details of what you have purchased and they will allocate you the 'seated' block if that is your preference. It's not perfect but the best I could negotiate.
 
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SLO_BFC said:
Yes, no way to differentiate online. You have 2 alternatives: buy them via the ticket office who are up to speed with this proposed arrangement; or if you can only buy online, email tickets@blackpolfc.co.uk with details of what you have purchased and they will allocate you the 'seated' block if that is your preference. It's not perfect but the best I could negotiate.
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You negotiated it?
 
I'm assuming he means he has discussed with the club the best way of those ordering online can end up in the sitting/standing block. And for what its worth, it seems like a pretty decent idea, I've always had a response from the ticket office the same day via email, and its certainly one area the club have improved massively in the last couple of years.
 
Is there really that much demand to sit down that we have to 'negotiate' allocated seating and standing areas?

There were loads of spare seats at QPR but everybody still stood up.
 
Yeah not sure the demand for this....

However if it meant all people who sing together, even more than now it could be good. As you can get some who don't get as involved, I'd imagine some of them might sit.

However it doesn't work online, so there will still be loads buying that way who want to stand and going in all areas, so it doesn't work.

Plus, when people stand they tend to be a bit tighter grouped together, leaving some more space elsewhere, if people were smart they could sit there.
 
JJpool said:
Yeah not sure the demand for this....

However if it meant all people who sing together, even more than now it could be good. As you can get some who don't get as involved, I'd imagine some of them might sit.

However it doesn't work online, so there will still be loads buying that way who want to stand and going in all areas, so it doesn't work.

Plus, when people stand they tend to be a bit tighter grouped together, leaving some more space more elsewhere, if people were smart they could sit there.
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It really is a load of nonsense
 
Seems like a pretty decent idea to me. If people don't want to sit nobody is making them, just buy in all the other areas. Don't get the negative reaction to it myself. Why is anyone who wants to stand really that arsed about what other people who may want to or need to sit are doing. Bizarre.
 
My cousin is mates with Huddersfield's chairman and he has given him his box for this game so a nice little treat for me and maybe some other family members. He sponsored the game under Riga there as well in our parents name so hoping we do a bit better this time...
 
Larryknows said:
Seems like a pretty decent idea to me. If people don't want to sit nobody is making them, just buy in all the other areas. Don't get the negative reaction to it myself. Why is anyone who wants to stand really that arsed about what other people who may want to or need to sit are doing. Bizarre.
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It's part of creating the atmosphere the standing, but anyone who has an issue with these mandatory seated areas should get a life.
 
Larryknows said:
Seems like a pretty decent idea to me. If people don't want to sit nobody is making them, just buy in all the other areas. Don't get the negative reaction to it myself. Why is anyone who wants to stand really that arsed about what other people who may want to or need to sit are doing. Bizarre.
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It doesn’t help that the online tickets do not differentiate between seating and standing. And of course, nobody ever sits in their allocated seats at Away games anyway.

If you need to sit… get there early and sit at the front. Simple’s 👍
 
Simonized said:
It's part of creating the atmosphere the standing, but anyone who has an issue with these mandatory seated areas should get a life.
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Yep, we always stand with my kids and have no issues generally but there are people who don't want to stand all game or can't or kids can't see or whatever and I don't really see the issue myself if they want to sit.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
It doesn’t help that the online tickets do not differentiate between seating and standing. And of course, nobody ever sits in their allocated seats at Away games anyway.

If you need to sit… get there early and sit at the front. Simple’s 👍
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No it's not helpful at all and to be clear im not for sitting myself but I don't get the negativity towards a small block of dedicated seating for people who need or want to.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
It doesn’t help that the online tickets do not differentiate between seating and standing. And of course, nobody ever sits in their allocated seats at Away games anyway.

If you need to sit… get there early and sit at the front. Simple’s 👍
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It really isn't rocket science is it?

We got in early on Saturday, mainly because i was driving and sober and looked at where our seats were and thought fcuk that as they were in the far right corner

So we found a better area to stand in
 
Larryknows said:
Yep, we always stand with my kids and have no issues generally but there are people who don't want to stand all game or can't or kids can't see or whatever and I don't really see the issue myself if they want to sit.
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But this system doesn't work anyway and will have some maybe expecting now to sit and loads buying online won't, plus many will be going in that area anyway, as they do.
 
Philbfctrois said:
I was told to sit down several times on Saturday by someone who really should have been in the disabled section
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I can't stand for long so I sit at the front when I can get to an away game and at Stoke and Burnley that's precisely what I did.
It's pretty simple really, but for others like me who are old or not wheelchair users, this idea will give me a chance to do more away days.
 
Simonized said:
I can't stand for long so I sit at the front when I can get to an away game and at Stoke and Burnley that's precisely what I did.
It's pretty simple really, but for others like me who are old or not wheelchair users, this idea will give me a chance to do more away days.
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To be honest thats just common sense, i wish more people thought that way
 
Larryknows said:
No it's not helpful at all and to be clear im not for sitting myself but I don't get the negativity towards a small block of dedicated seating for people who need or want to.
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I don’t think it’s a good idea to empower people (who already like telling other people what to do) any further than is absolutely necessary.

Firstly, the people who enter the ground under the impression they have guaranteed the right to sit, will likely be even more angry and irate if their seats aren’t available. Secondly if people who want to stand have inadvertently bought online tickets (where seating isn’t specified) for that area they are likely to be abused for standing … So it potentially causes more problems than it solves

A simple ‘unwritten rule’ or guidance to take a seat towards the front of you want to sit makes more sense to me. It’s basic common sense really.
 
JJpool said:
But this system doesn't work anyway and will have some maybe expecting now to sit and loads buying online won't, plus many will be going in that area anyway, as they do.
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I totally agree and it's definitely not perfect but I just think if we can find a way so everyone can enjoy away days rather than not going cos they struggle with mobility etc etc or have a go at people who want to stand or vice versa then surely it's worth pursuing.
Whilst I would choose to stand with my kids I'd still happily sit if someone behind couldn't see. Unfortunately there are many people who won't do that and it creates an issue where there shouldn't be one.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
I don’t think it’s a good idea to empower people (who already like telling other people what to do) any further than is absolutely necessary.

Firstly, the people who enter the ground under the impression they have guaranteed the right to sit, will likely be even more angry and irate if their seats aren’t available. Secondly if people who want to stand have inadvertently bought online tickets (where seating isn’t specified) for that area they are likely to be abused for standing … So it potentially causes more problems than it solves

A simple ‘unwritten rule’ or guidance to take a seat towards the front of you want to sit makes more sense to me. It’s basic common sense really.
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Maybe that should be the way forward instead then and to just totally do away with allocated seats and have it fully unallocated rather than some going wherever whilst others stubbornly refusing to go anywhere but there own seat.
 
Larryknows said:
I totally agree and it's definitely not perfect but I just think if we can find a way so everyone can enjoy away days rather than not going cos they struggle with mobility etc etc or have a go at people who want to stand or vice versa then surely it's worth pursuing.
Whilst I would choose to stand with my kids I'd still happily sit if someone behind couldn't see. Unfortunately there are many people who won't do that and it creates an issue where there shouldn't be one.
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How will they enjoy away days though, if they are being sold a ticket under false pretences? It just makes matters worse.

There’s no guarantee the area will be all sitting and nobody at the other end to enforce the policy.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
I don’t think it’s a good idea to empower people (who already like telling other people what to do) any further than is absolutely necessary.

Firstly, the people who enter the ground under the impression they have guaranteed the right to sit, will likely be even more angry and irate if their seats aren’t available. Secondly if people who want to stand have inadvertently bought online tickets (where seating isn’t specified) for that area they are likely to be abused for standing … So it potentially causes more problems than it solves

A simple ‘unwritten rule’ or guidance to take a seat towards the front of you want to sit makes more sense to me. It’s basic common sense really.
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Then, in that case, the people who have bought the wrong area tickets for their needs should move to the standing area like I have to move to the front.
 
There was an elderly woman right next to the Burnley fans apparently had a panic attack

That was probably her allocated seat 💺

I've no idea why it took her about 30 mins to move

These are the sort of incidents that wouldn't happen if people just used common sense
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
How will they enjoy away days though, if they are being sold a ticket under false pretences? It just makes matters worse.

There’s no guarantee the area will be all sitting and nobody at the other end to enforce the policy.
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Unfortunately whilst your solution needs some common sense, my solution would need common decency and there's not a lot of either about so I don't know what the ideal solution can be. My way of thought is at home games there are areas you know stand and if you like to sit then you don't come in the North and if that can be replicated on an away allocation surely everyone would be happy. Until it can be done online though there will remain issues.
 
Simonized said:
Then, in that case, the people who have bought the wrong area tickets for their needs should move to the standing area like I have to move to the front.
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And there it begins…

Immediately people feel they have a right to tell other people what to do.

I don’t have an issue if you want to sit anywhere in the stadium. You can sit at the back, in the middle or at the front… Your choice 👍
 
Philbfctrois said:
There was an elderly woman right next to the Burnley fans apparently had a panic attack

That was probably her allocated seat 💺

I've no idea why it took her about 30 mins to move

These are the sort of incidents that wouldn't happen if people just used common sense
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Yup in a bit of a state when she went past me at the front with my common sense head-on at a high profile footy match 😵😵
 
Philbfctrois said:
There was an elderly woman right next to the Burnley fans apparently had a panic attack

That was probably her allocated seat 💺

I've no idea why it took her about 30 mins to move

These are the sort of incidents that wouldn't happen if people just used common sense
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Maybe one allocated block and the rest a free for all then. If its not working online though I'm not sure how they can do it and would be better off having unallocated away areas.
 
Simonized said:
Yup in a bit of a state when she went past me at the front with my common sense head-on at a high profile footy match 😵😵
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Exactly that

You can imagine her saying to some young lad this is my seat

Some bloke and woman tried to move me and my kids last season at Huddersfield we were stood on the back row

Ridiculous ....
 
Larryknows said:
Unfortunately whilst your solution needs some common sense, my solution would need common decency and there's not a lot of either about so I don't know what the ideal solution can be. My way of thought is at home games there are areas you know stand and if you like to sit then you don't come in the North and if that can be replicated on an away allocation surely everyone would be happy. Until it can be done online though there will remain issues.
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Common decency doesn’t exist in this circumstance…

People have had a few drinks and generally react badly to busy bodies telling them where to sit. It creates potential flashpoints.

If both clubs can guarantee an area allocated for seating, if online sales and ticket office sales are coordinated so people know the score and if an effort is made with an awareness campaign it might work..

If you go down a half-hearted, half cocked route like appears to be the case, then you’ll create more problems than you solve.

Anyway… not my problem…
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
Common decency doesn’t exist in this circumstance…

People have had a few drinks and generally react badly to busy bodies telling them where to sit. It creates potential flashpoints.

If both clubs can guarantee an area allocated for seating, if online sales and ticket office sales are coordinated so people know the score and if an effort is made with an awareness campaign it might work..

If you go down a half-hearted, half cocked route like appears to be the case, then you’ll create more problems than you solve.

Anyway… not my problem…
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Yep is just busy body meddling to be honest
 
Larryknows said:
I totally agree and it's definitely not perfect but I just think if we can find a way so everyone can enjoy away days rather than not going cos they struggle with mobility etc etc or have a go at people who want to stand or vice versa then surely it's worth pursuing.
Whilst I would choose to stand with my kids I'd still happily sit if someone behind couldn't see. Unfortunately there are many people who won't do that and it creates an issue where there shouldn't be one.
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You might sit, but the bloke in front of you won't, and so it goes.

I sit in the South, but it's a reflex action to stand up when a cross comes into the box. Everyone does it, but you still get some telling you to sit down.

It's not the cinema. It's an interactive, highly emotional event and people rise to their feet if they think there's going to be a goal.
 
Wizaard said:
You might sit, but the bloke in front of you won't, and so it goes.

I sit in the South, but it's a reflex action to stand up when a cross comes into the box. Everyone does it, but you still get some telling you to sit down.

It's not the cinema. It's an interactive, highly emotional event and people rise to their feet if they think there's going to be a goal.
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I honestly don't know why this is even an issue

People are just thick
 
JJpool said:
Yeah not sure the demand for this....

However if it meant all people who sing together, even more than now it could be good. As you can get some who don't get as involved, I'd imagine some of them might sit.

However it doesn't work online, so there will still be loads buying that way who want to stand and going in all areas, so it doesn't work.

Plus, when people stand they tend to be a bit tighter grouped together, leaving some more space elsewhere, if people were smart they could sit there.
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Mental that Sheff United, Birmingham, Boro etc who sell out everywhere don’t have this “standing issue.”

They mustn’t have any supporters over the age of 50, I guess.
 
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