Tickets for Huddersfield Away

Perhaps what would make it easier if the home club issued a seating plan to the club shop and for those who wanted to sit surely they would be able pick their seats away from those wanting to stand. For Huddersfield I’ve no idea where Block 5 or 6 is in relationship to the away fans stand, but when l picked my tickets up this morning l wasn’t asked if l wanted Block 5 or 6 and it’s not clear on the tickets either but l will be standing somewhere as normal as it’s a massive part of the atmosphere we generate. I think this is being massively over complicated not helped by the unavailability of a seating plan.
 
It doesn't help when away tickets are randomly 'area 1,2,3' (or A,B,C or whatever) but that says nothing about what part of stand that is.

If all the lads, lads, lads, want to go next to away fans, grand. Get area 1 tickets.

I booked 'area 2' (of 3) as I quite like being right in the middle so if they were enforcing seats like they occasionally do, I'd be fine, but then my actual ticket was right on the far edge,so had the stewards been forcing people into areas, I'd have been there, but some one else who wanted a quieter spot would have been right in the middle.

It's not very good for £30 to have a system with cryptic areas and instructions.

I pay £2 quid every time in booking fee as well. That's 4k across us all - surely for 4k someone can bung a little diagram on the system???
 
TangerineBayern said:
Perhaps what would make it easier if the home club issued a seating plan to the club shop and for those who wanted to sit surely they would be able pick their seats away from those wanting to stand. For Huddersfield I’ve no idea where Block 5 or 6 is in relationship to the away fans stand, but when l picked my tickets up this morning l wasn’t asked if l wanted Block 5 or 6 and it’s not clear on the tickets either but l will be standing somewhere as normal as it’s a massive part of the atmosphere we generate. I think this is being massively over complicated not helped by the unavailability of a seating plan.
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I would be easier if people just used common sense and realised it was a football match

If you have to sit down get into the ground at 2.30 and find some seats at the front away from those nasty home fans
 
Wizaard said:
It's not difficult to figure out if you need to sit, go to the front row. No one can stand up in front of you there.
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Not true. People always stand in front of you. I've taken my elderly FIL and it was very poor. We wobble him up a few rows now.
 
seasidepete said:
why would a seating plan help? Front row is front row. People stand in front of you whilst they're trying to watch the game and go for a slash/beer at the same time. Suggest you try it if you don't believe me
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Never said l didn’t believe you and I’m not being specific to the front row, if you had the choice of choosing specific seats say closer to the front and at the side of a block then this would surely help? At the moment all fans are buying tickets with no idea where they are!
 
TangerineBayern said:
Never said l didn’t believe you and I’m not being specific to the front row, if you had the choice of choosing specific seats say closer to the front and at the side of a block then this would surely help? At the moment all fans are buying tickets with no idea where they are!
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The point should be that all away games are all just unreserved seats
 
seasidepete said:
why would a seating plan help? Front row is front row. People stand in front of you whilst they're trying to watch the game and go for a slash/beer at the same time. Suggest you try it if you don't believe me
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Surely thats just as they go past, like anywhere, a temporary thing.
 
Philbfctrois said:
The point should be that all away games are all just unreserved seats
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They never will be Phil for a number of reasons unless it's back to terraces and that’s why l suggested the above proposal as we need to make away matches convenient for all. One thing for sure is l bet those who bought restricted view tickets on Saturday weren’t sat in their allocated seats!🤣🤣🤣
 
JJpool said:
Surely thats just as they go past, like anywhere, a temporary thing.
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Just pointing out that they are really poor seats for people who struggle as there is a constant march to the bog which blocks the view and if (when) anything exciting happens they all stop and stand in front of you. I did it once and it was so bad we now move up a few rows. Thats just how it is.
 
I should probably have added that 'technically' there is no standing at Huddersfield - but if you want to 'guarantee' you can sit down, best to book in block 6 via the ticket office, not via online.
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TangerineBayern said:
Never said l didn’t believe you and I’m not being specific to the front row, if you had the choice of choosing specific seats say closer to the front and at the side of a block then this would surely help? At the moment all fans are buying tickets with no idea where they are!
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I’m not sure that’s a realistic possibility… The club just get a large block of tickets and just sell them as they go along I think.

So allocating an entire block is possible, but trying to allocate seating to a plan would likely take too much time.
 
SLO_BFC said:
I should probably have added that technically there is no standing at Huddersfield - but if you want to guarantee you can sit down, best to book in block 6 via the ticket office, not via online.
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Can you ‘Guarantee’ that people can sit down unobstructed Steve?

What would happen (for example) if the first few front rows of the notional ‘seating area’ were accidentally purchased online by people who stand at games (which of course most people do) ?
 
JJpool said:
I think he means in certain ground layouts at the front like at Bloomfield Road people walk in front to get to the tunnels and go to the bar etc.
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Yes, I get that at Bloomfield Rd, but this discussion is about away allocations
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
I’m not sure that’s a realistic possibility… The club just get a large block of tickets and just sell them as they go along I think.

So allocating an entire block is possible, but trying to allocate seating to a plan would likely take too much time.
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When I was in the shop t'other week there was a guy trying to buy tickets for the Burnley game who took at least 20 mins of the staffs time because he needed to sit down and the staff didn’t know the layout of the stand, it was comical listening to the conversation 🤣🤣!
 
Hi Steve, just to let you know (to avoid gripes) the link is wrong below, typo by the looks of things.
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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I don't know why it's so complicated. If there's say 4 blocks worth of tickets, have 1 block allocated seating or 'unwritten rule' seating then the rest just do whatever. As long as everyone knows the score then it's pretty easy.
 
Larryknows said:
I don't know why it's so complicated. If there's say 4 blocks worth of tickets, have 1 block allocated seating or 'unwritten rule' seating then the rest just do whatever. As long as everyone knows the score then it's pretty easy.
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The problem is that not everyone will know the score so this will probably end up making things worse
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
Can you ‘Guarantee’ that people can sit down unobstructed Steve?

What would happen (for example) if the first few front rows of the notional ‘seating area’ were accidentally purchased online by people who stand at games (which of course most people do) ?
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With a bit of collective understanding and collaboration, maybe.
 
Unreserved ‘seating’ is the only option at away games, as it means that groups can all go and stand in front of a seat with each other, meaning a better atmosphere.

If we have a load of ‘milk monitors’ insisting people sit in their allocated seats then the atmosphere is diluted and there’s numerous problems with people moaning about standing, bad language and general nonsense.

This idea won’t work. Most of the lads want to be near the front now for ‘limbs’ and to be close to the pitch. It looked unreal on clips when that 3rd goal went in.

The days of the the church hall days out have gone 😆
 
TangerineBayern said:
When I was in the shop t'other week there was a guy trying to buy tickets for the Burnley game who took at least 20 mins of the staffs time because he needed to sit down and the staff didn’t know the layout of the stand, it was comical listening to the conversation 🤣🤣!
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TBH, if you've a medical condition where you HAVE to sit down I would think it's rather difficult trying to get an unobstructed view at an away match.
Whether we like it or not not everyone is able to stand for the full 90 minutes +
 
Wizzerboy said:
TBH, if you've a medical condition where you HAVE to sit down I would think it's rather difficult trying to get an unobstructed view at an away match.
Whether we like it or not not everyone is able to stand for the full 90 minutes +
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Fully agree Wizzer, the point l was making was the guy and staff were having a conversation that neither could draw to a conclusion, thats why l suggested in earlier threads the availability of a block / seating plan may have helped this discussion and any future discussions.
 
SLO_BFC said:
With a bit of collective understanding and collaboration, maybe.
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Great in principle, but maybe not so much on Matchday. It feels like a potential flashpoint to me.

The very least we need here is for the online and ticket office systems to be in synch…

And the fact is at high demand games people will just buy up whatever tickets they can get their hands on regardless.

I don’t have an issue with trying to sort something out… Personally a basic unwritten rule and guidance for sitters get there early and to use the front rows makes most sense to me…. Or maybe, if possible, allocate front rows for seating instead of a block.
 
Wizzerboy said:
TBH, if you've a medical condition where you HAVE to sit down I would think it's rather difficult trying to get an unobstructed view at an away match.
Whether we like it or not not everyone is able to stand for the full 90 minutes +
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People don't have to stand for the full 90.

Firstly you sit at half time.

Surely the majority of people can sit in the breaks of play etc, take the weight off here and there, some places you can sit for a bit and still just about see.

You might only be stood for 10 minute amounts then.

If people really need to sit then the front is probably the place.
 
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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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No wonder the south is so poor for atmosphere with this type of sit down moaners in it. For a momentary standing too, when something happens it's perfectly normal to stand.
 
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BFC_BFC_BFC said:
Great in principle, but maybe not so much on Matchday. It feels like a potential flashpoint to me.

The very least we need here is for the online and ticket office systems to be in synch…

And the fact is at high demand games people will just buy up whatever tickets they can get their hands on regardless.

I don’t have an issue with trying to sort something out… Personally a basic unwritten rule and guidance for sitters get there early and to use the front rows makes most sense to me…. Or maybe, if possible, allocate front rows for seating instead of a block.
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Common sense 👏
 
ItsGrimUpNorth said:
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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Bigger clubs will have more of their boisterous people attending away games.

You have to have gone to many to qualify, its usually the more hardcore who do this.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
Great in principle, but maybe not so much on Matchday. It feels like a potential flashpoint to me.

The very least we need here is for the online and ticket office systems to be in synch…

And the fact is at high demand games people will just buy up whatever tickets they can get their hands on regardless.

I don’t have an issue with trying to sort something out… Personally a basic unwritten rule and guidance for sitters get there early and to use the front rows makes most sense to me…. Or maybe, if possible, allocate front rows for seating instead of a block.
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Yeah so when the standing section sells fast and the next lot of people allowed to purchase can only get the remaining section what then..... 100 lads all together turn up and are going to sit down?
 
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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Listen lad I know we had a disagreement on Saturday, ( we will get over it)😉 but this woman made her bed, what the fuvk does she expect?? I would be there all day long next to them but my daughter banned me😁
 
Blackpools finest said:
Listen lad I know we had a disagreement on Saturday, ( we will get over it)😉 but this woman made her bed, what the fuvk does she expect?? I would be there all day long next to them but my daughter banned me😁
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I know mate its fine not arsed about that 😉

I just don't understand all this people wanting the allocated seat stuff it doesn't make any sense at all
 
Philbfctrois said:
I know mate its fine not arsed about that 😉

I just don't understand all this people wanting the allocated seat stuff it doesn't make any sense at all
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I don't think everyone wants allocated seats (at least I don't) just some to the side or to the front where people who can't stand for the whole game for whatever reason are able to go and for want of a better couple of words be out of the way of the more boisterous.
 
SLO_BFC said:
With a bit of collective understanding and collaboration, maybe.
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I’ll put my reply a slightly different way… (as I’m not sure the last one explained where I was coming from too well)

If people are being sold a ‘guaranteed’ seating area, but this is not supported properly by either the online ticket system or the stewarding at the Away Ground, then people are likely to be more annoyed, aggravated, aggressive than they would have been with no expectation at all.

That could mean that people who have inadvertently (and through no fault of their own) purchase tickets in this area will find themselves the target of aggravation, abuse aggression and result in potential conflict that might otherwise not happen.

I don’t want to sound like I’m against the idea, because I’d rather that we try to accommodate our less able / prefer to sit fans, but I wouldn’t guarantee anything unless all the ducks are in a row.
 
I agree that tickets for away games should all be un-reserved so you stand with the choir or move over to one side where you may or maynot get an opportunity to sit and probably the nearer the front you get the better chance you have. It really is then self regulating.
However it does still annoy me on ticketmaster that it offers you different areas but doesn't give you a seating plan. If you look at Huddersfield's stadium plan areas 1,2 and 3 appears to relate the half of the stand used by the home fans????
4,5 and 6 are for the away fans.
I do seem to recall last Christmas the stewards were a bit arsey about where you sat.
 
Larryknows said:
I don't think everyone wants allocated seats (at least I don't) just some to the side or to the front where people who can't stand for the whole game for whatever reason are able to go and for want of a better couple of words be out of the way of the more boisterous.
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Not trying to be funny, but can they not work that out for themselves on the day? Be an adult and identify where to sit?
 
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