To be fair he’s not that bothered about football,l prefers his cars and motorbike , but he fancied a day out
He just said at least you tried to get me one.
To be fair he’s not that bothered about football,l prefers his cars and motorbike , but he fancied a day out
He just said at least you tried to get me one.
Where it went tits up IMO is after the first tranche. ST holders and certain "members" were allowed 1 ticket each. No more. That was right and proper. When they went on general sale, those who already had a ticket should NOT have been allowed to buy another one. Everybody should have had to buy their own ticket using their own fan ID. Not, as was the case, being able to buy up to 10 if you had that many valid fan IDs. I realise some might want to sit together but IMO naking sure allocation of tickets is fair then 1 per ID should have been the way.
I think that’s spot on MA. Villa seem to have done it more fairly than us...seems to depend, to a large extent, on how often a person has been this season with them.
Personally I obviously wanted to go but recognise that my ‘attendance record’ this season wouldn’t - for a variety of reasons - have put me at the front of the queue even if it had been done fairly.
What is wrong, imo, is for those who’ve barely been since Wembley 2007 to somehow acquire tickets over regulars (not me) who happen not to be able to afford a season ticket.
Villa did ST holders first then something like fans with over 5 home games, then 3 and then 1. My nephew had been to 2 home games and 4 away. He knew he wasn't going to get a ticket so he went down the "clandestine" route using business connections to get a seat in the Villa end.
I contacted a number of ex players I am in touch with, both Derby and other clubs, but even they could not get any themselves.
Most replied, but the only one that took the hump was Lee Carsley
I haven't got a ticket and didn't want one until all the main lot there got theres, its only fair that the one's who go to ALL the games get their tickets, then the next are the one's who go to most home games, then 5+ home games etc
It makes my blood boil when you read about a disabled lad who's been to all the games this season and was told he can't go esp when there's wa*kers out there getting a ticket who have never been to a Derby match in their life, and get one because they were a fu**ing suit, only to ask £800 for it ffs. Why don't they give 45,000 each to both sets of fans? instead of this 35,000 nonsense and the rest going to corporate scum?
I know 2 season ticket holders who have gone on holiday, who have given their tickets to two people
One last match was QPR at Wembley and the other one has never been.
[QUOTE=MadAmster;39228106]Where it went tits up IMO is after the first tranche. ST holders and certain "members" were allowed 1 ticket each. No more. That was right and proper. When they went on general sale, those who already had a ticket should NOT have been allowed to buy another one. Everybody should have had to buy their own ticket using their own fan ID. Not, as was the case, being able to buy up to 10 if you had that many valid fan IDs. I realise some might want to sit together but IMO naking sure allocation of tickets is fair then 1 per ID should have been the way.[/QUOTE
MA agree about the one ticket per ID but assuming all 21,500 season ticket holders bought one each we wouldn't sell out would we
I went online at 11-30 and number 3100 in queue
Cousin went online at 11-55 and number 1100 in queue.
How the **** does that work then ?