Showing posts with label away tickets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label away tickets. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 11

Away ticket allocation is not working

In the fourth season of WHU at the London Stadium it's still almost impossible to get to an away game. As a fan who's been going to games for 50 years that doesn't seem very fair. Yes, it's an improvement to have ten per cent of tickets going into a ballot, but the odds are still pretty low of getting one. 

It's a Kafka-esque situation where you can't get away tickets without points and you can't get points without going to away games. Even if the people who go to away matches can't get to the match they probably sell their ticket on to another fan so they still claim their points. It's pretty much a closed shop.

Wouldn't it be fairer if at least a few of the less popular away games were sold on a first come first served basis? That way the rest of us would have a chance of accruing some points.

Thursday, January 19

Away daze

It's proving very difficult to get away tickets these days. Just missed out on Watford tickets because you needed 13 priority points. And there are a huge amount of times to factor in now. Depending on your points and status there were 17 different times to apply listed in the programme and if a group of you want to apply you are limited by the person with the lowest points. Stephen Hawking might struggle with some of the combinations. There are a lot more fans now and Watford is a low capacity, but you do wonder if first come first served for season ticket holders (or those over say five or six points) might be easier, followed by a general sale. Any thoughts?