Away days

[shabba]

Hi all,

Thread for away day talk.

I was suprised we only got 3k away tickets to City, as I thought the rule was 10%.........but then found this

The away allocation in the Premier League varies from stadium to stadium. The rules state that home clubs must offer the visiting team a minimum of 3,000 tickets if their capacity exceeds 30,000. If their capacity is lower, the minimum away allocation in the Premier League must be 10% of the seats in the stadium.

This sucks, I wonder if there is data on how many away fans each club typically allows?

[Blue Wilf]

Still no news on City away ticket sales that I have seen. Anyone else?

[Shed on tour]

Still no news on City away ticket sales that I have seen. Anyone else?

On the ITFC website. Sale starts Monday for 30+ members

[hallamblue]

So effectively all the tickets will be sold on Monday…. Oh well….

[Shed on tour]

So effectively all the tickets will be sold on Monday…. Oh well….

Think it will go past Monday Liz. At least I hope it does as I can’t get mine until Tuesday (on 25 points). How many points do you have? It would be helpful if the club gave a indication of how many fans are in each category so people would at least have some idea on their chances of getting a ticket.

[Blue Wilf]

I am wednesday I am afraid as they removed the previous year. I remain hopeful but who knows

[hallamblue]

So effectively all the tickets will be sold on Monday…. Oh well….

Think it will go past Monday Liz. At least I hope it does as I can’t get mine until Tuesday (on 25 points). How many points do you have? It would be helpful if the club gave a indication of how many fans are in each category so people would at least have some idea on their chances of getting a ticket.

Oh, I’ve got absolutely no chance Tony. I’ve only got 10points. I haven’t done any away games for a couple of seasons now.. I think my day is Thursday or Friday lol !

[hallamblue]

I am wednesday I am afraid as they removed the previous year. I remain hopeful but who knows

Here you go Wilf

https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2024/august ... -city--a-/

[Blue Wilf]

I am wednesday I am afraid as they removed the previous year. I remain hopeful but who knows

Here you go Wilf

https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2024/august ... -city--a-/

Thanks - like I say, I hope others had lots taken off from the previous season too so that Weds still leaves some. If not, its the TV for me too! Problem is that every game you miss sets you further behind the pack...

[shabba]

To be on 30 points you'd need to have been too 20 away games last season (plus 10 points for this and last years membership) - can't imagine that many people fall into that batch - it should at least reach the next level down.

[shabba]

Anyone get city tickets? Wonder which level it'll reach, today is 20+ point members I believe.


2024/25 Members with 30+ Away Priority Points: Monday, 5 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 25+ Away Priority Points: Tuesday, 6 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 20+ Away Priority Points: Wednesday, 7 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 15+ Away Priority Points: Thursday, 8 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 10+ Away Priority Points: Friday, 9 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 5+ Away Priority Points: Monday, 12 August at 10am
2024/25 Season Ticket Holders: Tuesday, 13 August at 10am

[Shed on tour]

Anyone get city tickets? Wonder which level it'll reach, today is 20+ point members I believe.


2024/25 Members with 30+ Away Priority Points: Monday, 5 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 25+ Away Priority Points: Tuesday, 6 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 20+ Away Priority Points: Wednesday, 7 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 15+ Away Priority Points: Thursday, 8 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 10+ Away Priority Points: Friday, 9 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 5+ Away Priority Points: Monday, 12 August at 10am
2024/25 Season Ticket Holders: Tuesday, 13 August at 10am

Got mine yesterday. There were still quite a few left for those in 20+ today.

[shabba]

Anyone get city tickets? Wonder which level it'll reach, today is 20+ point members I believe.


2024/25 Members with 30+ Away Priority Points: Monday, 5 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 25+ Away Priority Points: Tuesday, 6 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 20+ Away Priority Points: Wednesday, 7 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 15+ Away Priority Points: Thursday, 8 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 10+ Away Priority Points: Friday, 9 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 5+ Away Priority Points: Monday, 12 August at 10am
2024/25 Season Ticket Holders: Tuesday, 13 August at 10am

Got mine yesterday. There were still quite a few left for those in 20+ today.

Ah cool

[hallamblue]

Anyone get city tickets? Wonder which level it'll reach, today is 20+ point members I believe.


2024/25 Members with 30+ Away Priority Points: Monday, 5 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 25+ Away Priority Points: Tuesday, 6 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 20+ Away Priority Points: Wednesday, 7 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 15+ Away Priority Points: Thursday, 8 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 10+ Away Priority Points: Friday, 9 August at 10am
2024/25 Members with 5+ Away Priority Points: Monday, 12 August at 10am
2024/25 Season Ticket Holders: Tuesday, 13 August at 10am

Got mine yesterday. There were still quite a few left for those in 20+ today.

Reckon people are saving their money rather than pay out a lot to see us inevitably thrashed.

Mike: are you still going to try and get a ticket?

[Blue Wilf]

Yep - got mine

[Bluemike]

I'm not eligible till Friday, not a chance

[Blue Wilf]

There were still hundreds available today Mike so keep the faith!

[Charnwood]

At the start of this thread I was thinking the system really sucks but having seen it action it looks like the right fans are getting looked after. If that’s the case well done ITFC.

Am I reading this properly or am I missing something ?

[Bluemike]

It's a total sham of a system in my view. The same people get the first option tickets every game meaning they build up their points tally even more while others get zero chance.

On a personal level I went to virtually every away game for years, this sh*te system came in just after I had been ill and missed a season of travelling away, sods law all those seasons I attended were disregarded when the new system was introduced and it was taken from the season I missed so all the glory hunters who showed up Two seasons ago lo and behold were in the ideal position to get tkts, it's bollocks.

[shabba]

The club literally can't win on this.

If they flipped it then you'd get a bunch of fans saying 'I've been to loads of away games in last 2 seasons and I'm not being rewarded' for that with priority now we are in the prem, I was going away to Rotherham and Forrest Green'.

[Bluemike]

Of course they can't win but the system is clearly flawed, 3000 happy fans and probably 20+ thousand unhappy ones.

[hallamblue]

It's a total sham of a system in my view. The same people get the first option tickets every game meaning they build up their points tally even more while others get zero chance.

On a personal level I went to virtually every away game for years, this sh*te system came in just after I had been ill and missed a season of travelling away, sods law all those seasons I attended were disregarded when the new system was introduced and it was taken from the season I missed so all the glory hunters who showed up Two seasons ago lo and behold were in the ideal position to get tkts, it's bollocks.

i reckon they should do the whole allocation via a ballot...then every one has an equal chance

[shabba]

I think maybe hold back 20% for balot.

[Bluemike]

I think maybe hold back 20% for balot.

That would definitely be fairer

[hallamblue]

My friend in Manchester has just told me the 3k tickets have sold out ...is this possible or is there some being held back for a ballot ?

[shabba]

Likely all sold out as they will have been available to 15+ point fans today.

[Charnwood]

I can see why you’re pissed off Mike but League I can’t think of a fairer system. If you look at the last couple of seasons our away support has been phenomenal. Season 2022/23 when we were in League One our average away support was just over 2200 per game and last year in the Championship if was a few over 2400. As we all know not everyone will have gone to every game though there’s probably a hard core of 2000 with another 1000 who may well have gone to a third of the games. If it’s these fans who the scheme favours I don’t see too much wrong in that because if they were excluded they’d have every right to be pissed off. Especially if the spares were distributed to random others via a lottery when some recipients might never have been to an away game before.
The numbers also suggest that 90% of the fans who supported town away last year in the Championship also supported town away in League One the season before with no expectation that the team would be in the Premier League in two years time.
Ok it’s not perfect but I can’t think of anything better of anything fairer.
I don’t think you could ever design a scheme that wouldn’t have a few outliers of a few individuals that would feel aggrieved, but it’s like the old 80/20 rule, if 80% are totally happy you’ve not done much wrong. In this case I expect the % happy will be much higher, maybe as high as 90%.

[Bluemike]

Hi Andy, I accept there is no easy solution for the club and as an individual I was particularly unlucky with how it panned out. However, I would say only around 20 to 25% of the fan base are happy with the system, most are just accepting of it as they have little choice but it's kinda made it a closed shop for the fortunate Three thousand, add to that I know for a fact those that get first dibbs on tkt sales buy one even if they aren't going to the game and just move it on somewhere, in doing so they still increase their points total thus keeping them in top priority group, it's anything but a fair or good system.

[Charnwood]

Hi Andy, I accept there is no easy solution for the club and as an individual I was particularly unlucky with how it panned out. However, I would say only around 20 to 25% of the fan base are happy with the system, most are just accepting of it as they have little choice but it's kinda made it a closed shop for the fortunate Three thousand, add to that I know for a fact those that get first dibbs on tkt sales buy one even if they aren't going to the game and just move it on somewhere, in doing so they still increase their points total thus keeping them in top priority group, it's anything but a fair or good system.

You certainly make a valid point Mike so maybe we should look at the scheme Leicester City were trying to introduce where the member receives an e-ticket sent to their phone which only the member can use or return to the club by a set date for a face value refund. Although it caused an uproar it solves the problem and means unused tickets get reallocated further down the pecking order rather than passed on or sold.
I need to get in touch with my nephew to find out the detail or indeed if it’s been implemented but it certainly has the potential to resolve the issue you refer to.

Incidentally Leicester who have similar travelling numbers to Town, maybe a few more, they hold back 2% of their away tickets that go into a ballot. It’s only 60 tickets but it’s better than nowt.