Derby (A)

[UK Redsox]

Putting aside the Shef Wed delay, is it normal in the Championship for tickets to go on sale closer to the game date than for the Premier League matches.

[Ads]

I always thought it was 6-4 weeks notice, but Sheffield Wednesday appear to be particularly Mickey Mouse in their approach to what surely must be a simple consideration.

[SoccerHQ]

Derby will sell out quickly.

Might see how tough/easy it is to get tickets in home end for this one.

[AVH87]

Another expensive one - £36 for adults.

[cdbearsfan]

Only 3,000. I'm only an ST holder, do we reckon it will go that far before they sell out and if not is there any chance for us to ask for more?

[UK Redsox]

Derby County v Villa

Sky Bet Championship
Saturday August 20 
Kick-off: 5.30pm
iPro Stadium, Pride Park 
Ticket allocation: 3,179
Tickets: £36 [adults], £25.50 [065s], £20 [U18s].
Wheelchair tickets: 16 Wheelchair Bays. Disabled supporters ticket prices are as above with a free Personal Assistant – available by calling the Ticket Office on 0333 323 1874.
Monday July 25: On sale to 2016/17 Away Scheme Members and 2016/17 season ticket holders who attended 9+ away league matches in the 2015/16 season.
Wednesday July 27: On sale to 2016/17 season ticket holders who attended 5+ away league matches in the 2015/16 season.
Thursday July 28: On sale to 2016/17 Season Ticket holders who attended 3+ Away league matches in the 2015/16 season.
Thursday July 28 [from 2pm]: Lions Club Chairman can call to secure their allocation.
Tuesday August 2: On sale to 2016/17 season ticket holders who attended 1+ away league matches in the 2015/16 season.
Wednesday August 3: On sale to 2016/17 season ticket holders.
Friday August 5: On sale to Villa Cash Members.
Monday August 8: On sale to supporters who attended 5+ Away league matches in the 2015/16 season.
Wednesday August 10: On general sale.

[Ads]

Only 3,000. I'm only an ST holder, do we reckon it will go that far before they sell out and if not is there any chance for us to ask for more?

I'd be surprised if it got beyond Thursday mate. I'm hopeful like you are as I'm trying to build a third away card up for when my nipper comes along in a year or too.

[UK Redsox]

Can't get through on the phone (can't even get in a queue) and the ticket part of the website seems to have crashed

[UK Redsox]

Reloaded the ticket page, which then said I was in a queue.

After 10 minutes or so, that page also crashed and gave a 404 error

Reloaded again. After another few minutes, this appeared on a red background

WE'RE SORRY!
THERE HAS BEEN AN UNEXPECTED ERROR. PLEASE RETURN TO TICKET HOME TO BROWSE AGAIN. IF THE PROBLEM PERSISTS, PLEASE CONTACT CONSUMER SALES ON 0333 323 1874.
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EDIT ........the instruction to phone consumer sales is of course pointless because the phone lines are jammed and the old queuing system seems to have been scrapped

[UK Redsox]

Finally got through on the phone and (after a two minute message) am now in a queue.

The main part of the message was that it would be better to book on line because there's a 10 minute queue on the phone

Insert head-slap emoticon thingy here

[UK Redsox]

Their website repair won the race over somebody answering the phone, so I was eventually able to order online.

Hopefully these are just teething problems with the new system. Otherwise this is going to get annoying as the season progresses

[Ads]

You've got the criteria change today for Wednesday creating a log jam with the Derby tickets I guess.

[AVH87]

Only 3,000. I'm only an ST holder, do we reckon it will go that far before they sell out and if not is there any chance for us to ask for more?

I think we've got to get away from the thinking that 3,000 is not a good allocation, it's 10% of their ground. We don't want to be treated as the big fish in the small pond when it comes to Cat. A pricing (see Sheff Weds), but then we do when it comes to being allocated more than everyone else.

[cdbearsfan]

It's not a good allocation. We sold pretty much that many Wednesday tickets in a day.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

According to footballgroundguide.com the usual away allocation at Derby is 2700. We have 3179 tickets which is pretty much 10% of the capacity. Considering Derby fill most of their ground most of the time, I don't think we can argue with that allocation.