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Heroes & Villains => Tickets & Travel => Topic started by: bruisedshins on December 09, 2014, 12:31:48 PM
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We've been given a fairly small allocation of 2,500 for this one, does anyone think for one moment that it will go down to 1 away or will this sell out this week?
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Being straight after Christmas , it stands a chance of going into next week
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Need 5 aways at present to purchase.
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I have seen it written elsewhere that it has been limited on police advice. No idea whether that holds any truth, although I did think the police pressence on Sunday was excessive, especially as they only brought around 1800.
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There was a very heavy police commitment at burnley last week too.
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If it's true that the police have reduced the allocation then we should get some kind of explanation as to why they feel they can cope with 3,300 Man City fans at Leicester this weekend and the same with Albion last month, but only 2,500 of ours.
The police get paid a fair amount to control crowds, which 99% of the time nowadays must be a doddle - if they think a particular game might mean them having to do a bit more work their answer seems to be to stop fans going, effectively banning a random 800 visiting fans on this occasion.
They have so much help in terms of technology to be able to identify and deal with anyone who causes problems - why don't they just do their job if and when a problem arises rather than denying decent football fans the chance of going.
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There was a very heavy police commitment at burnley last week too.
Thought that was a bit bonkers tbh.
Especially designed to get us in and out of the ground as low-key as possible - police escorts for the coaches that took us all round the Wrekin to get there...for 2.15...with less chance to have a beer or two anywhere but the ground! They got us away very sharpish though!
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It's more likely the ticket office have reduced the allocation rather than the police.
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It's more likely the ticket office have reduced the allocation rather than the police.
Why do you think the club would do this? From what i can guage there is demand for tickets so why would they reduce their takings for this game?
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It's more likely the ticket office have reduced the allocation rather than the police.
If it's our ticket office then doesn't the no-refunds policy apply for 50%, rather than the 25% on this one?
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It's more likely the ticket office have reduced the allocation rather than the police.
Why do you think that?
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Just on past history, Everton last season I think is an example. They don't always take full allocations as we have to pay the home club for un sold tickets. They may ask for more if we sell out quick.
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I think we did the same for Stoke first game. Took the smaller allocation first, got more after we unsurprisingly sold out.
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Just on past history, Everton last season I think is an example. They don't always take full allocations as we have to pay the home club for un sold tickets. They may ask for more if we sell out quick.
Then why were we happy to sell over 4,000 at Burnley?
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That's Everton's policy to only sell the lower tier first.
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Perhaps Burnley would have accepted returns from the club? I'm only speculating but evidence suggests that the ticket office isn't the clubs best asset. People are still waiting to get their Albion tickets a month after paying for them for example. Fans have had to collect 'missing' tickets from away ticket offices all season with the host clubs knowing nothing about it. This happened at west ham and Liverpool I know as fact.
I may be wrong about Leicester but I wouldn't be surprised if I'm not.
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Perhaps Burnley would have accepted returns from the club? I'm only speculating but evidence suggests that the ticket office isn't the clubs best asset. People are still waiting to get their Albion tickets a month after paying for them for example. Fans have had to collect 'missing' tickets from away tickets offices all season with the host clubs knowing nothing about it. This happened at west ham and Liverpool I know as fact.
I may be wrong about Leicester but I wouldn't be surprised if I'm not.
Depends if the club have received them. The Palace tickets we late for example as the club didn't get them from Palace until something like 5 days before the game.
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Taken from footballgroundguide.com
"I have received a number of reports of away fans being treated somewhat heavily handed by the local constabulary around the stadium and of some even being 'frog marched' from the railway station to the ground. Although these measures may be deemed necessary, in order to prevent violent disorder, is doesn't do much for the overall away day experience at Leicester. Stuart Bible informs me; 'Just to confirm that the Police presence at Leicester Station is completely over the top. As a visiting QPR fan recently we were 'guided' to the Hind Pub & promptly asked to drink up at 2pm. All 25 of us were then escorted by 38 Police (I counted them) a Dog & 3 Police vans. Of the 25 were 3 children under 10! They should save their heavy handedness for the day that there might be a real threat of trouble".
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A friend of mine of dubious football persuasion was sent home from Leicester with around 50 other fans a couple of years ago, the police rounded everyone in the pub up and sent them home on the basis that they'd had intelligence that there may have been known trouble makers in the group. The group consisted almost entirely of your everyday fans.
If anybody isn't going to leicester and is happy for me to use their reference if you could drop me a PM that would really be appreciated.
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Leicester in the League Cup 2006 - a police presence at the station reminiscent of the eighties. They rounded a load up and stuck them on a train to a pub a couple of stations away.
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I remember being in a police escort back to the train station when we played them in 1987.
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Leicester in the League Cup 2006 - a police presence at the station reminiscent of the eighties. They rounded a load up and stuck them on a train to a pub a couple of stations away.
You wouldn't think the police would be allowed to do that. That just sounds ridiculous.
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I remember being in a police escort back to the train station when we played them in 1987.
Did it a few times "back in the day".
Filbert St was always something of a mission.
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My ticket has already arrived for this one. That was quick
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Surprisingly it's gone down to 1 away and there are a few tickets available.
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Got mine today. Still a few left.
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Now sold out. Another great support
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Mine came today .
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On the slim chance anyone has a spare i've got the begging bowl out.
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Still sold about but noticed they ended up giving us the full allocation of 3335in the end.
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Did we ? So you saying we had 2500 sold them then they gave us another 800 odd and we sold them out too ?
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Did we ? So you saying we had 2500 sold them then they gave us another 800 odd and we sold them out too ?
Our away allocation for the clash with Leicester is now sold out.
The match takes place on Saturday January 10 at the King Power Stadium, with a 3pm kick-off.
We are taking 3,300 fans for the Midlands derby match.
Paul Lambert will hoping for another positive result over the Foxes following the recent 2-1 win in B6.
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That is brilliant news should be a good atmosphere again.
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I was really hoping it wouldn't sell out until tomorrow as that is when I qualified to get one! Bah humbug!
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Mine arrived last week.
Is Legion going?
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I was really hoping it wouldn't sell out until tomorrow as that is when I qualified to get one! Bah humbug!
Just go via Leicester and go in home end ? That was my last resort option for WBA
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I am over from Chicago so if any one has a spare or 2 please PM me.
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Does anybody have a spare ticket for tomorrow please?