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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: dave.woodhall on July 16, 2016, 01:47:46 AM
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Get signing.
https://www.change.org/p/sheffield-wednesday-football-club-revise-the-ticket-prices-for-sheffield-wednesday-vs-aston-villa-and-leeds-united
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Thanks for sharing Dave.
You'd think they want the ground full??
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Signed and commented on.
An absolute disgrace. One of the reasons I purchased a season ticket this year was to stop mithering the world "can I use your ref for this ticket or that ticket" - fat load of good that is doing for me so far.
Dreading to find out the Derby County and Bristol City prices. Even Luton at £18 for a 1st round league cup tie is pricey.
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Signed and shared on fb
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Thanks Dave.
I have done the same as Mons XI
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Signed. Can't hurt. Even if it has no effect on our prices but shames them into lowering prices for the rest of the season it will be a job well done.
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Footie fans won't do it; but if we don't go to the game and boycott it - sends out the biggest message.
You wouldn't have to do it many times. I would be quiet happy for the club to say we don't want any tickets, stay at home and watch it on telly.
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Signed it Dave.
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Footie fans won't do it; but if we don't go to the game and boycott it - sends out the biggest message.
You wouldn't have to do it many times. I would be quiet happy for the club to say we don't want any tickets, stay at home and watch it on telly.
The problem for us - and I think they know they have us over a barrel here which makes it all the more annoying - is that this is our first Championship game.
They know Villa fans won't want to look like we've abandoned our team because we were relegated. They know we will want to turn up in numbers to show we're sticking with it.
They are totally taking the piss at a level that is well beyond 'Villa are a big draw' let's charge more.
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Signed and delivered. What a piss take.
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Signed!
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Are Sheffield Wednesday charging Villa fans more than they're charging home fans for an equivalent seat ?
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Signed.
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Looking at their website matchday prices for an equivalent seat in their end (The Kop) for a 'category A' game is £42, while a Season Ticket works out at £21.95 a game. Maximum matchday price in other stands is £45-£49. So looks like they're ripping off their own non-ST fans as well
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Are Sheffield Wednesday charging Villa fans more than they're charging home fans for an equivalent seat ?
Evidently not, the cheapest ticket for Wednesday fans is the same and a Wednesday fan contacted me on Twitter to tell me his seat for the match is £49!
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Have seen a few comments along the lines of "hope we charge their fans the same when they come to Villa Park". How does behaving like arseholes and punishing their fans make it any better?
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Why would anybody even think about going to a championship match at those prices?
I'm not there, but if I was, the most I'd be paying to go to SW v AV would be about 25 quid.
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Signed.
Farcical pricing.
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i'd rather not attend than pay ridiculous prices. Does football know we are still in austere times
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Signed. It really is the kind of thing the FA should be stepping in on.
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Signed.
Farcical pricing.
Well done Mr Pricing.
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Footie fans won't do it; but if we don't go to the game and boycott it - sends out the biggest message.
You wouldn't have to do it many times. I would be quiet happy for the club to say we don't want any tickets, stay at home and watch it on telly.
The problem for us - and I think they know they have us over a barrel here which makes it all the more annoying - is that this is our first Championship game.
They know Villa fans won't want to look like we've abandoned our team because we were relegated. They know we will want to turn up in numbers to show we're sticking with it.
They are totally taking the piss at a level that is well beyond 'Villa are a big draw' let's charge more.
all the more reason to boycott the ******. That price would stick in the craw at Chelsea or spurs, let alone Sheffield what day of the week is it again?
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Signed.
Farcical pricing.
Well done Mr Pricing.
Brilliant. I salute you sir
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Signed.
Farcical pricing.
Well done Mr Pricing.
Brilliant. I salute you sir
Made me snigger too.
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These aren't new prices for Wednesday. They were charging these prices last year. I think one or two clubs, including Derby, tried to organise boycott's last season, with limited success. The dearest in the division are these and Leeds. It's shit, but we were always going to be paying in the £40's for this, with their foreign owner intent on milking home and away fans alike.
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A worthy carse so I signed gladly. My statement was a bit rambling so I won't repeat it here but hope it helps :o
I'm glad to hear that others in the Championship are not following in their foot steps.
Not sure asking people to pay with the pertition is right though. Where does the money go?
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Happy to have signed this.
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Signed.
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Done, disgraceful amount to charge.
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Signed.
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Not sure asking people to pay with the pertition is right though. Where does the money go?
Erm... come again?
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Not sure asking people to pay with the pertition is right though. Where does the money go?
Erm... come again?
After you sign, they ask you for 3 quid to help publicise the petition. Something like that (can't remember the exact amount).
You don't have to pay to sign it though.
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One thing springs to mind the £2 admin fee which Villa will add if not paying in cash at the ticket office, making the ticket £44 in total.
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My usual way of protesting against high prices, without cutting off my nose to spite my face (and this is a game I really want to go to) is by not spending anything inside the ground.
I'm lucky though in that I can manage to go a couple of hours without a drink, pie or tray of chips - I appreciate this would be sacrifice too far for many.
The pleasant side of this one-man protest is that cheaper grounds like Wigan and Burnley in recent years have had very nice pies.
I even bought a programme and a drink at Telford yesterday as it was £8 to get in and I know every penny counts to a club like that.
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My usual way of protesting against high prices, without cutting off my nose to spite my face (and this is a game I really want to go to) is by not spending anything inside the ground.
I'm lucky though in that I can manage to go a couple of hours without a drink, pie or tray of chips - I appreciate this would be sacrifice too far for many.
The pleasant side of this one-man protest is that cheaper grounds like Wigan and Burnley in recent years have had very nice pies.
I even bought a programme and a drink at Telford yesterday as it was £8 to get in and I know every penny counts to a club like that.
I also do the same protest!
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Without doubt everyone has the right to choose for themselves what to do about this fixture, however would anyone actually have any money left for a pie or programme after paying what is effectively £44 for a ticket, in excess of £25/£30 travel and the remainder for a pint or two or three etc.
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Without doubt everyone has the right to choose for themselves what to do about this fixture, however would anyone actually have any money left for a pie or programme after paying what is effectively £44 for a ticket, in excess of £25/£30 travel and the remainder for a pint or two or three etc.
I can't think of an away game I've been to in recent years when there wasn't a queue at the bar in the away end for over-priced beer, whatever the ticket price was.
It's not the business of any of us to tell people where and when they can't drink but wouldn't it be great if we sold out the maximum allocation at Wednesday and gave the usual incredible backing to our own team to help get this vital season off the a flying start – but ALL of us totally ignored the fully stocked bars and catering windows at the ground? Zero takings there would be a point well made.
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Never going to happen: many people paying £42 are always willing to rush down for chips and curry sauce after 36 minutes or so of football.
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Signed and commented on.
An absolute disgrace. One of the reasons I purchased a season ticket this year was to stop mithering the world "can I use your ref for this ticket or that ticket" - fat load of good that is doing for me so far.
Dreading to find out the Derby County and Bristol City prices. Even Luton at £18 for a 1st round league cup tie is pricey.
On my one experience of Luton I would think twice about a return visit even if they were paying me £18. I also came a cropper once when attempting to impress a girl in a Stevenage nightclub by telling her I played for Luton. How was I to know she was a Luton season ticket holder with a great knowledge of everyone who played for them?
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Signed and commented on.
An absolute disgrace. One of the reasons I purchased a season ticket this year was to stop mithering the world "can I use your ref for this ticket or that ticket" - fat load of good that is doing for me so far.
Dreading to find out the Derby County and Bristol City prices. Even Luton at £18 for a 1st round league cup tie is pricey.
On my one experience of Luton I would think twice about a return visit even if they were paying me £18. I also came a cropper once when attempting to impress a girl in a Stevenage nightclub by telling her I played for Luton. How was I to know she was a Luton season ticket holder with a great knowledge of everyone who played for them?
You could have said you were Andrew Greaves. That would have thrown her.
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Booked mine this morning! Tried to ignore the prices as I was entering payment details. I know it's bad but I'd never not go. UTV.
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Signed.
On paper, this is a great fixture. And could be full with the right prices.
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Signed.
Fully understand those not wanting to pay over the odds prices for a 2nd Division game, but at the same time no one should knock anyone who won't let the pricing change their mind and does go, fair play in equal measure.
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Just do the same to them when they come to vp I know it's not the fans fault was looking forward to this game before the fixtures come out but now they can do one
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Just do the same to them when they come to vp I know it's not the fans fault was looking forward to this game before the fixtures come out but now they can do one
You've just given the reason why we shouldn't do the same to them.
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Booked mine this morning! Tried to ignore the prices as I was entering payment details. I know it's bad but I'd never not go. UTV.
I respect your loyalty but this is exactly why a protest like this will never work, there will always be a section of our support that will go even if it was 500 quid. I imagine we've probably sold 1000 tickets already to people who didn't bat an eye lid at the ticket price so they won't back down and complaining just seems a waste of time. Our club should be the bigger man here, do the opposite and charge £20 for Wednesday fans in the reverse fixture to reward them for having to put up with such poor pricing policies from their own club.
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I should imagine every club in this league was looking forward to us getting relegated on the basis that we will sell out our away allocation and they can put up the prices accordingly and hit us in the pockets it pees me off that clubs can do thiis
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I should imagine every club in this league was looking forward to us getting relegated on the basis that we will sell out our away allocation and they can put up the prices accordingly and hit us in the pockets it pees me off that clubs can do thiis
And yet you advocate that we do the same?
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Booked mine this morning! Tried to ignore the prices as I was entering payment details. I know it's bad but I'd never not go. UTV.
I respect your loyalty but this is exactly why a protest like this will never work, there will always be a section of our support that will go even if it was 500 quid. I imagine we've probably sold 1000 tickets already to people who didn't bat an eye lid at the ticket price so they won't back down and complaining just seems a waste of time. Our club should be the bigger man here, do the opposite and charge £20 for Wednesday fans in the reverse fixture to reward them for having to put up with such poor pricing policies from their own club.
It was one of the aways I was looking forward to and you're right, you'll never get people to boycott something they want to do, which is why we can be exploited.
That said, the top flight has taken a big step in the £30 away cap and its a pity Wednesday cannot follow through themselves and not charge us the most you can possibly pay as an away fan in English football this season, but it is what it is.
I bought two tickets for Luton and even with the booking fee I'd have enough left over to buy a warm bottle of Carlsberg at half time.
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So we should let every club put there prices up for the villa game but charge them less for the return at vp.
Do you honestly think a shelf wed fan but r any other fan gives a toss about what we are being charged
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So we should let every club put there prices up for the villa game but charge them less for the return at vp.
Do you honestly think a shelf wed fan but r any other fan gives a toss about what we are being charged
Yes, Sheffield Wednesday fans do care what their club are charging others, as do fans of other clubs. There's a growing and overdue realisation that we are all on the same side and opinions such as yours are thankfully becoming less prevalent.
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Do you honestly think a shelf wed fan but r any other fan gives a toss about what we are being charged
It looks to me like it's probably a Sheffield Wednesday fan who created the petition that Dave has linked.
So yes.
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So we should let every club put there prices up for the villa game but charge them less for the return at vp.
Do you honestly think a shelf wed fan but r any other fan gives a toss about what we are being charged
I'd imagine they are bothered as they're being charged the same and higher!
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Their POTG prices are £42-49 for our game so you'd reckon it bothers them as well.
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As I posted on another thread, the Wednesday fans were talking about boycotting the game. I imagine this petition has probably grown from those discussions.
As an aside (and to give you an idea of what the Wednesday fans are dealing with) their owner took part in a Q&A session within the last couple of days. Here's a couple of the highlights (I may be paraphrasing as I wasn't there, but this is how it was relayed to me)
Q: Do you no think that up to £49 for a ticket is too much?
A: We just had a successful season, that's got to be paid for.
Q: Will next season's home shirt design be more traditional, with proper stripes?
A: I don't like stripes, personally I'd prefer it if we played in red.
I got this from a Wednesday fan at work, I don't know him very well but he's got no reason to lie to me.
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Booked mine this morning! Tried to ignore the prices as I was entering payment details. I know it's bad but I'd never not go. UTV.
I respect your loyalty but this is exactly why a protest like this will never work, there will always be a section of our support that will go even if it was 500 quid. I imagine we've probably sold 1000 tickets already to people who didn't bat an eye lid at the ticket price so they won't back down and complaining just seems a waste of time. Our club should be the bigger man here, do the opposite and charge £20 for Wednesday fans in the reverse fixture to reward them for having to put up with such poor pricing policies from their own club.
why? We should just charge our normal away supporters prices.
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Booked mine this morning! Tried to ignore the prices as I was entering payment details. I know it's bad but I'd never not go. UTV.
I respect your loyalty but this is exactly why a protest like this will never work, there will always be a section of our support that will go even if it was 500 quid. I imagine we've probably sold 1000 tickets already to people who didn't bat an eye lid at the ticket price so they won't back down and complaining just seems a waste of time. Our club should be the bigger man here, do the opposite and charge £20 for Wednesday fans in the reverse fixture to reward them for having to put up with such poor pricing policies from their own club.
why? We should just charge our normal away supporters prices.
Because 20 is plenty!
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Villa fans truly are brilliant. Allocation sold out despite being completely ripped off and the club has asked for more tickets. Our lot deserve a good time given some of the shit served up last season so happy travels to all of you this season.
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Booked mine this morning! Tried to ignore the prices as I was entering payment details. I know it's bad but I'd never not go. UTV.
I respect your loyalty but this is exactly why a protest like this will never work, there will always be a section of our support that will go even if it was 500 quid. I imagine we've probably sold 1000 tickets already to people who didn't bat an eye lid at the ticket price so they won't back down and complaining just seems a waste of time. Our club should be the bigger man here, do the opposite and charge £20 for Wednesday fans in the reverse fixture to reward them for having to put up with such poor pricing policies from their own club.
why? We should just charge our normal away supporters prices.
Do you think your average football fan and working man or woman in Sheffield is any more affluent than his or her counterpart in Birmingham. Do you not think they have bills to pay and families to look after? Would charging them the same the price at VP solve anything or does it ultimately penalize a group that had nothing to do with the price being set by their club. We should take the higher ground here and do what is right for supporters and not be petty about it.
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How is charging them the same as we charge every other club being petty?
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Signed the petition ( many thanks & appreciation to the organiser ).
I had , unfortunately , already booked my flight from Spain for this game , not anticipating any difficulties in buying a ticket, ( yes...I know ! ) now , apparently they are sold out and even if we get a few more it´s highly unlikely there will be any left for general sale.
I wrote an email to Wednesday last week ( not replied to ) , complaining about the delay in getting ticketing info out , especially with regards to advance buying of Train tickets etc. Copied it to to the Football Supporters Federation and received this reply from their Communications Officer:
“ Very disappointing to see such a high price point for Sheff Wed away. The Premier League's £30 price cap for away tickets has brought Championship prices into particularly sharp focus (as a Newcastle fan I entirely sympathise - fully expecting ourselves to be gouged a lot this season, too!)
Football League ticket prices were a big area of discussion at the Supporters Summit at Wembley Saturday gone and we'll continue to support fan groups, such as our affiliated members Aston Villa Supporters Trust, if they wish to continue campaigning on the issue .”
Kind regards,
Liam Thompson / Communications Officer
FSF
´Gouging´sums up the actions of Wednesday...I hope the Supporters Trust are campaigning on our behalf , and how can there be a 30 quid price cap for away games in the Premier Lge and no such thing in the ´lesser´ Championship?, it beggars belief..............Godzvilla!
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How is charging them the same as we charge every other club being petty?
I misread his post. I meant to suggest we shouldn't charge their fans a high price just because they are doing it to us.
Yes, we should charge the same for all away fans and not rip any of them off.
Apologies robbo
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2,043 is a crap allocation - didn't we get 6,000 in the new all seated Leppings Lane end when BFR became manager. We would sell 4,000 easy.
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Football League clubs only have to allocate you 2000 and I imagine Wednesday wanted to hold off in issuing further batches until we'd sold them.
I say that as when the details were announced our website said we'd asked for more.
Somebody has said we'll get another 2500, which would make for a pretty good away following.
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Booked mine this morning! Tried to ignore the prices as I was entering payment details. I know it's bad but I'd never not go. UTV.
I respect your loyalty but this is exactly why a protest like this will never work, there will always be a section of our support that will go even if it was 500 quid. I imagine we've probably sold 1000 tickets already to people who didn't bat an eye lid at the ticket price so they won't back down and complaining just seems a waste of time. Our club should be the bigger man here, do the opposite and charge £20 for Wednesday fans in the reverse fixture to reward them for having to put up with such poor pricing policies from their own club.
why? We should just charge our normal away supporters prices.
Do you think your average football fan and working man or woman in Sheffield is any more affluent than his or her counterpart in Birmingham. Do you not think they have bills to pay and families to look after? Would charging them the same the price at VP solve anything or does it ultimately penalize a group that had nothing to do with the price being set by their club. We should take the higher ground here and do what is right for supporters and not be petty about it.
before you jump in with both feet, bother to properly read my posts next time please. I wasn't advocating charging them the same as they are charging us. Rather that we should just charge whatever our normal away prices are.
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Booked mine this morning! Tried to ignore the prices as I was entering payment details. I know it's bad but I'd never not go. UTV.
I respect your loyalty but this is exactly why a protest like this will never work, there will always be a section of our support that will go even if it was 500 quid. I imagine we've probably sold 1000 tickets already to people who didn't bat an eye lid at the ticket price so they won't back down and complaining just seems a waste of time. Our club should be the bigger man here, do the opposite and charge £20 for Wednesday fans in the reverse fixture to reward them for having to put up with such poor pricing policies from their own club.
why? We should just charge our normal away supporters prices.
Do you think your average football fan and working man or woman in Sheffield is any more affluent than his or her counterpart in Birmingham. Do you not think they have bills to pay and families to look after? Would charging them the same the price at VP solve anything or does it ultimately penalize a group that had nothing to do with the price being set by their club. We should take the higher ground here and do what is right for supporters and not be petty about it.
before you jump in with both feet, bother to properly read my posts next time please. I wasn't advocating charging them the same as they are charging us. Rather that we should just charge whatever our normal away prices are.
Yes speaking of jumping in, I also apologized to you above a few days back when I realized my error
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Booked mine this morning! Tried to ignore the prices as I was entering payment details. I know it's bad but I'd never not go. UTV.
I respect your loyalty but this is exactly why a protest like this will never work, there will always be a section of our support that will go even if it was 500 quid. I imagine we've probably sold 1000 tickets already to people who didn't bat an eye lid at the ticket price so they won't back down and complaining just seems a waste of time. Our club should be the bigger man here, do the opposite and charge £20 for Wednesday fans in the reverse fixture to reward them for having to put up with such poor pricing policies from their own club.
why? We should just charge our normal away supporters prices.
Do you think your average football fan and working man or woman in Sheffield is any more affluent than his or her counterpart in Birmingham. Do you not think they have bills to pay and families to look after? Would charging them the same the price at VP solve anything or does it ultimately penalize a group that had nothing to do with the price being set by their club. We should take the higher ground here and do what is right for supporters and not be petty about it.
before you jump in with both feet, bother to properly read my posts next time please. I wasn't advocating charging them the same as they are charging us. Rather that we should just charge whatever our normal away prices are.
Yes speaking of jumping in, I also apologized to you above a few days back when I realized my error
1-1 :-)
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The official site now saying
more-owls-tickets-available
but no more than that.
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1,101 more tickets released - whoopy doo.
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So if these sell out in a day and a half, are we going to have to wait another week for more?
What a tin pot, Mickey Mouse outfit those robbing, northern tarts are.
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I can't see anymore being given after this lot. Wednesday's costs of policing and stewarding if they gave us the lower tier would probably outweigh any benefit of doing so.
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They'd make over 67k if they gave us 1500 in the lower tier, which would more than cover the costs of policing the entire event.
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Just give us the tickets you twats.
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The Championship away fan policy seems strange. As an example Small Heath gave Middlesbrough 5,000 for a Friday night game at the Sty. I know we won't get that at the Sty but I am using it as an example of where increased allocations are inconsistent.
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According to a Wednesday forum the away end has a reduced capacity (due to Health & Safety maybe?). Doesn't say what it's been reduced to but I suspect the extra pittance of tickets will be our lot.
I remember people consoling themselves with the thought that relegation would be exciting as we would be visiting grounds we hadn't been to for ages, and thinking that it would be a right pain in the arse to get tickets. Not looking good so far.
I'll be gutted if I can't get Derby or Bristol City tickets.
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Sheffield Wednesday - major league pricing, small time thinking
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Another 1,400 released on top of 1,101 released earlier, giving us a total allocation of 4,544.
The whole capacity of the stand, according to Wikipedia, is 6,658. Not sure if we can get more or if it is reduced as per the post I read on a Wednesday forum.
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4500 at £42 a go for a Sunday game live on TV is hardly an allocation to worry about being too small.
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They've updated Twitter and stated it's 2500 more, so we'll have 4500.
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4500 at £42 a go for a Sunday game live on TV is hardly an allocation to worry about being too small.
No, I was worrying before the extra ticket allocation was announced but expect that will be enough. Was just curious as to whether we would be able to take even more tickets, hypothetically.
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The stand does hold 6k but they've reduced it due to safety, mainly because Leeds kick off.
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4500 is still decent, we will make a noise.
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Please forgive me Paul McGrath, my heart has ruled my head. Sheffield bound.
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I'll be gutted if I can't get Derby or Bristol City tickets.
Can you still join the away scheme? £25 will guarantee you those tickets. I've joined this season for the first time.
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So much for the outrage :)
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I'll be gutted if I can't get Derby or Bristol City tickets.
Can you still join the away scheme? £25 will guarantee you those tickets. I've joined this season for the first time.
No mate it was closed about 3 weeks ago full
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I don't think I could go anyway as I can't do the midweeks, of which there will be many. Also can't go to Preston as in London and there are bound to be loads more when I'm doing stuff.
I just want to pick and choose and think it's only fair home teams give over their entire stadium so as I don't miss out 😉
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My first away will be Barnsley on that Tuesday night in September I think. I'll go in their end if I need to but it's another ground that's got a huge away end. Looking forward to the Oakwell clapping song. Anyone remember it?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OL_cRmcckZQ
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2,043 is a crap allocation - didn't we get 6,000 in the new all seated Leppings Lane end when BFR became manager. We would sell 4,000 easy.
I think we had 7700 for BFR's first game as we had the entire end plus adjacent corner..... Let's hope our new manager gets off to the same start and career BFR enjoyed here
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We had the corner terrace because the football special from New St broke down en route and when we got to the ground just before halftime they wouldn't let us in our seats.
The jog from Wadsley Bridge station was funny though, I don't think the policeman with his movie camera was expecting that..
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We had the corner terrace because the football special from New St broke down en route and when we got to the ground just before halftime they wouldn't let us in our seats.
The jog from Wadsley Bridge station was funny though, I don't think the policeman with his movie camera was expecting that..
Remember that well think we was 2-0 down when we got in. Also remember the special stopping a few miles out for a few minutes and some fans getting of the train running to some floodlights in the distance which unfortunately for the them was don valley stadium.
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We had the corner terrace because the football special from New St broke down en route and when we got to the ground just before halftime they wouldn't let us in our seats.
The jog from Wadsley Bridge station was funny though, I don't think the policeman with his movie camera was expecting that..
Remember that well think we was 2-0 down when we got in. Also remember the special stopping a few miles out for a few minutes and some fans getting of the train running to some floodlights in the distance which unfortunately for the them was don valley stadium.
One of the best ever away days, will never forget getting in the ground at 2-0 down watching Cyrille bundle one in 5 mins later and the rest is a raucous never to be forgotten comeback. The blokes who jumped off the train running towards the Don Valley stadium did make it to the game and from recollection arrived just after Dalians equaliser. That jog to the ground from the stadium was hilarious, half the SYP coppers were so unfit they left it to the mounted boys.