Yes, because I got tickets most games last season on the old system. First game in I got no ticket this season llol
It's going to happen if there's unlimited membership, do you want them to go back to the old way with 100,000+ logging in trying to get tickets?
100k? LOL. And the system got me tickets 16/19 games, so I preferred it that way lol. Also if there weren't any tickets in your preferred area you could go from area to area searching for tickets, where as now you're going into a ballot for one particular area, and if that fails you cannot divert to another one. Random place in the queue for access to select seats feels better than you can apply for one part of the ground and it's completely randomized. Also, in situations where I couldn't get 2 seats together, I was always able to just select a few seats apart, now I feel that applying for me and my dad will lead us to losing out in situations where we couldn't sit together, where as previously I could improvise and get us seats miles apart but at least we still go to go. This new system places more hope for luck rather than knowledge of the system and how to play it and how to navigate when things don't go your way.
From this site, another site and twitter you’d almost think they’ve looked at purchase history and those with zero games got to go first.
The only way I see this being better than the old way is that people that can't be available to get in the queue, bang on, with 15 browsers open actually get a chance at a ticket. As it was, I previously had a fine upstanding member of the community grafting tirelessly on my behalf to bag tickets in said system, which worked quite well. So yeah, the new system is ****e.
Whatever system they have somebody is going to be disappointed as the demand is greater than the seats available. Best solution would be to make it an all season ticket stadium then you guarantee income and ensure stadium is full of regular supporters.
I actually think it's very fair, just looks like I'll be likely to get to less games this year. Annoying, but fair.
I honestly think the fairest way is doing away with the memberships at the moment and just throwing whole lot on general sale at the same time. If they want to flog memberships then dramatically improve the website content. Show things like live streams of women’s games, development squad games, academy games. Start doing a lot more interviews with players, coaches, back room staff, ownership group etc and if people want a membership then that’s what they get. this idea that members from last season think they are more important or should have some superiority over other fans is quite frankly funny as **** in my view.
But then you can't get "new" supporters (kids going to first games etc) in the stadium. I think if you get a membership you should be getting at least one ticket a season - it'd be complicated but everyone want's to be at the stadium now. e.g. as a member you'd get priority over those other members who've already been to a game if you apply for that specific match. Would mean general sale would be hard to come by but effectively the club have asked for £37 for nothing but a chance at present. Was ok with the ballot for the Cup final but I'll be seriously ****ed off if I can't get any tickets this year due to a random ass draw. Personally didn't mind queueing for tickets as it at least felt like it was in your control.
That’s all the club have ever promised with memberships. Nothing more, nothing less. A chance to purchase a ticket before general sale. Which is what all members have. Eventually, it won’t be a fashion trend for first and only timers and tickets will become more readily available. this was always going to happen when the fat **** pissed off. Weather it was Saudi Arabia or adam Pearson owning the club, and those that couldn’t see it coming a mile off are either young and daft or simply new money as they’d be called on the titanic
Why do away with something that’s making you money. It’s just like buying a ticket for a raffle. A lottery is the fairest way of deciding who gets a ticket. They just need to sort out how people can decide the highest category they are willing to take.
Not saying do away with it, find something else other than ticketing to earn membership money. not this site but others and twitter/x all the members from last season seem to now think they’re legacy fans and the club owes them something coz they stumped up £30 once upon a time.
