Match Day Thread Play Off Final. Hull City v Boro

[Amin Arrears]

Just read there’s only upper tier left is that correct?

 

[Jim the Tiger]

Guessing certain blocks they've released and just don't give access to the lounges for the free stuff .... Result if it doesn't though haha

Which block are you?

Thats what it is mate. As you probably know there is still a concourse on some parts of club Wembley tier. Ive been on it a lot for challenge cup final and it was easier to get pints from near my seat at half time than walk all the way back to the great hall.

 

[Jim the Tiger]

Just a warning for those travelling in car to the final next Saturday, (fingers crossed) set off early, very early. My daughter is away for this weekend in Stamford, at the moment the A1 is shut in both directions due to a bad RTA, air ambulance could be involved.


The views expressed in this post are 67% recycled.

Thats the only downside with the A1. Too many accidents that block the whole thing. Diversions take forever through little villages.

 

[Trumpton Tiger.]

We have 16000. There are loads of people employed by the club or in some associated capacity who get given a handful of tickets each. That will eat up a few thousand. Sorry, not what we want to hear, but it is the case.

In the past club employees got two free tickets and two at half price and not everyone employed by the club is a supporter, to some its just work.

 

[Jim the Tiger]

In the past club employees got two free tickets and two at half price and not everyone employed by the club is a supporter, to some its just work.

Didn't Hull FC used to get 250 tickets as well? Not sure if they would get final tickets as part of that.

I think Hull city Council get an allocation. My mate runs a children home and they have passes and get away tickets easy enough too.

 

[Trumpton Tiger.]

Didn't Hull FC used to get 250 tickets as well? Not sure if they would get final tickets as part of that.

I think Hull city Council get an allocation. My mate runs a children home and they have passes and get away tickets easy enough too.

Don't know about the children's home but I doubt very much if anyone gets handed 250 tickets, free or otherwise and certainly not Fc and the council. I've yet to see any council top brass at any of our Wembley appearances.

 

[dennisboothstash]

Just read there’s only upper tier left is that correct?

Upper tier, a few pricy ones on the side & singles dotted about

 

[RichardG]

Just a quick note. The HCST, OSC, Southern Supporters and Disabled Supporters Association have joined together to urge the EFL to abandon any plans to possibly shift the date of the final. It may be an entirely futile gesture, but any pressure we can apply to the EFL, any way we can make the supporters' voices heard, the better. We will fight this for as long as it remains a possibility. The situation is grossly unfair on Hull City fans and as groups representing supporters we felt we needed to make a stand. Here's the statement:

We, the committees of the Hull City Supporters Trust, the Hull City Official Supporters Club, the Hull City Southern Supporters and the Hull City Disabled Supporters Association, register our strong opposition to the prospect of the Championship play-off final being postponed from Saturday May 23 to a later date.

The date of the play-off final has been on the calendar for the whole season, and thousands of Hull City fans have already made travel and accommodation plans based around that. They are completely blameless regarding the allegations against Southampton and should not be made to suffer as a result.

Moving the date of the final to the evening of Wednesday 27 May, as is being reported to be under consideration, would be unfair on many Hull City fans in other ways. This date falls in school half term, and many who will have kept Saturday 23 May free for several months will be on holiday at the later date, or will be unable to take time off work at such short notice. Young children, who will have been looking forward to seeing their club play at Wembley for the first time, may not be able to attend an evening kick off. This move would have a big economic impact on thousands of Hull City fans who have already paid hundreds of pounds in travel and accommodation costs, and would deny many more the opportunity to see their club at Wembley. This is grossly unfair. The Football League could and should have had a more robust system in place to deal with this eventuality, one that does not punish innocent fans who should be enjoying contemplating seeing their club play at the national stadium.

We urge the Football League to fulfil its moral responsibility towards the fans of Hull City AFC and confirm that the play-off date will remain on May 23 regardless of the outcome of the investigation into Southampton’s actions. Anything else will be a dereliction of its duties towards the fans, who, yet again, are the last to be considered in such situations. We fill the stadia through thick and thin, fair weather and foul. We are the people who provide the wherewithal for the clubs to exist, and make the English game so appealing globally, and we believe we speak for a vast majority of fans when we say that the Football League should get its priorities right and put fans over function.

Yours sincerely,

The chairs of the Hull City Supporters Trust, Hull City Official Supporters Club, the Hull City Southern Supporters, and the Hull City Disabled Supporters.

 

[Evington]

Just a quick note. The HCST, OSC, Southern Supporters and Disabled Supporters Association have joined together to urge the EFL to abandon any plans to possibly shift the date of the final. It may be an entirely futile gesture, but any pressure we can apply to the EFL, any way we can make the supporters' voices heard, the better. We will fight this for as long as it remains a possibility. The situation is grossly unfair on Hull City fans and as groups representing supporters we felt we needed to make a stand. Here's the statement:

We, the committees of the Hull City Supporters Trust, the Hull City Official Supporters Club, the Hull City Southern Supporters and the Hull City Disabled Supporters Association, register our strong opposition to the prospect of the Championship play-off final being postponed from Saturday May 23 to a later date.

The date of the play-off final has been on the calendar for the whole season, and thousands of Hull City fans have already made travel and accommodation plans based around that. They are completely blameless regarding the allegations against Southampton and should not be made to suffer as a result.

Moving the date of the final to the evening of Wednesday 27 May, as is being reported to be under consideration, would be unfair on many Hull City fans in other ways. This date falls in school half term, and many who will have kept Saturday 23 May free for several months will be on holiday at the later date, or will be unable to take time off work at such short notice. Young children, who will have been looking forward to seeing their club play at Wembley for the first time, may not be able to attend an evening kick off. This move would have a big economic impact on thousands of Hull City fans who have already paid hundreds of pounds in travel and accommodation costs, and would deny many more the opportunity to see their club at Wembley. This is grossly unfair. The Football League could and should have had a more robust system in place to deal with this eventuality, one that does not punish innocent fans who should be enjoying contemplating seeing their club play at the national stadium.

We urge the Football League to fulfil its moral responsibility towards the fans of Hull City AFC and confirm that the play-off date will remain on May 23 regardless of the outcome of the investigation into Southampton’s actions. Anything else will be a dereliction of its duties towards the fans, who, yet again, are the last to be considered in such situations. We fill the stadia through thick and thin, fair weather and foul. We are the people who provide the wherewithal for the clubs to exist, and make the English game so appealing globally, and we believe we speak for a vast majority of fans when we say that the Football League should get its priorities right and put fans over function.

Yours sincerely,

The chairs of the Hull City Supporters Trust, Hull City Official Supporters Club, the Hull City Southern Supporters, and the Hull City Disabled Supporters.

Great effort but futile is my guess

 

[Jim the Tiger]

Don't know about the children's home but I doubt very much if anyone gets handed 250 tickets, free or otherwise and certainly not Fc and the council. I've yet to see any council top brass at any of our Wembley appearances.

I'm certain Hull used to get 250 tickets in the West Stand when the stadium opened. Could have been scrapped now of course. The Childrens home might buy them, I just assumed he was getting them for free as they never really use them he said.

 

[Amin Arrears]

Just a quick note. The HCST, OSC, Southern Supporters and Disabled Supporters Association have joined together to urge the EFL to abandon any plans to possibly shift the date of the final. It may be an entirely futile gesture, but any pressure we can apply to the EFL, any way we can make the supporters' voices heard, the better. We will fight this for as long as it remains a possibility. The situation is grossly unfair on Hull City fans and as groups representing supporters we felt we needed to make a stand. Here's the statement:

We, the committees of the Hull City Supporters Trust, the Hull City Official Supporters Club, the Hull City Southern Supporters and the Hull City Disabled Supporters Association, register our strong opposition to the prospect of the Championship play-off final being postponed from Saturday May 23 to a later date.

The date of the play-off final has been on the calendar for the whole season, and thousands of Hull City fans have already made travel and accommodation plans based around that. They are completely blameless regarding the allegations against Southampton and should not be made to suffer as a result.

Moving the date of the final to the evening of Wednesday 27 May, as is being reported to be under consideration, would be unfair on many Hull City fans in other ways. This date falls in school half term, and many who will have kept Saturday 23 May free for several months will be on holiday at the later date, or will be unable to take time off work at such short notice. Young children, who will have been looking forward to seeing their club play at Wembley for the first time, may not be able to attend an evening kick off. This move would have a big economic impact on thousands of Hull City fans who have already paid hundreds of pounds in travel and accommodation costs, and would deny many more the opportunity to see their club at Wembley. This is grossly unfair. The Football League could and should have had a more robust system in place to deal with this eventuality, one that does not punish innocent fans who should be enjoying contemplating seeing their club play at the national stadium.

We urge the Football League to fulfil its moral responsibility towards the fans of Hull City AFC and confirm that the play-off date will remain on May 23 regardless of the outcome of the investigation into Southampton’s actions. Anything else will be a dereliction of its duties towards the fans, who, yet again, are the last to be considered in such situations. We fill the stadia through thick and thin, fair weather and foul. We are the people who provide the wherewithal for the clubs to exist, and make the English game so appealing globally, and we believe we speak for a vast majority of fans when we say that the Football League should get its priorities right and put fans over function.

Yours sincerely,

The chairs of the Hull City Supporters Trust, Hull City Official Supporters Club, the Hull City Southern Supporters, and the Hull City Disabled Supporters.

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[originallambrettaman]

I'm certain Hull used to get 250 tickets in the West Stand when the stadium opened. Could have been scrapped now of course. The Childrens home might buy them, I just assumed he was getting them for free as they never really use them he said.

Assem scrapped all arrangements with Hull FC, all complimentary tickets, discounted joint season passes, everything.

 

[PLT]

Just a quick note. The HCST, OSC, Southern Supporters and Disabled Supporters Association have joined together to urge the EFL to abandon any plans to possibly shift the date of the final. It may be an entirely futile gesture, but any pressure we can apply to the EFL, any way we can make the supporters' voices heard, the better. We will fight this for as long as it remains a possibility. The situation is grossly unfair on Hull City fans and as groups representing supporters we felt we needed to make a stand. Here's the statement:

We, the committees of the Hull City Supporters Trust, the Hull City Official Supporters Club, the Hull City Southern Supporters and the Hull City Disabled Supporters Association, register our strong opposition to the prospect of the Championship play-off final being postponed from Saturday May 23 to a later date.

The date of the play-off final has been on the calendar for the whole season, and thousands of Hull City fans have already made travel and accommodation plans based around that. They are completely blameless regarding the allegations against Southampton and should not be made to suffer as a result.

Moving the date of the final to the evening of Wednesday 27 May, as is being reported to be under consideration, would be unfair on many Hull City fans in other ways. This date falls in school half term, and many who will have kept Saturday 23 May free for several months will be on holiday at the later date, or will be unable to take time off work at such short notice. Young children, who will have been looking forward to seeing their club play at Wembley for the first time, may not be able to attend an evening kick off. This move would have a big economic impact on thousands of Hull City fans who have already paid hundreds of pounds in travel and accommodation costs, and would deny many more the opportunity to see their club at Wembley. This is grossly unfair. The Football League could and should have had a more robust system in place to deal with this eventuality, one that does not punish innocent fans who should be enjoying contemplating seeing their club play at the national stadium.

We urge the Football League to fulfil its moral responsibility towards the fans of Hull City AFC and confirm that the play-off date will remain on May 23 regardless of the outcome of the investigation into Southampton’s actions. Anything else will be a dereliction of its duties towards the fans, who, yet again, are the last to be considered in such situations. We fill the stadia through thick and thin, fair weather and foul. We are the people who provide the wherewithal for the clubs to exist, and make the English game so appealing globally, and we believe we speak for a vast majority of fans when we say that the Football League should get its priorities right and put fans over function.

Yours sincerely,

The chairs of the Hull City Supporters Trust, Hull City Official Supporters Club, the Hull City Southern Supporters, and the Hull City Disabled Supporters.

Excellent. Don't hear a lot from the Trust these days (perhaps in part because there thankfully isn't as much to be active about these days) but it's good to see that we still have supporter groups capable of making our voice heard.

 

[Summerof69]

Just seen an add on Facebook cab for 4 people, Wembley and back £600. £150 each don’t think that’s not too shabby. Mind you if the bastard isn’t there when you go to come home would be a right bitch lol…..
Totally pissed off… it’s mrs mops birthday on final day… wants to go for a drive to the dales.

It’s my stepdaughter’s 35th that day too, hence why we’re booked in a cottage in South West Wales for three nights over that weekend.
I’ve been given permission to attend the game (assuming it goes ahead that day) and have the offer of a corporate ticket, so just waiting to see what happens. The downside being that I’ll be travelling at least 4.5 hours each way if I drive and probably 6-6.5 if I drive the bit from where we’re staying to Swansea and then train/tube the rest.

 

[Evington]

Assem scrapped all arrangements with Hull FC, all complimentary tickets, discounted joint season passes, everything.

He wasn't all bad then

 

[PLT]

The thing is if they go up then by the time the punishment is dished out the coaching staff will all be different as well as at least a good chunk of the players, so you’re then punishing innocent people for something they had nothing to do with and the perpetrators completely get away with it.

Any sporting sanction has to be immediate, and individual penalties need to be applied to every person that had involvement.

That isn't that unusual though. It's what happened to Chelsea - a totally different ownership punished. But they knew what they were buying and the same is true for anyone joining Southampton when they've got a future points deduction lined up. And that being known would hurt the club in the present because it makes them less attractive to join.

I think it's a better solution than kicking them out of the playoffs and rearranging the date of it, just for the sake of ensuring that the punishment is immediate.

 

[Trumpton Tiger.]

I'm certain Hull used to get 250 tickets in the West Stand when the stadium opened. Could have been scrapped now of course. The Childrens home might buy them, I just assumed he was getting them for free as they never really use them he said.

That was one of the many little 'perks' the RL club enjoyed when the KC first opened. Don't think the arrangement worked the other way round though. Just seen OLM has already answered this, and as he says these freebies were rightly stopped. No such thing as a free lunch.

 

[dennisboothstash]

Breakfast
Wembley tickets where I wanted them
Round of golf
Lunch and a couple of pints in the clubhouse.

Quite a productive day really.
I deserve a rest!

 

[Amin Arrears]

That isn't that unusual though. It's what happened to Chelsea - a totally different ownership punished. But they knew what they were buying and the same is true for anyone joining Southampton when they've got a future points deduction lined up. And that being known would hurt the club in the present because it makes them less attractive to join.

I think it's a better solution than kicking them out of the playoffs and rearranging the date of it, just for the sake of ensuring that the punishment is immediate.

I think the playoffs should go ahead and the whole procedure run to a normal time frame. Punishment can then be meted out fairly after a fair disciplinary process by which time everyone know their position. If they are promoted, a whopping great multi million fine to be shared amongst EFL clubs. If they stay down, a points deduction. Plus a 1 year ban from football for any implicated staff.

That is the most sensible course of action to me. A points deduction running any further than this season might as well not even bother, absolutely pointless.

 

[WYT]

That’s during May half-term so I’d still make it but what an absolute farce for people who have to book time off work. Many people won’t be able to book the time off in time and can’t go.

I still don’t blame Boro in all this but this would hurt us more than them. They’ve nothing to lose right now and everything to gain. Even a Tuesday night final is a bonus for them. This would just be City fans being shat on from a great height.

I have the day off with it being half term. But I'm already booked to go to Eden Camp. Reckon I can get a refund?

Agreed, we've somehow come out worst in this, when we are the innocent party that have no involvement.