Poster Boy I think has got it. 1. 97% of tickets weren’t sold to season ticket holder’s. Contrary to what the Trust are trying to imply. 2. 97% of those in the priority period went to season ticket holder’s. How many tickets have the Club hived off? Also how many tickets went in Periods 1, 2 and 3. And how many tickets were left for the others periods? And how many tickets went to Period 4 and how many to period 5 etc. At this stage I want transparency from the Club not generalised clichés and a fairer system the next time.
I think that's fantasy I'm afraid.... I mean people can think that it's fine , but the reality is the fans can own a ticket for a price.
No. You’re mistaking and mixing two things together. The ability to go to a match has nothing to do with who ‘owns’ the Club. That’s why it’s just as much as Fat Boy’s Club as it is Ponytail’s and yes heaven forbid Toonboy’s Club as it is mine and yours. It’s what’s in your heart and in your blood that counts not who owns the buildings etc. May be fantasy to some but that’s the reality for me. It’s like when you genuinely fall in love. You don’t decide your heart does.
I tried through the ballot and got nothing, my brother though got a ticket before they went on sale through his personal trainer, what connection that guy has to the club I don't know but there were obviously plenty of tickets scalped off the Newcastle allocation.
Just read that and remembered that my daughter works for Castore. Note to myself to contact her when I land.
Think she works in quality control on the club shirts so unlikely they will be treating her to Cup Final tickets.
What I want to know is how have 100’s of tickets ended up on dodgy ticket sites at £700 plus a pop. Who’s selling these ones and how is it allowed?
Nah mate that's ridiculous! Not sure why you'd even have to be in a ballot when that's your situation. Club should have to explain that BS!
I think what the club should have done is put out a statement beforehand saying something like 95% of tickets will go to season ticket holders, 2 % to members, 1% general sale and 2% to our staff and commercial partners. They have to give something to the members (however small it is) so they carry on being members, if there is never a chance of getting a ticket they will all stop paying their membership which is a good source of revenue for the club (say 20000 members paying £30 a year and purchasing tickets for games, many memebers go to most games which costs far more than a season ticket). As it is the final is there still the rule that a certain percentage have to go on general sale to non season ticket holders or members.
