Not missing anything mate, it's not the best or easiest to work with but you do have to have a 'strong relationship' with the person to be able to forward a ticket. I tried distributing first and that just doesn't work at all because it won't let you check the box so I ended up forwarding it.
What I did last season with my daughter, was to forward her the email from SAFC with my ST to download to Google/Apple wallet and that seemed to work fine. Don't know if it would this season though as I've never tried it yet. Obviously if you trust your friend then it might be the only option and then they can delete the ST from their wallet after the match.
Thanks mate, ended up giving my mate my login to download my ticket as you said. What a chew on! It’s the lad I have a season card with so we’ve swapped several times if one of us can’t make it but obviously he’s in a group with his family as am I!

