Ticket News FA Trophy 3rd Round Draw - Brentwood Town (A) - Sat 7th Dec TICKETS SOLD OUT

[RHB]

I'm confused (not difficult), the Club reckoned only 1 ticket per S/T holder, so how have some bought more?

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

I'm confused (not difficult), the Club reckoned only 1 ticket per S/T holder, so how have some bought more?

Because they bought them for friends and family season ticket holders with linked accounts.

 

[Cricko]

I'm confused (not difficult), the Club reckoned only 1 ticket per S/T holder, so how have some bought more?

I would say because in @shrimperjon 's case they are 4 members of his family all with season tickets.

 

[lreed567]

I have 4 family season tickets linked to my account so got them that way

 

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

Looks like the 1,500 capacity was spot on then if we got 225 tickets, which is 15% of.........1,500.

 

[shrimperjon]

I'm confused (not difficult), the Club reckoned only 1 ticket per S/T holder, so how have some bought more?

i put four in my basket and allocated to my son and two friends who are season card holders. Just put their details in and it found them. We all go home away together so dont feel we are cheating the system.

 

[shrimperjon]

Looks like the 1,500 capacity was spot on then if we got 225 tickets, which is 15% of.........1,500.

my mate doesnt think they will sell out so more be allocated to us. however he also said that he isnt aware of any segregated area so it may well be a mix and match where people sit and stand. Thats why i recon if you go along tomorrow you have a good chance of getting ticets. my mate can get four but the other three people he is bringing along arent BTFC fans just want to go to the match

 

[Grayson]

Yes, absolute ****take. Not a season ticket holder but I am a share holder. Where is my priority for a ticket? Joke!

Do you really see it as an absolute ****take and a joke that those who parted with a £400 commitment to COSU 3 months ago are given priority?

There's no fair system anyway with c. 5,000 ST holders/shareholders, 225 tickets, likely the lowest allocation we've ever had. Ridiculous thing to moan about.

 

[Holy Joe]

I’m a shareholder too. That cost me £120 about 15 years ago. I’ve also spent about £5k on season tickets since then.

But the 5k on season tickets has got you a season ticket each year. The £120 on shares was supposed to give you a place in the priority ticket queue and attendance at the AGM.

As with the Charlton game this is about the principle rather than me actually wanting a ticket to this game.

 

[Sammy Shrimper]

I got one at 12.00 online, but who knew there was a waiting area due to the system being busy? I was in there just before 12.00 and then was moved to the normal ticket site.
It’s like trying to get Oasis tickets

 

[Danshrimper]

But the 5k on season tickets has got you a season ticket each year. The £120 on shares was supposed to give you a place in the priority ticket queue and attendance at the AGM.

As with the Charlton game this is about the principle rather than me actually wanting a ticket to this game.

This was a promise made by the previous chairman, for a transaction made 20 odd years ago. I don’t think COSU have any obligation to offer priority tickets based on that.

They should probably look to offer priority at some point in the future anyway, but it’s certainly not worth wasting time implementing for a game with 225 tickets available.

 

[Blues4LifeDan]

Do you really see it as an absolute ****take and a joke that those who parted with a £400 commitment to COSU 3 months ago are given priority?

There's no fair system anyway with c. 5,000 ST holders/shareholders, 225 tickets, likely the lowest allocation we've ever had. Ridiculous thing to moan about.

I agree, there is no fair way that will please everyone.

However, it's stated every season that one of the perks included when buying a ST is getting priority cup tickets. So if you choose not to buy one, you know you aren't going to get that perk.

People are taking a big hit in one go when getting a ST and this perk is the very least it deserves. When you also consider that many fans bought one when Ron made it cash only, which was a huge risk, and also this summer, when we didn't know if the club would actually be sold, that was a huge gamble too.

No one is saying that fans going to away games or shareholders aren't important, but there is always going to be someone disappointed. ST money is guaranteed money going into the club which in turn is used to keep the club going through the summer months. Without it, the club would be screwed. The chance to buy a ticket for a game that's basically at a park should be ok really.

 

[Holy Joe]

This was a promise made by the previous chairman, for a transaction made 20 odd years ago. I don’t think COSU have any obligation to offer priority tickets based on that.

They should probably look to offer priority at some point in the future anyway, but it’s certainly not worth wasting time implementing for a game with 225 tickets available.

The implementation is simply allowing shareholders to phone up and the person on the other end having access to the shareholders register - it's very simple.

 

[bazzashrimper]

But the 5k on season tickets has got you a season ticket each year. The £120 on shares was supposed to give you a place in the priority ticket queue and attendance at the AGM.

As with the Charlton game this is about the principle rather than me actually wanting a ticket to this game.

Ah. Of course. Or look at it differently - we were duped by Ron Martin at a time where things were positive and we didn’t know what he was.

 

[Maldon Shrimper]

As I previously mentioned having such a small allocation some will be happy but unfortunately the majority won't.Being in this league with smaller clubs this is always likely to happen if we draw these teams away from RH.Most teams in the NL will satisfy the vast majority of our fanbase when it comes to getting tickets without any issues.
What has surprised me is the authorities and the Police are happy that Brentwood can host this game only time will tell.

 

[Danshrimper]

The implementation is simply allowing shareholders to phone up and the person on the other end having access to the shareholders register - it's very simple.

But it’s not that simple is it? The shareholders register is available publicly, so anyone could just pick a random name off the register and ring up and get a priority ticket if they wanted to.

They’d have to link your shareholder status to your ticketing account, which would probably take a while to do.

 

[Holy Joe]

But it’s not that simple is it? The shareholders register is available publicly, so anyone could just pick a random name off the register and ring up and get a priority ticket if they wanted to.

They’d have to link your shareholder status to your ticketing account, which would probably take a while to do.

Name and address - The address of shareholders is not public. That was how it used to be done. And I wasn't advocating for it to be available for online ticketing - I appreciate that would require more effort.

 

[shrimperjon]

If people remember the club introduced an away loyalty system in our first NL season but people criticised that. not helped by the fact the club dont sell away tickets very often and that system was reliant on people emailing proof they had attended games. It was binned as proved ineffective and to date before today i dont think weve had an issue of people in mass on missing out on tickets. Which ever process the club used for this game they would be damned if they do and damned if they dont. I know they have had at least one crowd near 2000 so can fit more in. Maybe they will wait to see how tickets sales go and if able to offer more to us

 

[Evening Echo]

SOUTHEND United sold out their ticket allocation for next weekend's FA Trophy clash at Brentwood Town in five minutes.

Read more on this story


Help with Echo links

 

[Harry Bullocks]

Quelle surprise, Mon duei

Chk spelling