Oxford tickets sold out (From Swindon Advertiser)

who am i wrote:
Yep on the phone for two hours whilst the son queued up for 4.5 hours and no tickets. cost 12 pounds on the phone so just gave up after two hours hoping the son would fair better he spent 5 pound on parking so all in all 17 quid and no tickets. who do you blame the club for allowing phone bookings or the scum for only allocation 1200 tickets hmm hard one that. Think i will be writing to mr wray though as two hours on the phone not knowing where in the queue you are is a rip off whilst i know the club need money i think i give them my fair share what with season tickets cup games shirts stfc player etc. not a happy bunny. feel sorry for my son though 4.5 hours in freezing temp and gets just inside ticket office to be told sold out having said that he is taking it better than me lol.

jmostfc wrote:

who am i wrote:
Yep on the phone for two hours whilst the son queued up for 4.5 hours and no tickets. cost 12 pounds on the phone so just gave up after two hours hoping the son would fair better he spent 5 pound on parking so all in all 17 quid and no tickets. who do you blame the club for allowing phone bookings or the scum for only allocation 1200 tickets hmm hard one that. Think i will be writing to mr wray though as two hours on the phone not knowing where in the queue you are is a rip off whilst i know the club need money i think i give them my fair share what with season tickets cup games shirts stfc player etc. not a happy bunny. feel sorry for my son though 4.5 hours in freezing temp and gets just inside ticket office to be told sold out having said that he is taking it better than me lol.

if your all going to oxford clap your hands, if your all going to oxford clap your hands.

sorry it had to be done...

jmostfc wrote:

who am i wrote: Yep on the phone for two hours whilst the son queued up for 4.5 hours and no tickets. cost 12 pounds on the phone so just gave up after two hours hoping the son would fair better he spent 5 pound on parking so all in all 17 quid and no tickets. who do you blame the club for allowing phone bookings or the scum for only allocation 1200 tickets hmm hard one that. Think i will be writing to mr wray though as two hours on the phone not knowing where in the queue you are is a rip off whilst i know the club need money i think i give them my fair share what with season tickets cup games shirts stfc player etc. not a happy bunny. feel sorry for my son though 4.5 hours in freezing temp and gets just inside ticket office to be told sold out having said that he is taking it better than me lol.

if your all going to oxford clap your hands, if your all going to oxford clap your hands. sorry it had to be done...

Cookie42 wrote:
geoff stelling on saturday has just said that Di Canio has been strongly linked with the Leeds job!! That F..ckin Master Bates just loves a Swindon Manager. Paulo would be mad to go there!! I can not see him going there

dave bamber`s caravan wrote:

Cookie42 wrote:
geoff stelling on saturday has just said that Di Canio has been strongly linked with the Leeds job!! That F..ckin Master Bates just loves a Swindon Manager. Paulo would be mad to go there!! I can not see him going there

chill!!
he's already said he's not going anywhere.
his word is worth more than any contract.......remem

ber.
in paolo we trust

Last step wrote:
You have to allow telephone sales for supporters outside of Swindon, really. That said, the telephone system leaves a lot to be desired. And those third party spivs who came on board to take a cut of the Wembley ticket money last time round were even worse. Please dont let the club consider using a company like that again. There must be a half decent online solution available these days.

old town robin wrote:
Looks like Southend going top tonight, it will be their 10TH away win, 2-0 up against Plymouth after 34 minutes.

old town robin wrote:
Looks like Southend going top tonight, it will be their 10TH away win, 2-0 up against Plymouth after 34 minutes.

old town robin wrote:

old town robin wrote: Looks like Southend going top tonight, it will be their 10TH away win, 2-0 up against Plymouth after 34 minutes.

Oh yessssss, two late goals from Plymouth, Mr Sturrock will not be a happy bunny, 6 goals conceded in 2 games and another 2 points lost, but they do go second with 53 points, but we have the game in hand.

Stratton Red wrote:

Last step wrote:
You have to allow telephone sales for supporters outside of Swindon, really. That said, the telephone system leaves a lot to be desired. And those third party spivs who came on board to take a cut of the Wembley ticket money last time round were even worse. Please dont let the club consider using a company like that again. There must be a half decent online solution available these days.

The whole things a joke. The club should introduce an away card for e.g. £25 capped at 500 for the really die hard fans and then it should be by application for ST holders. Or a points scheme e.g. 1 point for an away game, 2 for a home cup game and 3 for an away cup game and tickets are allocated on how many points you have. It's how most other clubs in the 21st century operate and saves all the queueing nonsence. I was there at 5.30am -10C, and got my tickets at 10.30am - 5 hours! There were hundreds of fans behind me and many wouldn't have got tickets. I really do think the club need to look at this situation and put measures in place to ensure it never happens again. Suggestions to Watkins I think.

the don69 wrote:

old town robin wrote:
Looks like Southend going top tonight, it will be their 10TH away win, 2-0 up against Plymouth after 34 minutes.

You called that far too early Robin it's 2-2 now,two goals late on for Plymuff,Luggy will be pleased!!!!!!!!

Jammu splodger wrote:
I queued up and got tickets but think its disgusting that the phone tickets were allowed... It was a match day so season ticket holders should have been there anyway and is disrespectful to real supporters who froze their nuts off and didn't get anything....

stfc2011 wrote:
what about if your a season ticket holder and you live quite away but go to every home and away match - I had to phone to get my ticket but i go to every game home and away so is that a disgrace i phoned. Although must say Oxford are a disgrace for there allocation should have paid to get a 4th stand up i feel. we gave them 2,700 tickets if i remember correctly. Do have to say a huge well done to the fans who qued for hours in the freezing cold it does prove that stfc fans are the best out there. Oxford u should change your mind and get a 4th stand for the game

Jammu splodger wrote:
I queued up and got tickets but think its disgusting that the phone tickets were allowed... It was a match day so season ticket holders should have been there anyway and is disrespectful to real supporters who froze their nuts off and didn't get anything....

smirg kcab wrote:

Stratton Red wrote:

Last step wrote: You have to allow telephone sales for supporters outside of Swindon, really. That said, the telephone system leaves a lot to be desired. And those third party spivs who came on board to take a cut of the Wembley ticket money last time round were even worse. Please dont let the club consider using a company like that again. There must be a half decent online solution available these days.

The whole things a joke. The club should introduce an away card for e.g. £25 capped at 500 for the really die hard fans and then it should be by application for ST holders. Or a points scheme e.g. 1 point for an away game, 2 for a home cup game and 3 for an away cup game and tickets are allocated on how many points you have. It's how most other clubs in the 21st century operate and saves all the queueing nonsence. I was there at 5.30am -10C, and got my tickets at 10.30am - 5 hours! There were hundreds of fans behind me and many wouldn't have got tickets. I really do think the club need to look at this situation and put measures in place to ensure it never happens again. Suggestions to Watkins I think.

S/r give the club a break. I have been the biggest critic last year but if Wilson / hart was still here nobody would have wanted a ticket to the dump, so you should enjoy the season without complaining, after all I have been to every home game and 7 away would put me quite high in the pecking order, but I did not renew my s/t so it's my own fault, blame the pox not us. Mind you it do anoy me when you go to get a ticket the man with the white hair ( who can't hear you) ask you for your name/address/postcod e/ d.o.b/favourite colour/ cats name/dogs name/ club you support/. If your still not happy I will buy yours for a cheap £40 doubling your outlay Onwards and upwards Grim

Stratton Red wrote:

smirg kcab wrote:

Stratton Red wrote:

Last step wrote: You have to allow telephone sales for supporters outside of Swindon, really. That said, the telephone system leaves a lot to be desired. And those third party spivs who came on board to take a cut of the Wembley ticket money last time round were even worse. Please dont let the club consider using a company like that again. There must be a half decent online solution available these days.

The whole things a joke. The club should introduce an away card for e.g. £25 capped at 500 for the really die hard fans and then it should be by application for ST holders. Or a points scheme e.g. 1 point for an away game, 2 for a home cup game and 3 for an away cup game and tickets are allocated on how many points you have. It's how most other clubs in the 21st century operate and saves all the queueing nonsence. I was there at 5.30am -10C, and got my tickets at 10.30am - 5 hours! There were hundreds of fans behind me and many wouldn't have got tickets. I really do think the club need to look at this situation and put measures in place to ensure it never happens again. Suggestions to Watkins I think.

S/r give the club a break. I have been the biggest critic last year but if Wilson / hart was still here nobody would have wanted a ticket to the dump, so you should enjoy the season without complaining, after all I have been to every home game and 7 away would put me quite high in the pecking order, but I did not renew my s/t so it's my own fault, blame the pox not us. Mind you it do anoy me when you go to get a ticket the man with the white hair ( who can't hear you) ask you for your name/address/postcod e/ d.o.b/favourite colour/ cats name/dogs name/ club you support/. If your still not happy I will buy yours for a cheap £40 doubling your outlay Onwards and upwards Grim

Grim, it's the 21st Century, this whole queueing / telephone saga is ridiculous. Yes it only happens now and again but I don't think there's any harm fans asking Nick Watkins to review the situation to see if the club can introduce a better more equitable way. I call it progress... I'll sell you my ticket for £300 a pound for every minute I queued...

Jammu splodger wrote:
I queued up and got tickets but think its disgusting that the phone tickets were allowed... It was a match day so season ticket holders should have been there anyway and is disrespectful to real supporters who froze their nuts off and didn't get anything....

Stratton Red wrote:

Last step wrote: You have to allow telephone sales for supporters outside of Swindon, really. That said, the telephone system leaves a lot to be desired. And those third party spivs who came on board to take a cut of the Wembley ticket money last time round were even worse. Please dont let the club consider using a company like that again. There must be a half decent online solution available these days.

The whole things a joke. The club should introduce an away card for e.g. £25 capped at 500 for the really die hard fans and then it should be by application for ST holders. Or a points scheme e.g. 1 point for an away game, 2 for a home cup game and 3 for an away cup game and tickets are allocated on how many points you have. It's how most other clubs in the 21st century operate and saves all the queueing nonsence. I was there at 5.30am -10C, and got my tickets at 10.30am - 5 hours! There were hundreds of fans behind me and many wouldn't have got tickets. I really do think the club need to look at this situation and put measures in place to ensure it never happens again. Suggestions to Watkins I think.

Warwickshire Red wrote:

Jammu splodger wrote:
I queued up and got tickets but think its disgusting that the phone tickets were allowed... It was a match day so season ticket holders should have been there anyway and is disrespectful to real supporters who froze their nuts off and didn't get anything....

You are a complete ar5e. There is a guy I sit a few seats away from who is about 90 years old who goes to every game and been a ST holder longer than most fans have been alive - do you expect him to queue up at 05:00 in -8deg???? I travel over 120 miles for every home game - would you like me to drive down for it too????

Tw@.

Brighton have a Loyalty points scheme and open high demand games to higher tiered points scorers first. That struck me as a good idea.

London Red wrote:
One of the main issues is the switch to the card ST - as you know have to give loads of details in the box office to get a ticket
.
Due to this type of situation being at most once a season (if that frequent) I think they should have had a voucher with all ST
.
Then they could have opened all the matchday ticket slots, said cash only and it would have taken seconds to swap a voucher and money for a ticket
.
At least that way it would have meant no queuing for hours as all would have been sold by 10am!
.
Also the other fairest way is too split it by method - say 50% Face to face, 25% phone and 25% Internet (we really need this improving)
.
That way all methods are catered for and covers all locations

JoefromDRS wrote:
Why should people who queued up get priority over those that used a phone?

Some decided to go down the ground and queue, and others waited on for phone for hours on end, I can't remember the club asking anyone to stand outside all night at -7, that was their choice and to suggest it should make them entitled to priority treatment is a load of self righteous ****.

LeGod wrote:
Fair play to all the fans but why oh why did we give the Pox so many for the game at the CG we should have given them the corner of the arkells and thats it and now typical of that POX club to go back on their word and not put in a temporary stand.

Hopefully we wont be playing them again anyway as they will be L2 and we will be rising up the leagues.

LeGod wrote:
Fair play to all the fans but why oh why did we give the Pox so many for the game at the CG we should have given them the corner of the arkells and thats it and now typical of that POX club to go back on their word and not put in a temporary stand.

Hopefully we wont be playing them again anyway as they will be L2 and we will be rising up the leagues.

old town robin wrote:

LeGod wrote:
Fair play to all the fans but why oh why did we give the Pox so many for the game at the CG we should have given them the corner of the arkells and thats it and now typical of that POX club to go back on their word and not put in a temporary stand.

Hopefully we wont be playing them again anyway as they will be L2 and we will be rising up the leagues.

letting Pox have 3000 odd tickets for the home game put arounf £75k into our coffers, it also added to the atmosphere to have visiting supporters on the bank. Your arguement not to have let them have so many tickets because they cannot recipricate the same amount to us makes no sense, especially as we never sold out our home allocation. If poxford had the capacity I'm sure they would have given us more tickets unless old Bill restricted it. simple fact is they have a tinpot stadium which is probably better than many in div 2, but nowhere near big enough to host a game against us, when they can only provide 1250 tickets. I'm afraid you'll have to make do as many other will if you don't have a ticket and watch it at a pub somewhere.

Last step wrote:
For the record, I'm going with 1,251 mates.

Jammu splodger wrote:
I queued up and got tickets but think its disgusting that the phone tickets were allowed... It was a match day so season ticket holders should have been there anyway and is disrespectful to real supporters who froze their nuts off and didn't get anything....

LeGod wrote:
Fair play to all the fans but why oh why did we give the Pox so many for the game at the CG we should have given them the corner of the arkells and thats it and now typical of that POX club to go back on their word and not put in a temporary stand.

Hopefully we wont be playing them again anyway as they will be L2 and we will be rising up the leagues.

avo wrote:

Last step wrote:
For the record, I'm going with 1,251 mates.

ooooohhhhhh look at you!! Mr Popular...

LionelHutz wrote:
There should be a priority scheme put in place, however it is difficult to organise in the lower leagues because many people will pay on the day and in some cases pay on the turnstile. When we were in the Premier League the club handed out a sheet which was stamped each time you bought a ticket for an away game. This was OK because most away games were all ticket and even for those that weren't, tickets were available in advance. However, obviously this has to be organised at the start of the season and you can't do it in retrospect. I do think those who attend more away games should be given priority over those who don't travel away much. I like the idea above of only having phone sales (might have to ditch the 10p a minute money making scam though) for such games. That way everyone is even. But having opened the ticket office yesterday, there should have been no phone sales until the entire queue had dispersed.

SAPFanSTFC wrote:

LionelHutz wrote: There should be a priority scheme put in place, however it is difficult to organise in the lower leagues because many people will pay on the day and in some cases pay on the turnstile. When we were in the Premier League the club handed out a sheet which was stamped each time you bought a ticket for an away game. This was OK because most away games were all ticket and even for those that weren't, tickets were available in advance. However, obviously this has to be organised at the start of the season and you can't do it in retrospect. I do think those who attend more away games should be given priority over those who don't travel away much. I like the idea above of only having phone sales (might have to ditch the 10p a minute money making scam though) for such games. That way everyone is even. But having opened the ticket office yesterday, there should have been no phone sales until the entire queue had dispersed.

Yep the 10p a minute lark is all very well if you have enough people taking calls and if you have a queue number identification - that way you can then choose whether or not to stay on the line. -- The danger with any system is that you open yourself to alienating some. i.e. if the tickets go to those who go away most often how do others who then decide to travel more frequently get a ticket if they've never done so before or What about those you live abroad but are back in the UK for one game but then told they can't have a ticket because they live abroad? -- It isn't all insurmountable just needs a bit of thought. -- Personally I would permit people with a foreign address to be counted as per season ticket holders - all they have to do is to prove it is them and that their address appears on a couple of bits of mail to be registered. -- I like the stamp system in a way but didn't know about that one - after all the years of following Swindon I was sent to work abroad for that one season we were in the Premier league - gutted!

jmostfc wrote:

SAPFanSTFC wrote:

LionelHutz wrote: There should be a priority scheme put in place, however it is difficult to organise in the lower leagues because many people will pay on the day and in some cases pay on the turnstile. When we were in the Premier League the club handed out a sheet which was stamped each time you bought a ticket for an away game. This was OK because most away games were all ticket and even for those that weren't, tickets were available in advance. However, obviously this has to be organised at the start of the season and you can't do it in retrospect. I do think those who attend more away games should be given priority over those who don't travel away much. I like the idea above of only having phone sales (might have to ditch the 10p a minute money making scam though) for such games. That way everyone is even. But having opened the ticket office yesterday, there should have been no phone sales until the entire queue had dispersed.

Yep the 10p a minute lark is all very well if you have enough people taking calls and if you have a queue number identification - that way you can then choose whether or not to stay on the line. -- The danger with any system is that you open yourself to alienating some. i.e. if the tickets go to those who go away most often how do others who then decide to travel more frequently get a ticket if they've never done so before or What about those you live abroad but are back in the UK for one game but then told they can't have a ticket because they live abroad? -- It isn't all insurmountable just needs a bit of thought. -- Personally I would permit people with a foreign address to be counted as per season ticket holders - all they have to do is to prove it is them and that their address appears on a couple of bits of mail to be registered. -- I like the stamp system in a way but didn't know about that one - after all the years of following Swindon I was sent to work abroad for that one season we were in the Premier league - gutted!

Foreign address and get the same rights as a season ticket holder? One goes to every home game and signs up for that before the previous season has ended even if they are bottom of the league. The other rolls up once every 5 years for a big game. I can see exactly where you are coming from here... What a poor poor idea.

smirg kcab wrote:

LeGod wrote:
Fair play to all the fans but why oh why did we give the Pox so many for the game at the CG we should have given them the corner of the arkells and thats it and now typical of that POX club to go back on their word and not put in a temporary stand.

Hopefully we wont be playing them again anyway as they will be L2 and we will be rising up the leagues.

the simple answer to that is , we could not sell them, the only way we would if it was the last game of the season we were top and they were second. The truth of the matter is we could not fill the ground many times when we was in the premiership.people do stay away when pox comes to town, that's also why the atmosphere was poor at wembley it's nothing to do with the new stadium it was simply because it was millwall
Onwards and upwards

smirg kcab wrote:

LeGod wrote: Fair play to all the fans but why oh why did we give the Pox so many for the game at the CG we should have given them the corner of the arkells and thats it and now typical of that POX club to go back on their word and not put in a temporary stand. Hopefully we wont be playing them again anyway as they will be L2 and we will be rising up the leagues.

the simple answer to that is , we could not sell them, the only way we would if it was the last game of the season we were top and they were second. The truth of the matter is we could not fill the ground many times when we was in the premiership.people do stay away when pox comes to town, that's also why the atmosphere was poor at wembley it's nothing to do with the new stadium it was simply because it was millwall Onwards and upwards

Mondeaux wrote:
Before I moved to France, 16 months ago, I was a season ticket holder for more than 20 years.

This season I've only managed to see 3 games, each one via streaming video on the internet.

I've been a fan for almost 50 years, but I don't believe that that gives me any more rights than someone who became a fan last week.

Ticket allocation, whichever way it is done, will cause pleasure to some and pain to others.

However, I reckon that whoever we play, should match the number of tickets that we allocate to them OR we only allocate to them what they allocate to us.

Standing by, to be shot down in flames.

steve. wrote:
Its 9am and ive just had a warm shower and a eggs benidict for breaky,i`ll ring the club and see if i have any chance of getting 2 tickets for the Pox game,BBBBrrrrring BBBBrrrrring hello Swindon To HELLO my love i live ib London and was wondering if i had any chance of getting Tickets today by either coming down and getting them or by phone????
One minute sir(music playing) hello can i help sir? THANK YOU very much.All done and dusted by 9,25am, win some you lose some i guess.
IF YOUR ALL GOING TO POXFORD CLAP YOUR HANDS

RogerJ1969 wrote:
All this fuss regarding ticket allocations, why don't they switch the match to the CG? After all a number of small clubs have switched FA cup games to the bigger clubs ground.

madterrier wrote:
There's two or three issues here and also the recurring theme that's it long overdue that the club sorts out how it allocates tickets when demand exceeds supply.

1. Priority
Season ticket holders rightly should take priority, but then the club should also take the opportunity to reward loyalty of supporters who attend games regularly, but might not be season ticket holders.

Keeping tickets stubs is a bit of a dated method and only works for home games. How about if people have a personal Club ID card and swipe it every time you go through the turnstiles? Registers how many games you attend and the club can start compiling a database as the seasons roll by.

And also, what about shareholders?

2. Allocations
Perhaps they should allocate a certain number to be sold to season ticket holders/general sale, and also announce how many are available to be sold by queuing at the ground, how many by telephone, and online? That way, you would know from your position in the queue whether you're too late or not, or be able to judge whether it's worth racking up a big phone bill. But if you a long way from Swindon, queuing at the ground isn't really an option.

3. Online media
There really ought to be better use made of online booking software. If small theatres can do it with a capacity of 800-900, a football club with gates of 10,000 must be able to afford it. While classical music might not be to everyone's taste (although I hear more Italian opera at the CG these days)!, this concert hall in London has a brilliant online booking system and demonstrates the point. You can choose exactly which seat you buy, you tell when it's full up, and can even see the view of the stage from your seat.

http://www.cadoganha

ll.com/bookonline.ht

ml

dave bamber`s caravan wrote:

Cookie42 wrote: geoff stelling on saturday has just said that Di Canio has been strongly linked with the Leeds job!! That F..ckin Master Bates just loves a Swindon Manager. Paulo would be mad to go there!! I can not see him going there

chill!! he's already said he's not going anywhere. his word is worth more than any contract.......remem ber. in paolo we trust

LionelHutz wrote:

madterrier wrote: There's two or three issues here and also the recurring theme that's it long overdue that the club sorts out how it allocates tickets when demand exceeds supply. 1. Priority Season ticket holders rightly should take priority, but then the club should also take the opportunity to reward loyalty of supporters who attend games regularly, but might not be season ticket holders. Keeping tickets stubs is a bit of a dated method and only works for home games. How about if people have a personal Club ID card and swipe it every time you go through the turnstiles? Registers how many games you attend and the club can start compiling a database as the seasons roll by. And also, what about shareholders? 2. Allocations Perhaps they should allocate a certain number to be sold to season ticket holders/general sale, and also announce how many are available to be sold by queuing at the ground, how many by telephone, and online? That way, you would know from your position in the queue whether you're too late or not, or be able to judge whether it's worth racking up a big phone bill. But if you a long way from Swindon, queuing at the ground isn't really an option. 3. Online media There really ought to be better use made of online booking software. If small theatres can do it with a capacity of 800-900, a football club with gates of 10,000 must be able to afford it. While classical music might not be to everyone's taste (although I hear more Italian opera at the CG these days)!, this concert hall in London has a brilliant online booking system and demonstrates the point. You can choose exactly which seat you buy, you tell when it's full up, and can even see the view of the stage from your seat. http://www.cadoganha ll.com/bookonline.ht ml

It's a good system, only problem is that for away games, we are talking about different numbers and different layout each week. Plus, how many times per season do we have a situation where demand exceeds supply? Twice so far this season (Wimbledon and Oxford) and that's only because the allocation for each of these games has been woeful. If, as expected, we go back up to League One then I don't see this situation happening again at all next season unless Oxford suddenly find some form and come up with us (doubtful).

Stratton Red wrote:

jmostfc wrote:

SAPFanSTFC wrote:

LionelHutz wrote: There should be a priority scheme put in place, however it is difficult to organise in the lower leagues because many people will pay on the day and in some cases pay on the turnstile. When we were in the Premier League the club handed out a sheet which was stamped each time you bought a ticket for an away game. This was OK because most away games were all ticket and even for those that weren't, tickets were available in advance. However, obviously this has to be organised at the start of the season and you can't do it in retrospect. I do think those who attend more away games should be given priority over those who don't travel away much. I like the idea above of only having phone sales (might have to ditch the 10p a minute money making scam though) for such games. That way everyone is even. But having opened the ticket office yesterday, there should have been no phone sales until the entire queue had dispersed.

Yep the 10p a minute lark is all very well if you have enough people taking calls and if you have a queue number identification - that way you can then choose whether or not to stay on the line. -- The danger with any system is that you open yourself to alienating some. i.e. if the tickets go to those who go away most often how do others who then decide to travel more frequently get a ticket if they've never done so before or What about those you live abroad but are back in the UK for one game but then told they can't have a ticket because they live abroad? -- It isn't all insurmountable just needs a bit of thought. -- Personally I would permit people with a foreign address to be counted as per season ticket holders - all they have to do is to prove it is them and that their address appears on a couple of bits of mail to be registered. -- I like the stamp system in a way but didn't know about that one - after all the years of following Swindon I was sent to work abroad for that one season we were in the Premier league - gutted!

Foreign address and get the same rights as a season ticket holder? One goes to every home game and signs up for that before the previous season has ended even if they are bottom of the league. The other rolls up once every 5 years for a big game. I can see exactly where you are coming from here... What a poor poor idea.

It should be simple. The club introduce an away card up to a maximum of 500 at e.g. £25. This guarantees you priority on all away tickets and then the remaining tickets go for application/ballot. The points scheme carries an administration overhead that the club could do without.

LionelHutz wrote:

madterrier wrote:
There's two or three issues here and also the recurring theme that's it long overdue that the club sorts out how it allocates tickets when demand exceeds supply.

1. Priority
Season ticket holders rightly should take priority, but then the club should also take the opportunity to reward loyalty of supporters who attend games regularly, but might not be season ticket holders.

Keeping tickets stubs is a bit of a dated method and only works for home games. How about if people have a personal Club ID card and swipe it every time you go through the turnstiles? Registers how many games you attend and the club can start compiling a database as the seasons roll by.

And also, what about shareholders?

2. Allocations
Perhaps they should allocate a certain number to be sold to season ticket holders/general sale, and also announce how many are available to be sold by queuing at the ground, how many by telephone, and online? That way, you would know from your position in the queue whether you're too late or not, or be able to judge whether it's worth racking up a big phone bill. But if you a long way from Swindon, queuing at the ground isn't really an option.

3. Online media
There really ought to be better use made of online booking software. If small theatres can do it with a capacity of 800-900, a football club with gates of 10,000 must be able to afford it. While classical music might not be to everyone's taste (although I hear more Italian opera at the CG these days)!, this concert hall in London has a brilliant online booking system and demonstrates the point. You can choose exactly which seat you buy, you tell when it's full up, and can even see the view of the stage from your seat.

http://www.cadoganha


ll.com/bookonline.ht


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It's a good system, only problem is that for away games, we are talking about different numbers and different layout each week.

Plus, how many times per season do we have a situation where demand exceeds supply? Twice so far this season (Wimbledon and Oxford) and that's only because the allocation for each of these games has been woeful.

If, as expected, we go back up to League One then I don't see this situation happening again at all next season unless Oxford suddenly find some form and come up with us (doubtful).

JoefromDRS wrote:
How often do Swindon sell out away? Once in a blue moon, and if we don't play oxford next season then it's very unlikely this ticketing issue will be heard of again for a long time, and likewise if the sun was shining yesterday very few would of mentioned it. All this jibberjab and hype about needing a new system is rubbish, and anyway one of the main selling points of season tickets that all club's use is that the buyer will get priority over away tickets, and that's the way it should be.

bivver wrote:
As this is an issue of supply and demand, the supply side of the equation needs to be looked at. Considering the lengths we went to when OUFC came to us, they have to answer some serious questions about the allocation of 1252 tickets in a ground that can hold about 12500. Insulting

JoefromDRS wrote:

bivver wrote:
As this is an issue of supply and demand, the supply side of the equation needs to be looked at. Considering the lengths we went to when OUFC came to us, they have to answer some serious questions about the allocation of 1252 tickets in a ground that can hold about 12500. Insulting

League two rules state that away teams should be offered 10% of the seating, which is what oxford have done. Why would they give tickets to us instead of their own supporters? and increase the police bill unnecessary at the same time, they are following the rules and it's hardly an insult, I don't think you can really expect them to do us any favours.

Stratton Red wrote:

JoefromDRS wrote:
How often do Swindon sell out away? Once in a blue moon, and if we don't play oxford next season then it's very unlikely this ticketing issue will be heard of again for a long time, and likewise if the sun was shining yesterday very few would of mentioned it. All this jibberjab and hype about needing a new system is rubbish, and anyway one of the main selling points of season tickets that all club's use is that the buyer will get priority over away tickets, and that's the way it should be.

Joe, have you actually read (and understood) the posts?
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I've not read one post suggesting ST holders don't have priority for away tickets
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Twice this season away tickets have sold out - I missed out on Wimbledon.
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As our great season progresses and away support strats to increase, looking at the remaing away games I reckon Aldershot and Morecombe will easily sell out.
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If we end up in the play-offs the clubs currently there won't offer us enough.
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Finally, it's the 21st Century and camping and queing at ridiculous o'clock is archaic - the club needs to move with the times, even if it's only for one or two games a year. Whilst we may not be the biggest of clubs I would prefer us to operate with a big club mentality.

JoefromDRS wrote:

Stratton Red wrote:

JoefromDRS wrote: How often do Swindon sell out away? Once in a blue moon, and if we don't play oxford next season then it's very unlikely this ticketing issue will be heard of again for a long time, and likewise if the sun was shining yesterday very few would of mentioned it. All this jibberjab and hype about needing a new system is rubbish, and anyway one of the main selling points of season tickets that all club's use is that the buyer will get priority over away tickets, and that's the way it should be.

Joe, have you actually read (and understood) the posts? * I've not read one post suggesting ST holders don't have priority for away tickets * Twice this season away tickets have sold out - I missed out on Wimbledon. * As our great season progresses and away support strats to increase, looking at the remaing away games I reckon Aldershot and Morecombe will easily sell out. * If we end up in the play-offs the clubs currently there won't offer us enough. * Finally, it's the 21st Century and camping and queing at ridiculous o'clock is archaic - the club needs to move with the times, even if it's only for one or two games a year. Whilst we may not be the biggest of clubs I would prefer us to operate with a big club mentality.

The club has sold out it's away allocation 6 times in the last 10 years, so on the basis of this the club better have a massive rethink and start a million pound investment plan on how away tickets are sold! I'm not sure it's me that does not understand, and people should not queue up in the the 21 century??? lay off the funny fags...

JoefromDRS wrote:

Stratton Red wrote:

JoefromDRS wrote:
How often do Swindon sell out away? Once in a blue moon, and if we don't play oxford next season then it's very unlikely this ticketing issue will be heard of again for a long time, and likewise if the sun was shining yesterday very few would of mentioned it. All this jibberjab and hype about needing a new system is rubbish, and anyway one of the main selling points of season tickets that all club's use is that the buyer will get priority over away tickets, and that's the way it should be.

Joe, have you actually read (and understood) the posts?
*
I've not read one post suggesting ST holders don't have priority for away tickets
*
Twice this season away tickets have sold out - I missed out on Wimbledon.
*
As our great season progresses and away support strats to increase, looking at the remaing away games I reckon Aldershot and Morecombe will easily sell out.
*
If we end up in the play-offs the clubs currently there won't offer us enough.
*
Finally, it's the 21st Century and camping and queing at ridiculous o'clock is archaic - the club needs to move with the times, even if it's only for one or two games a year. Whilst we may not be the biggest of clubs I would prefer us to operate with a big club mentality.

The club has sold out it's away allocation 6 times in the last 10 years, so on the basis of this the club better have a massive rethink and start a million pound investment plan on how away tickets are sold! I'm not sure it's me that does not understand, and people should not queue up in the the 21 century??? lay off the funny fags...

Stratton Red wrote:

JoefromDRS wrote:

Stratton Red wrote:

JoefromDRS wrote: How often do Swindon sell out away? Once in a blue moon, and if we don't play oxford next season then it's very unlikely this ticketing issue will be heard of again for a long time, and likewise if the sun was shining yesterday very few would of mentioned it. All this jibberjab and hype about needing a new system is rubbish, and anyway one of the main selling points of season tickets that all club's use is that the buyer will get priority over away tickets, and that's the way it should be.

Joe, have you actually read (and understood) the posts? * I've not read one post suggesting ST holders don't have priority for away tickets * Twice this season away tickets have sold out - I missed out on Wimbledon. * As our great season progresses and away support strats to increase, looking at the remaing away games I reckon Aldershot and Morecombe will easily sell out. * If we end up in the play-offs the clubs currently there won't offer us enough. * Finally, it's the 21st Century and camping and queing at ridiculous o'clock is archaic - the club needs to move with the times, even if it's only for one or two games a year. Whilst we may not be the biggest of clubs I would prefer us to operate with a big club mentality.

The club has sold out it's away allocation 6 times in the last 10 years, so on the basis of this the club better have a massive rethink and start a million pound investment plan on how away tickets are sold! I'm not sure it's me that does not understand, and people should not queue up in the the 21 century??? lay off the funny fags...

A million pound investment? What on earth are you talking about? selling 500 priority away cards and updating their record on the ticket systen at e.g. £25 is going to make the club money not lose it. No one is suggestion anything that ridiculuous. And yes I along wiht many others don't think I should have had to queue for over 5 hours yesterday. Million pound investment - classic...

Oi Den! wrote:
Interesting stuff Malky. I think it all hinges on the end of this season. If we go up and the board give PDC what he needs to build a promotion challenging squad for next season, I can only see him leaving for an opportunity at a very big club or West Ham. At the moment, that combination of conditions doesn't look very likely. . The unthinkable outcome is that we miss out on promotion and have to start all over again with a new manager and replacements for our better players, who I doubt would want to spend at least another season down here. It's so important that we keep moving forward.

jmostfc wrote:

Stratton Red wrote:

JoefromDRS wrote:

Stratton Red wrote:

JoefromDRS wrote: How often do Swindon sell out away? Once in a blue moon, and if we don't play oxford next season then it's very unlikely this ticketing issue will be heard of again for a long time, and likewise if the sun was shining yesterday very few would of mentioned it. All this jibberjab and hype about needing a new system is rubbish, and anyway one of the main selling points of season tickets that all club's use is that the buyer will get priority over away tickets, and that's the way it should be.

Joe, have you actually read (and understood) the posts? * I've not read one post suggesting ST holders don't have priority for away tickets * Twice this season away tickets have sold out - I missed out on Wimbledon. * As our great season progresses and away support strats to increase, looking at the remaing away games I reckon Aldershot and Morecombe will easily sell out. * If we end up in the play-offs the clubs currently there won't offer us enough. * Finally, it's the 21st Century and camping and queing at ridiculous o'clock is archaic - the club needs to move with the times, even if it's only for one or two games a year. Whilst we may not be the biggest of clubs I would prefer us to operate with a big club mentality.

The club has sold out it's away allocation 6 times in the last 10 years, so on the basis of this the club better have a massive rethink and start a million pound investment plan on how away tickets are sold! I'm not sure it's me that does not understand, and people should not queue up in the the 21 century??? lay off the funny fags...

A million pound investment? What on earth are you talking about? selling 500 priority away cards and updating their record on the ticket systen at e.g. £25 is going to make the club money not lose it. No one is suggestion anything that ridiculuous. And yes I along wiht many others don't think I should have had to queue for over 5 hours yesterday. Million pound investment - classic...

I have had a season ticket for around 5 years, go to most away games. Got Oxford ticket, went to Wimbledon. I would not pay extra money to join a membership scheme. I personally dont think many others would either.

jmostfc wrote:

SAPFanSTFC wrote:

LionelHutz wrote: There should be a priority scheme put in place, however it is difficult to organise in the lower leagues because many people will pay on the day and in some cases pay on the turnstile. When we were in the Premier League the club handed out a sheet which was stamped each time you bought a ticket for an away game. This was OK because most away games were all ticket and even for those that weren't, tickets were available in advance. However, obviously this has to be organised at the start of the season and you can't do it in retrospect. I do think those who attend more away games should be given priority over those who don't travel away much. I like the idea above of only having phone sales (might have to ditch the 10p a minute money making scam though) for such games. That way everyone is even. But having opened the ticket office yesterday, there should have been no phone sales until the entire queue had dispersed.

Yep the 10p a minute lark is all very well if you have enough people taking calls and if you have a queue number identification - that way you can then choose whether or not to stay on the line. -- The danger with any system is that you open yourself to alienating some. i.e. if the tickets go to those who go away most often how do others who then decide to travel more frequently get a ticket if they've never done so before or What about those you live abroad but are back in the UK for one game but then told they can't have a ticket because they live abroad? -- It isn't all insurmountable just needs a bit of thought. -- Personally I would permit people with a foreign address to be counted as per season ticket holders - all they have to do is to prove it is them and that their address appears on a couple of bits of mail to be registered. -- I like the stamp system in a way but didn't know about that one - after all the years of following Swindon I was sent to work abroad for that one season we were in the Premier league - gutted!

Foreign address and get the same rights as a season ticket holder? One goes to every home game and signs up for that before the previous season has ended even if they are bottom of the league. The other rolls up once every 5 years for a big game. I can see exactly where you are coming from here... What a poor poor idea.

madterrier wrote:

steve. wrote:
Its 9am and ive just had a warm shower and a eggs benidict for breaky,i`ll ring the club and see if i have any chance of getting 2 tickets for the Pox game,BBBBrrrrring BBBBrrrrring hello Swindon To HELLO my love i live ib London and was wondering if i had any chance of getting Tickets today by either coming down and getting them or by phone????
One minute sir(music playing) hello can i help sir? THANK YOU very much.All done and dusted by 9,25am, win some you lose some i guess.
IF YOUR ALL GOING TO POXFORD CLAP YOUR HANDS

Eggs Benedict for breakfast??!!

No doubt washed down with a bottle of fine white Burgundy?

Crikey, how the other half lives!

bullyfish wrote:
getting bored of ticket talk. so to change the topic, if as i believe he will do, PDC takes us to 2 succesive promotions will he then give us a season in the championship or will he be such of a hot property he will get offered a job he cannot refuse? also has any team won back to back titles for promotion rather than runners up or play offs? look forward to your comments, cheers seeya tues night if its on

stfc2012 wrote:
Stop moaning. Premium games like this have huge demand. Whether you have had a season ticket for 40 years or go to 3 games a season you have to make the effort. Just because I've been shopping at Sainburys for 20 years doesn't mean I can push my trolley in front of someone who is on their first visit. Town giving season ticket holders priority increases your chances dramatically enough. I know people that queued up from 1am and good luck to them - they see the reward as worthy. If you have to travel 100 miles here then I mean that really is just tough. A shame, but still we can't always have it all.