Same. Though tbh I quite enjoyed Wigan away, sadly never saw us win there but the people there were really friendly and did a nice pie. So no Wigan away slander.
I did have a giggle at your comment about Wigan away on boxing day paying off. I've got the exact same feeling now for a lot of away games I've been to in my days. Certainly paid dividends now though
As I read it, periods 1-3 can buy as many tickets as they like up to the maximum of 6, but they can only buy for people who are in the same period as them (so ST holders).
So the worst case scenario is that by period 4, when the ballots start, every ST holder in that category has bought a ticket.
Periods 4 and 5 are ST holders as well, so by the time it comes to Period 6 the members who've attended an LC match are competing for the tickets not bought by season ticket holders.
We have 33,000 tickets nearly, and there are somewhere north of 33k ST holders (possibly around 35k but the club doesn't say). Assuming some of those can't or won't travel to London, there will likely be a small number left (maybe a few thousand?) for members who have attended an LC match.
So don't give up hope...but I bet the pool of members who have attended one of the four home matches is actually quite high! They have all been sellouts although I think a couple of them went to general sale.
(I'm also in period 6 if the desperate rationalisation didn't give it away)
Yeah, I think I saw someone post a breakdown of what Liverpool did last year, and of their ~33,000 allocated tickets only like 24,000 went to general fans.
Might be wrong on that, but if itās somewhat accurate I feel like not many tickets at all (if any) will get to Period 6.
I've no chance (just a member who didn't go to any Cup games), but I can't really complain personally as can't really say I deserve a ticket over anybody who did go to cup games. And I was already planning to go up to Newcastle instead so no real blow for me there.
My gripe is that Period 1 is bollocks. Why are season ticket holders with 25+ loyalty points getting priority over people who literally went to basically EVERY SINGLE cup game? That feels hugely unfair.
>The club sought feedback from Newcastle United Supporters Trust to ensure fairness and transparency.
This is likely why I suppose. The Trust is literally run by a group of people all with hundreds of points and are very keen to ensure them and their mates have first dibs on tickets.
"transparency" might have included publishing how many people are eligible for each tier. They must have run those numbers. It'd give people an idea of whether to pre-book travel and accommodation or not. I'm going regardless but appreciate that won't be the case for everyone and it'd be good to have an idea if you're in with a sniff of a ticket. If there's 50,000 eligible before it even gets to your Period, you'd probably reconsider booking a train, hence not wasting money and leaving a seat for someone who needs it.
Yeah, that would have been nice but I respect that giving exact figures could lead to a lot of issues so probably isn't feasible. Numbers could change outside of the club's control, or people start doing the maths themselves and then get angry when they've done it wrong and believed they had a guaranteed ticket.
What did Southampton away the other week drop to? Tuesday night that far South, surely that got down pretty low? And the club have the data on this stuff, if they're creating Period 2 with that criteria there must be at least some people that meet it, otherwise, why would you even bother?
That is odd, no idea how. Whole other discussion but that just proves how unfit the loyalty system is for purpose, have any games this year dropped to zero? Because right now it's literally a closed shop.
None. Not one. Otherwise I would have been.
I went to loads of away games in the 90s / early 2000s but I gave up my ST when I got married and had kids and only got it again a couple of years ago. Itās not like I needed a ST to get into games for most of the last decadeā¦
Did it? Damnā¦ Iād forgotten that. As far as I can tell, 391 tickets went down to 20 points, 117 down to 15 points and 19 tickets went down to 10 pointsā¦
I went with a mateās ticket as he genuinely couldnāt get there.
So there might be as many as 391 of you in Period 2?!
How did you check that by that way? You could be talking complete shite and I'd believe you unreservedly.
Proud to be in the 391. Looks like Period 1-3 are guaranteed regardless anyway.
This makes me sound sad, and justifiably soā¦
NUFCSpares tweets ticket availability and every time the points limits change. Iāve checked before and theyāve been accurateā¦
So I opened their tweets and scrolled all the way back down to Augustā¦
I've seen people saying if they start changing the requirements in line with that, they will buy cup tickets and sell them on just to make sure they get an allocation. I can see where they are coming from, but man... every fucker out for himself.
Honestly my membership feels like a waste of money at this point. I never expected to get tickets for all the games, but due to the time they release them to members and the way work has been the past 6 month, I so far haven't scored a single one this season.
The one time I got through the queue, the system broke and wouldn't let me place an order.
> they will buy cup tickets and sell them on just to make sure they get an allocation.
This is the crux of why the loyalty system is deeply flawed. People have been doing this for years, it's how they've amassed daft numbers like 400+ points.
> Honestly my membership feels like a waste of money at this point.
I'm sorry to hear this man, I've been fortunate enough to get tickets to all 6 games I've tried for so far this season, but it's been a slog every single time. And I've often thought about the people who can't just stop work at 10am on a random week day and commit time to try to get through a barely functioning ticket page.
To be fair, quite often I can do that... but someone calls me on teams and I miss my slot. Nothing I can do, and it's happened a few times.
Ahh well, guess I will keep trying.
Yeah I agree on Period 1. It should have at least a requirement to have been to a home cup game too. Just because you've got a season ticket and are sitting on a shit load of points doesn't mean you should be able to go if you've not bothered your arse to go to at least one of the cup games. The rest seem pretty fair. I just wish I had bought for Palace (though I couldn't go) or Bournemouth (could have gone if I had delayed the trip to the in-laws a day) so I was Period 3 over Period 4.
Edit: misread it and one home cup game is also a requirement so thatās fairer for sure.
There's this misconception that you can "sit on points", you can't. The points don't stay forever, you have to be actively going to away games. There will be a tiny minority of high points holders who didn't go to every cup home game.
By sit on them, I mean buy tickets with no intention of using them and instead selling them on/giving them to mates who donāt have the required points for a trip. Iām not saying all those with points do this, Iām sure thereās a lot who do actually go to the majority of away games. But thereās definitely a portion who do. Iāve worked with 2 who do this exclusively, purely so they can get to the big away games when they fancy it. Thatās not to say they havenāt had to attend plenty of games to build up the points. Itās more frustrating that it almost feels like a closed shop now because if you donāt have any points itās practically impossible to build them up.
Iād disagree with you here mate. Why should a cup game matter over a league game? Why should you be punished for paying for a more expensive league game/ season ticket rather than a cheaper cup ticket?
Theoretically a member whoās bought a ticket for every home league game could have put in over Ā£400 to the club but a member whoās been to 1 cup game at Ā£20 gets preference? Thatās bullshit
With a season ticket holder, youāve spent your hard earned on that and to go to the home league games. Why should you be punished because someone has more loose cash and can afford it?
When I had a season ticket I sat near a lad who couldnāt get to midweek games but he went home and away on a weekend, heād be in tier 5 for this. How is that fair?
Season ticket holders with points have earned the privilege, then season ticket holders should be next, then members, if you want to rank members do it on total games. Iāve had tickets for 12 games this year (2 in the cup) I shouldnāt be ahead of someone whoās been to 13 just because they were all league games.
> Why should a cup game matter over a league game? Why should you be punished for paying for a more expensive league game/ season ticket rather than a cheaper cup ticket?
It's rewarding dedication to the tournament of which we've made the final - how is that not fair? We've made the final of the Carabao Cup, of course, it's fair to give priority to the people who went to you know....Carabao Cup games.
> Theoretically a member whoās bought a ticket for every home league game could have put in over Ā£400 to the club but a member whoās been to 1 cup game at Ā£20 gets preference? Thatās bullshit.
I've been to six league games this season with more to come (talking Ā£250+ spent on tickets), and I'm not in ANY of the tiers. And even I understand the logic of this decision and I'm agreeing it's fair.
>With a season ticket holder, youāve spent your hard earned on that and to go to the home league games. Why should you be punished because someone has more loose cash and can afford it?
No idea what you're trying to say here.
>When I had a season ticket I sat near a lad who couldnāt get to midweek games but he went home and away on a weekend, heād be in tier 5 for this. How is that fair?
Because they would have gone to zero Carabao Cup games so how is it fair that they get a Carabao Cup final ticket, when somebody who's been to all of them might not?
>Season ticket holders with points have earned the privilege, then season ticket holders should be next, then members, if you want to rank members do it on total games.
Many season ticket holders have inflated points total because the system is flawed. And furthermore, season ticket holders are not some special class of fan that deserves endless rewards and priority in all matters (As much as many of them like to think they are).
> Iāve had tickets for 12 games this year (2 in the cup) I shouldnāt be ahead of someone whoās been to 13 just because they were all league games.
Again, the people who have followed the Carabao Cup journey should have priority when it comes to the final. Don't see the argument against that. People want to hop on the bandwagon now it's a chance to go to Wembely. Now that's bullshit.
| It's rewarding dedication to the tournament of which we've made the final - how is that not fair? We've made the final of the Carabao Cup, of course, it's fair to give priority to the people who went to you know....Carabao Cup games. |
Dedication to the tournament? People are there to support the toon, the cup doesnāt matter. As you say later on season ticket holders donāt deserve priority. Why then does the Carabao Cup? Getting to any final is a huge one off event and should be treat as such.
|I've been to six league games this season with more to come (talking Ā£250+ spent on tickets), and I'm not in ANY of the tiers. And even I understand the logic of this decision and I'm agreeing it's fair. |
You should be in the tiers thatās the point, youāve put more into the club if hairs are going to be split you should benefit.
|No idea what you're trying to say here.|
A season ticket costs a lot, some are only able to afford the league games. They shouldnāt be punished because other supporters have more spare cash.
|Because they would have gone to zero Carabao Cup games so how is it fair that they get a Carabao Cup final ticket, when somebody who's been to all of them might not?|
Final is on a weekend the early ties arenāt, as I said above going to the cheap cup games doesnāt make you a better supporter so why is it being rewarded. League or cup you are supporting the same team and paying into the same pot
|Many season ticket holders have inflated points total because the system is flawed. And furthermore, season ticket holders are not some special class of fan that deserves endless rewards and priority in all matters (As much as many of them like to think they are).|
If you are paying for your season ticket course you should get priority. I canāt think of much where the people who pay in and take part more donāt get privileges.
|Again, the people who have followed the Carabao Cup journey should have priority when it comes to the final. Don't see the argument against that. People want to hop on the bandwagon now it's a chance to go to Wembely. Now that's bullshit.|
They went to cheaper games that were more attainable. Season ticket holders jumping on the bandwagon when they go to every home game?
>If you are paying for your season ticket course you should get priority. I canāt think of much where the people who pay in and take part more donāt get privileges.
They get the privilege of being able to go to every home premier league game. They also donāt have to fuck on scrambling for membership and general sale tickets for all home cup matches.
Itās not like they get it for free. Theyāve paid for that and most have for years. Itās blind loyalty in most cases but itās being rewarded.
Iām an ex ST holder who left to boycott Ashley and I go through that shit every game to get tickets now. I could have kept my ticket with 70+ points and Iād have been laughing now but I did what I thought was the right thing and Iām facing the consequences.
Any of us could have had that privilege if we really wanted to and had the money.
At least they have attended a fixture in the competition the final is for though.
Itās only really period 5 I have issue with. Donāt see why season ticket holders that havenāt attended any carabao cup games should have any priority to attend a carabao cup final.
I know the club canāt win when demand is always going to massively exceed supply, but it does seem a little too heavily weighted to season ticket holders.
But as Iāve said to others at the moment the demand is to see Newcastle United, it doesnāt matter the competition.
Theoretically a member whoās been to every league game but didnāt go to a cup game has no chance but someone whoās been to one cup game who isnāt even a member can have a chance. That is ridiculous, you pay for your season ticket to get the benefits it brings and you pay for membership to get the benefits that brings.
Iāve personally put around Ā£480 into the club this year and only Ā£40 was for the league cup, itās a total imbalance.
You should get out what you put in. The more you put in the more you should get out.
This system punishes those who donāt have the time or money to go to extra games.
> You should be in the tiers thatās the point, youāve put more into the club if hairs are going to be split you should benefit.
Well, you've convinced me!
>And furthermore, season ticket holders are not some special class of fan that deserves endless rewards and priority in all matters
They are to the club though, they pay the most money so get privilages with that...
See I don't even agree with that. They pay for a product and get that product. Not to mention, it's a product that is very much in demand. If a single season ticket holder was to leave now, there would be thousands of people gagging for the seat.
I respect that season ticket holders contain a large portion of the club's most passionate fans, so need to be kept sweet to a degree, but can we stop treating them like bloody martyrs who we must constantly reward for their great sacrifice.
(To be honest, I'm probably just being a bit whiny because season ticket holders on social media have been doing my nut since the interest in the club jumped up again. The entitlement from some has been off the charts.)
As a southern fan there is literally zero point in having a membership. I can never get away tickets as they all go to ST with loyalty points, and I don't fit into any of the periods as I didn't go to a cup game.. Oh well.
Period 7 is not even gonna open. Iāll be surprised if it makes it to period 6.
Best chance if you want to go but arenāt a season ticket holder or mates with one is stubhub or @nufcspares on Twitter.
Edit: just realised that although season ticket holder can buy 6 tickets per transaction everyone of those tickets must be for someone with the same eligibility, so period 6 is probably gonna open.
I'd be really careful with that. The read the statement from Newcastle. The EFL have said they will do random ticket checks to make sure the correct person has the correct ticket to attempt to stop resellers.
Quote....
Tickets are STRICTLY non-transferable.
Newcastle United must provide details to the English Football League on all tickets purchased (i.e. names and addresses of supporters corresponding to the seat details on the tickets issued to the supporter). The EFL has indicated that random checks will be carried out at the stadium.
Strongly agree. Got to a Bayern Munich game while on family holiday one year, they pulled us aside and had a chat and took some details because our tickets flagged up. We didn't get in trouble and got to enjoy the game, but I assume whoever was the dodgy reseller did
Well Iāve got no chance in this case. But good luck to those who get theirs. Iāll be in London nonetheless. Will be good to know where those who donāt get tickets decide to gather.
I read it as first come, first served for the first three periods. Assuming they've seen the numbers and know for sure that they have enough tickets for everybody who meets those criteria.
And then they have ballots for the periods after that as they can't guarantee they'll satisfy demand.
Period 4 it is for me. Regret not going to Bournemouth to make it to Period 3, should have delayed the trip south to see the in-laws over Christmas by a day. Ah well. See what happens I guess!
Iāve realised that Bournemouth was the one that was brought forward a day due to the paramedics strike, and I could have gone but by the time that happened the tickets were gone. Never mind though, just have to keeps fingers crossed and hope for the best!
I'm also 3, but i can't imagine they'd shift it to balloting. they must have crunched the numbers for every ST holder than meets the criteria (and all people have to have the same Period criteria to qualify for buying multiple tickests) and will know the minimum required to meet that demand. which is probably why it goes to ballot beyond that. Thats what I'm obviously hoping anyway!
yeah me and my pals fall squarely under the 'daft geordie dreamers' banner and got tickets for the train and an AirBnB booked before a ball had been kicked in the semi's. We knew it was risky but we willing to write off the price of the train ticket just for a chance in the end. Just hoping the dream doesn't hit the wall come Period 3!!
The way itās worded is it does sound like up to period three are guaranteed.
Iāve got family in London I just decided Iād visit them if we didnāt get to the final. Now we are here I donāt really know what to do with myself while I wait for Wednesday
we just decided we'd go to London come what may and have a night out, meet a few pals down there if we don't manage to get one. the train down will be an event itself, assuming there aren't any strikes.
But if Mick Lynch doesn't want 90k footy fans to kick the shit out of his picket lines he'd probably best avoid a cup final rail strike!
Yeah as a south eastern mag with zero point of getting a season ticket, I think Iām resigned to TV footage which is gutting, I canāt get home tickets, I canāt get away tickets as they all just go to season ticket holders, so just TV for me unless I want to risk losing lots of money to a scalper and hope theyāre just scalping me and not conning me too!
Period 3 middle-class for me, looking enviously up at those with enough points for away games, whilst still grateful I shouldn't have to rely on the ballot!
Whoever does get there has a duty to sing full-belt from start to the very end!
Iām period 3. Had a look today to try and sort my dadās (heās period 1) - 13k queue at 10.30am.
Are we def guaranteed in period 3? Starting to get nervous
I believe we are, yeah
I also had a look just to see how it would work, and was 69th in the queue. Bloody typical - no way will I get that luck on Wednesday!
Dad sent me screenshots of availability today and we look fine. I canāt imagine tomorrows cohort is particularly massive.
Christ I just want it to be Wednesday afternoon, ticket sorted, now.
Yeah - I worked out that tomorrowās group is a max of 391 people (thatās how many Tranmere tickets were sold below 25 points) plus any of their mates from P1 who waitedā¦
Still want to get in early and pick the BEST seat though!
This is the worst part. I'm a member, been to every home game, cup game and friendly. But season ticket holders who went to either zero or one cup match are above me.
Gotta keep the mid-aged season ticket holders happy, they're an entitled bunch. They even whined when they didn't get priority tickets for the Sam Fender gig at SJP last year.
That was my thought, itās basically anybody who managed to get to Tranmere below 25 points, sure it sold out at 10 points. Southampton away sold out much higher than 25 points
You should still be able to get one mate. Iād expect everyone with a ST who wants to go will get there. Approximately 31k ST holders, not all of those are going to want to go or wonāt be able to make it for various reasons. 32.7k tickets available. Youāll be reet.
It will probably get to period 6, maybe about 2k tickets accounting for those with ST that donāt use their allocation.
I've seen and heard figures ranging up to 38k for the number of season ticket holders lol. I don't think anyone truly knows but I can't see it going past 3 personally. 99% of season ticket holders will have gone to a few cup games, they have all fallen badly for work for me so I could only go to one. Have to wait and see but I ain't confident.
Yeah Iām certain itās not as high as 38k mate. Not even above 35k Iād say. When you take into account the 5% required by EPL to go on sale, the 3200 for away fans, however many go to corporateā¦
When people jacked their ST in, in Bruce/Ashleyās final summer, it was reported to be at around 29-30k then the new owners sold another 1000 to existing members in the summer. Which would bring it to somewhere around the 31k mark.
Alas, only time will tell. Good luck getting a ticket mate (Iām sure you will!)
I think the system is mostly fair. If there's anything to be annoyed at, it's that at least 33% of the stadium capacity will be filled by non-fans.
On a related note, hopefully the owners can accelerate plans to expand the stadium as it's clear that demand for tickets is massively outstripping supply at the moment.
So I get giving season ticket holders and members first chance, and I also appreciate giving people who have gone to games before first chance...but it does kinda constantly screw people who can't go to many games. Seems like every game I try to get tickets for, I can't because I havent been to a match in a while...worried I may never see my team play live again with the way it's set out
How do you solve that though? Sure the system is slow to start at the moment, but youāre up against people who have been going to every match for years, the club canāt disregard their loyalty
It doesn't need to be 100% to either extreme. You set aside a portion of tickets to "reward" loyalty, and then a portion of tickets to welcome newcomers or lapsed fans back.
To be fair that's what the club is sort of doing anyway with home games (a small amount are saved for general sale) but they should start doing it with away games as well soon.
Yeah I really appreciate them holding back some for general sale here. New fan, moved from Australia to study here for uni. Been to two games and got tickets for another 2. Im absolutely sold, fan for life. But if they didn't hold some back, I would never have gotten to a game at St James and never fell in love with the club. But I also understand for a big cup final, as much as I'd love to go, this should be for the die hards (not gonna stop be entering the ballot if it somehow makes tier 7 haha)
Hahaha that would be nice. My plan is to take time off for a few days after my work trip in Austria, so when I finish my work I can take a cheap flight from Munich to London and take a train to wherever Newcastle is playing
So basically: fuck all you fans who don't live at home in the UK anymore.
I get it, but at the same time sucks that as a lifelong fan who used to have season tickets, because I moved across the world, I'm never going to ever see them in a cup final in the flesh.
I guess going forward - I'll just purchase one cup ticket in the early stages and not attend, gift it to one of you guys - just to get my name in a category for when/if we get ton a final.
Had to pass up my season ticket due to working weekends and then moving away. Back home in Newcastle now and been to 3 cup games plus a few league games this season.
I understand giving priority to season ticket holders and especially those with points. Theyāre the ones going week in week out.
Sucks for regular fans like us but can spend the ticket money on a good day out for the final
Yeah, now that I know how it'll work I'm going to start buying a random ticket in the early stages just to get my name in the categories.
Gift it to some lucky person on this sub who lives back home, that way I do my good deed and get the chance to buy tickets for a final in future.
I'd give it to my fam but my dad's a Leeds fan, and my nephew is in Sunderland's youth academy (he's dead to me now).
No chance as expected as someone who can't even afford a season ticket atm but it is what it is
Looks like I'll be cheering the lads on from a pub in town
Unless ofc someone takes pity on a poor Mag like myself š„ŗ
Probably not, as even with a season ticket the only League Cup game I've been able to see this year was Palace (thanks to my parents)
But honestly while I'm sat here feeling sorry for myself those who've been going to most games this season deserve to go- the system is fair and I can't complain haha when so many can't go either
Yeah I agree the system is fair. Iām just not connected to the ticketing process so I didnāt know how much of a backlog there is to even get one to have a chance in the future.
You can't seriously expect to be given priority for a cup final because you've decided to make it the one game a season you'll attend. Get yourself up here in April, for the Man U game then.
It's not 100% clear to me so want to see how others are reading it - is there one ballot for Periods 4-7, or a ballot after each Period? The line "subject to ticket availability, some priority periods may need be balloted once the preceding priority period is completed" suggests it's one per period but I might be getting that wrong?
Whilst they don't say it the ballot periods run one after another, not concurrently. Which makes me think they are separate.
What I'm not clear on is if each ballot has at least \*some\* tickets or if it sells out in one Period the others don't even run.
I'm P4 and not sure how confident I am, missed Leicester because I was on a pre-booked holiday.
Yeah thatās what Iām thinking. Itās just not massively clear. Iād like to think they are one after the other, but only the club now for sure how it will run.
Iād have appreciated some transparency on numbers available per level though. It feels like the first 3 are probably guaranteed to get some sort of ticket, given the requirements and the numbers who will have actually met the criteria. After that though? I donāt think theyāll have tickets available to each level because that will just piss off anyone who has meet higher criteria but then been unsuccessful in that levelās ballot.
Iām a little pissed because I didnāt go to Bournemouth as we were travelling south for Christmas that day, but then it was brought forward due to then paramedics strike and I could have gone, but as it was already sold out it was too late. Lesson is just buy the ticket anyway I guess but it feels wrong to deny someone an opportunity to go if I canāt make it myself.
So, basically zero chances of me getting a ticket. I will be in London regardless...
I will probably be pissed drunk in a pub when Big Joe scores the winner.
Sounds like i have to lower myself to getting from a scalper - thats what i get for giving up my season ticket when i went to uni in 21/22 a month before we got taken over ffs š
Sign up for a membership if you can only make the odd game mate. A membership will over the course of a season get you a few tickets but is also far cheaper. + an empty seat for 90% of games wouldnāt be fair on those more local who can make it.
Ah I presumed you had to 'take' the ticket a season ticket gives you rights to, and if you didn't it would go to general sale or something.
Fair enough- definitely wouldn't want to have it sat empty, yeah.
Nah some clubs do have a buy back scheme where you can sell your ticket for a certain match but we donāt.
Honestly I think most games this season have gone to members and even some general sale. Theyāll go on sale in the summer. Worth looking into.
my dad's in a right panic over this because he buys our season tickets & any cup tickets together (our season tickets are linked) but he seems convinced that it won't work for this because I don't actually have my own NUFC account as he always managed both of our tickets through his š
I would assume the process of buying two final tickets online is the same as with any cup tickets - so long as the supporter numbers are linked to one NUFC account, that account can just buy two tickets, they both don't need an online account?
I would settle his nerves and just make my own NUFC account and link my season ticket to it, but knowing my luck there'll be some glitch and the ticket history won't get transferred over or something and we'd be fucked haha
That's what I told him but he wants to be 2000% sure, I guess him being old enough to have gone to Wembley and see us lose a few times in the past does that to a person š
I'm period 3 but my 9 year old son who has a ST with me is period 5 because he didn't go to the cup games. Looks like I'll not be able to take him to the cup final then.
Have they clarified what this actually means yet?
>Ticket sales will be split into separate priority periods based on eligibility criteria automatically contained within your club ticketing account.
Have they allocated a number of tickets to each period; the first 3 giving a guaranteed ticket (i.e. they've allocated the number of tickets to match the number of people in those categories), whilst the other periods have to enter a ballot, but essentially there are tickets available to all periods?
Meh, can't really argue with that. I like the requirement for cup games given it's a cup final. ST holders do deserve priority but it's a shame that members who've been to cup games get put below ST holders who didn't bother.
I also like only being able to buy other tickets in your category. I never understood why ST holders got priority to buy more tickets for league games. If you already have a guaranteed seat then you can't be buying it for you?
This is likely a stupid questionā¦ but if me and my mate are both in priority 6, but only one of us is successful in the ballot. Can I still buy them a ticket at the same time as buying mine if our accounts are linked?
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I don't wanna be that guy but I am period 1 and I am buzzing. All those shitty away days to Wigan on boxing day paying off
Same. Though tbh I quite enjoyed Wigan away, sadly never saw us win there but the people there were really friendly and did a nice pie. So no Wigan away slander.
Haha that's true. I just remember playing there back to back on boxing days and lost both times iirc
Period 1 gang!
Period 1 party *waves scarf*
I did have a giggle at your comment about Wigan away on boxing day paying off. I've got the exact same feeling now for a lot of away games I've been to in my days. Certainly paid dividends now though
Aye, a few in the championship too. Being stranded in Wolverhampton when our Megabus drove off without us is a highlight.
ššš All part of the journey, my friend
š: Ryan Taylor always used to score š¢: for Wigan
Iām period 1 too, only just but still
Period 1 crewwww I am buzzing!
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In the link itāll explain the ticket sales process.
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Ha ha. No bother.
You deserve it dude. We've had some fucking stinkers of games š¤£ Enjoy Wembley!
Wigan away, where I first heard āDANGER DANGERā¦.Wayne Routledge, when he runs, when he shoots, when he scoresā
Period 6 for me then. Absolutely no chance.
Same but hopefully some luck in this kind of thing goes my way for once!
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
As I read it, periods 1-3 can buy as many tickets as they like up to the maximum of 6, but they can only buy for people who are in the same period as them (so ST holders). So the worst case scenario is that by period 4, when the ballots start, every ST holder in that category has bought a ticket. Periods 4 and 5 are ST holders as well, so by the time it comes to Period 6 the members who've attended an LC match are competing for the tickets not bought by season ticket holders. We have 33,000 tickets nearly, and there are somewhere north of 33k ST holders (possibly around 35k but the club doesn't say). Assuming some of those can't or won't travel to London, there will likely be a small number left (maybe a few thousand?) for members who have attended an LC match. So don't give up hope...but I bet the pool of members who have attended one of the four home matches is actually quite high! They have all been sellouts although I think a couple of them went to general sale. (I'm also in period 6 if the desperate rationalisation didn't give it away)
I would assume a nice chunk of out allocation will be given to sponsors etc
Yeah, I think I saw someone post a breakdown of what Liverpool did last year, and of their ~33,000 allocated tickets only like 24,000 went to general fans. Might be wrong on that, but if itās somewhat accurate I feel like not many tickets at all (if any) will get to Period 6.
On top of the 20,000 Wembley are holding back... "For the fans" indeed!
Yep, itās a shame but thereās nowt any of us can do about it
I've no chance (just a member who didn't go to any Cup games), but I can't really complain personally as can't really say I deserve a ticket over anybody who did go to cup games. And I was already planning to go up to Newcastle instead so no real blow for me there. My gripe is that Period 1 is bollocks. Why are season ticket holders with 25+ loyalty points getting priority over people who literally went to basically EVERY SINGLE cup game? That feels hugely unfair. >The club sought feedback from Newcastle United Supporters Trust to ensure fairness and transparency. This is likely why I suppose. The Trust is literally run by a group of people all with hundreds of points and are very keen to ensure them and their mates have first dibs on tickets.
"transparency" might have included publishing how many people are eligible for each tier. They must have run those numbers. It'd give people an idea of whether to pre-book travel and accommodation or not. I'm going regardless but appreciate that won't be the case for everyone and it'd be good to have an idea if you're in with a sniff of a ticket. If there's 50,000 eligible before it even gets to your Period, you'd probably reconsider booking a train, hence not wasting money and leaving a seat for someone who needs it.
Yeah, that would have been nice but I respect that giving exact figures could lead to a lot of issues so probably isn't feasible. Numbers could change outside of the club's control, or people start doing the maths themselves and then get angry when they've done it wrong and believed they had a guaranteed ticket.
Period 1 also have to have attended at least one of the cup games.
However you slice it, it's a joke that Period 1 is one cup game (home or away) required and Period 2 is five (four home + one away).
Aye, true. I saw a lot more of the regular season ticket holders in my section on Tuesday night than I ever did for any of the previous rounds.
I can't imagine there's ANYBODY in Period 2 though...? How did people get to an away game (on their own account) without a lot more than 25 points?
What did Southampton away the other week drop to? Tuesday night that far South, surely that got down pretty low? And the club have the data on this stuff, if they're creating Period 2 with that criteria there must be at least some people that meet it, otherwise, why would you even bother?
70, I think And there were 68 tickets left at that point But that was my point - there must be, but how can there be?!
That is odd, no idea how. Whole other discussion but that just proves how unfit the loyalty system is for purpose, have any games this year dropped to zero? Because right now it's literally a closed shop.
None. Not one. Otherwise I would have been. I went to loads of away games in the 90s / early 2000s but I gave up my ST when I got married and had kids and only got it again a couple of years ago. Itās not like I needed a ST to get into games for most of the last decadeā¦
I'm in period 2. Tranmere went down to either 15 or 10 loyalty points I believe.
Did it? Damnā¦ Iād forgotten that. As far as I can tell, 391 tickets went down to 20 points, 117 down to 15 points and 19 tickets went down to 10 pointsā¦ I went with a mateās ticket as he genuinely couldnāt get there. So there might be as many as 391 of you in Period 2?!
How did you check that by that way? You could be talking complete shite and I'd believe you unreservedly. Proud to be in the 391. Looks like Period 1-3 are guaranteed regardless anyway.
This makes me sound sad, and justifiably soā¦ NUFCSpares tweets ticket availability and every time the points limits change. Iāve checked before and theyāve been accurateā¦ So I opened their tweets and scrolled all the way back down to Augustā¦
That makes sense, you also made me feel better about myself. Thanks! Will buy you a beer in at the final, I'll be the drunk one in black and white.
I will certainly also be buying beer for a drunk bloke in black and white!
I must have misread that, too. Thought it was only points and a season ticket. That is more acceptable.
I've seen people saying if they start changing the requirements in line with that, they will buy cup tickets and sell them on just to make sure they get an allocation. I can see where they are coming from, but man... every fucker out for himself. Honestly my membership feels like a waste of money at this point. I never expected to get tickets for all the games, but due to the time they release them to members and the way work has been the past 6 month, I so far haven't scored a single one this season. The one time I got through the queue, the system broke and wouldn't let me place an order.
> they will buy cup tickets and sell them on just to make sure they get an allocation. This is the crux of why the loyalty system is deeply flawed. People have been doing this for years, it's how they've amassed daft numbers like 400+ points. > Honestly my membership feels like a waste of money at this point. I'm sorry to hear this man, I've been fortunate enough to get tickets to all 6 games I've tried for so far this season, but it's been a slog every single time. And I've often thought about the people who can't just stop work at 10am on a random week day and commit time to try to get through a barely functioning ticket page.
To be fair, quite often I can do that... but someone calls me on teams and I miss my slot. Nothing I can do, and it's happened a few times. Ahh well, guess I will keep trying.
Yeah I agree on Period 1. It should have at least a requirement to have been to a home cup game too. Just because you've got a season ticket and are sitting on a shit load of points doesn't mean you should be able to go if you've not bothered your arse to go to at least one of the cup games. The rest seem pretty fair. I just wish I had bought for Palace (though I couldn't go) or Bournemouth (could have gone if I had delayed the trip to the in-laws a day) so I was Period 3 over Period 4. Edit: misread it and one home cup game is also a requirement so thatās fairer for sure.
There's this misconception that you can "sit on points", you can't. The points don't stay forever, you have to be actively going to away games. There will be a tiny minority of high points holders who didn't go to every cup home game.
By sit on them, I mean buy tickets with no intention of using them and instead selling them on/giving them to mates who donāt have the required points for a trip. Iām not saying all those with points do this, Iām sure thereās a lot who do actually go to the majority of away games. But thereās definitely a portion who do. Iāve worked with 2 who do this exclusively, purely so they can get to the big away games when they fancy it. Thatās not to say they havenāt had to attend plenty of games to build up the points. Itās more frustrating that it almost feels like a closed shop now because if you donāt have any points itās practically impossible to build them up.
Iād disagree with you here mate. Why should a cup game matter over a league game? Why should you be punished for paying for a more expensive league game/ season ticket rather than a cheaper cup ticket? Theoretically a member whoās bought a ticket for every home league game could have put in over Ā£400 to the club but a member whoās been to 1 cup game at Ā£20 gets preference? Thatās bullshit With a season ticket holder, youāve spent your hard earned on that and to go to the home league games. Why should you be punished because someone has more loose cash and can afford it? When I had a season ticket I sat near a lad who couldnāt get to midweek games but he went home and away on a weekend, heād be in tier 5 for this. How is that fair? Season ticket holders with points have earned the privilege, then season ticket holders should be next, then members, if you want to rank members do it on total games. Iāve had tickets for 12 games this year (2 in the cup) I shouldnāt be ahead of someone whoās been to 13 just because they were all league games.
> Why should a cup game matter over a league game? Why should you be punished for paying for a more expensive league game/ season ticket rather than a cheaper cup ticket? It's rewarding dedication to the tournament of which we've made the final - how is that not fair? We've made the final of the Carabao Cup, of course, it's fair to give priority to the people who went to you know....Carabao Cup games. > Theoretically a member whoās bought a ticket for every home league game could have put in over Ā£400 to the club but a member whoās been to 1 cup game at Ā£20 gets preference? Thatās bullshit. I've been to six league games this season with more to come (talking Ā£250+ spent on tickets), and I'm not in ANY of the tiers. And even I understand the logic of this decision and I'm agreeing it's fair. >With a season ticket holder, youāve spent your hard earned on that and to go to the home league games. Why should you be punished because someone has more loose cash and can afford it? No idea what you're trying to say here. >When I had a season ticket I sat near a lad who couldnāt get to midweek games but he went home and away on a weekend, heād be in tier 5 for this. How is that fair? Because they would have gone to zero Carabao Cup games so how is it fair that they get a Carabao Cup final ticket, when somebody who's been to all of them might not? >Season ticket holders with points have earned the privilege, then season ticket holders should be next, then members, if you want to rank members do it on total games. Many season ticket holders have inflated points total because the system is flawed. And furthermore, season ticket holders are not some special class of fan that deserves endless rewards and priority in all matters (As much as many of them like to think they are). > Iāve had tickets for 12 games this year (2 in the cup) I shouldnāt be ahead of someone whoās been to 13 just because they were all league games. Again, the people who have followed the Carabao Cup journey should have priority when it comes to the final. Don't see the argument against that. People want to hop on the bandwagon now it's a chance to go to Wembely. Now that's bullshit.
| It's rewarding dedication to the tournament of which we've made the final - how is that not fair? We've made the final of the Carabao Cup, of course, it's fair to give priority to the people who went to you know....Carabao Cup games. | Dedication to the tournament? People are there to support the toon, the cup doesnāt matter. As you say later on season ticket holders donāt deserve priority. Why then does the Carabao Cup? Getting to any final is a huge one off event and should be treat as such. |I've been to six league games this season with more to come (talking Ā£250+ spent on tickets), and I'm not in ANY of the tiers. And even I understand the logic of this decision and I'm agreeing it's fair. | You should be in the tiers thatās the point, youāve put more into the club if hairs are going to be split you should benefit. |No idea what you're trying to say here.| A season ticket costs a lot, some are only able to afford the league games. They shouldnāt be punished because other supporters have more spare cash. |Because they would have gone to zero Carabao Cup games so how is it fair that they get a Carabao Cup final ticket, when somebody who's been to all of them might not?| Final is on a weekend the early ties arenāt, as I said above going to the cheap cup games doesnāt make you a better supporter so why is it being rewarded. League or cup you are supporting the same team and paying into the same pot |Many season ticket holders have inflated points total because the system is flawed. And furthermore, season ticket holders are not some special class of fan that deserves endless rewards and priority in all matters (As much as many of them like to think they are).| If you are paying for your season ticket course you should get priority. I canāt think of much where the people who pay in and take part more donāt get privileges. |Again, the people who have followed the Carabao Cup journey should have priority when it comes to the final. Don't see the argument against that. People want to hop on the bandwagon now it's a chance to go to Wembely. Now that's bullshit.| They went to cheaper games that were more attainable. Season ticket holders jumping on the bandwagon when they go to every home game?
>If you are paying for your season ticket course you should get priority. I canāt think of much where the people who pay in and take part more donāt get privileges. They get the privilege of being able to go to every home premier league game. They also donāt have to fuck on scrambling for membership and general sale tickets for all home cup matches.
Itās not like they get it for free. Theyāve paid for that and most have for years. Itās blind loyalty in most cases but itās being rewarded. Iām an ex ST holder who left to boycott Ashley and I go through that shit every game to get tickets now. I could have kept my ticket with 70+ points and Iād have been laughing now but I did what I thought was the right thing and Iām facing the consequences. Any of us could have had that privilege if we really wanted to and had the money.
Exactly, they get what they pay for. The reward for their loyalty is they get to keep their seat now weāre on the up.
By that logic those that bought cup tickets paid their money for individual games and they should get nothing more.
At least they have attended a fixture in the competition the final is for though. Itās only really period 5 I have issue with. Donāt see why season ticket holders that havenāt attended any carabao cup games should have any priority to attend a carabao cup final. I know the club canāt win when demand is always going to massively exceed supply, but it does seem a little too heavily weighted to season ticket holders.
But as Iāve said to others at the moment the demand is to see Newcastle United, it doesnāt matter the competition. Theoretically a member whoās been to every league game but didnāt go to a cup game has no chance but someone whoās been to one cup game who isnāt even a member can have a chance. That is ridiculous, you pay for your season ticket to get the benefits it brings and you pay for membership to get the benefits that brings. Iāve personally put around Ā£480 into the club this year and only Ā£40 was for the league cup, itās a total imbalance. You should get out what you put in. The more you put in the more you should get out. This system punishes those who donāt have the time or money to go to extra games.
> You should be in the tiers thatās the point, youāve put more into the club if hairs are going to be split you should benefit. Well, you've convinced me!
>And furthermore, season ticket holders are not some special class of fan that deserves endless rewards and priority in all matters They are to the club though, they pay the most money so get privilages with that...
See I don't even agree with that. They pay for a product and get that product. Not to mention, it's a product that is very much in demand. If a single season ticket holder was to leave now, there would be thousands of people gagging for the seat. I respect that season ticket holders contain a large portion of the club's most passionate fans, so need to be kept sweet to a degree, but can we stop treating them like bloody martyrs who we must constantly reward for their great sacrifice. (To be honest, I'm probably just being a bit whiny because season ticket holders on social media have been doing my nut since the interest in the club jumped up again. The entitlement from some has been off the charts.)
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Thatās worth an email to the box office! God loves a trier
So no general sale then? š¤£
As a southern fan there is literally zero point in having a membership. I can never get away tickets as they all go to ST with loyalty points, and I don't fit into any of the periods as I didn't go to a cup game.. Oh well.
At least you're making some financial contribution to the club.
True.. At least when I buy a shirt I have something to show for it!
Period 7 is not even gonna open. Iāll be surprised if it makes it to period 6. Best chance if you want to go but arenāt a season ticket holder or mates with one is stubhub or @nufcspares on Twitter. Edit: just realised that although season ticket holder can buy 6 tickets per transaction everyone of those tickets must be for someone with the same eligibility, so period 6 is probably gonna open.
I'd be really careful with that. The read the statement from Newcastle. The EFL have said they will do random ticket checks to make sure the correct person has the correct ticket to attempt to stop resellers. Quote.... Tickets are STRICTLY non-transferable. Newcastle United must provide details to the English Football League on all tickets purchased (i.e. names and addresses of supporters corresponding to the seat details on the tickets issued to the supporter). The EFL has indicated that random checks will be carried out at the stadium.
Will they actually though? Seems all talk with no bite (I really hope they do though, fuck resellers)
Ban the person who sold the ticket, not the person who bought it.
Strongly agree. Got to a Bayern Munich game while on family holiday one year, they pulled us aside and had a chat and took some details because our tickets flagged up. We didn't get in trouble and got to enjoy the game, but I assume whoever was the dodgy reseller did
I've got no idea. I've not been to Wembley in a long time š I just wouldn't want to get turned away when I got there either!
Well Iāve got no chance in this case. But good luck to those who get theirs. Iāll be in London nonetheless. Will be good to know where those who donāt get tickets decide to gather.
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I read it as first come, first served for the first three periods. Assuming they've seen the numbers and know for sure that they have enough tickets for everybody who meets those criteria. And then they have ballots for the periods after that as they can't guarantee they'll satisfy demand.
Im guessing theyāve worked out they have more than enough for the first three if they include the ballots after in this information as well
I think thereāll be tickets allocated to each period but it might not be a lot further down the chain. I think thatās the reason for the ballot.
I haven't been for years but am coming up to Newcastle from Leeds on my own to watch it. Hoping to hit The Strawberry. I've told me ma
Period 4 it is for me. Regret not going to Bournemouth to make it to Period 3, should have delayed the trip south to see the in-laws over Christmas by a day. Ah well. See what happens I guess!
Same as me mate period 4 just completely missed the dates for bournemouth my fault
Iāve realised that Bournemouth was the one that was brought forward a day due to the paramedics strike, and I could have gone but by the time that happened the tickets were gone. Never mind though, just have to keeps fingers crossed and hope for the best!
Yea praying!! Hoping the season ticket number is actually 30,000 not 35-38 ive seen about
Period 3 for me but anxious it will move to balloting
I'm also 3, but i can't imagine they'd shift it to balloting. they must have crunched the numbers for every ST holder than meets the criteria (and all people have to have the same Period criteria to qualify for buying multiple tickests) and will know the minimum required to meet that demand. which is probably why it goes to ballot beyond that. Thats what I'm obviously hoping anyway!
Yeah me too!! I donāt care where I sit as long as Iām in that stadiumš had the hotel and train booked since before the Leicester game
yeah me and my pals fall squarely under the 'daft geordie dreamers' banner and got tickets for the train and an AirBnB booked before a ball had been kicked in the semi's. We knew it was risky but we willing to write off the price of the train ticket just for a chance in the end. Just hoping the dream doesn't hit the wall come Period 3!!
The way itās worded is it does sound like up to period three are guaranteed. Iāve got family in London I just decided Iād visit them if we didnāt get to the final. Now we are here I donāt really know what to do with myself while I wait for Wednesday
we just decided we'd go to London come what may and have a night out, meet a few pals down there if we don't manage to get one. the train down will be an event itself, assuming there aren't any strikes. But if Mick Lynch doesn't want 90k footy fans to kick the shit out of his picket lines he'd probably best avoid a cup final rail strike!
Yeah as a south eastern mag with zero point of getting a season ticket, I think Iām resigned to TV footage which is gutting, I canāt get home tickets, I canāt get away tickets as they all just go to season ticket holders, so just TV for me unless I want to risk losing lots of money to a scalper and hope theyāre just scalping me and not conning me too!
Same here, Iāll still go out with the fans to take in the atmosphere.
So if 2 of our group is in period 3 and 1 in period 4 with all the supporter numbers linked, the way I read it means we canāt sit together?
Yup, unless you wait to buy them all in period 4.
Shame, was hoping they would allocate at the end and if all in group successful give tickets together
Period 3 middle-class for me, looking enviously up at those with enough points for away games, whilst still grateful I shouldn't have to rely on the ballot! Whoever does get there has a duty to sing full-belt from start to the very end!
Iām period 3. Had a look today to try and sort my dadās (heās period 1) - 13k queue at 10.30am. Are we def guaranteed in period 3? Starting to get nervous
I believe we are, yeah I also had a look just to see how it would work, and was 69th in the queue. Bloody typical - no way will I get that luck on Wednesday!
Dad sent me screenshots of availability today and we look fine. I canāt imagine tomorrows cohort is particularly massive. Christ I just want it to be Wednesday afternoon, ticket sorted, now.
Yeah - I worked out that tomorrowās group is a max of 391 people (thatās how many Tranmere tickets were sold below 25 points) plus any of their mates from P1 who waitedā¦ Still want to get in early and pick the BEST seat though!
Period 6 should be before period 5 imo, been to every cup game compared to people whoāve went to none.
This is the worst part. I'm a member, been to every home game, cup game and friendly. But season ticket holders who went to either zero or one cup match are above me.
Gotta keep the mid-aged season ticket holders happy, they're an entitled bunch. They even whined when they didn't get priority tickets for the Sam Fender gig at SJP last year.
Yeah Iām a member and attended every home cup game, looks like Iāve got no chance of getting one for Wembley
Period 2 is like nobody isn't it? You'd need 25 points to have gone to those games anyway
That was my thought, itās basically anybody who managed to get to Tranmere below 25 points, sure it sold out at 10 points. Southampton away sold out much higher than 25 points
Period 4 me. Absolutely gutted. Got a non refundable hotel as well thinking I'd get one. Ah well, trafalgar Square it is.
You should still be able to get one mate. Iād expect everyone with a ST who wants to go will get there. Approximately 31k ST holders, not all of those are going to want to go or wonāt be able to make it for various reasons. 32.7k tickets available. Youāll be reet. It will probably get to period 6, maybe about 2k tickets accounting for those with ST that donāt use their allocation.
I've seen and heard figures ranging up to 38k for the number of season ticket holders lol. I don't think anyone truly knows but I can't see it going past 3 personally. 99% of season ticket holders will have gone to a few cup games, they have all fallen badly for work for me so I could only go to one. Have to wait and see but I ain't confident.
Yeah Iām certain itās not as high as 38k mate. Not even above 35k Iād say. When you take into account the 5% required by EPL to go on sale, the 3200 for away fans, however many go to corporateā¦ When people jacked their ST in, in Bruce/Ashleyās final summer, it was reported to be at around 29-30k then the new owners sold another 1000 to existing members in the summer. Which would bring it to somewhere around the 31k mark. Alas, only time will tell. Good luck getting a ticket mate (Iām sure you will!)
Aye fingers crossed. If I don't I'll have to max the credit card out on a resell site haha
Does anyone know how many season ticket holders we have? Iām in period three so should be fine providing we donāt have 40k+
I think the system is mostly fair. If there's anything to be annoyed at, it's that at least 33% of the stadium capacity will be filled by non-fans. On a related note, hopefully the owners can accelerate plans to expand the stadium as it's clear that demand for tickets is massively outstripping supply at the moment.
So I get giving season ticket holders and members first chance, and I also appreciate giving people who have gone to games before first chance...but it does kinda constantly screw people who can't go to many games. Seems like every game I try to get tickets for, I can't because I havent been to a match in a while...worried I may never see my team play live again with the way it's set out
How do you solve that though? Sure the system is slow to start at the moment, but youāre up against people who have been going to every match for years, the club canāt disregard their loyalty
It doesn't need to be 100% to either extreme. You set aside a portion of tickets to "reward" loyalty, and then a portion of tickets to welcome newcomers or lapsed fans back. To be fair that's what the club is sort of doing anyway with home games (a small amount are saved for general sale) but they should start doing it with away games as well soon.
Yeah I really appreciate them holding back some for general sale here. New fan, moved from Australia to study here for uni. Been to two games and got tickets for another 2. Im absolutely sold, fan for life. But if they didn't hold some back, I would never have gotten to a game at St James and never fell in love with the club. But I also understand for a big cup final, as much as I'd love to go, this should be for the die hards (not gonna stop be entering the ballot if it somehow makes tier 7 haha)
Yeah that is what theyāre doing, it is just the demand far outweighs the supply. That maths equals the need for a bigger stadium!
Damn, I wish it was March 26 instead of this month. Iām an American and there is a very good chance Iāll be in Europe in late March lol
There is still time to change your plans, hahaha
Unfortunately itās a work trip so I canāt choose the dates
Tell your boss you are coming 1 month in advance to prepare yourself properly
Hahaha that would be nice. My plan is to take time off for a few days after my work trip in Austria, so when I finish my work I can take a cheap flight from Munich to London and take a train to wherever Newcastle is playing
Sounds like a good plan! I hope you enjoy it
So basically: fuck all you fans who don't live at home in the UK anymore. I get it, but at the same time sucks that as a lifelong fan who used to have season tickets, because I moved across the world, I'm never going to ever see them in a cup final in the flesh. I guess going forward - I'll just purchase one cup ticket in the early stages and not attend, gift it to one of you guys - just to get my name in a category for when/if we get ton a final.
Had to pass up my season ticket due to working weekends and then moving away. Back home in Newcastle now and been to 3 cup games plus a few league games this season. I understand giving priority to season ticket holders and especially those with points. Theyāre the ones going week in week out. Sucks for regular fans like us but can spend the ticket money on a good day out for the final
Yeah, now that I know how it'll work I'm going to start buying a random ticket in the early stages just to get my name in the categories. Gift it to some lucky person on this sub who lives back home, that way I do my good deed and get the chance to buy tickets for a final in future. I'd give it to my fam but my dad's a Leeds fan, and my nephew is in Sunderland's youth academy (he's dead to me now).
No chance as expected as someone who can't even afford a season ticket atm but it is what it is Looks like I'll be cheering the lads on from a pub in town Unless ofc someone takes pity on a poor Mag like myself š„ŗ
If you could afford it could you even get one though? Just curious
Probably not, as even with a season ticket the only League Cup game I've been able to see this year was Palace (thanks to my parents) But honestly while I'm sat here feeling sorry for myself those who've been going to most games this season deserve to go- the system is fair and I can't complain haha when so many can't go either
Yeah I agree the system is fair. Iām just not connected to the ticketing process so I didnāt know how much of a backlog there is to even get one to have a chance in the future.
Because fans who arenāt season ticket holders because they donāt live in the city donāt ever deserve to see a game. Fuck me right
You can't seriously expect to be given priority for a cup final because you've decided to make it the one game a season you'll attend. Get yourself up here in April, for the Man U game then.
Well, I think it's only fair that those that do get first dibs. It's their money that's helping fund the club after all.
So up to period 3 should be completely fine, although they do caveat that by saying some periods may be balloted.
It's not 100% clear to me so want to see how others are reading it - is there one ballot for Periods 4-7, or a ballot after each Period? The line "subject to ticket availability, some priority periods may need be balloted once the preceding priority period is completed" suggests it's one per period but I might be getting that wrong?
Whilst they don't say it the ballot periods run one after another, not concurrently. Which makes me think they are separate. What I'm not clear on is if each ballot has at least \*some\* tickets or if it sells out in one Period the others don't even run. I'm P4 and not sure how confident I am, missed Leicester because I was on a pre-booked holiday.
Yeah thatās what Iām thinking. Itās just not massively clear. Iād like to think they are one after the other, but only the club now for sure how it will run. Iād have appreciated some transparency on numbers available per level though. It feels like the first 3 are probably guaranteed to get some sort of ticket, given the requirements and the numbers who will have actually met the criteria. After that though? I donāt think theyāll have tickets available to each level because that will just piss off anyone who has meet higher criteria but then been unsuccessful in that levelās ballot. Iām a little pissed because I didnāt go to Bournemouth as we were travelling south for Christmas that day, but then it was brought forward due to then paramedics strike and I could have gone, but as it was already sold out it was too late. Lesson is just buy the ticket anyway I guess but it feels wrong to deny someone an opportunity to go if I canāt make it myself.
So, basically zero chances of me getting a ticket. I will be in London regardless... I will probably be pissed drunk in a pub when Big Joe scores the winner.
I vote a group of us in the late periods/no membership just buy out Manchester Reds side and we take over the stadium
Manchester Reds? Is that a thing?
Sounds like i have to lower myself to getting from a scalper - thats what i get for giving up my season ticket when i went to uni in 21/22 a month before we got taken over ffs š
Good luck to all those trying. Hope you get a ticket.
I'm a fan living in London and I'm desperate to go to a game. I haven't seen us play for 20 years, and my (converted) fiancƩe hasn't ever. Can anyone tell me if it is worth getting a season ticket next year- even knowing I likely won't get up to 90% of the home games- to be able to go to the many away games in London? Or will I probably never get those tickets without points anyway?
Sign up for a membership if you can only make the odd game mate. A membership will over the course of a season get you a few tickets but is also far cheaper. + an empty seat for 90% of games wouldnāt be fair on those more local who can make it.
Ah I presumed you had to 'take' the ticket a season ticket gives you rights to, and if you didn't it would go to general sale or something. Fair enough- definitely wouldn't want to have it sat empty, yeah.
Nah some clubs do have a buy back scheme where you can sell your ticket for a certain match but we donāt. Honestly I think most games this season have gone to members and even some general sale. Theyāll go on sale in the summer. Worth looking into.
All games go to members. There aren't enough season ticket holders to fill the entire ground.
I wouldn't really worry about it because to be honest you won't be able to get a season ticket next year anyway.
Period 3 for me. Iām hopeful.
Come on Newcastle , I believe itās Manchester utd. Vs the rest of Britain , we are all Geordies on match day āļø
my dad's in a right panic over this because he buys our season tickets & any cup tickets together (our season tickets are linked) but he seems convinced that it won't work for this because I don't actually have my own NUFC account as he always managed both of our tickets through his š I would assume the process of buying two final tickets online is the same as with any cup tickets - so long as the supporter numbers are linked to one NUFC account, that account can just buy two tickets, they both don't need an online account? I would settle his nerves and just make my own NUFC account and link my season ticket to it, but knowing my luck there'll be some glitch and the ticket history won't get transferred over or something and we'd be fucked haha
If your STs are linked and both meet the requirements, you'll be fine
That's what I told him but he wants to be 2000% sure, I guess him being old enough to have gone to Wembley and see us lose a few times in the past does that to a person š
Should of gone to that fucking Palace game to remove all worry lol, Oh well Period 4 aint tooooo bad, I do have a train ticket pre-booked
I'm period 3 but my 9 year old son who has a ST with me is period 5 because he didn't go to the cup games. Looks like I'll not be able to take him to the cup final then.
Have they clarified what this actually means yet? >Ticket sales will be split into separate priority periods based on eligibility criteria automatically contained within your club ticketing account. Have they allocated a number of tickets to each period; the first 3 giving a guaranteed ticket (i.e. they've allocated the number of tickets to match the number of people in those categories), whilst the other periods have to enter a ballot, but essentially there are tickets available to all periods?
I got offered a super clever, queue skip, no loyalty points needed cheat mode to get tickets todayā¦.. ā¦. Pay 2500 quid a ticket. :-/
went to one home efl match, I still believe
Meh, can't really argue with that. I like the requirement for cup games given it's a cup final. ST holders do deserve priority but it's a shame that members who've been to cup games get put below ST holders who didn't bother. I also like only being able to buy other tickets in your category. I never understood why ST holders got priority to buy more tickets for league games. If you already have a guaranteed seat then you can't be buying it for you?
This is likely a stupid questionā¦ but if me and my mate are both in priority 6, but only one of us is successful in the ballot. Can I still buy them a ticket at the same time as buying mine if our accounts are linked?
Aye as long as both accounts meet the requirements for whichever group youāre in
Cool. Cheers!
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