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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: mushRTID on April 28, 2024, 08:04:20 am
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Is it safe to assume the points/loyalty system will apply to these? If so how do you find out how many points you have please?
Or is it the number of away games you have done?
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Google “Doncaster Rovers loyalty point system”.
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Thanks. It doesn’t appear to tell me how to find out my points though.
It’s going to be chaos if everyone has to call the ticket office to find out.
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Thanks. It doesn’t appear to tell me how to find out my points though.
It’s going to be chaos if everyone has to call the ticket office to find out.
Just try and buy a ticket online. If you don't have the required points it will tell you.
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Points are awarded as follows:
23 points are issued to all Season Membership holders on the purchase of their Season Membership
Ten points are issued to all Flexi Ten Ticket Membership holders
Five points are issued to all Flexi Five Ticket Membership holders
Two points are issued to all Supporter Members
One point is issued for any purchased cup match ticket
One point is issued for any purchased away league match ticket
One point is issued for any purchased home league match ticket
As the club currently operates a policy of named purchases only for away tickets with no transfers, points tracked should be accurate.
You should be able to work out your own points from that.
A ticket bought for Bristol Street Trophy match would add a point to your total as well
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Anyone know when they are on sale ?
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Anyone know when they are on sale ?
Crewe have to send them to us. So my guess would be Wednesday. Could even be Thursday dude.
How quick can they get them printed and posted to us.
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Cheers Camps you got over yesterday yet ?
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Seen a few posters say Crewe are blighted with injuries. Hopefully they are all out for the playoffs!
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Crewe now have theirs on sale at £20 so I guess that'll be the price for both legs.
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Crewe now have theirs on sale at £20 so I guess that'll be the price for both legs.
Fair price. Ours may be on sale tomorrow then.
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How many will we get? Who decides?
Normal allocation there is 1680 (16.54% of ground capacity) but Stockport apparently got 2330 for the massive Cheshire derby (22.94%). Can we have that number?
At our ground we recently gave Wrexham 2934 (19.25%). If we gave Crewe 22.94% that would be 3495.
Figures may well be wrong because it takes no account of areas set aside for segregation. But you get my overall point.
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Cheers Camps you got over yesterday yet ?
No it will take me a week at least and then we have to do it again at Crewe. What about you?
To be honest I am shattered.
Just a shame we didn’t do the record 11 but maybe a positive only drawing as all winning runs have to come to an end don’t they. So better yesterday than it happening in the play offs.
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Cheers Camps you got over yesterday yet ?
No it will take me a week at least and then we have to do it again at Crewe. What about you?
To be honest I am shattered.
Just a shame we didn’t do the record 11 but maybe a positive only drawing as all winning runs have to come to an end don’t they. So better yesterday than it happening in the play offs.
Playoff wins technically wouldn’t have counted as a continuation of the league game winning run. That would have waited until August. Still a continuation of the run though in some sense. All irrelevant now of course.
Just concentrate on the task in hand now.
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How many will we get? Who decides?
Normal allocation there is 1680 (16.54% of ground capacity) but Stockport apparently got 2330 for the massive Cheshire derby (22.94%). Can we have that number?
At our ground we recently gave Wrexham 2934 (19.25%). If we gave Crewe 22.94% that would be 3495.
Figures may well be wrong because it takes no account of areas set aside for segregation. But you get my overall point.
1680 is the side, sometimes they give away teams the stand behind the goal as well. Hopefully that’s the case. All depends on how many they think they will sell to home fans.
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Looks like just the side as they've got both ends on sale to home fans.
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Been given 1694
On sale from tomorrow with s/ticks and 40+ points and 35+ points Tuesday and then season ticket and member ship from Wednesday
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When will our home tickets be for salel
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Any idea what points are?
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https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2024/april/crewe-v-rovers-playoff-tickets/
Probably won’t make general sale
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Don’t quite understand the phasing over Monday and Tuesday unless the total of those with 40 or 35 points is more than the 1694 allocation, which seems a bit unlikely. I think I have 34 points so fingers crossed for Wednesday.
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Any idea what points are?
https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2023/december/ticketing-system/
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https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2024/april/crewe-v-rovers-playoff-tickets/
Probably won’t make general sale
I wonder if it will even make multi ticket membership on Thursday?
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Anyone know when they are on sale ?
Crewe have to send them to us. So my guess would be Wednesday. Could even be Thursday dude.
How quick can they get them printed and posted to us.
If they use Royal Mail it could be after the bank holiday
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Anyone know when they are on sale ?
Crewe have to send them to us. So my guess would be Wednesday. Could even be Thursday dude.
How quick can they get them printed and posted to us.
If they use Royal Mail it could be after the bank holiday
can have them sent to collect at Crewe unless you can collect from rovers I would think
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How do I find out how many points that I have?
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I have very little chance of getting one although I do have a purchase history. Was kind of hoping the attending of away matches might have been a category. Ho hum.
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How do I find out how many points that I have?
Points are awarded as follows:
23 points are issued to all Season Membership holders on the purchase of their Season Membership
Ten points are issued to all Flexi Ten Ticket Membership holders
Five points are issued to all Flexi Five Ticket Membership holders
Two points are issued to all Supporter Members
One point is issued for any purchased cup match ticket
One point is issued for any purchased away league match ticket
One point is issued for any purchased home league match ticket
As the club currently operates a policy of named purchases only for away tickets with no transfers, points tracked should be accurate.
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It’s a pity we don’t get bonus points for already purchasing next seasons membership.
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How can there be no 30+ phasing?
Are we saying a season ticket holder who’s done 10 away games gets no priority over a season ticket holder who’s not done any?
I know you can’t please everyone but I find that mental and completely wrong.
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https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2024/april/crewe-v-rovers-playoff-tickets/
Monday 29th April – Season Membership Holders with 40+ points from 12 noon
Tuesday 30th April – Season Membership Holders with 35+ points from 9am
Wednesday 1st May – Season Membership Holders
Thursday 2nd May - Supporter Membership, Flexi Package, Lottery & Young Reds Membership Holders
Friday 3rd May – General Sale with a DRFC purchase history onlyDue to the away leg tickets not arriving with us until Tuesday 30th lunch time, NO tickets will be posted out.
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How can there be no 30+ phasing?
Are we saying a season ticket holder who’s done 10 away games gets no priority over a season ticket holder who’s not done any?
I know you can’t please everyone but I find that mental and completely wrong.
I think I'm on either 31 or 33 too.
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Cheers Camps you got over yesterday yet ?
No it will take me a week at least and then we have to do it again at Crewe. What about you?
To be honest I am shattered.
Just a shame we didn’t do the record 11 but maybe a positive only drawing as all winning runs have to come to an end don’t they. So better yesterday than it happening in the play offs.
Apologies if any of my finger nails hit you over that last half hour
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How can there be no 30+ phasing?
Are we saying a season ticket holder who’s done 10 away games gets no priority over a season ticket holder who’s not done any?
I know you can’t please everyone but I find that mental and completely wrong.
I agree, it seems like a strange cut off (speaking as someone who hasn't been to many away games so would likely miss out if they changed the perameters)
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Iv just counted im on 32 after doing 7 away games including Swindon, Colchester and Gillingham.
I don’t want a medal for it but I find it hard to accept it counts for nothing.
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How can there be no 30+ phasing?
Are we saying a season ticket holder who’s done 10 away games gets no priority over a season ticket holder who’s not done any?
I know you can’t please everyone but I find that mental and completely wrong.
I sort of agree with this and can only "assume" that the club have looked at the numbers of people at each level of points and based the threshold on what would be guaranteed to fit within the allocated criteria if they all take up the option.
Im in a group of people who generally go together where I fall between the 40 & 35 thresholds but the others are just below 35.
Wednesday will be busy.
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I am biased but I do think it would be fairer if it was 35 points Monday and 30 points Tuesday
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Iv just counted im on 32 after doing 7 away games including Swindon, Colchester and Gillingham.
I don’t want a medal for it but I find it hard to accept it counts for nothing.
I’m in a similar boat. Surely it’ll make the STH sale at least? Or am I just being hopeful?
We average about 700 away from home so surely there can’t be that many with 35+ and 40+ points.
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Can’t argue with it really, selfish I know but I’ve missed Morecambe away and Wrexham at home - some haven’t missed any games
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If the total of those over 35 and 40 points is over 1694 then it’s fair enough, they haven’t got time to phase it over any more days
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If the total of those over 35 and 40 points is over 1694 then it’s fair enough, they haven’t got time to phase it over any more days
It should be over 35 on day one and over 30 on day two in my opinion. I bet there’s hardly any on 40+ to warrant a day for them only.
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I'm somehow on 45, who knew those Bristol street u21 games would come good :-)
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How do I find out how many points that I have?
add up away games and cup games you've been to, then add that to 23..
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I am biased but I do think it would be fairer if it was 35 points Monday and 30 points Tuesday
I’ve had an email from the club telling me how many points I have and when to apply to for my ticket
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I’m on 40+
I think I might be on 43. It’s been hard graft though. I’ve just worked out that if we get to wembley i will have driven over 5,500 miles this season. Crewe in the playoff will be my 19th away game this season
I so hope we get promoted so we have some new grounds to go to
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Sure when we played Harrogate there was only 200 or so with 40+ and know we played a few games since then but should be at least a 1000 left on Wednesday
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Just done a totting-up from memory and I have 34 points …… Bugger!
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Got email for One of my lads who has 40+ but no email for anyone else so must all be close
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I’m on 40+
I think I might be on 43. It’s been hard graft though. I’ve just worked out that if we get to wembley i will have driven over 5,500 miles this season. Crewe in the playoff will be my 19th away game this season
I so hope we get promoted so we have some new grounds to go to
I was talking about "Rovers miles" at Colchester on Tuesday.
My total so far this season is just about 8,000 miles.
I know that there is one of our exiles based in Scotland (Gav) who will probably have nearly doubled that due to the distance to home games and the amount of away games he's been to.
I haven't bothered to work out the cost of it as then its about factoring in the tickets, programmes, food and drink, etc.
sometimes ignorance is bliss
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It's going to be a long week, any word on the exact time they go on sale? In past it's been midnight.
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£62.20 return on train
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I’m on 40+
I think I might be on 43. It’s been hard graft though. I’ve just worked out that if we get to wembley i will have driven over 5,500 miles this season. Crewe in the playoff will be my 19th away game this season
I so hope we get promoted so we have some new grounds to go to
I was talking about "Rovers miles" at Colchester on Tuesday.
My total so far this season is just about 8,000 miles.
I know that there is one of our exiles based in Scotland (Gav) who will probably have nearly doubled that due to the distance to home games and the amount of away games he's been to.
I haven't bothered to work out the cost of it as then its about factoring in the tickets, programmes, food and drink, etc.
sometimes ignorance is bliss
Just done a quick tot up, approx 18500 miles so far including friendlies and cup games, I've earn't my 40 plus points :-)
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£62.20 return on train
split it doncadter to Stockport and Stockport to Crewe about £35 cheaper if book 2nd part in advance thank me later or buy me a pint in Crewe for saving you £30 lol
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I’m on 40+
I think I might be on 43. It’s been hard graft though. I’ve just worked out that if we get to wembley i will have driven over 5,500 miles this season. Crewe in the playoff will be my 19th away game this season
I so hope we get promoted so we have some new grounds to go to
I was talking about "Rovers miles" at Colchester on Tuesday.
My total so far this season is just about 8,000 miles.
I know that there is one of our exiles based in Scotland (Gav) who will probably have nearly doubled that due to the distance to home games and the amount of away games he's been to.
I haven't bothered to work out the cost of it as then its about factoring in the tickets, programmes, food and drink, etc.
sometimes ignorance is bliss
Just done a quick tot up, approx 18500 miles so far including friendlies and cup games, I've earn't my 40 plus points :-)
Good effort Hamilton
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Is there not a train strike? Suggests so on Trainline.
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On Monday 6 May there is an overtime ban being adhered to by ASLEF members. This may limit some services but there will be a fairly normal service running that day.
The only day when services impacting Doncaster will be hit by strike action is Thursday 9 May when ASLEF members on LNER, Northern Trains and TransPennine Express, are on strike.
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I think I'm on 33, but my Grandson (16) should have 35, he went to a couple with mates when I couldn't get out of work.
That's an awkward one, and guess who bought all 68 !
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I think I'm on 33, but my Grandson (16) should have 35, he went to a couple with mates when I couldn't get out of work.
That's an awkward one, and guess who bought all 68 !
Batman shouldn’t need to buy a ticket
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I think I'm on 33, but my Grandson (16) should have 35, he went to a couple with mates when I couldn't get out of work.
That's an awkward one, and guess who bought all 68 !
You should demand any benefits :-)
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Jesus, just chill.
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BOOM!! tickets sorted!!!! :-)
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I had an email yesterday saying I’m on 35+ so I’ll have to find a quiet corner at work tomorrow morning
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No season ticket due to work and only managed Mansfield away (in the home end) this season so looks like I’ll be setting up camp in the Sal a week today!
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I’ve had no email at all yet. Anyone other ST holder not had one?
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I’ve had an email about points but that was Nottinghamshire police ffs. Nothing from the club though.
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I’ve had no email at all yet. Anyone other ST holder not had one?
You’ll only have an email if you have the required number of points for today or tomorrow
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I had a 5 match flexi-ticket, ended up watching 17 games (8 home and 9 away) so I am fully resigned to a nervous afternoon in front of the TV. Gutted but understandable - I'm sure they'll be people who have done more than me missing out - just wish I lived closer to justify buying a season ticket.
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I’ve had no email at all yet. Anyone other ST holder not had one?
You’ll only have an email if you have the required number of points for today or tomorrow
ah ok ta. No I haven’t got that many. Possibly 30 at a guess.
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If there are 1694 people with 35+ points all tickets will be gone before Wednesday, if there aren’t that many then we have wasted a day and there are a lot of people on 30+ points who could be disappointed
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Got mine & 2 others who i go with at 12-10 on line
Could not believe how many had gone in first 5/10 mins
These will be all gone by tomorrow I suspect.
30 + points will probably have over 1680 people.
That’s a guess as I don’t know.
23 points just for being a season ticket holder and we have around 4.500 i think.
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I’ve had no email at all yet. Anyone other ST holder not had one?
You’ll only have an email if you have the required number of points for today or tomorrow
not really I got one for my lad saying he was on 40+ but nothing for other 4 of us who are all on 40+ aswell,I had to ring up and ask
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Around 350 sold so far
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Around 350 sold so far
I was speaking to someone yesterday having a guess at how many people have 35+ points. I said no more than 650. Could be wildly wrong there, not too sure.
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Are Crewe likely to sell their full home allocation?
Hoping they don't so we get an extra couple of hundred tickets
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The family stand behind the goal
CAn be allocated to away fans but I think it’s already for sale to home supporters
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Being an exile makes these times tough.
I'll be up and online at 00:01am on Friday dont you worry. Save me ONE.
Just realised that I should have got one of those mini season tickets as that would have saved me money and edged me into the Thursday list.
6 Away and 8 home. Lots of lower midland / southern teams which helped.
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Have we only released Blocks A,B and C?
Looking on the Crewe site we are getting all of the stand - that has blocks A to F allocated to away fans. Anyone any idea or am I just clutching at straws
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Have we only released Blocks A,B and C?
Looking on the Crewe site we are getting all of the stand - that has blocks A to F allocated to away fans. Anyone any idea or am I just clutching at straws
I'm confused by this also. It looks like we have 3 blocks of that massive stand (main stand) but I thought we had the whole stand opposite (ice-cream stand)
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The ice cream stand is where we were earlier in the season. Which holds 1,600. The map on the Crewe ticketing site is confusing. I wouldn't have thought they'd have given up half of their best stand, but I did read somewhere that the ice cream stand is the best for atmosphere - (not sure if they meant acoustically.) might be trying to generate a hostile environment??
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Is the club posting the tickets out ? As I have no chance of getting to the ground in the time frame allowed.
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Is it allocated seating?
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Is the club posting the tickets out ? As I have no chance of getting to the ground in the time frame allowed.
No they aren't being posted.
If I can get my tickets on Thursday, I don't mind picking yours up for you and meeting up to hand over
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The ice cream stand is where we were earlier in the season. Which holds 1,600. The map on the Crewe ticketing site is confusing. I wouldn't have thought they'd have given up half of their best stand, but I did read somewhere that the ice cream stand is the best for atmosphere - (not sure if they meant acoustically.) might be trying to generate a hostile environment??
Crewe fan on twitter said its defo ice cream van stand, not the main stand
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Is it allocated seating?
Is any game allocated any more? It might say it is but I can’t remember the last game I sat in my allocated seat. I normally arrive not long before KO and the normal message is “sit where you want”
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Is the club posting the tickets out ? As I have no chance of getting to the ground in the time frame allowed.
No they aren't being posted.
If I can get my tickets on Thursday, I don't mind picking yours up for you and meeting up to hand over
I don’t live that close to Doncaster
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Exiles have got an option to get the tickets sent to Crewe to collect apparently
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Is the club posting the tickets out ? As I have no chance of getting to the ground in the time frame allowed.
No they aren't being posted.
If I can get my tickets on Thursday, I don't mind picking yours up for you and meeting up to hand over
I don’t live that close to Doncaster
I meant meeting at Crewe (in a pub of course lol)
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Is the club posting the tickets out ? As I have no chance of getting to the ground in the time frame allowed.
No they aren't being posted.
If I can get my tickets on Thursday, I don't mind picking yours up for you and meeting up to hand over
I don’t live that close to Doncaster
club have said if don’t live in area tickets will be sent to Crewe
We are deffo in the little ice cream stand but only released A B and C as of yet each block hold about 250/270
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Blocks d e and f will be up for sale once first three blocks are sold. They won’t open up the whole stand in the very unlikely event it doesn’t sell out.
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Block D now open.
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571 tickets left , with two blocks still unopened. This will at least make sth sale. I suspect general sale might be a stretch. Rail strikes and televised May put a few off.
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There isn’t any rail strikes or not from donny to Crewe anyway
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571 tickets left , with two blocks still unopened. This will at least make sth sale. I suspect general sale might be a stretch. Rail strikes and televised May put a few off.
Whatever it takes - just need the two - general sale !
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571 tickets left , with two blocks still unopened. This will at least make sth sale. I suspect general sale might be a stretch. Rail strikes and televised May put a few off.
Whatever it takes - just need the two - general sale !
Looks like potentially 1000-1100 tickets going to STHs that haven’t amassed to 35+ points. Going to be touch and go. Can’t remember a game never going to general sale though.
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Don’t think it will make 9am phone sales tomorrow if I’m honest
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Are the tickets going on sale at 9am tomorrow for season ticket holders, or from midnight ?
It's not clear on the website
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My guess is midnight
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Don’t think it will make 9am phone sales tomorrow if I’m honest
there are still 1k left as of now
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Don’t think it will make 9am phone sales tomorrow if I’m honest
there are still 1k left as of now
So 600 - 700 sold to ST holders on points system already.
Not looking good for other memberships on Thursday let alone general sale
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My calculations are that we’ve sold 323 so far, out of the 907 on sale, with 2 more blocks (400/500) to be released. Not sure if we might get some of another stand looking at the numbers?
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My calculations are that we’ve sold 323 so far, out of the 907 on sale, with 2 more blocks (400/500) to be released. Not sure if we might get some of another stand looking at the numbers?
Nearer 450 sold I think.
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Are the tickets going on sale at 9am tomorrow for season ticket holders, or from midnight ?
It's not clear on the website
I saw it mentions phone lines and box office as the same times on the home tickets article today. So does that mean online sales will start the same time as phone sales? I guess someone will be staying up till midnight to check tonight
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My new plan is to buy my 16 Yr old son his ticket tomorrow as he's a season ticket holder and take him even if I can't get a ticket.
So I'll either try and scrounge a last minute ticket or put hi-viz coat on and try to get in as a steward.
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I make it around 480 sold, of the 1000ish that have gone on sale, with another two blocks not made available yet that will presumably make up the other 600-700 tickets.
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My new plan is to buy my 16 Yr old son his ticket tomorrow as he's a season ticket holder and take him even if I can't get a ticket.
So I'll either try and scrounge a last minute ticket or put hi-viz coat on and try to get in as a steward.
I think you'll need someone also in a high vis to take care of health and safety
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Today’s tickets for35+ points people didn’t go on sale at midnight. Weren’t available to buy until 9am
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When I rung for mine I asked about collecting it at Crewe but because of my DN postcode I’ve got to collect it at the ground even though I live well away from Doncaster. The DN postcode is one of the biggest in England !!!
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My new plan is to buy my 16 Yr old son his ticket tomorrow as he's a season ticket holder and take him even if I can't get a ticket.
So I'll either try and scrounge a last minute ticket or put hi-viz coat on and try to get in as a steward.
Give it a go!
A French friend did similar in the 98 world cup. He applied for tickets for all the games in Marseille,got a job as a steward,got and generously gave the tickets for the Marseille gales to me. I got to see the great Bergkamp goal against Argentina. On the day of the final he tried his luck in stewards gear,got turned away,tried another entrance and got in. Changed clothes and sat between 2 seats and watched the final.
Blag it
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My new plan is to buy my 16 Yr old son his ticket tomorrow as he's a season ticket holder and take him even if I can't get a ticket.
So I'll either try and scrounge a last minute ticket or put hi-viz coat on and try to get in as a steward.
Give it a go!
A French friend did similar in the 98 world cup. He applied for tickets for all the games in Marseille,got a job as a steward,got and generously gave the tickets for the Marseille gales to me. I got to see the great Bergkamp goal against Argentina. On the day of the final he tried his luck in stewards gear,got turned away,tried another entrance and got in. Changed clothes and sat between 2 seats and watched the final.
Blag it
I've actually Google earthed Crewe stadium to look for "soft" entry points, vizi jacket on and slide in.
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A Celtic fan couldn't get a ticket to a sold out game at Ibrox so he applied for a job with the catering company, turned up for his shift then sloped off into the stands. :lol:
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Are 1600 STH going to buy tickets with the home leg to pay for and potentially a costly trip to London to come this month? Maybe not.
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My new plan is to buy my 16 Yr old son his ticket tomorrow as he's a season ticket holder and take him even if I can't get a ticket.
So I'll either try and scrounge a last minute ticket or put hi-viz coat on and try to get in as a steward.
Give it a go!
A French friend did similar in the 98 world cup. He applied for tickets for all the games in Marseille,got a job as a steward,got and generously gave the tickets for the Marseille gales to me. I got to see the great Bergkamp goal against Argentina. On the day of the final he tried his luck in stewards gear,got turned away,tried another entrance and got in. Changed clothes and sat between 2 seats and watched the final.
Blag it
I've actually Google earthed Crewe stadium to look for "soft" entry points, vizi jacket on and slide in.
Whatever you do, don't go in from the railway. Your likely to be squashed by a freight train.
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A Celtic fan couldn't get a ticket to a sold out game at Ibrox so he applied for a job with the catering company, turned up for his shift then sloped off into the stands. :lol:
My other team Shamrock Rovers drew AC Milan in the Europa League during the COVID pandemic so it was a behind closed doors game. One lad showed up at the ground in the morning in a hi Vis looking like a steward and managed to get in, hung around under stand on the far side of the main entrance where there isn't much movement all day and stepped out in to the stand just before kick off looking like one of the few chosen volunteers who were picked essentially as ball boys for the game.
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If the total of those over 35 and 40 points is over 1694 then it’s fair enough, they haven’t got time to phase it over any more days
It should be over 35 on day one and over 30 on day two in my opinion. I bet there’s hardly any on 40+ to warrant a day for them only.
I think you will be surprised how many will have over 40 points. I have got 53 points. 58 I think is the maximum.
I missed 3 away league games, one away BSM cup game and 1 away FA Cup game.
I know quite a number who have more points than me never mind just 40 points or more.
I would guess there are between 800 and 1000 people with over 40 points. Now that’s just my estimate & I could be completely wrong of course.
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Is it allocated seating?
Is any game allocated any more? It might say it is but I can’t remember the last game I sat in my allocated seat. I normally arrive not long before KO and the normal message is “sit where you want”
If it’s sold out or nearly sold out then it should be allocated seats or it causes big problems for people wanting to sit together and what’s the point of picking your seats on line if they are taken by someone else when you get into the ground.
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I can’t remember the last time I sat in the seat number on my ticket at an away game.
I did at Wembley but that was a neutral venue.
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I would have thought very few people of 35+ points would not buy a ticket for this unless they are on hols, ill or working. By definition they are our most loyal fans and have persevered through the rough as well as the smooth so surely they will go to a huge game like this. It will be interesting to see how many tickets are left after today.
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I’ve resigned myself to the fact that this won’t make gen sale and as such my lad an I won’t be going.
Here’s a thing though, and it will be controversial for some maybe, but I think there is a valid point here. Some may agree, some may not.
My dad and brother have season tickets. Myself and my youngest son who follow rovers don’t. I live away, as does youngest son. We get to games home and away when we can.
Dad and brother live in Edenthorpe so getting to home games is easy for them.
My brother ( normal adult ticket) is getting a ticket for Crewe. He hopes to get one tomorrow .
My dad is in his mid 70’s ( senior sth) He doesn’t want to go, and will watch it instead on tv. He is not keen on away games.
His senior season ticket only allows for a senior ticket for Crewe. I think the club are missing a trick here. Why oh why can’t the club sell my dad a ticket for his grandson, or indeed his son (me) if he wishes? He has earned the right to do this surely? He would be very happy for this to happen and therefore further bolstering his continuing season ticket purchasing. But he can’t.
His grandson is now 26, but if he was younger, say 14, it would be a nice thing to be able to transfer you ticket to someone in the family wouldn’t it?
Something for the club to consider in future perhaps ? And it would be with the caveat that they are on the database. Which our whole family is .
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Mate they won't check the ticket at crewe. If they do play dum and say it should be adult or kids. They won't turn you away. They don't even look at tickets tbf.
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That’s true
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Does anyone know if the changeover is midnight for the next day? Season ticket holder but haven't 35 points so can get mine from tomorrow. Thinking of staying up to buy after midnight
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Says further up 9am online and phone sales
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Cheers l, I took that as the Tuesday sales. Both Monday and Tuesday give times but nothing for the other days. Soon find out
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Trying to buy one for my son but getting this message.
The quantity of tickets owned by Needham, Charlie exceeds limitations. To resolve, click "Assign Owners" and assign some of the tickets to other owners. Sorry, you cannot buy any more tickets to event Crewe Alexandra v Doncaster Rovers Play Off 1st Leg 06/05/2024 17:30. Sales to this event are limited to 0 tickets per event per history per item owner.
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Same for me wonder if it's 9am
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Getting the same. If it was going to be a specific time on Wednesday, why didn’t they communicate that clearly?
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Getting the same. If it was going to be a specific time on Wednesday, why didn’t they communicate that clearly?
Aye, I've stayed up late on a school night to do this because there wasn't a time given for Wednesday.
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Me too haha, looks like tickets are going as tried it a couple of times but maybe that's people getting them in their basket as it holds them for 20mins
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Is it allocated seating?
Is any game allocated any more? It might say it is but I can’t remember the last game I sat in my allocated seat. I normally arrive not long before KO and the normal message is “sit where you want”
If it’s sold out or nearly sold out then it should be allocated seats or it causes big problems for people wanting to sit together and what’s the point of picking your seats on line if they are taken by someone else when you get into the ground.
It won't be never is. Never enforced and never happens.
Problem with this one. I'm getting mine today and so are a couple of others. Some only have multi packages or that £20 membership to get £4 off home tickets and will have tickets in a separate area based on this system
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Ticket numbers don’t look like they have moved since yesterday. Bun fight at 9am. Plus a Que at the TO no doubt.
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Yeah I'm suspecting someone presses a button at 9am now, still won't let me order online
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Think there's any chance any will go general sale?
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Think there's any chance any will go general sale?
Sadly for many, no
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Me too haha, looks like tickets are going as tried it a couple of times but maybe that's people getting them in their basket as it holds them for 20mins
If thats the case, get them in your basket now for checkout at 9am
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Looks like a lot of tickets have gone in people’s baskets . The numbers have gone down alot in the last hour
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Me too haha, looks like tickets are going as tried it a couple of times but maybe that's people getting them in their basket as it holds them for 20mins
If thats the case, get them in your basket now for checkout at 9am
Already in
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There is about a 25 deep queue at the ticket office
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Phones won't be getting answered then
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22 left available on the site? going.. going.. gone!!!!
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Tickets in the bag. Phew.
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Looks like a b c and d blocks all
Gone
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Am I missing something here. I thought we were getting all that stand.
Only sold ABCD, E and F not released
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I Imagine they have held some tickets back for in person/phone sales? There is a big queue up at the ticket office right now.
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Won't let STHs book on line
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Am I missing something here. I thought we were getting all that stand.
Only sold ABCD, E and F not released
E and f havent been available. They prob will be today
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Got my sons online now just hoping there's some left for me tomorrow morning
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Yeah I’m not seeing any available
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How come you can buy tickets for block E at the ticket office but not online?
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Managed to get mine had them in the basket before 9am but not seeing any available now, think there are a couple of blocks still to open though
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The remaining blocks will be for in person and phone sales surely?
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Bit unfair on all those who can't go queue at 9am on a Weds morning? All those who are at work etc and relying on being able to buy online.
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Yeah I am stuffed if that’s the case
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Trying to buy one for my son but getting this message.
The quantity of tickets owned by Needham, Charlie exceeds limitations. To resolve, click "Assign Owners" and assign some of the tickets to other owners. Sorry, you cannot buy any more tickets to event Crewe Alexandra v Doncaster Rovers Play Off 1st Leg 06/05/2024 17:30. Sales to this event are limited to 0 tickets per event per history per item owner.
Getting exactly the same but with a different surname
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Not read the whole thread, will they release F and E blocks to us?
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Bit unfair on all those who can't go queue at 9am on a Weds morning? All those who are at work etc and relying on being able to buy online.
I don’t disagree but how else do you do it logistically? Can’t have people at the ticket office or phoning up trying to buy the same seat as someone who’s doing so online.
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Just spoke to my dad. He reckons there are T least 100 in the que ahead of him at TO
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If that is the case, don't promise what you can't deliver.
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Got my sons online now just hoping there's some left for me tomorrow morning
Ffs, I've bought him wheelchair access ticket
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I think they'll have reserved a couple of blocks for ticket office only at the moment, like people have said unfair for those queuing early
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They have probably suspended online sales to service the queue. Makes sense in a way.
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Bit unfair on all those who can't go queue at 9am on a Weds morning? All those who are at work etc and relying on being able to buy online.
they’re surely never going to let tickets be sold from underneath the noses of those stood in a big queue at the stadium. If they bottom that out then the remainder will be released online.
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That means that online tickets were available for 1000+ season tickets for about 10 mins. That’s after spreading the first c500 tickets over 2 days.
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It doesn't make sense for those not living in Doncaster. Why advertise something you can't deliver? Or are you suggesting that they were taken by surprise by the amount of people queueing :mad:
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Or anyone on Holiday right now who hasn't missed a game all Season
Neither of those are me , but it might be someone
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Some things never change. Professional on the football side, amateur on the admin side.
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Can’t please all the people all the time. I suggest if you want a ticket and are able, then get down to the ground. My lad just got ours. We took a punt and made the right decision.
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Can’t please all the people all the time. I suggest if you want a ticket and are able, then get down to the ground. My lad just got ours. We took a punt and made the right decision.
In this case I think you can. Just involves better communication, a better points system and a little bit more thought.
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I hope someone at the club can see what a fiasco this is and will try and ensure all fans are treated fairly
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Can’t please all the people all the time. I suggest if you want a ticket and are able, then get down to the ground. My lad just got ours. We took a punt and made the right decision.
In this case I think you can. Just involves better communication, a better points system and a little bit more thought.
you mean a better points system that suits you? Get over it.
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I don’t get what other option the club had?
Loyalty points for 2 days, 4x blocks for online sales, 2x blocks for ticket office/phone sales. What could they do different?
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This is a no win situation with limited tickets .
Demand will Always out strip supply for these games.Rovers could probably half fill Crewe’s ground if tickets were allowed. Probably even more .
Make it all online sales and those who don’t use IT miss out. Make it que up at the TO and those who can’t get miss out. Most of those that go home and away have had their chance to get a ticket. Many sth will
Miss out. That’s just the way it is . I’d be annoyed if Crewe don’t sell out their allocation . Just had call
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My dad. It’s a sell out . And he had just got to the front of the Que ffs
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How are sales going
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Can’t please all the people all the time. I suggest if you want a ticket and are able, then get down to the ground. My lad just got ours. We took a punt and made the right decision.
In this case I think you can. Just involves better communication, a better points system and a little bit more thought.
you mean a better points system that suits you? Get over it.
No I don’t. I mean a better points system that’s suits the club and controls the flow of sales a little better.
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All Tickets now SOLD OUT. That’s from the que at the TO
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Apparently all gone mate got 5 from front of the queue to be told all gone
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Plenty left on Crewe site .
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Plenty left on Crewe site .
My uncle lives on Northwich :-)
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My dad lives in Mansfield and gonna try his luck
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If you’ve ordered online can tickets be picked up today?
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Crewe have sold hardly any in that stand behind the goal. Surely incumbent on them to give us more.
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This is a no win situation with limited tickets .
Demand will Always out strip supply for these games.Rovers could probably half fill Crewe’s ground if tickets were allowed. Probably even more .
Make it all online sales and those who don’t use IT miss out. Make it que up at the TO and those who can’t get miss out. Most of those that go home and away have had their chance to get a ticket. Many sth will
Miss out. That’s just the way it is . I’d be annoyed if Crewe don’t sell out their allocation . Just had call
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My dad. It’s a sell out . And he had just got to the front of the Que ffs
Well said. Easiest target to criticise is the club. With limited tickets available there's always going to be disappointment. Folk should have a go at Crewe if anything.
If Crewe's take up is low then who knows, we may get more.
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Ultimately demand is way bigger than supply for this one. I'm really surprised how big the demand is it's crazy.
Probably a few tweaks club can make but overall it is what it is. The alternative is a ballot like lots of clubs do.
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West stand is greyed out, Would they give us this? looks like another 1300 or so. Makes sense to them financialy, but not sure I would be happy with that many away fans in a Play off semi at our ground, Although technically there will be if they sell out our whole away end.
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West stand is greyed out, Would they give us this? looks like another 1300 or so. Makes sense to them financialy, but not sure I would be happy with that many away fans in a Play off semi at our ground, Although technically there will be if they sell out our whole away end.
They won’t sell out our whole away end they have been allocated 1500 tickets, I assume that will be the North end of the East Stand
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Appreciate it’s not easy to organise but I just missed the 35 points and as an exile I had a ten minute slot to buy online. You can’t help feeling that the club sees exiles as the bottom of the pile when we spend a fortune supporting the club.
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Ultimately demand is way bigger than supply for this one. I'm really surprised how big the demand is it's crazy.
Probably a few tweaks club can make but overall it is what it is. The alternative is a ballot like lots of clubs do.
Agreed, really difficult to get it right. I think they could've communicated the on-sale times better for STH's, but how do you make it fair when demand exceeds supply so much? There are always going to be people disappointed. As I said up the thread I also can't see a better way around the online vs phone/in person thing. They've got to make some available for all the different sales channels to make it as fair as possible.
I had 30-odd points but not enough to qualify for yesterday's sales, so had the stress of trying to get it sorted this morning at 9am, and thankfully I did. If I'd have missed out this morning I wouldn't have been particularly happy but would've had to suck it up and wouldn't point fingers at the club. Unfortunately it's first come first served and we probably could've sold the allocation twice.
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£62.20 return on train
split it doncadter to Stockport and Stockport to Crewe about £35 cheaper if book 2nd part in advance thank me later or buy me a pint in Crewe for saving you £30 lol
And if you've got a Railcard that's applies add that too
I went to Beverley on a Pub Crawl and splitting Thorne Goole then Goole Beverley they almost were paying me to travel
Can't buy me a Pint though as I didn't get a Ticket lol
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Appreciate it’s not easy to organise but I just missed the 35 points and as an exile I had a ten minute slot to buy online. You can’t help feeling that the club sees exiles as the bottom of the pile when we spend a fortune supporting the club.
So its the clubs fault that any exile is living away from Doncaster? I am sure they appreciate your support but you shouldn't be treated any different than someone is who is local.
I am sure the bigger clubs have people all over the world.
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West stand is greyed out, Would they give us this? looks like another 1300 or so. Makes sense to them financialy, but not sure I would be happy with that many away fans in a Play off semi at our ground, Although technically there will be if they sell out our whole away end.
That's their kop. I'm pretty sure it's greyed out because it's sold out. The east stand looks juicy on the other hand....
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Has anyone tried getting a ticket in the home end?
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Got my sons online now just hoping there's some left for me tomorrow morning
Ffs, I've bought him wheelchair access ticket
Don’t you get a carers ticket free with that Nudga?
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From Reply 185 above by Pib
Good points. Maybe they ought to have allocated half of what were left for Online Sales and half to the Queueing people and Phone sales.
Maybe they did ?
Or maybe it could be considered if the need arises again ?
As a few have said earlier there doesn't seem to be a foolproof , totally fair method
I do agree though that those on Paul's Coach to away games who even this Season have put up with really bad performances should have priority over me with 30 and a bit points
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Got my sons online now just hoping there's some left for me tomorrow morning
Ffs, I've bought him wheelchair access ticket
Borrow a wheelchair
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Just looked on Crewe site and the tickets in their west stand are not available at all? You can only buy tickets in the main south stand or the east stand . So the west stand is either sold out or being kept behind to see what the demand is like ?
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If you’ve ordered online can tickets be picked up today?
They told people in the queue that they haven’t printed/sorted online buyers as yet, but they will be available for collection later, they’re open over the weekend.
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Appreciate it’s not easy to organise but I just missed the 35 points and as an exile I had a ten minute slot to buy online. You can’t help feeling that the club sees exiles as the bottom of the pile when we spend a fortune supporting the club.
So its the clubs fault that any exile is living away from Doncaster? I am sure they appreciate your support but you shouldn't be treated any different than someone is who is local.
I am sure the bigger clubs have people all over the world.
yeah fair point, my real beef is about the 35+ and 40+ nonsense- we said on Monday that there was no need to spread over 2 days and it meant that a STH who went to 11 away games had the same chance as one who went to none. I guess it might be a small population but I am in it!
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Got my sons online now just hoping there's some left for me tomorrow morning
Ffs, I've bought him wheelchair access ticket
Don’t you get a carers ticket free with that Nudga?
Exploring different options and that's one of them
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Surely its a good thing for the club that the tickets sold out so quickly and there was more demand than supply, it shows we are in a good place re fan numbers. I'm a STH but I couldnt get one, I'm happy to watch the game on TV.
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I tried to get a ticket online but couldn’t, didn’t expect to to be fair. Just one of those things, not been to many away games and couldn’t get down to the ground with work. My mate's a Bolton fan been a season ticket holder for 29 years, couldn’t get a ticket for Barnsley as they’d gone in minutes, for some reason only been given two thousand odd tickets, Bolton have been getting 20,000 plus all season, so thousands disappointed, everyone is in the same boat.
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Any allocation system will benefit some but not others and must be a nightmare trying to organise.
I wasn't a season ticket holder and managed to get to a dozen games; split evenly home and away.
In all fairness, and it hurts to admit, but I was towards the back of the queue and that probably reflects my 'investment' this season.
Absolutely gutted tho !
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Might be able to get a ticket in the home end.
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I’m a season ticket holder and did 5 away games but I am happy if those that went to most away games gets preference over me though.
I did only see us lose once so maybe a good omen if we do get to Wembley.
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Will be disappointing for some people - and past performance is no absolute guide to the future - but in the last 15 years we have been to Wembley twice essentially (Wembley and Cardiff) and were robbed on penalties in 2019 just short of Wembley. That’s just short of three times in 15 years or on average once every five years and if we did somehow make it this time, that’s almost four times in 15 years.
Go back before that and the picture looks far less positive mind.
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Some things never change. Professional on the football side, amateur on the admin side.
How should they do it then?
No good criticising if you can’t come up with a system up that will work better.
It’s a logistical nightmare for the ticket office. 3 methods of purchase all on at same time.
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Appreciate it’s not easy to organise but I just missed the 35 points and as an exile I had a ten minute slot to buy online. You can’t help feeling that the club sees exiles as the bottom of the pile when we spend a fortune supporting the club.
So its the clubs fault that any exile is living away from Doncaster? I am sure they appreciate your support but you shouldn't be treated any different than someone is who is local.
I am sure the bigger clubs have people all over the world.
yeah fair point, my real beef is about the 35+ and 40+ nonsense- we said on Monday that there was no need to spread over 2 days and it meant that a STH who went to 11 away games had the same chance as one who went to none. I guess it might be a small population but I am in it!
How do you work that out?
23 points for a season ticket holder and you would have 11 points for 11 away games that’s 34
If you are a supporters club member which you can purchase every season for £5.00 and entitles you to a £2 discount on the supporters coaches and a free Rovers hand book then you get another 2 points so total you would have is 36 points.
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Mate of mine ... doesn't post on here has "looked into it" and he says the Supporters Club 2 points isn't for joining Supporters Club paying £5 but has a different definition
If he is wrong I think I must have been on 35 23 + 2 plus +5 aways and 5 Cup games
Everton , Stanley , Pboro Burton Forest for 35 so I guess Supporters Club doesn't mean what people think and I would be on 33
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Appreciate it’s not easy to organise but I just missed the 35 points and as an exile I had a ten minute slot to buy online. You can’t help feeling that the club sees exiles as the bottom of the pile when we spend a fortune supporting the club.
So its the clubs fault that any exile is living away from Doncaster? I am sure they appreciate your support but you shouldn't be treated any different than someone is who is local.
I am sure the bigger clubs have people all over the world.
yeah fair point, my real beef is about the 35+ and 40+ nonsense- we said on Monday that there was no need to spread over 2 days and it meant that a STH who went to 11 away games had the same chance as one who went to none. I guess it might be a small population but I am in it!
How do you work that out?
23 points for a season ticket holder and you would have 11 points for 11 away games that’s 34
If you are a supporters club member which you can purchase every season for £5.00 and entitles you to a £2 discount on the supporters coaches and a free Rovers hand book then you get another 2 points so total you would have is 36 points.
didn’t know that Camps, I am not a supporters club member and now I know that £5 would have got me to 35 points I am even more gutted!
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You don’t get 2 loyalty points with the club for joining the Supporters Club. That’s false. The 2pts is for completely different membership that there would never be a reason to purchase alongside a ST.
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Yes as above Post of mine it is NOT linked to DR Supporters Club so I'm on 33
If people follow Ticket buying on DROS it is one of the Categories outlined
https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/tickets/supporter-memberships/
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People literally just want a reason to moan. About anything. Within hours of the magnificent achievement to actually get to this point, people were already stressing over tickets and points systems. It’s just ingrained in some folks brains, the victim mentality.
Just watch it on sky. Or if you don’t have that, find a local pub that does. I’m pretty sure the Sal, for example, will be rammed if that’s your thing. It’s really not that much of a big deal. It’s often better watching games like this when you’ve got a proper view of what’s going on.
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Agreed .... Maybe we should have a Windmill Thorne kop for the Thorneys and Stainys to congregate at
Good beer good Pub good craic .
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Agreed .... Maybe we should have a Windmill Thorne kop for the Thorneys and Stainys to congregate at
Good beer good Pub good craic .
An even better idea, the club has obviously got a public licence for Sky, broadcast it on the big screen in the statium
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Yes I suggested the Gills game but as it was Ifollow it wouldn't have been allowed
May be possible with Sky
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According to Crewe’s official face book they have sold nearly 5000 tickets (5hrs ago that was reported) they say that doesn’t include our 1680 tickets So they got at least another 3500 to sell to be near capacity
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Anyone know when's the last time you can collect tickets for the away game before Monday?
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Anyone know when's the last time you can collect tickets for the away game before Monday?
I think any uncollected tickets will be sent to the crewe ground for collection.
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Thanks but I'm not wanting to let it get to that stage, would rather collect here
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Is ticket office open tomorrow to collect tickets ?
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Anyone know when's the last time you can collect tickets for the away game before Monday?
I think any uncollected tickets will be sent to the crewe ground for collection.
Except for 2 which were snaffled away for Philsky and his son :-)
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Anyone know when's the last time you can collect tickets for the away game before Monday?
Monday at 1pm
https://twitter.com/drfc_official/status/1786457870994731172
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Crewe now basically trying to give tickets away because they can't sell them. Quid a kid in the family stand.
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Crewe now basically trying to give tickets away because they can't sell them. Quid a kid in the family stand.
Are they allowed to do that? I thought the price had to be the same for home/away fans?
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Crewe now basically trying to give tickets away because they can't sell them. Quid a kid in the family stand.
Are they allowed to do that? I thought the price had to be the same for home/away fans?
I may be wrong here but I didn't notice the quid tickets the other day when I tried to buy in that stand.
https://twitter.com/crewealexfc/status/1787104440144789933?t=T4QfwZZWol-IEB3SIrj6bA&s=19
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Anyone know where at Crewe's ground the ticket collection point is? About to set off now, but no details where to go.
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On the side of the big stand, they wouldn't sell me a ticket
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On the side of the big stand, they wouldn't sell me a ticket
You’re running out of options mate
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All those empty seats did nudga get in?
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All those empty seats did nudga get in?
Tickets!?
What are they??? Hahahaha
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All those empty seats did nudga get in?
Tickets!?
What are they??? Hahahaha
Did you blag your way in then?
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All those empty seats did nudga get in?
Tickets!?
What are they??? Hahahaha
Did you blag your way in then?
Like the SAS mate. Found a soft entrance
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All those empty seats did nudga get in?
Tickets!?
What are they??? Hahahaha
Did you blag your way in then?
Like the SAS mate. Found a soft entrance
Love it